With a projected 80 million more people on the planet by 2030, population pressure drives land development at a current rate of three million acres a year. Will Rogers is the president of Trust for Public Land, a market-based land conservation organization promoting sustainable land use.
As he addresses a crowd of future business leaders at Bridging the Gap, the Stanford 2005 Net Impact Conference, organized by the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Rogers welcomes the new corporate social responsibility trends that value both the numbers and social benefits.
Rogers discusses Trust for Public Land's strategies for making a positive impact on the environment and provides examples of successful collaborations and partnerships with business and governments for land conservation. He shares the key success factors for effective and meaningful sustainable land use in a context where the boundaries that separate land conservation from public health, housing, economic development, transit, energy use policies, and urban design are rapidly blurring.
Will Rogers is president of the Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national nonprofit that conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, playgrounds, community gardens, farms, historic places, and wilderness. Rogers joined TPL’s Western Region as director of projects in 1991, served as Western Regional director, and was chosen national president in 1998.
Rogers serves on the boards of Island Press and the Center for Land-Based Learning. He is a nationally recognized advocate for land conservation and has given major addresses or interviews to the Urban Land Institute, the National Smart Growth Conference, the National Brownfields Conference, and Talk of the Nation, among others.
Before joining TPL, Rogers managed infill urban development projects for a Chicago-based real estate development company, managing both new construction and the rehabilitation of vacant industrial buildings for commercial, office, and residential use. In addition to his real estate experience, he founded and managed a commercial honey production company in Bogotá, Columbia. Rogers is a graduate of Stanford University and received his MBA from Harvard University.
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