Ethan Hirsch-Tauber

Since 2009, Ethan Hirsch-Tauber has lived in communities around the world, working as a sustainability educator and engaging in the ecovillage movement. He taught for four years as a faculty for Living Routes sustainability study program in Auroville, India. During that time he started working with GEN, in particular supporting the birth of GEN Africa as its own entity and the remergence of NextGEN. He then spent four years living in Tamera, Portugal and was voted onto the GEN Europe Council where he served for two years.
In Tamera he also learned about the model of Water Retention Landscapes and studied with Waterman of India, Dr. Rajendra Singh, who restored seven rivers to flowing in the deserts of India through grassroots village mobilization. He currently works with Water Stories to support education for water restoration practitioners with the aim of climate restoration and restoring earth’s desertifying landscapes. He currently lives in Northern California in the United States and serves on GEN's Board of Trustees.