About Warren Flint

The Firm's Owner and Principal Consultant

Dr. Warren Flint serves as principal for the firm Five E's Unlimited. With his consulting work, Warren provides international leadership in developing research, management, policy protocol, and education strategies toward achieving sustainable development goals, as defined by governments, corporations, academic institutions, communities, and non governmental organizations. Through his guidance, Five E’s assists regions in creating authentic choices and providing effective responses to environmental degradation, economic decline, and community disintegration through scientific inquiry and consensus building.

Flint obtained his Ph.D. in Ecology in 1975 from the University of California at Davis. He possesses an M.S. in Marine Science from Long Island University (1971) and a B.S. in Biology from Canisius College in Buffalo, NY (1968). He has held research and administrative posts at several large universities and his Professional Background has offered him a wealth of experience through the years. In his 25 years of university experience, Dr. Flint has developed a dedication to the interdisciplinary application of knowledge learned from science toward real world environmental resource problems, land-use issues, and corresponding economic development. He has taught university courses in environmental science, marine biology, and ecology, and conducted research in estuarine ecology, coastal oceanography, freshwater ecosystem science, aquatic resource conservation/restoration, and areas of community-based sustainability. Flint has also devoted many years to the innovative development and application of interdisciplinary environmental studies through the adoption of "ecology across the curriculum" strategies in support of both formal and informal education processes in sustainable development.

With a strong science foundation from many years of environmental research, Flint has become a sustainable development specialist, working and writing on the topic for the last 10 years to more clearly understand and articulate a sound philosophy to guide healthy economic growth while also protecting/rehabilitating environmental systems and enhancing social equity and well being. Dr. Flint's Publication List includes more than 60 peer reviewed journal articles and monographs on his research and has also published an on-line, Internet newsletter entitled "Sustainability Review", subscribed to by more than 3,000 persons from 90 different countries around the world. Warren published a book in 2001 entitled "Living a Sustainable Lifestyle for Our Children's Children" that captures much of his understanding regarding sustainability as it relates to the average citizen.

Warren Flint is professionally recognized for initiating and directing interdisciplinary research and public consensus-building targeted at contemporary and emerging natural resource and economic development issues. A full list of his Projects with brief description, can be found at this link. He has provided leadership in many circumstances that focus upon multiple discipline, international inquiries into scientific, technological, and societal problems related to the management and remediation of large ecosystems. Flint has also served on many local, state, federal, and international scientific, technical, and advisory committees, boards, and task forces whose mandates were enhanced economic development in line with sound protection and conservation of natural resources and remediation of environmental quality.

In addition to being a scientist and teacher, Dr. Flint also regularly becomes involved in sustainable, conservation-based development. Much of Flint's recent work has centered on promoting sustainable community improvements by working with groups to seek common ground solutions in their integration of economic, environmental, and social equity concerns. His experiences include, facilitating sustainable development practices in community revitalization, guiding environmental fact finding, advancing conflict resolution, promoting consensus building in participatory decision-making processes, and leading community-based natural resource and comprehensive watershed strategic planning. He has also assumed leadership roles in revitalization of urban neighborhoods in Buffalo, NY, New Orleans, LA, and Washington, DC. He works with citizen groups to design and implement comprehensive strategies for rebuilding communities, while at the same time empowering people to take control of their own destiny.