Will Raap's background includes - among others - sustainable community development consulting in California in the late 70s, the launch of
Gardener's Supply
as «the environmental gardening company» 25 years ago, the launch of Living Technologies wastewater treatment business, Seventh Generation environmental products business, and the development of an enterprise in the US (www.intervale.org), and two non-profits in Costa Rica (one
aimed at permaculture training, called El Centro Verde; and the other at watershed restoration, called Greening Paraiso).