Ravi Logan is the Executive Director of the PROUT Institute and is the principle author of PROUT: A New Paradigm of Development. He has written on ecology, economics, social theory, history, and yoga philosophy and was the associate editor of Common Future, a magazine integrating economic, ecological, cultural, and spiritual perspectives on sustainability.
Ravi also serves as the Program Director of the Dharmalaya Center and is the lead trainer in Dharmalaya’s Dharma Training and Yoga Life Training programs. He has taught at Lane Community College and the University of Oregon and is a frequent participant in local sustainability activism events.
In 1993, Ravi co-authored a development plan commissioned by the Vice-Governor of Khabarovsk Krai, a state in Far East Russia. This plan proposed a path of development grounded in cooperative, decentralist, ecological, and humanistic values.
He attended Dartmouth University, the University of Washington, and the University of Oregon (MS Counseling Psychology). He has higher training in mediation and yoga philosophy, and is ordained as an acharya (mediation teacher). He serves as an adjunct instructor in Ananda Seva Acharya Training Programs.
Contact: Ravi Logan, rlogan@igc.org
Jason Schreine
r is President of the PROUT Institute and also serves as a Faculty Consultant with the University of Oregon Teaching Effectiveness Program, helping faculty and graduate students improve their teaching. He is also an adjunct instructor for the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program, and has taught courses for the Department of Philosophy at Oregon State University. He has previously worked in the non-profit sector to promote sustainability in K-12 schools, to strengthen land use laws and improve community livability in Oregon, and to develop sustainable agrifood systems in his home state of Kansas. In addition, he has worked in the private sector, helping establish an award-winning organic foods business in Toronto, Ontario, as well as managing a successful organic farm in Kansas. He continues to help manage business operations for his family’s conventional farm in Kansas.
Jason coordinates organizational development and education programs for the PROUT Institute, and serves as a lead instructor for PROUT trainings, seminars, and study groups. He also presents regularly in the community on sustainability issues, local agriculture and food, and decentralized economics.
Jason is a dynamic and interactive instructor and presenter, trained meeting facilitator and adept discussion leader, and accomplished grant writer.
Ravi Logan is the Executive Director of the PROUT Institute and is the principle author of PROUT: A New Paradigm of Development. He has written on ecology, economics, social theory, history, and yoga philosophy and was the associate editor of Common Future, a magazine integrating economic, ecological, cultural, and spiritual perspectives on sustainability.
Ravi also serves as the Program Director of the Dharmalaya Center and is the lead trainer in Dharmalaya’s Dharma Training and Yoga Life Training programs. He has taught at Lane Community College and the University of Oregon and is a frequent participant in local sustainability activism events.
In 1993, Ravi co-authored a development plan commissioned by the Vice-Governor of Khabarovsk Krai, a state in Far East Russia. This plan proposed a path of development grounded in cooperative, decentralist, ecological, and humanistic values.
He attended Dartmouth University, the University of Washington, and the University of Oregon (MS Counseling Psychology). He has higher training in mediation and yoga philosophy, and is ordained as an acharya (mediation teacher). He serves as an adjunct instructor in Ananda Seva Acharya Training Programs.
Contact: Ravi Logan, rlogan@igc.org
Jason Schreiner is Associate Director of the PROUT Institute and also serves as the Outreach and Communications Director for Goal One Coalition, an Oregon-based non-profit organization which engages citizens in creating communities that are livable and economies that are sustainable, within a healthy and diverse natural environment. He has taught environmental ethics and philosophy at Oregon State University, and environmental humanities at the University of Oregon.
Jason served as Director of Development for the Kansas Rural Center, a non-profit that promotes sustainable agriculture and local food security. He also worked as a business entrepreneur, helping establish an award-winning organic foods business in Toronto, as well as managing an organic farm in Eastern Kansas.
Jason organizes and facilitates PROUT study groups, and serves as a primary instructor for PROUT Social Transformation Trainings. He regularly gives speeches and presentations on sustainable agriculture, local foods, decentralized economics, and visionary social change,.
Jason is a trained meeting facilitator and dynamic public speaker. He enjoys speaking with audiences of all sizes, facilitating classroom and group discussions, and stimulating others to think critically and creatively about progressive social change.
Contact: Jason Schreiner, jwschreiner@hotmail.com
