Sarah Baker finds joy. Since 2011, she has been styling people and places for video and photo productions. She started two of Portland’s most popular monthly dance parties, The Get Down and The Hustle and In 2017, Sarah established Boogie Buffet Productions, producing art films and music videos. Collaboration is what gets Sarah out of bed in the morning, the thrill of seeing what a group of folks can create through shared vision keeps her energy high. Sarah has a keen eye for the strengths in others and gets immense pleasure in helping folks shine. Though her early efforts at incorporating environmentalism into the fast paced and heavily disposable world of styling were only minimally successful, Sarah continues to find ways to be more environmentally mindful in her work and to inspire those around her to do the same.

Nora Colie is a freelance filmmaker and a producer for OPB’s Oregon Experience and Oregon Art Beat. Her primary film focus is in documentary films where she got her start in New York City working with the filmmaker Eugene Jarecki on his Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning films, “Why We Fight” and “The House I Live In” and on his highly acclaimed films “The King” and HBO’s “Reagan”. In her free time she loves watching animal videos and frolicking in nature.

Shawn Creeden (b. 1981, USA) is a transdisciplinary artist living and working on unceded Cowlitz territory in what is now known as Portland, Oregon USA.

They wheel like a joyful butterfly across an expanded field of interconnected being and making. Cross-pollinating a diverse range of media and methodologies, Creeden's creative output includes living sculptures, textiles, dance parties, activism, environmental installations, publications, plant care performances, and cable-access video art.

Collaborative, playful, and sensitive, their work emerges from an enchanted and spirited world where audience and participants are humbly invited to reconnect with themselves and Mother Earth.

Angela McIlvain [mackle-vane] is enthusiastic. She loves seeing a great idea unfolding, then jumping in to support it with her Mary-Poppins’-bag of collected skills and tools. Collaborating with creative folks is central to everything she does. Be it as an Art Director on commercials, a set designer for theatre, a prop fabricator for film, or an activist for the earth she loves the process of discovering the truth for each moment and utilizing it to create objects and spaces that help tell each story.

She’s passionate about intersectional feminism, planet earth, and creating a future we can be proud of. She’s beyond thrilled to be a part of Making Earth Cool!

Mel loves being a citizen of Earth.

Celebrating, collaborating, and creating with her community are central to everything she does.

For the past decade, she has been active in supporting her community as a social service provider through youth mentorships, educational classes, supportive housing, and food justice. Mel finds joy in learning. She has a deep passion for working with others to question, improve and redesign systems that no longer serve us.

Mel is her happiest when she is helping turn dreams into reality, championing for her community, and soaking up all the wonders of this planet!

Katya owns and operates a queer, femme, and BIPOC-centric company called Klip Klop Productions, which provides event, media, and resourcing services for the Portland and LGBTQ+ communities at large! In the last five years, we have produced drag brunches, panels, fundraisers, after-hour events, variety shows, themed dance parties, trivias, bingos, podcasts, virtual talk shows, fitness classes, and all sorts of digital queer content! He also is a current commissioner on the Oregon Commission of Hispanic Affairs, works with the creative climate resilience collective Making Earth Cool, and is a coach at OrangeTheory Fitness.

As a purveyor of organized chaos and ethical nonsense, I strongly believe that community, health, and activism are best when it's multi-faceted, inclusive, and unconventional! Through her work, Katya aims to prioritize diversity and equity, inspire full and radical self-acceptance and love, and foster a variety of spaces that are safe, mindful and celebrate our potentials for good!

Kyle does his best to pretend to be a competent writer, editor, and film creator. He loves the planet. See yah out there.

Janie is a Freelance Motion Designer and Creative based in PDX. She has a background in VFX, stop motion, and film with recent ventures into prop styling and production design. She is also an admin with AEPDX, an After Effects user group based in PDX that connects the animation and motion design community. And she helped create Greenteam a group to reduce waste at her last company, and is a passionate thrift/vintage/re-purposer. She was a planeteer since Captain Planet came on the scene, and is happiest in any body of water!

Blaire Stapp is an animator, illustrator, and radio DJ who has been working in Portland for over 10 years. Connecting with others and creating art allows her to experience the world with a sense of wonder, awe, and curiosity. For her, the boundless magic of animation is both a source of inspiration and a means of navigating life’s complexities. She currently hosts Zoot Pursuits on KMHD 89.1 FM, where she explores the sensory richness of jazz every Tuesday night from 7–9 PM PST.