About

My name is Christopher Byrne, the principal behind ByrneGreen Consulting. I work with start-ups and established firms s an independent sustainability consultant to bring technologies to market and make operations more efficient and effective through the perspective of “Green Business” and Whole Systems Design. Whether you’re trying to save the farm or the world, I can help.

I received a GreenMBA in Sustainable Enterprise (“Green Business Development”) from the Institute for Ecological Entrepreneurship at New College of California in May 2005. Over the course of this curriculum and thereafter, I have become well versed in ecological technologies (including their adoption challenges) and business development strategies, including approaches to finance, marketing, and leadership for sustainability. Additionally, thanks to coursework with Richard Heinberg and others, I became aware of impending resource supply challenges and their drivers, specifically in terms of energy, food and carbon. This education has helped me to build strategic risk calculations into models that may not be in the awareness of others assuming straight line growth (oftentimes financially justifying a project.)

My whole systems vision has been further edified with masters coursework in Holistic studies at JFK University (prior to transfer to the GreenMBA), certification by the Cascadia Permaculture Institute as a Permaculture Design Consultant and Instructor, and self-study and participation in the 2006 Integral Sustainability Conference at Integral Institute.

Here is a link to a PDF of my CV.

While I have consulted with a diverse group of clients, my personal interests and focus is bio-regional food production and distribution (including alternative currency strategies and design). I have completed a Small Farm course at the Oregon State University Extension Center, studied Garden Management and Micro-Farming workshops with John Jeavons, and most recently attended 2008 MacArthur Fellow Will Allen and Growing Power‘s “From the Ground Up” workshop in February 2010 focusing on Compost and Vermiculture, Aquaponics, and Micro and Field Green Marketing and operations.

For more information on the offerings of this consultancy, see the Services page