Debra Weistar, along with her husband Tom, founded and directs Synergia Learning Ventures and Finding the Good Traveling Semester Program, located in the Yuba River watershed in California’s Sierra foothills. Her pioneering work in informal education spans 25 years and is focused on guiding youth to discover different ways to learn and meaningful ways to contribute to the world. The Finding the Good program, for high school and gap year students, is based on studying and documenting working models of sustainability. findingthegood.org, synergialearning.org
