PROJECT
 MANAGER:
 ENDURU
 SUSTAINABLE
 DEVELOPMENT,
 WITH
 
ECO2LIBRIUM
 AND
 NEW
 CREATIONS;
 JULY
 2015-­‐MAY
 2016
 
Assisted
 a
 community
 Western
 Kenya
 identify
 and
 meet
 needs
 through
 fundraising
 and
 
sustainable
 development.
 
 
 
• Masters
 capstone
 project
 resulting
 in
 a
 dormitory
 construction
 at
 an
 orphanage,
 
solar
 power,
 and
 a
 fuel-­‐efficient
 stove
 project
 to
 reduce
 deforestation
 while
 
providing
 income
 
 
• Created
 a
 partnership
 between
 a
 non-­‐profit
 and
 B-­‐Corporation
 to
 bring
 stove
 
manufacturing
 and
 installation
 jobs
 to
 the
 Enduru
 village
 
• Planning
 for
 future
 agriculture
 project
 with
 local
 NGO
 

 
JOURNALIST,
 COLORADO
 CENTRAL
 MAGAZINE,
 CHAFFEE
 COUNTY
 TIMES;
 2012-­‐
PRESENT
 
Videography,
 photography,
 and
 web
 design
 to
 create
 multi-­‐media
 stories.
 Portfolio
 at
 
tylerbgrimes.com.
 
• Selected
 topics
 covered
 include
 wild
 lands,
 local
 foods,
 sustainable
 economic
 
development
 and
 sustainable
 travel.
 
• Valuable
 experience
 in
 self-­‐organization,
 time
 management,
 research,
 writing,
 
editing,
 interviewing
 

 
GUIDE,
 AMERICAN
 ADVENTURE
 EXPEDITIONS
 &
 ROCKY
 MOUNTAIN
 OUTDOOR
 
CENTER;
 2011-­‐
 present
 
Experience
 gained
 leading
 crews,
 leading
 trips,
 logistics,
 planning,
 risk
 management
 and
 
documenting
 for
 marketing.
 
• River
 Guide-­‐
 Class
 Four
 Guide
 (Numbers
 and
 Royal
 Gorge),
 Trip
 Leader
 
• Rock
 Climbing
 Guide
 at
 Rocky
 Mountain
 Outdoor
 Center
 
o Made
 promotional
 for
 RMOC
 
• Wilderness
 First
 Responder
 (WFR)
 

 
FARMING,
 ANTERO
 HOT
 SPRINGS
 &
 WEATHERVANE
 FARM;
 2012-­‐
 2015
 
 
• At
 Weathervane,
 worked
 seasonally
 to
 plant,
 harvest
 and
 sell
 produce,
 along
 
with
 other
 projects,
 including
 high
 tunnel
 and
 cold
 frame
 constructions
 
• At
 Antero,
 gained
 experience
 in
 permaculture,
 greenhouses,
 building
 
maintenance,
 tree
 planting
 and
 thinning,
 and
 property
 management
 

 
TEACHING
 ASSISTANT,
 WESTERN
 STATE
 COLORADO
 UNIVERSITY
 (WSCU)
 AND
 
COLORADO
 MOUNTAIN
 COLLEGE
 (CMC)-­‐
 TIMBERLINE
 CAMPUS;
 FALL
 2015
 
Developed
 course
 content,
 deliver
 lectures
 and
 facilitate
 discussion
 at
 two
 institutions
 
of
 higher
 education.
 
• Environmental
 Ethics
 Teaching
 Assistant
 at
 Western
 State
 Colorado
 University;
 
Fall
 2015
 
• Sustainable
 Leadership,
 Ethics
 and
 Social
 Responsibility
 Teaching
 Assistant
 at
 
Colorado
 Mountain
 College,
 Leadville
 Campus;
 Fall
 2015
 
• Guest
 lectures:
 Sociology
 of
 Climate
 Change
 at
 WSCU,
 Intro
 to
 Environmental
 
Studies
 at
 WSCU
 

 
FUNDRAISING
 
Crowdfunding
 and
 grants
 
• Generosity.com
 campaign
 raised
 $9000
 for
 the
 Enduru
 Sustainable
 
Development
 project,
 including
 construction
 of
 a
 dormitory
 for
 an
 
orphanage;
 Jan-­‐March
 2016
 
• Haley
 Environmental
 Fund,
 first
 recipient
 of
 the
 award;
 July
 2015
 
• Kickstarter
 campaign
 contributor
 that
 successfully
 raised
 $7000;
 April-­‐
 
May
 2013
 
• Raised
 support
 for
 a
 service
 trip
 to
 Kenya;
 Oct-­‐Dec
 2008
 

 
INTERNSHIPS
 
• Building
 Farmers
 Intern
 through
 County
 Extension,
 at
 Weathervane;
 May-­‐Sept.
 
2015
 
• Salida
 Ranger
 District
 Forest
 Service/
 Volunteers
 for
 Outdoor
 Colorado
 (VOC)
 
Internship
 Contributed
 to
 newsletters
 and
 planning
 the
 first
 Interest
 Group
 
Task
 Force
 to
 resolve
 communication
 gaps
 between
 the
 Forest
 Service
 and
 
working
 groups;
 Nov.
 2014-­‐
 Feb.
 2015
 

 
PUBLIC
 SPEAKING
 
• Gunnison
 Library
 Speaker
 Series
 Presentation
 at
 the
 Gunnison
 Public
 Library,
 
Gunnison;
 Dec
 2015
 
• City
 of
 Salida
 Travelogue
 Series
 Presentation
 at
 the
 Steamplant
 Theater,
 Salida;
 
Oct
 2015
 

 
CUSTOMER
 SERVICE
 
• June
 2014-­‐
 July
 2015:
 Wood’s
 High
 Mountain
 Distillery
 in
 Salida,
 CO.
 
 
 
• August
 2009-­‐
 September
 2011:
 
 The
 Melting
 Pot
 in
 Littleton,
 CO,
 promoted
 to
 
Customer
 Service
 Manager
 

 
Volunteering
 
GUIDESTONE
 COLORADO,
 SALIDA,
 CO;
 2015-­‐16
 
Worked
 at
 farm
 to
 school
 gardens
 

 
COAL
 CREEK
 WATERSHED
 COALITION,
 CRESTED
 BUTTE,
 CO;
 SUMMER
 2015
 
Collected
 water
 quality
 and
 stream
 flow
 data.
 
 

 
BOYS
 AND
 GIRLS
 CLUB
 OF
 CHAFFEE
 COUNTY,
 BUENA
 VISTA,
 CO;
 2013-­‐2014
 
 
Assisted
 in
 after
 school
 programming
 

 
HABLA
 YA
 SPANISH
 SCHOOL,
 BOCAS
 DEL
 TORO,
 PANAMA;
 JAN-­‐FEB
 2013
 
Traded
 marketing
 material-­‐
 video,
 photography
 and
 blog-­‐
 for
 Spanish
 lessons.
 
 
 

 
350
 CENTRAL
 COLORADO,
 SALIDA;
 2012-­‐13
 
Founding
 member
 of
 the
 350
 regional
 group,
 encouraged
 becoming
 part
 of
 350
 

 
ESPARANZA
 INTERNATIONAL,
 PORT-­‐AU-­‐PRINCE,
 HAITI;
 JAN-­‐APRIL
 2010
 
After
 the
 Jan
 2010
 earthquake
 in
 Haiti,
 installed
 water
 filtration
 systems
 (Sunspring)
 and
 
conducted
 water
 quality
 monitoring.
 
 Esparanza
 is
 a
 micro-­‐finance
 organization.
 

 
NEW
 CREATIONS,
 NAKURU
 &
 WESTERN
 PROVINCE,
 KENYA;
 OCT-­‐DEC
 2008
 
Volunteered
 among
 slums
 in
 Nakuru
 and
 two
 orphanages.
 

 
Technical
 Skills
 
• Video
 Editing
 (Adobe
 Premiere
 Pro)
 
• Word,
 PowerPoint,
 Excel
 (Microsoft
 Office)
 
• Website
 design
 (Square
 Space,
 Word
 Press)
 
•
 Social
 Media
 
• Statistical
 data
 analysis
 
• Wilderness
 First
 Responder
 

 
Education
 
MASTERS
 IN
 ENVIRONMENTAL
 MANAGEMENT-­‐
 SUSTAINABLE
 &
 RESILIENT
 
COMMUNITIES;
 WESTERN
 STATE
 COLORADO
 UNIVERSITY,
 MAY
 2016
 
 
• Master’s
 Project:
 
 A
 partnership
 between
 two
 organizations
 in
 the
 Western
 
Province
 of
 Kenya,
 New
 Creations
 and
 Eco2librium.
 
 The
 project
 is
 expanding
 
Eco2librium’s
 Stoves
 for
 Life
 to
 Busia
 County.
 
 Valuable
 experience
 in
 
crowdfunding,
 outreach,
 communication,
 team
 building,
 leadership
 and
 project
 
management.
 
 
 
• Flight
 Across
 America
 2015:
 
 One
 of
 eight
 students
 from
 Colorado
 and
 Arizona
 
selected
 to
 participate
 in
 EcoFlight’s
 yearly
 program.
 
 This
 year’s
 theme,
 
“Megadrought:
 
 The
 Future
 of
 water
 on
 the
 Colorado
 River.”
 
 Wrote
 and
 
photographed
 the
 experience.
 
 
 
• Coursework:
 
 
 
o Praxis:
 Applying
 Deep
 Sustainability
 
o Environmental
 Organizational
 Leadership
 and
 Development
 
o Sustainability
 Consulting
 and
 Leadership
 Development
 
! Developed
 a
 Communications,
 Outreach
 and
 Engagement
 plan
 for
 a
 
campus
 Roadmap
 to
 Zero-­‐Waste
 
 
o Environment
 and
 Economy
 
o Carbon
 Offsets
 and
 Sustainable
 Development
 
o Science
 of
 Climate
 Mitigation
 and
 Adaptation
 
o Environmental
 Statistics
 
o Integrated
 Skills
 in
 Environmental
 Management
 
o Environmental
 Politics
 and
 Policy
 
o Quantitative
 Skills
 in
 Environmental
 Management
 

 
BACHELOR
 OF
 ARTS
 IN
 CONVERGENCE
 JOURNALISM,
 MINOR
 IN
 POLITICAL
 
SCIENCE;
 METROPOLITAN
 STATE
 UNIVERSITY
 OF
 DENVER,
 MAY
 2012
 
Among
 the
 first
 class
 of
 Metro
 students
 to
 graduate
 with
 the
 new
 Convergence
 
Journalism
 Major,
 which
 equips
 students
 for
 working
 in
 multi-­‐media.
 
 During
 my
 
undergraduate
 career
 I
 was
 published
 in
 several
 campus
 publications.
 
 
 

 
References
 
• Dr.
 Jessica
 Young,
 Western
 State
 Colorado
 University,
 Master
 of
 
Environmental
 Management
 Program
 Faculty
 and
 Global
 Coordinator;
 
xxx@xxx.com
 
• Kevin
 Cooper,
 Colorado
 Mountain
 College,
 Assistant
 Dean
 of
 Instruction;
 
xxx@xxx.com
 
• Lauren
 van
 Vliet,
 Conservation
 Legacy,
 Southwest
 Coordinator;
 
xxx@xxx.com