Wanda Dalla Costa is Canada’s first female First Nations architect. But her impact on the world through design and education deserve recognition beyond gender or ethno-specific qualifiers. She is simply a remarkable person dedicated to work that reflects her values. Unfettered by the.
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I joined World Tree as Chief Operations Officer in 2015, alongside founder Wendy Burton. Our vision was to transform forestry with a fast-growing tree that we would give to farmers for free, train them to grow, and harvest for profit. It never occurred to us that gender would impact our ability to attract investments and build the business. In retrospect, that was naive. We were disrupting the bluest of blue industries forestry with a business model focused on cooperation, sustainability, and profit-sharing.
Our core mission at World Tree is to “Elevate, Educate, and Innovate for the Planet.” We value people and we value Mother Earth. Our business is designed to address big issues like climate change, poverty, and deforestation. We value our team, our farmers, and our investors as real people and part of our mandate is that our employees love their lives.