Founder and Director

Dr. Kobe Biederman is originally from the Northwest and grew up spending his summers exploring the Four Corners region. Dr. Biederman graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Oregon and received a Master’s degree in Recreation Administration from Aurora University and a Master’s in Education from Northern Arizona University.  Dr. Biederman more recently completed a Ph.D. in Sustainability Education through Prescott College.  His dissertation focused on applying regenerative development and design principles to place-informed educational design for young adults.  

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Dr. Biederman's career includes working with young adults in outdoor education and residential therapeutic programs, serving as a wilderness orientation guide for incoming freshman and transfer students at the University of California San Diego, teaching for Prescott College in the Master's of Education with an Emphasis in Environmental Education program, teaching for Fort Lewis College in the Environment and Sustainability Department, acting as a wilderness instructor for Outward Bound and engaging in nature based human development and regenerative education frameworks with a wide range of participants.

 

Dr. Biederman is highly engaged in local social and ecological sustainability efforts and sits on the Sustainability of Alliance of Southwest Colorado board of directors and the San Juan Citizens Alliance board of directors.  Dr. Biederman is also a certified Regenerative Practitioner through the Regenesis Institute in Santa Fe, NM. He founded the Western Slope Institute to further his research and pioneer educational program designs for young adults that contribute to multi-scale regeneration in Southwest Colorado.