James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
I'm studying the behavior and ecology of Asian elephants in Sri Lanka, asking how people and wildlife can peacefully coexist. I started and run my own field site in Sri Lanka for my graduate research. Now I'm a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology at Colorado State University where I will be looking at how the behavior and conservation challenges faced by Asian elephants compare to those faced by African savannah elephants. Having finished my Ph.D, I am planning to expand my research to study how people, particularly farmers, live alongside elephants in hopes of helping to mitigate conflicts between the two. I'm also very interested in working with students to raise awareness of the natural world both in Sri Lanka and the U.S. To do this, I’ve created the Elephant Forest and Environment Conservation Trust (EFECT), in Sri Lanka.
When I'm not thinking of elephants, I enjoy painting and being outdoors or travelling whenever I get a chance. At the moment I split my time between three beautiful places - Somerville/Cambridge Massachusetts, Fort Collins Colorado, and Uda Walawe, Sri Lanka.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ElephantConservation
Blog: http://elephantresearch.net/fieldnotes
Twitter: @AsianEle
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