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Matt Hern is a community organizer, writer and activist based in East Vancouver, British Columbia (Coast Salish Territories) who is known for his work in radical urbanism, community development, ecology and alternative forms of education. He has founded the Eastside Learning Centre, the Purple Thistle Centre, Car Free Vancouver Day, Groundswell: Grassroots Economic Alternatives, as well as many other community initiatives and projects. He is currently developing a creative production centre with and for gang-engaged youth called 2+10 Industries. He teaches at multiple universities, lectures globally and his writing has been published on all six continents and translated into twelve languages. == Early life and education == Hern was born in Victoria and grew up in rural British Columbia. After attending Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, he briefly worked in journalism in New York City before moving to East Vancouver, in Coast Salish Territories . Hern was a student at the Institute for Social Ecology in Plainfield, Vermont where he completed an MA, and shortly after became a faculty member, working closely with Dan Chodorkoff, Murray Bookchin and others. Hern holds a PhD in Urban Studies from the Union Institute & University, completed in 1997. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matt Hern」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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