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Collin Rees

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Screen Name	collinrees	Activities	10
Member Since	Jul 30, 2014	CoLab Points (actual) CoLab Points are awarded to all the members who contributed to a winning integrated Proposal, as well as those who contributed to any sub-Proposal it contains.(See more)	0
Country	United States	CoLab Points (max. potential) The maximum number of CoLab Points this member could receive. This is a measure of how many times the member’s Proposal have been included in other Proposal and how important it is in those Proposal.(See more)	0

Collin is a human rights activist from a small Nebraska town where he spent his childhood escaping to the Rockies whenever possible. Following a mechanical engineering degree at Harvard he lived in rural Kenya for a year working for a community-based conservation organization. Collin is a firm believer in the power of collective action and has spent the last three years bringing people together on social, climate, and environmental justice projects, including work on tar sands, fossil fuels, and sustainable development. He co-founded new economics group Economy Futures, community climate action groups 350 Massachusetts and 350 DC, and the Responsible Investment at Harvard Coalition, worked on climate change policy and outreach at the White House, and now organizes against fracking and shale gas extraction in Pennsylvania. He serves on the SustainUS Steering Committee as Development Director.

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