Jonathan M. Scherch is a Returned United States Peace Corps Volunteer (Jamaica, 1991-93, Community Development Sector), and an advanced-class amateur radio operator (KK7PW).

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By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, July 18, 2001 - 2:38 pm: Edit Post

Jonathan M. Scherch is a Returned United States Peace Corps Volunteer (Jamaica, 1991-93, Community Development Sector), and an advanced-class amateur radio operator (KK7PW).



Jonathan M. Scherch is a Returned United States Peace Corps Volunteer (Jamaica, 1991-93, Community Development Sector), and an advanced-class amateur radio operator (KK7PW).

Jonathan M. Scherch, MSW, Ph.D.

I bring to my work various writing, teaching, research, and leadership experiences. My doctoral dissertation, Living Responsibly: A Study of Sustainable Living in East Tennessee and the Southern Appalachian Bioregion (University of Tennessee, 1997), examined sustainable homesteads, communities, and businesses, and focused on the experiences of people, living in both rural and urban settings, who endeavored to live and work in ways they considered to be more socially and environmentally sustainable.

Formerly the Chair and Coordinator of the Graduate Programs in Environment & Community from 1997 to 2002, I am presently a Core Faculty member within the Center for Creative Change at Antioch University Seattle. I am also co-principal of Living Systems Design Guild, LLC, providing a variety of low-impact integrated water resource management design consultation services.

I am a co-author of What Have We Done? The Foundation for Global Sustainability's State of the Bioregion Report for the Upper Tennessee Valley and Southern Appalachian Mountains (1997, Earth Knows Publications, ISBN: 0-9644659-2-2), and have written case-study chapters entitled: "Ecovillage Development: A Report from Southern Appalachia" for M.D. Hoff's (Ed.) Sustainable Community Development: Case Studies in Economic, Environmental & Cultural Revitalization (1998, Lewis Publishers, ISBN: 1-57444-129-9); and "Envisioning a Sustainable Riverton" for D. Fauri, S. Wernet & F.E. Netting's (Eds.) Cases in Social Work Macro Practice (Allyn & Bacon, 2000 & 2003 forthcoming).

A social worker by profession, as well as a certified Permaculture Teacher and Designer, I have been involved in community organizing and sustainable development initiatives, non-profit administration and development, and have taught various social work and socio-environmental courses and field practicum programs across five universities. Within these areas, I have advanced themes of social and environmental justice and sustainability within lectures and presentations, course assignments, research activities, and collaborative community projects and events.

As a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Kingston, Jamaica (1991-93), my primary assignment within the Community Development Sector had me serve as Director of Family & Research Services for VOUCH, Limited: A Voluntary Organization for Uplifting Children. As a secondary assignment, I taught undergraduate social work courses and supervised field work through the Department of Social Work at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Now an RPCV, I am a supporter of the National Peace Corps Association. BTW, I highly recommend viewing the film Life and Debt, which vividly documents the challenges, hardship, and perseverance of Jamaicans in face of harsh economic impositions rendered by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Word Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

More recently, I have served as President of the Board of Directors of the Tahoma Food System, a group devoted to "growing sustainable land and community through gardening, gleaning, and farming;" and Sustainable Pierce County, an educational organization promoting sustainable living throughout the Puget Sound basin. I have also served on the Board of Directors for Climate Solutions, a project of the Earth Island Institute which monitors global warming trends and advocates for sustainable energy and community development activities throughout the Puget Sound, the Pacific Northwest region, and beyond; and the Northwest Eco-Building Guild, an association of contractors, design professionals, tradespeople, manufacturers, suppliers and homeowners interested in ecologically sustainable living and design. I am a member of the Advisory Board for the Foundation for Global Sustainability, located in Knoxville, TN. and serving the greater southern Appalachian bioregion.

I am also an advanced-class amateur radio operator (KK7PW).



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By bob stanly on Friday, April 25, 2003 - 10:02 pm: Edit Post

who cares bout peace now that they have said mthat they have nucleyer bobs and stuff and even iff they didnt we shouold still kick the stuff out of them caz sep.11

By Alicia Foley (salyut.sdcoe.k12.ca.us - 209.66.192.137) on Friday, December 19, 2003 - 11:21 am: Edit Post

to whom it may concern:
I'm interested in volunteering here in the United States for the benefit of Jamaica. It would be greatly appreciated if you could e-mail me the address for your home page on the Peace Corps. I would also appreciate it if you can send me information on the latest Jamaican volunteer project and any contact sources (phone number, address, etc.)available. Please let me know how to apply to be a part of the Jamaican volunteer project. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Alicia Foley

By Alicia Foley (salyut.sdcoe.k12.ca.us - 209.66.192.137) on Friday, December 19, 2003 - 11:21 am: Edit Post

to whom it may concern:
I'm interested in volunteering here in the United States for the benefit of Jamaica. It would be greatly appreciated if you could e-mail me the address for your home page on the Peace Corps. I would also appreciate it if you can send me information on the latest Jamaican volunteer project and any contact sources (phone number, address, etc.)available. Please let me know how to apply to be a part of the Jamaican volunteer project. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Alicia Foley

By Alicia Foley (salyut.sdcoe.k12.ca.us - 209.66.192.137) on Friday, December 19, 2003 - 11:21 am: Edit Post

to whom it may concern:
I'm interested in volunteering here in the United States for the benefit of Jamaica. It would be greatly appreciated if you could e-mail me the address for your home page on the Peace Corps. I would also appreciate it if you can send me information on the latest Jamaican volunteer project and any contact sources (phone number, address, etc.)available. Please let me know how to apply to be a part of the Jamaican volunteer project. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Alicia Foley

By Alicia Foley (0.0.0.0) on Friday, December 19, 2003 - 11:21 am: Edit Post

to whom it may concern:
I'm interested in volunteering here in the United States for the benefit of Jamaica. It would be greatly appreciated if you could e-mail me the address for your home page on the Peace Corps. I would also appreciate it if you can send me information on the latest Jamaican volunteer project and any contact sources (phone number, address, etc.)available. Please let me know how to apply to be a part of the Jamaican volunteer project. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Alicia Foley

By L Cheslock (65.112.121.29) on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 6:41 pm: Edit Post

To whom it may concern:

I live in Minnesota, USA and I am very interested in working/volunteering in Jamaica. Where and how can I go about filling my desire to help Jamaica and its people?

Any information would be more than appreciated.
Thank you.

L. Cheslock
laura6832@yahoo.com

By carrollann (216.120.133.225) on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 9:10 am: Edit Post

To Whom It May Concern
I live in Michigan and would like some information on how I could become a volunteer in Jamaica. What would I have to as far as becoming a member of the Peace Corps. Please email the info to {ccuevas@mmpc.com or call 616 949 2390 and ask for Carrollann

Thanx, Carrollann


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