About Bordercross

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Mario Yanez
Senior Consultant

Mario M. Yanez is founder and Executive Director of Earth Learning. He is an independent scholar, researching issues of bioregional sustainability and ecological learning. Mario teaches interdisciplinary courses, leads public workshops, delivers professional development training, and produces public ecological learning events.

Mario has several decades of non-profit and financial management, as well as systems experience, and is an accomplished grant-writer. He combines his vision of the necessary transition toward an ecologically sustainable world with a passion to bring about a resilient and healthy Greater Everglades bioregion.

Mario is a community connector, a local organic farmer, and food activist. As a Certified Permaculture Designer, he is applying permaculture (permanent culture) design principles at various scales, implementing food forestry projects and leading the comprehensive and participatory design process of our local food system.