Mason Roberts

About: May I have the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. HEY LOOK HERE!!! I'm starting a non-profit (louisvillegrows.org) and we're are just getting off the ground. Check us out, find the facebook group and sign up for some good ol' fashion community (sustainable) growth! My life has taken me down many roads, some rough, some long, and others with extreme ups and downs, but all have taught me how to drive better, even what to drive and bring with me. I'm not one for maps, keeping faith in my sense of direction to show me where to go, always hoping that the next turn will lead me to something with more purpose and excitement. So far, so good.

Activities: Radio Lab, Kentucky colonel, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Vietnam Kitchen, SustainAbility Consulting, Climbing, Science, Certified Naturally Grown, Musician, rotary high school, Math, Soccer, Rock climbing, Guitar

Books: Tao Te Ching, Second Nature, In Defense of Food, I Like Mostly Non Fiction, Ken Kesey, Hunter S. Thompson

Interests: Anything That Has to Do With Life

Movies: Amelie, Happy Gilmore, Food Matters, Mr. Holland's Opus, You and Me and Everyone We Know, FRESH, Food Inc, Blue Gold: World Water Wars

Music: Rebekah Jean, The Ditty Bops, Bunny Day & the Mercy Buckets, Son of the Widow, Nowhere Fast, Good Girl, Nesta Rae, Cheyenne Marie Mize, Comparsa, Dream Job, The Palma Project, jenny o., Jake and the Leprechauns, Brett Shady, A Tribe Called Quest, Supertruck, Bon Iver, Shawn Sleeps Naked | Louisville, KY, Todd Snider, Black Matter, Karass, Teneia Sanders, Fantômas, Ani DiFranco, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Mr. Bungle, Common, Snoop Dogg, Mos Def Official, Iron & Wine, Whistle Peak, Sam Sneed, She Might Bite, Daikaiju, Busted Soles, My Morning Jacket, Sea Hero, Brigid Kaelin, Designer Drugs, OKDeejays, Sunday Valley Official Fan Page, The Bridge, Shawn Sleeps Naked, CocoRosie, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Math Is Hard, Devoted to Music, The Mynabirds, Marching Band, Good Music, I'll Listen to Anything at Least Once, Jubalson, Mississippi Adam Riggle, Prairie Wisdom, The Ladybirds, Dr Dre, the-zero-element, SHE LITTLE big he, Chris Koza, Jesse Jamz, Andrea Blunt, Freelance Whales, Lady Foursquare, Danny Schmidt, The Jimi Hendrix Experience Official Page, MGMT, Lucky Pineapple, David Bowie (Official), Sublime, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tom Waits, DJ Bone, Janis Joplin, Ben Sollee, The Fox Hunt, Will Oldham, Fanfarlo, Talking Heads, Carlos Santana, The Black Keys, Johnny Cash, Talib Kweli, Mike Patton, The Smashing Pumpkins, Julie Peel, The Louisville Leopard Percussionists, Feist, Grateful Dead, Sigur Rós

Job: Executive Director at Louisville Grows

Education:

  • 2007 - University of Louisville
    • Acturial Sciences
    • Mathematics
  • 2008 - Monterey Institute of International Studies
    • Energy Policy
    • Spanish
    • Global MBA
  • - University of Louisville