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Pauline P. Schneider was born in Nigeria and has lived on three continents. When she was just a year old her parents traveled by Greek freighter ship from Nigeria to Flushing Meadows, Queens Borough of New York. Pauline is literally off the boat. During the summer of 1969, after returning to live in Nigeria for about two years her parents decided to take a road trip from Germany to Greece where she lived happily until the age of 15.
During the summer of 1978 her parents lost their faculties/minds/sense-of-purpose and moved the family of six to Amarillo,Texas for a still unknown reason. Despite this inauspicious and bizarre move from the cradle of Art, Literature, Architecture and Democracy to the heart of the nuclear weapons industry, racism, misogyny, and cancerville, Pauline somehow managed to thrive and worked in TV production at the local ABC affiliate, KVII TV for several years. Eventually she managed to escape to Los Angeles. In LA, while working at Dream Quest, a well known special effects house (later bought by Disney), she met her future husband, Don Schneider, executive creative director at BBDO. Pauline moved to NY where she raised their three children while working towards a degree in Anthropology and Sociology, received with Magna cum Laude honors at Pace University. Her BA was soon followed by a Master's degree in Education (Social Studies, Special Education and Visual Arts) with honors at Manhattanville. Growing up with an undiagnosed learning disability gave her the insight to help other children with special needs and help them learn to self advocate for their personal success. In addition to her Associate's in Radio and TV Production from Amarillo College, her Bachelor's and Master's degrees, Pauline is also the following: a certified Landscape Designer through the NY Bronx Botanical Gardens, a certified facilitator for the Alternatives to Violence Project, a certified Grief Recovery Method Specialist, and she is certified in Permaculture Design, an ethical form of sustainable agriculture. While living in Greece Pauline developed a deep love for gardening at the age of 13. Her love of plants developed and grew during her lifetime and as a member of Transition Town Westchester Hub she taught others how to grow food. Pauline practiced permaculture methods for nearly two decades before actually becoming a certified Permaculture designer in 2015. She is the former owner of Stardust Sanctuary Farm in western Belize, Central America where she lived off-grid for 2.5 years with Dr. Guy R. McPherson. Together they hosted dozens of friends and travelers from around the world eager to learn about Permaculture, the natural world, and how to live with grace in troubling times. Her first documentary is Going Dark and features Dr. McPherson and is based on his book of the same title. It was an Official entry in LA Femme Film Festival and Bare Bones International Film Festival in Oklahoma, was screened in Underfunded Film Festival, and earned a Gold Award at the International Movie Awards. Pauline has had her photography featured in National Geographic Explorer, Bill Nye's Global Meltdown. Pauline currently lives in Vermont with her Yorkies and professor Guy R. McPherson, her co-author of Ms. Ladybug and Mr. Honeybee, her first published book. Through her Woodthrush Productions Imprint she has been the publisher of several of McPherson's new books available here. You can find Pauline's videos on her Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@paulineprojectlove |
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