Orion Trist

A born organizer and life long activist, Orion has led peace projects and marches in Marin County, where he lived for four years before moving to San Francisco in the beginning of 2009. He loves to gather community into creative spaces and mobilize them to work for positive cultural change. He is a proponent of alternative energies, with in depth knowledge of cradle to grave sustainable analysis, as well as running his own car on waste vegetable oil. Having studied Urban Permaculture while growing up in Eugene Oregon, he is an advocate for Bioregionalism; sustainability based on stewardship and utilization of local resources. Orion currently works with the Global Fund for Women, supporting their amazing on the ground funding efforts by keeping their technical systems operational.