Location Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Jeffrey Barbee is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the plastic-to-energy startup, ScarabTECH. He is also the founder of Alliance Earth, an independent not-for-profit environmental and scientific reporting initiative funding science reporting for the world’s media. He works as the Managing Director of Alliance Earth’s Dung Beetle Project.
The project drives science education that is fun, fiery, and unforgettable from a plastic-powered mobile stage that converges art and education. Barbee's past work as a writer, photographer, and film-maker with over 18 years of reporting experience in 27 countries has garnered him numerous international awards. He has worked on assignment for The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, The LA Times, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, The Chicago Tribune, The Telegraph, The BBC, and many others. Since 1995 he has led expeditions around the world which have mapped icefalls and discovered new species of plants and animals which have helped shape national policies around conservation. Barbee is a fellow of the US Explorer's club and works out of Colorado and South Africa.
