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Page Contents:
John Berger
David Donnenfield
Kevin White
John de Graaf
Film Clips
Advisory Panel
Supporting Organizations
Team Biographies
John J. Berger, Co-Producer/Content Expert/Writer
John Berger is an ecologist, energy consultant, editor, and writer who wrote the book Restoring the Earth: How Americans are Working to Renew our Damaged Environment (Knopf, 1985; Doubleday, 1987). Dr. Berger's popular writing on energy and natural resource issues has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. He is the author or editor of several books on environmental issues, including: Beating the Heat: Why and How We Must Combat Global Warming (Berkeley Hills Books, 2000), Understanding Forests (Sierra Club Books, 1998), and Charging Ahead: The Business of Renewable Energy and What It Means for America (Holt, 1997, University of California Press, 1998). He has also edited Environmental Restoration: Science and Strategies for Restoring the Earth (Island Press, 1990), The Ecological Restoration Directory of the San Francisco Bay Area (Restoring the Earth, 1990), and contributed to The Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems: Science, Technology, and Public Policy (National Academy of Sciences Press, 1992).
Dr. Berger also serves as an independent energy and environmental consultant with a diversified consulting practice. He has consulted for the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences, Fortune 500 corporations, nonprofit groups, and governmental organizations, including the U.S. Congress. Dr. Berger holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford University; a master's degree in energy and natural resources from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of California, Davis, with an emphasis on environmental policy and planning for environmental restoration. He has been a Visiting Associate Professor of Environmental Policy at the Graduate School of Public Affairs of the University of Maryland and an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science at the University of San Francisco.
David Donnenfield, Producer/Director/Writer
David Donnenfield has worked in film and video since 1975. He has a B.A in Film from UCLA and a M.A. in Educational Technology from San Francisco State University. He began his career writing, shooting, and editing award winning educational programs for the California State Department of Education. Beginning in 1980, David worked on numerous programs for the syndicated TV magazine programs, PM Magazine and Evening Magazine. He also served as assistant producer for the Academy Award’Äìnominated documentary Eight Minutes to Midnight. He has produced numerous educational and environmental programs for government agencies. Guardian of the Golden Gate, produced for the U.S. Army, chronicles the history of the Presidio of San Francisco. A Clean Exit and On Track to Reuse highlight the environmental cleanup efforts at two Bay Area military installations prior to their transfer to civilian control. His Secrets in Stone for the U.S. Geological Survey recounts the critical scientific discovery that led to the new geologic model we now call plate tectonics. It aired on local PBS stations and won a CINE Golden Eagle Award, a Finalist Award at the New York Festival, and Honorable Mention at the Columbus International Film and Video Festival. His documentary on an austere meditation practice introduced into a U.S. jail, Changing from Inside, won the National Council on Crime and Delinquency's Pass Award. It has aired on numerous domestic cable stations as well as Dutch and Spanish TV, and enjoys worldwide distribution. Currently, David produces educational and informational programs for environmental organizations such as the Audubon Society, the Nature Conservancy, the Wildlife Conservation Society, as well as for government agencies such as CALFED. David helps clients reach their communication/outreach/education goals by utilizing and integrating visual media with electronic distribution tools such as the web, interactive CD-ROM, and DVD.
Clips from some of David's films can be found here.
Kevin White, Producer/Director/Writer
Kevin White has worked in television since 1980. His work includes Not All Parents Are Straight, which was shown at the San Francisco Film Festival, Film Arts Foundation Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, and many others. It also aired nationally on PBS, winning top awards from the National Educational Film Festival, the San Francisco Film Festival, and the American Film Festival. He produced and directed a series for cable broadcast, Issues in Environmental Health. He co-produced and directed Partnerships for Change, a series on education and the workforce for California Public Television. He was co-director/cameraman for We Bring a Quilt, which aired on PBS and Bravo and was nominated for a national ACE Award. He was Co-Producer for The Women Next Door, which was in the Berlin Film Festival and aired nationally on the PBS documentary series POV, receiving many awards. His documentary From the Ground Up on managing the Salmon River Basin in California was broadcast nationally on PBS and received a CINE Golden Eagle Award and a Telly Award. His documentary Returning Home on restoring the Common Murre to Devil's Slide Rock was broadcast on Chronicle Broadcasting and also received a Telly Award and a Special Merit Award from the International Wildlife Film Festival. His recent film, Restoring Balance, on restoring one of the Channel Islands premiered on select PBS stations in summer of 2003. In 1984, he started Full Frame Productions, a film and video production company, and in 1988 he and filmmaker Michal Aviad created Filmmakers Collaborative, a nonprofit organization to produce and distribute educational media addressing social and environmental issues.
Clips from some of Kevin's films can be found here.
John de Graaf, Producer/Director/Writer
John has worked with KCTS-TV, the Seattle PBS affiliate, for 22 years, as an independent producer of television documentaries. More than 15 of his programs have been broadcast in Prime Time nationally on PBS. He is the recipient of more than 100 regional, national and international awards for filmmaking. He produced the popular PBS specials, Running Out of Time, an examination of overwork and time pressure in America, and Affluenza, a humorous critique of American consumerism. His other national PBS specials include: For Earths Sake: The Life & Times of David Brower, Visible Target, Beyond Organic, Escape From Affluenza, It's Up To Us: The Giraffe Project, Circle Of Plenty, Green Plans, and A Common Man's Courage.
He is currently producing two public television specials: Silent Killer: The Unfinished Campaign Against Hunger, and A Win-Win World: The Promise of Product Certification, with funding from the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations. Prior to his work in TV, he was the Public Affairs Director for KUMD Radio in Duluth, Minnesota. He has taught documentary film production at The University of Washington and The Evergreen State College. John is the editor of Take Back Your Time (Berrett-Koehler, 2003). He is the co-author of the best-selling Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic (Berrett-Koehler, 2001), and of the children's book David Brower, Friend of the Earth (Henry Holt, 1992). John is the founder of the Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival and former president of the Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network. He is also the recipient of the Founders of a New Northwest Award for his work in environmental media.
Team Portfolio
Clips from Kevin and David's works are posted here.
Advisory Panel
John Anderson - Board Member, National Audubon Society
Jennifer Boyce - Restoration Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John Cairns Jr. - Noted Author & Prof. Emeritus of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Storm Cunningham - Executive Director of the Revitalization Institute & author of The Restoration Economy
Paul Ehrlich - Bing Professor of Population Studies, Stanford University & author of The Population Bomb
Keyt Fischer - Wildlife Ecologist, Wildlife Conservation Society
Carol Gorbics - Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife
Tom Griggs - Senior Restoration Ecologist, Sacramento River Partners
Karen Holl - Associate Prof. of Environmental Studies, U.C. Santa Cruz
David Howell - Project Scientist, U.S. Geological Society
Cynthia Koehler - Environmental Attorney and Visiting Prof., UC Berkeley
Richard Reiner - Project Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy
Karen Rodriguez - Chair, Education and Training Working Group, Society for Ecological Restoration
Michael Soulé - Conservation Biologist & noted author
Robert Stephens - Board President, California Audubon Society
Bernie Tershy - Executive Director, Island Conservation Group
Jeanne Wirka - Restoration Ecologist, California Native Grasslands
Supporting Organizations
The following organizations have expressed their endorsement for the project:
California Assocation of Resource Conservation Districts
Defenders of Wildlife
Ducks Unlimited
Environmental Defense (letter pending)
National Audubon Society
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Natural Resources Defense Council
North American Association for Environmental Education
Save the Bay
Sierra Club (letter pending)
Society for Ecological Restoration
The Bay Institute
The Nature Conservancy
The Revitalization Institute
Trout Unlimited (CA)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
USDA Forest Service
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