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Mary Griffiths, Sara Wilson and Mark Anielski

Mary Griffiths, Sara Wilson and Mark Anielski ... authors of a Pembina Institute paper in 2002

Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

About the Authors

Mary Griffiths joined the Pembina Institute as an Environmental Policy Analyst in May 2000. She brings strong research and policy analysis skills as well as an extensive background and indepth understanding of a wide range of environmental issues. Mary works with the Energy Watch team on environmental and energy advocacy issues and with the Institute’s Green Economics Program on genuine progress indicators for Alberta. She has long been an advocate for the protection of the environment, both in her previous employment and in her volunteer activities. Mary holds a Ph.D. (Medical Geography), University of Exeter, UK and a B.A. (Geography), University of Exeter, UK.

Sara Wilson joined the Pembina Institute in August 2000, as a member of the Green Economics Program. She works on establishing measurements of ecological well-being and community sustainability reflected in genuine progress indicators using time series analysis and valuation methods. Sara aims to promote better physical and economic accounts that will reflect our natural capital, quantitative and qualitative degradation, and the ecological and social costs of losses in ecological integrity. Before joining the Green Economics team, Sara completed the water account and forest account for the Nova Scotia GPI. In addition, she has three years’ experience as a forest ecology researcher and three years’ experience in environmental education. Sara holds the following degrees: MSc.F. (Mixed Boreal Forest Disturbance Ecology), University of Toronto and B.A. Hon. (International Development Studies and Environmental Geography), University of Toronto.

Mark Anielski is Director of the Green Economics team, and has considerable experience in public policy analysis including natural resource, energy, royalty and fiscal policy issues in both the public (Alberta Government) and private (GPC- Government Policy Consultants) sector. He also serves as Senior Fellow to the U.S. economic policy think-tank Redefining Progress in Oakland, California and authored the 1999 U.S. GPI report with journalist Jonathan Rowe. He currently advises the National Round Table on Economy and the Environment’s Sustainable Development Indicator Steering Committee on the development of indicators for measuring sustainability in Canada. Mark teaches business and the environment in the University of Alberta’s School of Business. His expertise is varied and broad including accounting for sustainable development, natural resource accounting, public policy analysis, business planning and performance measurement. Mark pioneered the development of natural capital accounts for Alberta’s timber, oil, gas, coal and other natural capital as well as having experience in the development of performance measurement systems, land use planning and non-market resource valuation, royalty policy analysis (forestry, oil and gas), and analysis of subsidies for both government and private forestry, energy and financial service industries. He holds a Masters degree in forest economics, plus bachelor degrees in economics and forestry.