and everyone who chooses to help, can participate in the healing and transformation of the planet. In 2013 he received the Cesar Chavez Award for his work with Mexican migrant farm workers.
Since 1986 he has taught and developed educational, spiritual, and service programs in 45 nations, including the United States, England, Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Turkey, Greece, Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Spain, France, Amsterdam, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Croatia, India, Bali, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, and Hong Kong.
Dr. Cousens has established teachers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil, Argentina, Israel, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Bali, New Zealand, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. Many of these countries have become seed projects. This network is also a source of educated volunteers to support these programs as well. Since 2008 Dr. Cousens has been working on diabetes prevention and food/water sovereignty seed projects with approximately 238 Native American tribes, twenty-five programs in Mexico, the Mexican/Arizona border, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Ghana, as well as diabetes prevention projects in Brazil, Argentina, Israel, Bali, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Taiwan.
Dr. Cousens is joyfully married to Shanti Golds Cousens. He has two children and three grandchildren. As a spiritual evolutionary visionary, he has committed his life to the world service of elevating planetary consciousness and of establishing these healing and transformational programs on an international basis so that he, and everyone who chooses to help, can participate in the healing and transformation of the individual and the planet.