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Lyndia Leonard is a mother to four, grandmother to nine and “Keeper of the Earth”. She has devoted her life to making the Earth more “user friendly” through an array of spiritual, political, social justice and business projects. Her official degreed training is in the fields of Social Work and Public Policy. She has much training in the area of healing; mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Lyndia is well known in several communities as an active teacher and leader. She has the ability to bring together diverse groups of people, applying the spiritual in uplifting, practical applications. In her long career, her accomplishments are too numerous to list. Here is a sampling of the variety of her activities. She has: • Taught on the Community College and University levels • Self educated expert on microalgae and the effects on consciousness • Co-authored and had funded programs designed for women’s empowerment • Managed one of the top 5 public radio stations in the country • Founded 2 domestic violence programs • Assisted in the preservation of a culturally significant piece of land through working with the government to purchase the development rights (a first in the US) • Assisted in raising $10 million to fund a number of worldwide hunger projects • Founded a group to redistribute a sizable inherited wealth to social change projects • Co-founded 2 charter schools • Brought Hawaiian people together to share the spiritual nature of their culture • Assisted in making “tapa cloth” to bury ancestral bones returned to the Hawaiian people after 100 years in the possession of Harvard and the Smithsonian • Worked with Native American groups learning from the elders • Had a 3 year apprenticeship with a Lakota Elder • Assisted in fundraising for a Ecuadorian school for teaching ancient medicinal wisdom • Designed or brought programs to “at risk” teens including Challenge Day • Founded a private practice educating families on emotional literacy and social skills • Grown plants for a Hindu Monastery • As a master gardner and composter, trained others how to live more in balance with nature • On going study with a spiritual teacher in Colorado for the past 25 years • Recently created a petition to save whales which generated well over 500,000 signatures Lyndia is the recipient of many local and national awards. She is mentioned or written about in books, Magazines and numerous business journals. She is featured in several documentaries on business, children’s mental health and personal growth. During all these diverse activities, she has created a successful business, been happily married for 35 years and spent much time sailing on the Pacific Ocean. She is a lover of Nature!