Mario Yanez has initiated a Transition Miami that is building on a growing movement toward local food in the Greater Everglades, his home Bioregion. Transition Miami is in the early stages of building awareness about the global Transition Movement and how it might unfold locally. Since 1996, Mario has farmed his fruit-tree grove organically and is now planting a food forest and creating a learning center there; he is certified in Permaculture Design. He has been leading up non-profits since 2000 and in 2003, he founded Earth Learning (www.earth-learning.org) to create empowering, ecological learning experiences and to carving out a space for a life-sustaining culture to evolve in his home bioregion. Since 2004, Mario has taught formally (pre-K to College) and informally (after school programs and adult learning). He has created many action-based learning experiences relevant to Transition and the Great Re-skilling. He has attained a deep understanding of the New Cosmology, the current ecological crises, humanity’s needed responses and global movements (Genesis Farm); a clear sense of who he is, his gifts, a strong sense of mission and life’s work (Vision Quest at Narrow Ridge); and a deep connection to Earth, his larger body (Joanna Macy, The Work that Reconnects). He can hold a large vision; is adept at bringing people together to forge robust working relationships; has strong financial, strategic, and project management skills; and excels at writing, grants and otherwise. Mario is currently enrolled in the Post Masters degree in Organizing Learning for EcoSocial Regeneration and is leading the effort to create a Gaia University regional center in Miami, Florida. When he is not working, he enjoys making time with his family and friends, growing organic food, observing patterns in the natural world, and striving to understand what it means to become fully human at this present time.