Stephan, futurist and integrated systems change maker, president of the Slocan Integral Forestry Cooperative, works as an integral consultant for not-for-profit organizations. Stephan’s lifelong passion and pursuit is to move beyond ideas and theory to on-the-ground implementation of a potential future. He loves finding fulcrum points for collective transformation. He is the president and business manager of the Slocan Integral Forestry Cooperative (SIFCo), that manages a 35,000-acre community forest in the Slocan Valley, BC, where he successfully spearheaded an integral approach to a multi-stakeholder collaborative solution in one of BC’s most contentious areas in regards to forestry practices in Canada. Stephan currently lives with his family in the beautiful mountains of British Columbia, Canada, where he enjoys carpentry, alternative housing, permaculture and homesteading.
Stephan Martineau