Founding Director, The Kesho Trust
Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
bobpeart@shaw.ca

Bob Peart is self-employed and continues to direct his energies to protecting BC’s environment.  Bob was the Executive Director of the BC chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) from 2000-2003.  Prior to working at CPAWS, Bob was a Special Project Negotiator with the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, focusing on Clayoquot Sound and the Chilcotin regions of British Columbia.  In the early 90s Bob was Chief of Staff for Cabinet Ministers with the BC Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks.  Bob was Executive Director of the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC in the late 80s.

For the past thirty-five years Bob has volunteered for numerous conservation groups at the regional, provincial, national and international level – in particular the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society and the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative.  Bob’s other passion is the movement to get children back outside, to this end Bob is Chair of the Child and Nature Alliance and a Senior Associate with the Children and Nature Network.

In 2008 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to conservation and environmental education Bob Peart was awarded Canada’s most prestigious conservation award, the J.B. Harkin Medal.

Bob is a registered professional biologist, has a Masters Degree in Education, and has completed formal training in Dispute Resolution at the Justice Institute in Vancouver.