Draft:Douglas Stevenson

Douglas Stevenson
Douglas Stevenson
	Douglas Stevenson, Bali, 2016
Born	November 5, 1953; Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Activist, speaker, musician, writer
Spouse	Deborah Kay Flowers (m.1972)
Children	Jody Stevenson, Leah Thomas
Website	DouglasStevenson.com

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Douglas O. Stevenson (November 5, 1953) is an American author, activist, and principal media spokesperson^[1] for "The Farm", a spiritual community, once the world’s largest hippy commune, and one of the better-known ecovillage experiments in North America in the early 1970s. His interviews have appeared in a variety of media outlets, including newspapers, magazines, documentaries, and television news programs such as Now in America, CNN's American Journey, and United Shades of America.

Stevenson is also a lifelong musician and leads group singing, chanting, and dancing in his later years, particularly the Dances of Universal Peace.^[1] He has authored three books, the latter two on the history of The Farm, including "Out to Change the World: The Evolution of The Farm Community" and "The Farm Then and Now: A Model for Sustainable Living." He was an associate producer of "Forty Years of The Farm," a feature-length documentary.^[2] In addition, he has written over 1000 articles that have appeared in various national and international journals and magazines.

Stevenson has been a member of The Farm Community since 1973 and has served as a board member and manager. He has also been actively involved in disaster relief and international development work. In 1978-1980, he volunteered with Plenty International in Guatemala after an earthquake, and in 2000, he volunteered with the same organization in Belize, working on projects related to Mayan-based ecotourism and women's health. He was part of the organization when it was awarded the first Right Livelihood Award in 1980.^[3]

Stevenson is the president of Village Media, a multimedia communications company he founded in 1981. He was also a founding member of the nonprofit PeaceRoots Alliance in 2002 and served as a board member of the Swan Conservation Trust from 2002-2014, a nonprofit land trust that established the 1400-acre Big Swan Headwaters Preserve, part of the TennGreen Land Conservancy.

Bibliography

In order of first publication date.

Stevenson, Douglas (2013). Creating PC Video 1st Edition (nonfiction). USA: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0240803616.
— (2014). Out to Change the World: The Evolution of The Farm Community. Summertown, TN, USA: Book Publishing Company. ASIN B00KRPZN2I.
— (2014). The Farm Then and Now: A Model for Sustainable Living. Gabriola Is. B.C. Canada: New Society Publishers. ASIN B00J1JQ3N4.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Shaddox, Doyce (2014-10-15). "An Original Member of The Farm Shares Its Story". Lawrence County Advocate. Lawrenceburg, TN. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
^ "Rudder Productions/NDY Films, Forty Years of The Farm". 2013. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
^ "Right Livelihood Laureates 1980". Retrieved 2023-03-29.

References

"Bell, Kamau, United Shades of America, Season 1, Episode 5". CNN. 22 May 2016.

External links

www.cnn.com/2016/05/22/opinions/living-off-the-grid-usoa-kamau-bell/index.html

"Mountain XPress, Asheville, NC". thefarmcommunity.com. Summertown, TN: The Farm. Retrieved 2023-03-28. In a recent visit to Malaprops Bookstore and Café, author Douglas Stevenson, the community’s resident historian, told the story of how a group of visionaries continue to make it work (July 20, 2014)
"The Ledger". thefarmcommunity.com. Summertown, TN: The Farm. Retrieved 2023-03-28. Ghianni, Tim, The Farm’s vision still lives after 45 years: From hippie commune to smaller, thriving collective community (October 21, 2016)

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