Social and Environmental Justice. Consultants. Facilitators. Speakers. Educators.
Michelle Gabrieloff-Parish
Co-Founder & Principal
Michelle brings over 28 years of experience uniting the fields of sustainability and justice. She is a former US State Department BoldFood fellow (Uganda) and served as a US delegate for the Colorado River in Mexico. Michelle serves on the Colorado Water Equity Partnership, the advisory board for Frontline Farming, and the State of Colorado’s “Biochar for Oil and Gas Plugging” Working Advisory. She is the founder of FLOWS (Foundations for Leaders Organizing for Water and Sustainability) an environmental justice non-profit She has studied intensively with Joana Macy as a facilitator for the “Work That Reconnects” and is a permaculture teacher and student. She is also a poet, currently featured at Meow Wolf Denver.
As founder of the “Once and Future Green”, Michelle consults for and trains Frontline communities, governments, philanthropy, and institutions to forward community-driven climate solutions with anti-oppression and ecological design tools.
Ramon Gabrieloff-Parish
Co-Founder
Ramon is an assistant professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Naropa University. He focuses on the equity dimensions of the sustainability movement through courses in food and environmental justice. He also teaches foundations in embodiment, contemplative learning and theory, diversity and social identity, Afrofuturism, African cosmologies, and community learning.
Ramon supports organizations and institutions embody more forward-thinking practices with interactive workshops, classes and events. Bridging social justice, sustainability, cultural technologies, and arts, Ramon brings heart into all his consulting and education. He is committed to community, cultural and cosmic regeneration through his community work with Golden Bridge, Youth Passageways, and the board of Frontline Farming.
& Co: Projects, Community, & Partners
“We don’t want to be stars, we want to be part of a constellation”
~Gloria Anzaldua
It takes community
Check out our colleagues, friends, mentors, orgs, and partners offering amazing aligned services. Our community has a beautiful abundance of artists, artivists, facilitators, educators, organizers, growers, and consultants working for a better world. Check out a few:
aka Molina Speaks
Regenerative Adventures
(Michelle founder)
Mo Betta Green
(Board members)
Our Powerful Consulting Collaborator Network
We draw on a team of associated consultants drawing on many decades of experience, in Colorado and nation-wide. Our aligned consultants include experts in social justice, community engagement, sustainability, facilitation, graphic recording, arts, communications, permaculture design, energy, water, resilience, regenerative agriculture, and community education. We call on them to contribute to projects that deliver equitable, community-driven, climate and/or environmental results.
Our Mission:
Once and Future Green illuminates the connections between sustainability, climate, creativity, culture, and social justice through coaching, facilitation, education, and consulting. We weave natural bridges between sustainability, climate, and environmental spaces and social justice efforts with culturally-rooted ecological design. With unique tools, frameworks, and strategies from divergent fields, we support equitable engagement and transformational leadership so together, we can build a more beautiful, sustainable, and just world.
Once & Future GREEN 