Ed Grumbine

Ed Grumbine is a visiting senior international scientist at Kunming Institute of Botany’s Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He directed the Sierra Institute undergraduate wilderness field studies program at University of Santa Cruz Extension for 20 years and served as acting chair for the Environmental Studies Master of Arts Program at Prescott College from 2009 to 2010.

A former firefighter and park ranger, Ed has written extensively on environmental and wilderness issues, and published the book Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River: Nature and Power in the People’s Republic of China. Ed is an expert on China’s environment and conservation issues and has served as senior lecturer for SIT China programs since 2013 and as academic reader for SIT China programs since fall 2015.