Greg Gerritt has been an activist for more than 50 years—ever since organizing his high school for the first Earth Day. Today, he labels himself activist, writer, and forest gnome; he maintains a very active, green public policy portfolio with a focus on creating community prosperity by simultaneously healing ecosystems and channeling economic development resources to under-resourced communities. In 1986, he was the first Green Party candidate for state legislature in the United States. Gerritt has started a local watershed group, administered the coalition of environmental nonprofits in Rhode Island, brought several green industries to the state, and served on a number of nonprofit boards. One of his current projects is a YouTube channel, Moshassuckcritters, for which he has created nearly 2,000 short videos of urban wildlife in Providence, Rhode Island. Read more on his blog!