Gregory C. Carr (born 1959) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. His main philanthropic venture is the restoration of Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park,[2] which has been ravaged by Mozambican Civil War and environmental destruction. He has pledged more than $100 million over 35 years to restore and protect the park's biodiversity, and to assist communities living adjacent to the park with health care, education and agriculture in a public-private partnership with the Government of Mozambique.[3]
Greg Carr was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in 1959. His parents are Taylor H. and Betty O. Carr. He attended Utah State University as an undergraduate, majoring in history, and received a master's degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School in 1986. Later that year, inspired by the breakup of AT&T, he and Scott Jones founded Boston Technology,[4] one of the earlier firms to sell voice mail systems to telephone companies. Carr served as the chair of Boston Technology until it was purchased by Comverse Technology in 1998.[5][6]
From 1996 to 1998 he was chair of Prodigy, an early global Internet service provider.[7][8] He also co-founded Africa Online in 1996 and served as its chair until 1998.
In 1998 Carr resigned from his for-profit boards and dedicated himself to humanitarian activities. He was the founding donor to the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University in 1999. Through research and teaching, the Carr Center seeks to make human rights principles central to the formulation of good public policy in the United States and throughout the world.
In 1999 he also founded the Gregory C. Carr Foundation, a non-profit organization through which he has been involved in various projects including the Gorongosa Restoration Project. The Carr Foundation has committed to the 30 year restoration of Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique as well as to the sustainable development of the communities surrounding the park. The Gorongosa team has reintroduced species to the ecosystem, worked with the Mozambican government to extend the park's boundaries to include Mount Gorongosa and planted more than three million trees on the mountain, created an international restoration ecology science research center, established eco-tourism in the park, and provides health and education programs to the local communities living near the park's borders. National Geographic Television chronicled the park's restoration in their film Africa's Lost Eden, as well as the CBS News program 60 Minutes[9] on October 26, 2008 and December 4, 2022.[10] Carr has frequently been a keynote speaker and panelist on conservation and restoration at universities, conferences, and film festivals.[11] Since 2012, he has guest lectured annually to undergraduate students at Princeton University and was a featured speaker in Princeton's Class of 2014 Last Lectures series.
In 2000, he co-founded the Museum of Idaho located in Idaho Falls, and in 2001 he opened the Market Theater in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The theater showcased small independent and experimental productions. Carr has been active in human rights activities in his home state of Idaho. In 2001, he purchased the compound of the Aryan Nations, near Hayden Lake, Idaho after it was seized by court order following a successful lawsuit brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center against the Nazi group. The land, donated to North Idaho College, is now a park. In 2002 he was the lead donor to the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise, Idaho. [12][13] He was a close friend of biologist E. O. Wilson[14] and served on the board of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation until Wilson's passing on December 26, 2021.[15]
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Idaho Statesman - This Idahoan's team feeds 20,000 people after cyclone destroyed Gorongosa. Here's how to help
UNDP: Stimulating Growth - Growing coffee to restore the rainforest and lift people out of poverty also reinforces Africa's greatest wildlife restoration initiative
Idaho Statesman - Zoo Boise set to open its first exhibit in more than a decade. Here's what you'll see.
Idaho Statesman - A people ravaged by civil war found new life in Idahoan's team's effort to plant coffee
The New York Times "Wild Pups Romp Again in an African Paradise" by Natalie Angier
Associated Press - Coffee growers help reforest Mozambique's Mount Gorongosa
Matthews, Cate (2019). "Greatest Places 2019: Gorongosa National Park". Time.
Associated Press - Thousands in Mozambique rebuild after devastating cyclones
Seasons Greetings from Gorongosa Park - Message by Greg Carr
Wired - The wild experiment to bring apex predators back from the brink
CNN Travel: Inside Africa - The women behind the comeback: How one of Africa's national parks is thriving after war
Mountain Journal - The Awakening: How Hope Was Reborn In Gorongosa
The New York Times "How This Spot (in Mozambique) Got Its Leopard"
Africa Geographic: "Gorongosa"
Greg Carr remarks at Boise City Club
Independent "The National Park that survived a war"
December 14, 2023
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Gregory C Carr born 1959 is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist His main philanthropic venture is the restoration of Mozambique s Gorongosa National Park 2 which has been ravaged by Mozambican Civil War and environmental destruction He has pledged more than 100 million over 35 years to restore and protect the park s biodiversity and to assist communities living adjacent to the park with health care education and agriculture in a public private partnership with the Government of Mozambique 3 Gregory C CarrBorn1959 1959 age 64 Idaho Falls IdahoNationalityAmericanEducationMaster of Science in public policy 1 Alma materHarvard Kennedy SchoolUtah State UniversityWebsitewww wbr carrfoundation wbr org Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards and honors 3 References 4 External linksBiography editGreg Carr was born in Idaho Falls Idaho in 1959 His parents are Taylor H and Betty O Carr He attended Utah State University as an undergraduate majoring in history and received a master s degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School in 1986 Later that year inspired by the breakup of AT amp T he and Scott Jones founded Boston Technology 4 one of the earlier firms to sell voice mail systems to telephone companies Carr served as the chair of Boston Technology until it was purchased by Comverse Technology in 1998 5 6 From 1996 to 1998 he was chair of Prodigy an early global Internet service provider 7 8 He also co founded Africa Online in 1996 and served as its chair until 1998 In 1998 Carr resigned from his for profit boards and dedicated himself to humanitarian activities He was the founding donor to the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University in 1999 Through research and teaching the Carr Center seeks to make human rights principles central to the formulation of good public policy in the United States and throughout the world In 1999 he also founded the Gregory C Carr Foundation a non profit organization through which he has been involved in various projects including the Gorongosa Restoration Project The Carr Foundation has committed to the 30 year restoration of Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique as well as to the sustainable development of the communities surrounding the park The Gorongosa team has reintroduced species to the ecosystem worked with the Mozambican government to extend the park s boundaries to include Mount Gorongosa and planted more than three million trees on the mountain created an international restoration ecology science research center established eco tourism in the park and provides health and education programs to the local communities living near the park s borders National Geographic Television chronicled the park s restoration in their film Africa s Lost Eden as well as the CBS News program 60 Minutes 9 on October 26 2008 and December 4 2022 10 Carr has frequently been a keynote speaker and panelist on conservation and restoration at universities conferences and film festivals 11 Since 2012 he has guest lectured annually to undergraduate students at Princeton University and was a featured speaker in Princeton s Class of 2014 Last Lectures series In 2000 he co founded the Museum of Idaho located in Idaho Falls and in 2001 he opened the Market Theater in Harvard Square Cambridge Massachusetts The theater showcased small independent and experimental productions Carr has been active in human rights activities in his home state of Idaho In 2001 he purchased the compound of the Aryan Nations near Hayden Lake Idaho after it was seized by court order following a successful lawsuit brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center against the Nazi group The land donated to North Idaho College is now a park In 2002 he was the lead donor to the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise Idaho 12 13 He was a close friend of biologist E O Wilson 14 and served on the board of the E O Wilson Biodiversity Foundation until Wilson s passing on December 26 2021 15 Awards and honors editHonorary PhD Utah State University 2003 16 Idaho Technology Hall of Fame 2013 17 Honorary PhD Boise State University 2015 18 References edit Carr From Business To Human Rights The Harvard Crimson October 11 2002 Retrieved January 15 2023 Hanes Stephane May 2007 Greg Carr s Big Gamble Smithsonian Archived from the original on December 25 2011 Retrieved October 26 2008 Adams Patrick February 20 2019 A Comeback for African National Parks The New York Times Retrieved August 27 2021 Julie Sloane October 11 2007 Anatomy of an entrepreneur Fortune Small Business Retrieved October 26 2008 Journal Thomas E WeberStaff Reporter of The Wall Street August 22 1997 Comverse Technology to Buy Boston Tech for 845 2 Million Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Retrieved January 28 2020 Comverse acquires Boston Technology www bizjournals com Retrieved January 28 2020 Journal Jared SandbergStaff Reporter of The Wall Street October 17 1996 Prodigy Plans on Becoming A New Internet Service Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Retrieved January 28 2020 Journal Jared Sandberg and Craig S SmithStaff Reporters of The Wall Street April 29 1997 Prodigy Becomes First Foreign Internet Provider in China Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Retrieved January 28 2020 One Man s Plan to Save a Natural Treasure CBS News Retrieved August 9 2017 Rebuilding and repopulating Mozambique s Gorongosa National Park CBS News Retrieved December 6 2022 Multiple sources Newsroom Human Rights Banquet to feature philanthropist Greg Carr North Idaho College Retrieved November 15 2022 Greg Carr s schedule for Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival amp Conservation Summit jacksonholewildlifefilmfest2017 sched com Retrieved November 15 2022 Greg Carr Mountainfilm Festival Telluride CO www mountainfilm org Retrieved November 15 2022 Keynote Speaker Confirmed Greg Carr Philanthropist amp Human Rights Activist December 15 2010 Retrieved November 15 2022 Nickell Joe May 10 2010 Speaker to tell story of African park restoration missoulian com Retrieved November 15 2022 Memorial to Ann Frank and Human Rights Opens The New York Times August 18 2002 Retrieved January 15 2023 Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial Retrieved January 15 2023 French Howard W November 2011 E O Wilson s Theory of Everything The Atlantic Retrieved October 13 2011 E O Wilson Biodiversity Foundation Honorary Degrees Utah State University Hall of Fame Idaho Tech Idaho Technology Council Honorary Doctorate Recipients Boise State University March 30 2017 External links editCarr Foundation official site Gorongosa National Park site The New York Times New Future for Idaho Aryan Nations Compound by Sam Howe Verhovek Saving Gorongosa Bob Shacochis Outside June 30 2009 The Monkey and the Fish Philip Gourevitch The New Yorker December 21 2009 p 98 Carroll Sean B May 22 2016 Resurrecting Mozambique s Magnificent Gorongosa Sierra Sun Valley Magazine Paradise Lost and Found The New York Times In Mozambique a Living Laboratory for Nature s Renewal by Natalie Angier The New York Times A Comeback for African National Parks by Patrick Adams Independent How Gorongosa National Park went from civil war battlefield to conservation leader by Heather Richardson National Geographic Devastated by war this African park s wildlife is now thriving A generation after civil war more than 100 000 large animals populate Mozambique s Gorongosa National Park a rare spot of good news by David Quammen Associated Press In Mozambique Conservationists Try to Curb Child Marriage The New York Times How Teeth Became Tusks and Tusks Became Liabilities The Guardian Women lead the charge in healing scars of war in Mozambique wildlife park Nature Upgrading protected areas to conserve wild biodiversity VIMEO Girls Club Gorongosa VIMEO Dominique Goncalves speaking about Gorongosa at National Geographic Society on Half Earth Day 2017 Princeton University Ecologists find a landscape of fearlessness in a war torn savannah National Geographic Why Cyclone Idai was so destructive National Geographic Children living near national parks are healthier more prosperous The New York Times Opinion by Thomas L Friedman Quammen David May 2019 How one of Africa s great parks is rebounding from war National Geographic Idaho Statesman This Idahoan s team feeds 20 000 people after cyclone destroyed Gorongosa Here s how to help UNDP Stimulating Growth Growing coffee to restore the rainforest and lift people out of poverty also reinforces Africa s greatest wildlife restoration initiative Idaho Statesman Zoo Boise set to open its first exhibit in more than a decade Here s what you ll see Idaho Statesman A people ravaged by civil war found new life in Idahoan s team s effort to plant coffee Associated Press Mozambique peace accord brings hope of economic growth The New York Times Wild Pups Romp Again in an African Paradise by Natalie Angier Associated Press Coffee growers help reforest Mozambique s Mount Gorongosa Matthews Cate 2019 Greatest Places 2019 Gorongosa National Park Time Associated Press Thousands in Mozambique rebuild after devastating cyclones Seasons Greetings from Gorongosa Park Message by Greg Carr Wired The wild experiment to bring apex predators back from the brink CNN Travel Inside Africa The women behind the comeback How one of Africa s national parks is thriving after war Mountain Journal The Awakening How Hope Was Reborn In Gorongosa The New York Times How This Spot in Mozambique Got Its Leopard Africa Geographic Gorongosa Greg Carr remarks at Boise City Club Independent The National Park that survived a war Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gregory C Carr amp oldid 1186296259, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
