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ORGANIZATIONS FOUNDED Founder Vermontivate! 2011-Present Founder and lead organizer for behavior-changing community climate and sustainability game. Game played by over 1500 Vermonters in communities in every county in the state. Partners include: Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, Eciency Vermont, Vermont Natural Resources Council, Front Porch Forum, Ben and Jerry’s, Vermont Energy Education Program, 350VT, Central Vermont Solid Waste Utility, VT Agency of Natural Resources. Funders include/have included: Ben&Jerry’s Foundation, VT Community Foundation, High Meadows Fund, The Ferguson Foundation, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, Jerry Greenfield, VTrans, VEIC, Eciency Vermont, The Blittersdorf Family Foundation, The Acorn Fund, The Lintilhac Foundation. Founder Kathryn Blume, International Present Public speaking, workshops, coaching and other creative events addressing climate change, peak oil, sustainability, and community-building. Founder Vermont Wedding Ociant 2009-Present Write and perform customized wedding ceremonies for straight, gay, and trans couples. Co-Founder Transition Town Charlotte 2009-2015 On leadership team of community-led response to climate change and peak oil. Organize events such as film nights, information forums, and community parties. Write monthly column for town paper. Founder, Artistic Director Mighty Ruckus Productions 2003-Present Saving Persephone (2012): Wrote a play for the acting students at Essex High School adapting the myth of Persephone and Demeter to address climate change. Yore and Back Again (2012): Wrote and directed a play about the history of Monkton, Vermont with students from the Monkton Central School. Commissioned by The Willowell Foundation Flight (2010): Wrote and produced one-woman show about my trip to the Copenhagen climate talks. Commissioned by the Vermont Arts Council. Sponsored by the Burlington International Airport and Candles&Creations Other performances for Vermont Stage Company and Earth Hour 2010. The Jeans Dilemma (2009): Original performance piece for Vermont Earth Institute fundraiser. Long Now (2009): Wrote and directed a play about the Clock of the Long Now with students from The Walden Project, Vergennes, VT. The Boycott (2006-2009): Wrote, produced, and organized national tour of one-woman show about fighting global warming. Kathryn Blume Resume - 1 Kathryn Blume 205 Roscoe Road Charlotte, VT 05445 802.233.5856 [email protected]

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ORGANIZATIONS FOUNDED Founder Vermontivate! 2011-Present

Founder and lead organizer for behavior-changing community climate and sustainability game.Game played by over 1500 Vermonters in communities in every county in the state.Partners include: Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, Efficiency Vermont, Vermont Natural Resources Council, Front Porch Forum, Ben and Jerry’s, Vermont Energy Education Program, 350VT, Central Vermont Solid Waste Utility, VT Agency of Natural Resources.Funders include/have included: Ben&Jerry’s Foundation, VT Community Foundation, High Meadows Fund, The Ferguson Foundation, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, Jerry Greenfield, VTrans, VEIC, Efficiency Vermont, The Blittersdorf Family Foundation, The Acorn Fund, The Lintilhac Foundation.

Founder Kathryn Blume, International Present Public speaking, workshops, coaching and other creative events addressing climate change, peak oil, sustainability, and community-building.

Founder Vermont Wedding Officiant 2009-Present Write and perform customized wedding ceremonies for straight, gay, and trans couples.

Co-Founder Transition Town Charlotte 2009-2015 On leadership team of community-led response to climate change and peak oil.

Organize events such as film nights, information forums, and community parties.Write monthly column for town paper.

Founder, Artistic Director Mighty Ruckus Productions 2003-Present Saving Persephone (2012): Wrote a play for the acting students at Essex High School adapting the myth of Persephone and Demeter to address climate change. Yore and Back Again (2012): Wrote and directed a play about the history of Monkton, Vermont with students from the Monkton Central School.

Commissioned by The Willowell Foundation Flight (2010): Wrote and produced one-woman show about my trip to the Copenhagen climate talks.

Commissioned by the Vermont Arts Council.Sponsored by the Burlington International Airport and Candles&CreationsOther performances for Vermont Stage Company and Earth Hour 2010.

The Jeans Dilemma (2009): Original performance piece for Vermont Earth Institute fundraiser.Long Now (2009): Wrote and directed a play about the Clock of the Long Now with students from The Walden Project, Vergennes, VT.The Boycott (2006-2009): Wrote, produced, and organized national tour of one-woman show about fighting global warming.

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Kathryn Blume 205 Roscoe Road Charlotte, VT 05445 802.233.5856 [email protected]

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Raised over $80,000 to develop The Boycott and produce a six-week off-Broadway run. Donors included Paul Newman, Seventh Generation, NRG Systems, GE, and Anichini CompanyMedia: Orion Magazine, nytheatre.com, Anchorage Daily News, RiverFront Times, American Woman, Vermont Public Radio, Talk of Alaska, The Phil Lempert Show, and others.Toured to 20+ cities in the US &UK.Presented at Klimaforum during the December, 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen, DK.Partnered on promoting the show with The Nature Conservancy, Better World Club, Solar One, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and others.Endorsements from NRG Systems, Coffee Enterprises, Smart Growth Vermont, and others.Outstanding Activist Award from the Vermont Environmental Action Conference.

Vanya/Vermont (2004): Wrote and acted in an adaptation of Uncle Vanya set in modern day Vermont.

Co-production with Vermont Stage Company.The Accidental Activist (2003-2005): Wrote, produced, and organized New York production and national tour of one-woman show about Lysistrata Project - a worldwide peace event I co-founded in March 2003.

Raised $5000 to produce show in New York.Toured to 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada.Media: Political Affairs, Pittsburgh City Paper, East Bay Express, Peace Talks, and others.Received Austin Critic’s Table Nomination

Co-Founder Lysistrata Project 2003 Organized worldwide readings of ancient Greek anti-war comedy Lysistrata on March 3, 2003.

1029 readings on 6 continents, in 59 countries, and all 50 US States; 67 readings in New York City.All-star reading at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Raised over $100,000 for peace-oriented charities.Media: All Things Considered, Newsweek, CNN, Associated Press, Jim Lehrer News Hour, The Nation, New York Times, New York Post, Village Voice, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Asahi Shimbun, Democracy Now, The Connection, many other national and international newspapers and radio stations.Lysistrata Goes to School: Study guide and school-friendly versions of play (elementary and high school) focusing on creative, non-violent conflict-resolution. Lysistrata Project is the subject of the documentary film Operation Lysistrata, is the subject of numerous academic papers and theses, and is taught in many college-level theater history and art/social action courses.

Founder New Paradigms Personal Coaching Services 1999-2002Coached private clients on life issues and career development. Organized, promoted, and ran public workshops and support groups. Designed website and brochures.

Co-Founder The Hill Actor’s Retreat Center, Charlotte, VT 1995-1999 Co-founded retreat center, taught yoga and Shakespeare classes for retreat participants.

Founder Earth on the Air, Seattle, WA 1988-1993 Created award-winning, nationally broadcast environmental and social justice news radio show.

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POLITICAL EVENT ORGANIZER Earth Hour 2010

Organized public performance at Unitarian Church as a formal Earth Hour event. Co-sponsored by Vermont Interfaith Power and Light, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, Peace and Justice Center, and Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church.

350.org/350VT Co-founder and lead organizer of 350VT’s touring Climate Cabaret, Fall 2012. On organizational team and MC for Connect The Dots Vermont, part of 350.org’s international day of action on May 5, 2012. On organizational team and MC for Moving Planet Vermont, part of 350.org’s international day of action on September 24, 2011.Organized Get On The Bus fundraiser for Vermonters going to Washington, D.C. for the Keystone XL Pipeline protests, August, 2011.Created Vermont-wide dance party for 350.org’s first international day of climate action October, 24, 2009.

Event was simulcast on line and on cable TV and had over 1500 viewers.Co-sponsored by GroSolar, The Point, NRG Systems, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, Vermont Earth Institute, Vermont Natural Resources Council, Vermont International Film Festival, Local Motion, Vermont Interfaith Power and Light, Smart Growth Vermont, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, RETN, Vantage Press, Catalyst Now, Shadow Productions, Vermont Community Access Media, Burlington Permaculture, Town Meeting Television, Oxfam America, Sensible World, and Free Vermont Radio.

MoveOn.org Organized public lobbying visit on Waxman-Markey Bill to Senator Bernie Sanders’ office and Peter Welch’s office. Organized bake sale for John Kerry Presidential Campaign. Raised $1000 in 4 hours. Organized candlelight vigil for war resistor Cindy Sheehan with 300+ attendees.

CREATIVE CONSULTANT SciFutures 2012

Messaging and marketing consultant for business innovation consultancy.

Round Sky Solutions 2012 Messaging and marketing consultant for life and business coaching company.

BrainJuicer, Ltd. 2009-2011Creative idea generation, newsletter development, writing guru for London-based multinational market research company.

TEACHING WORKSHOPS

“Cultivating Hope,” Burlington, Vermont 2012 “Green Up Your Life,” Vermont Women Business Owners Network 2010-2011 “Envisioning A Positive Future,” Transition Toolkit, Shelburne, VT 2009“Personal Liberation: The Heart of Resistance” 2003-2005

WRITING

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts 2012, 2015 Champlain College Young Writer’s Conference 2012, 2013

Weston Playhouse - Young Playwrights Alive 2012

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Essex High School 2011 New England Young Writer’s Conference 2009-2011

ACTING, DIRECTING, BUSINESS OF THEATER Burlington College, Burlington, VT 2009-2011 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts 2010-2012University of Vermont Summer Discovery Program, Burlington, VT 1998Private Scene Study and Monologue Classes, Burlington, VT 1997-1998National High School Institute, Evanston, IL 1994

PUBLIC SPEAKING The Cooper Union School, New York, NY 1999-2000 Women in Communications, Albuquerque, NM 1997, 2004

SHAKESPEARE Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT 2001-2003 National High School Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1994

YOGA Shelburne Health and Fitness, Shelburne, VT 2005-2012Shelburne Athletic Club, Shelburne, VT 2005-2007 Private Classes, New York City 1999-2001The Hill Actor’s Retreat Center, Charlotte, VT 1995-1999National High School Institute, Evanston, IL 1994

PUBLIC SPEAKING Radical Sustainability Numerous venues 2014-15 Get Out The Vote For Climate Change Dean Corren Lt. Gov. Campaign Launch 2014 All About Climate Change Addison County Democrats Annual Meeting 2013 Dandelions In The Yard Keynote for Fulbright Scholars visiting VT 2013 Get Out The Vote For Climate Change Bernie Sanders Get Out The Vote Rally 2012 Scaring the Progressives VT Progressive Party Annual Meeting 2012 Art, Activism, and Inspiration Current Topics in Science, Johnson State College 2012 Rising Tide Beach Party Vermont Teachers Who Write Annual Conference 2012 The Space in the Venn Vermont Public Radio Commentator’s Brunch 2012 Love Her Up! VT Nature Conservancy Earth Day Celebration 2012 Timewarp Fossil Fuel Freedom Campaign Launch 2012 Dancing to the Beat of the Great Green Heart Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network 2012 The Time Is Now 350VT’s Moving Planet Rally 2011 The Picture of Enough Vermont Public Radio Commentator’s Brunch 2011 The Vermont Guide to Global Living The Vermont Climate Collaborative 2010 March In Vermont Women’s Fund 2010 Activating Your Passion Lake Champlain Waldorf School, VT Commons 2010Copenhagen and Beyond Transition Town Charlotte, Charlotte, VT 2009Envisioning A Positive Future Transition Toolkit, Shelburne, VT 2009Care Like No-One’s Watching Howard Center Benefit, Burlington, VT 2009Art, Activism, Inspiration, and Muffins Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH 2008Changing the Enough Paradigm Women in Communications, Albuquerque, NM 2006Love Letter to Bill T. Jones & Co. Flynn Center, Burlington, VT 2006Peaceable Kingdom Parents Circle Benefit, St. John the Divine, NY 2005The Four Pillars of Creative Action The Convergence, New Orleans, LA 2004

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WRITING Books

Author of: Dancing to the Beat of the Great Green Heart, The Gifty Part of the Year, The Story of Four, Gingerhoney269 Contributor to: VNRC - 50 Years, Beautiful Trouble, MoveOn.org's 50 Ways To Love Your Country, Code Pink's Stop the Next War Now, Outcry - American Voices of Conscience Post 9/11, 365 Ways to Change the World

Commentaries Numerous commentaries on Vermont Public Radio

Blogs Anything Is Possible for The Politics of Creativity, Saying It Like It Is for Venus Rising

Magazines and Newspapers Lysistrata Project for Yes Magazine, Lemon Pledge for Seven Days, I Believe for Burlington Free Press, Copenhagen Travelogue for Burlington Free Press

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Public Outreach Coordinator Forest Watch, Montpelier, VT 2002 Volunteer Coordinator Cascade Chapter, Sierra Club, Seattle, WA 1991-1993 Solid Waste Management Intern Ross and Associates, Seattle, WA 1989 PR/Media Intern Friends of the Earth, Seattle, WA 1988

SKILLS Writing, editing, public speaking, teaching, community organizing, mediation, strategic brainstorming, creative problem-solving, making stuff happen.

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS 350VT Leadership Council 2012-Present Transition Town Charlotte Steering Committee 2009-2015The Willowell Foundation 2008-2010The Lewis Creek Association 2006-2010The Vermont Conservation Education Fund 2005-2007

PROFESSIONAL AFFIL IATIONS Vermont Association of Wedding Professionals 2009-PresentVermont Women Business Owner’s Network 2009-PresentVermont Businesses for Social Responsibility 2009-PresentYale University Alumni Organization 1990-PresentTheater Communications Group 2000-2003New York Women in Media 2003 New York Women in Communications 2001

EDUCATION Yale University Self-Designed BA in Environmental Studies and Theater 1990 The Catlin Gabel School, Portland OR 1985

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