Diana Propper de Callejon

1990

Diana Propper de Callejon

Cultural Survival Enterprises

http://www.cs.org

New York, NY, United States

Environment

The Bold Idea:

The organization financed small businesses and cooperatives in the Amazon that were harvesting, processing, and exporting non-timber forest products (fruits, nuts, oils and essences) to Body Shop, Ben & Jerry's, etc. Its mission was to create an economic base and livelihoods for Amazon residents that was not based on deforestation.

Biography:

Diana is now General Partner of Expansion Capital Partners' Clean Technology Fund, II, LP - a $100+ million venture capital fund investing in cleantech in the areas of water, energy, materials, manufacturing and industrial processes. Cleantech is defined as resource efficiency and productivity - making more with less energy, water, raw materials, and less waste and toxicity.