About
Keep climbing.
I am an award-winning social entrepreneur, filmmaker, and writer working on a circular economy, sustainable businesses, and effective nonprofits from Durango, Colorado.
Since 2011 my focus has been starting and scaling organizations that can help advance my personal mission of creating a more just and sustainable world.
Press and awards
Awards
Best New Colorado Poetry Book (Begin Where You Are), Best of Denver 2026 Westword Moving Line, winner at the Durango Independent Film Festival Durango Independent Film Festival Walking Softer Young Leaders Award Walking Softer Fink Fellow, Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation Top 20 Emerging Leaders in Food and Agriculture Emerging Leaders in Food and Agriculture Waste360 40 Under 40 Waste360 Outstanding Alumni, CU Boulder Campus Sustainability Awards University of Colorado Boulder Environmental Center
Press
'Begin Where You Are' honors late Andrea Gibson, features work from a century of Colorado's poet laureates KGNU Begin Where You Are anthology feature The Colorado Poet Our view: Poetry The Durango Herald Colorado poets laureate anthology celebrates local writers, supports future poets Chaffee County Times New Collection of Work Celebrates Poets Laureate of Colorado, Features Unpublished Work by Andrea Gibson Colorado Governor's Office A Conversation with Turner Wyatt Colorado Review Turner Wyatt on Begin Where You Are, the First Anthology of Colorado's Poets Laureate KSJD A new anthology compiles 100 years of work from Colorado's poet laureates KSUT Public Radio Colorado's First Poets Laureate Anthology Features Previously Unpublished Work by Andrea Gibson Westword Colorado Poets Laureate Gather for Release of Begin Where You Are Westword Durango Poet Laureate Program to launch this fall The Durango Herald Mural commemorates Durango's brewing industry The Durango Herald Turner Wyatt With Upcycled Food Association Business RadioX Upcycled Certification steams ahead in first year since launch Food Business News Upcycled Food Association CEO: 'We want an upcycled product in every aisle of every grocery store' FoodNavigator-USA Upcycled Food Association CEO Envisions Massive Industry Growth The Food Institute EP 38: The #1 Climate Change Solution, with Turner Wyatt Brands for a Better World How 'Upcycled' Ingredients Can Help Reduce The $940 Billion Global Food Waste Problem Forbes Upcycled Food (Eating Matters, Episode 167) Heritage Radio Network The Upcycled Food Association is making environmentalism profitable New Hope Network Upcycled Food Association CEO Turner Wyatt on solving food waste PeasOnMoss The Power of the Consumer, with Turner Wyatt Too Good To Waste podcast Is Upcycled Food the Answer? Waste360 Denver brothers look to resell used Japanese vehicles amidst #vanlife boom BusinessDen Denver Food Rescue's new executive director once sought help from the nonprofit Denverite Meet Turner Wyatt VoyageDenver INSPIRED IMPACT :: Turner Wyatt | Denver Food Rescue Orapin Food Rescue Ride Connects Denver Communities With Free, Fresh Produce Westword
Colorado poets laureate anthology celebrates local writers, supports future poets Chaffee County Times New Collection of Work Celebrates Poets Laureate of Colorado, Features Unpublished Work by Andrea Gibson Colorado Governor's Office A Conversation with Turner Wyatt Colorado Review Turner Wyatt on Begin Where You Are, the First Anthology of Colorado's Poets Laureate KSJD A new anthology compiles 100 years of work from Colorado's poet laureates KSUT Public Radio Colorado's First Poets Laureate Anthology Features Previously Unpublished Work by Andrea Gibson Westword Colorado Poets Laureate Gather for Release of Begin Where You Are Westword
Turner Wyatt With Upcycled Food Association Business RadioX Upcycled Certification steams ahead in first year since launch Food Business News Upcycled Food Association CEO: 'We want an upcycled product in every aisle of every grocery store' FoodNavigator-USA Upcycled Food Association CEO Envisions Massive Industry Growth The Food Institute
How 'Upcycled' Ingredients Can Help Reduce The $940 Billion Global Food Waste Problem Forbes Upcycled Food (Eating Matters, Episode 167) Heritage Radio Network The Upcycled Food Association is making environmentalism profitable New Hope Network Upcycled Food Association CEO Turner Wyatt on solving food waste PeasOnMoss The Power of the Consumer, with Turner Wyatt Too Good To Waste podcast Is Upcycled Food the Answer? Waste360
Writing
Love Letter to the Desert read on Substack Philanthropy Should Be A Global Competition to Solve Problems read on Substack Small Business is Social Enterprise read on Substack
From the ventures
Artist Fiscal Sponsor read on Substack The Poorly Dressed Entrepreneur read on Substack My Avalanche Story read on Substack Mais Quiosques read on Substack Telluride Bluegrass Documentary read on Substack FKski (Fastest Known Ski) read on Substack Colorado Trail Documentary read on Substack Local, Local AI read on Substack The Spherical Mirror read on Substack Shark Tank for Social Enterprise read on Substack Pay a Nonprofit to Raise Its Own Money read on Substack Incentives for Riding Bikes read on Substack Once every 50 years newspaper read on Substack Who established the routes you climb? the idea What the Heck Are You Doing? read on Substack Filmmaking as Social Enterprise read on Substack The Silver Tsunami Versus Climate Change read on Substack From Art to Capital and Back Again read on Substack How I Started, and Almost Ruined, My First Social Enterprise read on Substack How to Quit: When You’re Doing Your Best read on Substack The Art of Walking Away read on Substack
Outdoor pursuits
Much of my time is spent climbing, skiing, running, and cycling through the mountains and desert.
Monument Valley Ultra 50K · Overall First place
Grand Traverse Ski Race · Coed Third place
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Where these figures come from
Every figure on this site comes from the impact ledger, an evidence-based database of all projects' inputs and outcomes. One row per metric per year, each with a source and a confidence grade.
Dollars use a given metric's pre-determined multiplier, CPI adjusted to 2026 USD. Capital raised counts as an input only.