About Dr Leonid Sharashkin
Series Editor and Co-translatorFounder of Ringing Cedars Press — the Publisher of the Ringing Cedars Series in English
Leonid Sharashkin PhD (Forestry) MPA (Natural Resources Management) wrote his doctoral dissertation on the spiritual, cultural and economic significance of the Russian dacha gardening movement, at the University of Missouri at Columbia.
After receiving a Master's degree in Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management from Indiana University at Bloomington, he headed the Conservation Finance and Economic Programme of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Russia) in Moscow. During this time he also served as editor of Russia's largest environmental magazine, The Panda Times.
Together with his wife, Irina Sharashkina, he has translated into Russian Small is Beautiful and A Guide for the Perplexed by E.F. Schumacher, The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff and Birth without Violence by Frederick Leboyer.
During the 3-year translation process of the Ringing Cedars Series, Leonid has checked every sentence of the English against the original Russian for the "feeling" content and emotional impact. The English has been reworked until the same powerful response could be felt.
Dr. Sharashkin is now running workshops for people keen to take the Ringing Cedars material to a new and practical level in their lives. He is also involved in a number of projects which promote self-reliant, sustainable lifestyle choices based on the integration of human habitat with agroecosystems. He also travels internationally speaking on these topics.
Dr Leonid Sharashkin is available to speak at International Conferences and Events and for Radio and TV appearances.
He may be contacted via email "office@ringingcedars.com"