ABOUT

​For more than 15 years, my work has lived at the intersection of art, ecology, technology, and systems change, supporting people and places navigating complex environmental and societal challenges. I've learned that durable solutions emerge when imagination meets rigor, and when communities, science, governance, and capital are invited into the same conversation.

I work through KFMorrison LLC, based in Portugal and working internationally, partnering with mission-driven organizations to help them see what's possible and build the leadership, narrative, and collaborative capacity to reach it. My focus is bridging the gaps between science and capital, policy and practice, urgency and care.

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Before this chapter, my work unfolded largely on the ground. I served as founder and director of The EcoMedia Compass, leading restoration-focused media, advocacy, and community initiatives in support of human and environmental health, food security, and water security, most notably around California's Salton Sea, the state's largest and most imperiled lake.

Working with neighbors, artists, scientists, policymakers, and community leaders, we launched awareness campaigns, founded three community restoration centers, hosted close to 100 events and forums, supported nearly as many media pieces, and organized the world's largest SOS image, created with 70 vehicles on a beach, shortly after Salton Sea Walk.

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I later served two terms as appointed Mayor and Chamber of Commerce president for the West Shores communities, roles that allowed me to advocate for restoration, education, and policy from within local governance. During that time, I represented The EcoMedia Compass and Greenpeace on state-level committees, collaborated with the California Natural Resources Agency, and worked closely with county governments, utilities, scientists, and community leaders. I helped shape ecological strategies, supported and directed film crews, and hosted annual Earth Day and regenerative festivals bringing together scientists, youth, artists, and local residents.

This work contributed to restoration momentum that helped drive hundreds of millions of dollars in state and federal restoration funding and subsequent projects, build a community park, co-found the Desert Shores Channels restoration project, contribute to long-term policy momentum, and reach global audiences through The Los Angeles Times, VICE, WIRED, Al Jazeera, and dozens of award-winning documentaries. Sometimes I showed up with a microphone, sometimes with a camera, and often by listening closely to the patterns already moving through people and landscapes.

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Over time, my focus expanded toward systems-level change. I've facilitated global climate forums and advocated in Sacramento and U.S. Senate offices in Washington, D.C., on issues ranging from waterway restoration to emerging standards for AI governance. I've also served as a Senior Advisor to World Systems Solutions, leading the ClimateScale prototype, a greenhouse gas credit platform developed with a distributed team across the US, Philippines, Argentina, and Germany.

I continue to work internationally while composing music as The Music Date and developing The Future Is Listening, an interactive wisdom media project blending systems design, storytelling, AI, and imagination, broadcasting from a future where we figured things out together.

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A lifelong musician and composer, I see music as a language of hope, freedom, and flow. It informs how I approach collaboration, leadership, and regeneration for ecosystems, communities, and those yet to come.

I'm excited to keep planting and stewarding the seeds of tomorrow, both in my local community and through global collaboration. If you're building something impactful, beautiful, and brave, there's a good chance we're already resonating.

I'd love to hear from you.                                 

 

-Kerry

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