Founder, Owner & Director Ecology Developer, Organic Permaculturist, Gardener,
Groundskeeper and Landscaper - Ecology Event Producer, Co-Producer, Coordinator, Promoter,
Facilitator and Zero Waste Manager - Animal/Home/Child Care Provider - Home and Office Ecological
Consultant - Published Multimedia Documentarian
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Founder, Owner & Director Ecology Developer, Organic Permaculturist, Gardener,
Groundskeeper and Landscaper - Ecology Event Producer, Co-Producer, Coordinator, Promoter,
Facilitator and Zero Waste Manager - Animal/Home/Child Care Provider - Home and Office Ecological
Consultant - Published Multimedia Documentarian
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Eco-Conscious Home Care Provider/Manager, Garden and Animal/Child Care
Live-in/live out Eco Conscious Home/Garden and Animal/Child Care Provider for a variety of individuals and families.
Skills include Eco Home Care Management, working with staff to maintain property, Promotion/Public Relations and Customer Service.
Home and Office Ecological Consultant providing Ecological, Effective and Efficient Solutions for Your Home and/or Office. Ecology Developer, Organic Permaculturist, Gardener, Groundskeeper & Landscaper
Proponent of Deep Ecology, Ancient & Primitive Practices of Sustainable Living. Permaculturist,
Gardener, Groundskeeper & Landscaper. Organic, Permaculture, Biointensive, BioDiversity & Biodynamics.
Edible, Medicinal & Native Plants.Cared for a extensive variety of domestic/farm, zoo and wild animals -
including spotted hyenas as University of California at Berkeley as Senior Animal Technician.
Raised on a farm with pet hawk, skunk, dog, gerbils, fish, ducks, pigeon, horse, pony, cows and a
crow - along with injured/rescued animals from the farm. As a child, helped mother care for zoo
animals - boa constrictor snake, cameroon dwarf goat, saw-whet owl, ferrets & racoons. As an adult,
cared for domestic/farm and wild arachnids, insects, fish, amphibians, crustaceans, reptiles,
snakes (including rattlesnakes), birds, moles, voles, rodents, guinea pig, rabbits, opposum, dogs,
cats, goats, sheep, pigs, deer, horses, donkeys, mules, & cattle. Volunteered at SPCA and for Veterinarians.
Babysitter, Nanny and Mills College Summer Arts Camp Counselor. Young people ages 0-19 years.
Ecology Event Producer/Co-Producer/Coordinator/Promoter/Facilitator & Zero Waste
Ecology Productions, Oak 5 Productions, Ecopalooza, Bioneers, Green Festivals, SolFest, EarthDance,
Harmony Festival, New Living Expo, Sustainable World Coalition Symposium, Unreasonable Women 4 the
Earth, Code Pink for Peace, Baring Witness, Bill Graham Presents, San Francisco New Years,
San Francisco Chinese New Years, SF Dyke March, SF LGBT Pride, Pride Alliance
Network, Wild Affair Productions, Hopland Women's Festival, Russian River Women's Weekend, Women's
Herbal Symposium & Many More in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Published Multimedia Documentarian Producer, Photographer, Videographer, Web Developer.
Self published works include photo books & online photo/video/web publications.
EcologyProductions.com, kirstenmichel.com
YouTube, Facebook , Linked In
(click on icons at the bottom of this page)
Published photos in The History of the Grateful Dead
Published photos/videos/webwork on Bill Moyers Journal NOW, Salon.com, Common Dreams Rush Limbaugh,
Grateful Dead Archives, Dead Studies Academic Journal, JerryGarcia.com, James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center at the San Francisco Library,
Internet Archive, Ecopalooza, Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Area Chapter,
Circle of Life Foundation, Unreasonable Women for the Earth, Code Pink for Peace, Listen Hillary,
Baring Witness, Betty Biodiesel, Mendocino College MESA, Mendocino Ecology Learning Center,
Mendocino Environmental Center, Lawrence Hall of Science, Know the Candidates,
Emotional Education Services, Cleveland Leader, JamaicaLive, Video Activist Network,
Action Hero Network, GreenYes Archives, Jen's Green Journal, Hopland Women's Festival,
Kitty Rose hoplandcowgirl You Tube Channel, Dykes on Slides, Dykes on Slides - Summertime Dykes,
Dykes on Slides - Ladies Night Dykes,
Kirsten's Photos and many others - see Website, Video and Photo Portfolios.
Mentioned for her Ecology and Peace work on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman, written about in
books by Alice Walker, Medea Benjamin,
Jodie Evans, Susan Griffin, Terry Tempest Williams, Maxine Hong Kingston and others. Mentioned in Yes!, Utne and other magazines.
Mentioned in articles in the Wall Street Journal, San Fransisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Indymedia
and other newspapers.
See More on Website Portfolio, Video Portfolio, Photo Portfolio
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BA in Culture, Ecology, and Sustainable Community
Homework published online
Senior Thesis - Ecopalooza (Ecology Event) & Zero Waste Management. Activities and Societies:
Bioneers, Green Festivals, Sol Fest,
Unreasonable Women for the Earth,
Code Pink for Peace, Ecopalooza, Circle of Life, Sierra Club, BioFuels 4 Schools, Betty Biodiesel, Green Mary,
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Hopland Women's Festival, WildAffair Productions, Green Gorilla,
Green Alliance, Mendocino Environmental Center, Mendocino Ecology Learning Center,
David Brower Youth Awards.
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A highly selective
16 week intensive, immersion style web development training program. Produced in class multimedia
projects, web portfolio, and a professionally designed client site. Course emphasis on creativity,
adaptability, teamwork, information design, and interface design.
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Augmented life experience in care of an extensive variety of domestic/farm, zoo and wild animals. Studied Animal Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Mathematics, Veterinary Office Management and Animal Nutrition, Reproduction, Genetics, Aging and General Care.
Activities and Societies: SPCA, UC Berkeley Office of Laboratory Animal Care, Lindsay Wildlife Museum, worked with many of Veterinarians.
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Interpersonal Communications,
Philosophy, Spirituality, Religion and Psychology.
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Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY
Newhouse School of Communications
Liberal Arts, Photography
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