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Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Central University of Ecuador, Quito 170521, Ecuador;
valbuja@uce.edu.ec (V.A.C.)

Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Central University of Ecuador, Quito 170521, Ecuador;
dmmantilla@uce.edu.ec (D.M.G.)

University Department of Environmental Forestry Engineering and Management, University Research Institute Center I+D+I for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable, Technical University of Madrid,28040 Madrid, Spain; sigfredo.ortuno@upm.es

E.T.S.I. Forestry and Natural Environment, Technical University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Central University of Ecuador, Quito 170521, Ecuador

Dr. Jennifer Duyne Barenstein is a social anthropologist and the executive director of the Centre for Research on Architecture, Society and the Built Environment at ETH Zurich.

Her research focuses on housing policies and on the socioeconomic and institutional dimensions of housing and urban renewal. She recently completed the research project "Tackling the Global Housing Challenges: Relevance and Replicability of Switzerland's and Uruguay's Cooperative Housing Policies and Strategies," which was supported by the Swiss Network for International Studies. She is currently directing the international research project "Negotiating Space for Cooperative Housing in Latin America: The Case of Post-conflict Colombia and El Salvador," which is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Brian Tokar is an activist and author, and a long-time faculty and board member of the Institute for Social Ecology. His books include The Green Alternative, Earth for Sale, Toward Climate Justice and three edited volumes on biotechnology and food issues. His latest book is Climate Justice and Community Renewal: Resistance and Grassroots Solutions (Routledge, 2020), coedited with Tamra Gilbertson.

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Michael Shuman is director of research for Cutting Edge Capital, director of research and economic development at the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), and a Fellow of Post Carbon Institute. He holds an AB with distinction in economics and international relations from Stanford University and a JD from Stanford Law School. He has led community-based economic-development efforts across the country and has authored or edited seven previous books, including The Small Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition (2006) and Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in the Global Age (1998).

In recent years, Michael has led community-based economic-development efforts in St. Lawrence County (NY), Hudson Valley (NY), Katahdin Region (ME), Martha’s Vineyard (MA), and Carbondale (CO), and served as a senior editor for the recently published Encyclopedia of Community. He has given an average of more than one invited talk per week for 25 years throughout the United States and the world.

Catalyst Cooperative is an employee-owned data engineering and analysis consultancy, specializing in energy system and utility financial data. Our current focus is on the US electricity and natural gas sectors. We primarily serve non-profit organizations, academic researchers, journalists, climate policy advocates, public policymakers, and occasionally smaller business users.