Alex de Roode

Alexander de Roode is the Executive Director of the Sustainable Living Institute of Maui (SLIM). He established roots on Maui in 1984, graduated from Seabury Hall in 1994, obtained a double B.A. in Economics and International Affairs from University of Colorado in 1998 and a M.S. degree in Bioresource Engineering at McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 2008.  He currently serves on several boards and committees active in sustainability efforts; has interned for several environmental non-profits, including the United Nations; has acquired extensive knowledge in renewable energy, energy efficiency, waste management, green building, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development, and ecological systems; has lived and studied in Hawaii, France, Canada, Colorado, New York, Denmark, Spain, and Panama; and is fluent in Spanish, French, and some Danish.  His primary interests lie in teaching, promoting, and deepening his understanding of sustainability, particularly in how it relates to tropical agriculture and traditional peoples.