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Thursday, 21 July 2016

The Beginning of a New Adventure…

Since I was very young, I’ve loved planting seeds. In high school I co-founded the Sierra Student Coalition, the Sierra Club’s student program, in the hopes of passing legislation to create Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks. Many years later the SSC has grown into more than I could have ever dreamed on campuses across the U.S. In a way, this early experience was a seed of its own — my life has followed the inevitable and unpredictable twists and turns, the branches and changes of season, but the roots are still there. Of course, I could never have known where my path would take me — I certainly could never have imagined Yerdle when I was mapping desert canyons to be protected.



And now, I face another branch, another fork in the road. Yerdle recently moved its 1 millionth item, a 16 CD French language set. With that milestone achieved, I feel that it’s time for me to pass on my day-to-day responsibilities and begin my next adventure towards a sustainable world.

I’m enormously proud of what we’ve accomplished so far, and I know that my co-founder Andy Ruben will lead Yerdle to scale. We’ve built an amazing community of dedicated people who truly believe in the mission.

Their commitment gives me faith that Yerdle will build on our success:

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