FORESTNATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Artist Ambassador / Artist Ambassador
- Home Team Artist Ambassador Aaron Ableman
Aaron's partnership with ForestNation is crucial to the communication of our mission… To encourage everyone to grow their own Trees. He's the author of the song ForestNation…
"When I was a kid, I would sing into the blanket of my starry bed, imagining myself leading future generations through the power of love and song.
Nowadays, I wear my dreams from the inside out, for world peace comes from inner peace. Perhaps that's why my life is my greatest art-form and love is my greatest story!" - Aaron Ableman
Alex Dantart is an investor, headhunter, analyst & optimiser. He has been creating internet-related companies in Zaragoza, Barcelona, Madrid and New York for over a decade. He's a specialist in optimisation, which is a service he offers with his company Uptimiza. As a science and Earth lover, Alex has been officially translating "Astronomical Picture of the Day" from NASA for almost 20 years, and running a general science blog for more than 10 years.
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- Ambassador Local Ambassador the Tribe
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- Ambassador
- Founder of the Master Shift
Christina is the founder of The Master Shift, a charitable organization connecting humans with nature through meditation. Established in 2012, The Master Shift continues to grow as a result of her ability to connect like-minded individuals who are passionate about love/life and seek positive change.
Christina has been actively involved in our Earth Day campaigns with The Master Shift, encouraging thousands of people around the world to plant trees for Mother Earth.
Job Titles:
- Ambassador
- Home Team Local Ambassador James Wardell
James is an international photographer & documentary film maker based in Barcelona, Spain. After graduating in Geography (BSc) from the University of Durham he moved to join the global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. After several years in advertising he bought his first camera. Having covered several wars & a large natural disaster James joined forces with Forest Nation to increase his involvement in ecologically friendly activities.
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- Ambassador
- Home Team Local Ambassador Jolly Jose
Jolly Jose is a business school graduate from UNH Connecticut having around twenty years of work experience in sales , marketing and general management in senior leadership roles in Indian and multinational corporations like TNT, DHL. He is currently working with Quess Corp as Vice President, Logistics business.
Jolly is very passionate about "Greening" the environment and is associated with various organisations like the Earth Warriors and groups like Indian CSR practitioners. He will help grow the ForestNation movement in India.
Job Titles:
- Artist Ambassador / Artist Ambassador
- Home Team Artist Ambassador Julian Lennon
Julian Lennon is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, photographer, documentarian, author and philanthropist. Born in Liverpool, England, Lennon is an observer of life in all its forms developing his personal expression through his artistic endeavors. In 2007, Lennon founded the global environmental and humanitarian organization The White Feather Foundation, whose key initiatives are education, health, conservation, and the protection of indigenous culture.
Julian is an Ambassador for ForestNation and together they are recruiting companies and schools to encourage everyone to grow and plant Trees.
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- Education Ambassador
- Home Team Local Ambassador Karen Nicolas
Karen Nicolas has been leading reforestation efforts in Haiti since 2010. Her passion for reforestation grew from a desire to help people meet their basic needs in a sustainable way. As a lover of travel and adventure she grew a career out of working in relief efforts after natural disasters which led her to spending years in Haiti where she felt she could make the most difference.
She manages her team from her home in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband, Mackenson Nicolas, a Haitian native, and her two children. The four of them love to travel as often as possible to his home village in Haiti to see the trees growing and be close to his passionate and loving family.
Swadesh Padhi is a Marketing professional from India who takes immense pride in being a part of the ForestNation team.
Growing up, he realized the importance of planting trees, but never managed to actually do it himself. That's why he initially connected with the idea of ForestNation, and continues to do so - integrating tree planting into activities of businesses, schools, communities, and individuals alike.
He is now working to make the whole experience fun and positive, so more people and organizations work together to grow trees and grow themselves.
Job Titles:
- Ambassador
- Home Team Local Ambassador Tharien Pieterse
Tharien worked in the online advertising industry for 12 years and is now taking time out to focus on her passions: travel and the great outdoors. She's currently travelling through South America to learn about and contribute to nature conservation, community development and sustainable farming. She's fallen in love with the landscapes on her journey and shares them on our blog "Nature is imagination". With this contribution she aims to build awareness of the beauty that exists in our world and inspire people to love and help protect these fragile environments
Job Titles:
- Artist Ambassador / Artist Ambassador
- Home Team Artist Ambassador Tim Ellis
Tim Ellis made a version of the ForestNation song as his contribution to help encourage everyone to plant Trees as a way to give back to Mother Earth.
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- Ambassador
- Home Team Local Ambassador Tony Argueta
Tony and ForestNation have long roots going back to his inspirational help at the beginning. He focused on communications around Europe and Latin America, and now as an Ambassador in China. Tony is passionate about our goal and his dedication will help us to make a it a success. Tony was instrumental in ForestNation's first major campaign in Spain with Foundation Repsol and is responsible for the 29,433 trees planted.