Air pollution and preservation

Journalist and media developer with focus on community media and community networks. Experience as freelance journalist and media activist in Brazil, Chile and Mexico (a.o. NPLA, jungle world, DW). Member of the extinct media initiative Flujos.org (Mexico City, 2007), collective creator of the first Linux/GNU software compilation for community media flujos-vivos in Latin America; later international consultant with AMARC Brasil (a.o Pororoca project). Work on media regulation, digital broadcasting and media training. Coordinator of the biographical online archive internationalallende.org. Consultant for special projects for Rhizomatica.org, especially LocNet. Member of the Global Innovation Gathering (GIG) network. Co-coordinator of the open-source digital newsroom Colmena (DW Akademie and partners) co-created and maintained with CSOs in the Global South.

Founder of the International Association of Dive Professionals. Marine entrepreneur, adventurer & Ocean activist; he currently leads initiatives that promote the health and sustainability of our oceans.

Trained Environmental Planner, Manager and Policy Analyst in Environmental Policy working at the interface of people-ecosystems' interactions. Thomas has developed and implemented innovative tools for managing people-ecosystems interactions such as REDD+, payments for ecosystem services, environmental impact assessments (EIAs), audits and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs).