Grant Depoy is a University Innovation Fellow and will graduate in May 2020 from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a B.A. in Forestry - Natural Resource Management. Originally from Macomb, Illinois, a university city (Western Illinois University) developed amidst agricultural fields on the [http://inhs-uiuc.blogspot.com/2012/02/upper-mississippi-river-and-illinois.html Upper Mississippi/Illinois River Bottomlands], he has happily integrated into the rich and diverse socioecosystem of the Carbondale Shawnee Hills region.
Grant aims to honor the ecosystem by consciously serving others through local sustainable development efforts that align with his personal devotion to self-actualization, deep inquiry, and honest compassion. Thinking globally and acting locally, he purposes to catalyze co-creation through spontaneous collaboration.