Biography courtesy of the Huffington Post:
Sanjay Khanna is a writer, journalist, futurist, and Co-founder of Resilient People, which provides guidance on preparing for economic and climate shifts. A 2009 TED Fellow nominee, Sanjay co-founded the world’s first conference exploring how climate change and ecological degradation threaten people’s mental health and well-being — and how resilience can be encouraged as the pressures on humanity multiply.
Sanjay’s articles and op-eds on arts, culture, politics, technology, the economy, the environment, and community resilience have been published by YES!, Nature, Grist,Reuters, Worldchanging, The Tyee, Sun-Times News Group, and Communication Arts. He blogs at Realistic Sanctuary, where he explores the implications of economic instability and climate change.
A visionary thinker, Sanjay has synthesized environmental, social, technology, and mental-health trends for the likes of Hewlett-Packard, Nokia Corp., and Yamaha Motor Corp., USA. His perspective on global affairs has been informed by scenario-planning training with senior strategists from oil majors, financial institutions, manufacturers, and the U.S. government.
Today Sanjay’s focus is on helping civil society, governments, and the private sector to recognize and address the psychological, social, and cultural impacts of climate change within their organizations and as part of an external mandate to safeguard communities around the world from climate change impacts.
Sanjay holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of British Columbia and a bachelor’s degree in education. He is a member of the International Federation of Journalists and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada.
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