Board of Directors

One Sky’s Board Members

(2008 term)

Gregory Biniowsky

Although born and raised in Smithers, Gregory has been living and teaching in Cuba for the past fifteen years. He has also recently finished his law degree at UBC and was successfully called to the bar.  He has worked for CIDA, advised on numerous development cooperation projects, assisted David Suzuki in producing a television program on Cuba, and worked as a University professor.  Gregory has been with One Sky since 2006.

Greg Brown

Greg Brown likes to ride his bike, ski and swim.  In 2004 he completed a One Sky internship in Nigeria promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency. In 2007 he became a One Sky board member and is currently the Board Chair. He works for the Pembina Institute as a Policy Analyst.

Hélène Fleury

For the past twelve years Helene has been creating experiential learning opportunities for children and youth related to the environment, food security, global issues, and music. She is currently working as a full time mom to baby Sacha in Smithers, until she returns to work using her new Masters in Environmental Education and Communication Degree as an elementary school teacher or curriculum designer, where she hopes to help foster sustainable behaviour in our children and youth as one way to limit the ecological crisis the world is now facing.

Meg Hobson

Meg is originally from Australia and came to Canada twenty years ago in November thinking she could bike and hike across the country. Needless to say, she ditched the bike and caught a Greyhound bus to Smithers and never really left. Meg has a degree in Printmaking and a Diploma of Horticulture and has worked in a variety of areas including outdoor education, arts and culture, alternate farming and food production, interspersed with many volunteer community based projects.

Chris Hunter

Chris first joined One Sky as an intern on the Cross River Environmental Capacity Development Project in 2002 and 2003.  With a background in professional forestry, his current residence in a small Inuvialuit community on the arctic coastline often leaves him with feelings of vertigo and disorientation.  It is here in Paulatuk, NT that Chris works in a cooperative setting in managing one of our most remote national parks.  Chris has a passion for the people and the communities in which he finds himself, often devoting his time and energy to causes supporting youth, athletics and healthy, sustainable living.

Craig Paulson

Craig’s introduction to One Sky was through a climate change specialist at the Limbe Botanical Gardens in Cameroon. Like others before him, he eventually made his way to Smithers and managed to find work in conservation, recreation and project management.

Honorary Board Members

Dr. Ricardo Navarro - is the chair of Friends of the Earth International and the President of the Salvadoran Centre for Appropriate Technology based out of San Salvador, El Salvador. He brings his international perspective and expertise in appropriate technology to One Sky.

Olatunde Johnson - is the Executive Director of Friends of the Earth Sierra Leone and a leading environmentalist in West Africa. Mr. Johnson also runs an appropriate technology training centre in Freetown Sierra Leone.

Dr. Adriane Forsythe - is a leading tropical ecologist who works with the W. Alton Jones Foundation and has a long history working on conservation issues in both Canada and the developing world.