Experience

Cosmic Sister

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder + Chief Visionary Officer

  • Jan 2007 - Present

  Cosmic Sister (@CosmicSister) is an environmental feminist collective and creative studio founded in 2007 by cultural activist Zoe Helene, originator of Psychedelic Feminism. “Women have been forced to work within a broken system with an extreme power imbalance for millennia. This imbalance has warped and continues to warp the way we are evolving as a species.” - Zoe Helene Cosmic Sister promotes intentional journeying with natural psychedelics in a safe, legal “set and setting,” and we help to bring women’s voices to the forefront in the field of psychedelics (and beyond). Donations to Cosmic Sister's educational programs were fully tax-deductible through a fiscal sponsor with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) from 2015 - 2022. The original Cosmic Sister Plant Spirit Grant has always been funded internally. Stay tuned for update (1.14.23) Please consider donating: www.cosmicsister.com/support We have been featured in Forbes, VICE, VICE Broadly, VICE TONIC, Playboy, Bust, Sensi, Dazed, Boston Magazine, New York Magazine, LA Yoga, ABC Australia, New Zealand Radio, DoubleBlind Magazine, Lucid News, Psychedelic Times, Psychedelics Today, Civilized, Ganjapreneur, The Journal for the Study of Radicalism (a peer-reviewed academic journal), and many more. #CosmicSister #PsychedelicFeminism Show less



Independent Artist / Environmentalist / Cultural Activist

• Creative Professional

  • Dec 2011 - Present

  Zoe Helene has been a professional creative from the age of two and is fluent in several mediums. Her work currently focuses on Psychedelic Feminism, human and non-human rights, and the rights of Gaia (living earth). Zoe has presented at The Emerald Cup, Social Club TV, Spirit Plant Medicine Conference, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Canada (MAPS Canada), World Psychedelic Day, Psyched, New England Women’s Herbal Conference, Women Empowered in Cannabis Leadership Summit (keynote), Psilocybin Summit, Bastyr University, Naropa ñUniversity, University College London, and University of British Columbia and more. Zoe's stories and interviews have been published in LA Yoga, Boston Yoga, Organic Spa Magazine, Huffington Post, Utne Reader, Reset.Me, Conscious Living, EcoSalon, Nailed, Civilized, Reality Sandwich, Organic Authority, the Endangered Species Coalition and more. Zoe has been featured in Bust, Forbes, BBC Travel, ABC Australia, New Zealand Radio, VICE, LA Yoga, LA Weekly, Playboy, Outside Magazine, Fast Company, New York Magazine, Boston Magazine, Boston Globe, Charlotte Observer, Vice Broadly, Vice Tonic, Sensi, Ganjapreneur, DAZED, DoubleBlind Magazine, Lucid News, Psychedelic Times, Psychedelic Review, The Journal for the Study of Radicalism, MIT Technology Review, Utne Reader, Wisdom Daily, AlterNet, Newsday, MassRoots, Organic Authority, Chicago Tribune, Boston Business Journal, The Valley Advocate and more. She has also been interviewed in popular psychedelic and cannabis podcasts such as Women Leading in Cannabis, Thinking Outside the Bud, Psychedelics Today, Psychedelic Salon, Psychedelic Spotlight, Shakti Stories, The Third Wave, In A Perfect World, Adventures Through the Mind, Pathways, Utne Reader’s Abstract Notions, and Susun Weed's People Making Change. Show less



Medicine Hunter

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Copilot

  • Jul 2007 - Present

  For (just shy of) 15 years, Zoe Helene has traveled to remote regions of the globe with her husband, ethnobotanist and Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham, to promote sustainable medicinal plants, Indigenous rights, environmental protection and cultural preservation. #sustainable #medicinalplants #Indigenousrights #environment #wellness For (just shy of) 15 years, Zoe Helene has traveled to remote regions of the globe with her husband, ethnobotanist and Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham, to promote sustainable medicinal plants, Indigenous rights, environmental protection and cultural preservation. #sustainable #medicinalplants #Indigenousrights #environment #wellness



Organic Spa Magazine

• Lifestyle & Sustainability Correspondent

  • Dec 2011 - Feb 2018

  Organic Spa Magazine is a leading eco-lifestyle wellness magazine in the USA. Through this work Zoe is able to help communicate positive messages about sustainability and cause-driven entrepreneurs, with a special focus on women, wilderness and wildlife, and ethical evolution. For list of Zoe Helene's OSM articles, please visit: http://www.zoehelene.com/organic-spa-magazine Organic Spa Magazine is a leading eco-lifestyle wellness magazine in the USA. Through this work Zoe is able to help communicate positive messages about sustainability and cause-driven entrepreneurs, with a special focus on women, wilderness and wildlife, and ethical evolution. For list of Zoe Helene's OSM articles, please visit: http://www.zoehelene.com/organic-spa-magazine



The Huffington Post

• Sustainability Correspondent

  • Feb 2012 - 2015

  Zoe’s features were published on Huffington Post “Green”, “Impact”, “Style”, “Women”, "Healthy Living," “Food,” and "Parents". Through this work Zoe shared positive stories about women, wilderness and wildlife, style and sustainability, and the arts and archetypes. For list of Zoe Helene's HuffPost articles, please visit: http://www.zoehelene.com/huffington-post Zoe’s features were published on Huffington Post “Green”, “Impact”, “Style”, “Women”, "Healthy Living," “Food,” and "Parents". Through this work Zoe shared positive stories about women, wilderness and wildlife, style and sustainability, and the arts and archetypes. For list of Zoe Helene's HuffPost articles, please visit: http://www.zoehelene.com/huffington-post



VisionRose

• United Kingdom

• Chief Creative Officer

  • Jan 2002 - 2008

  Provided strategic integrated marketing and communications consulting and interactive content development for the Natural Products Industry and LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health & Sustainability) demographic. Selected clients during this period include: The Organic Center, Annie's (previously Homegrown Naturals) Healthy Handfuls, and Vermont Outdoors Women. Provided special outreach to conventional businesses seeking to embrace more sustainable practices. Art and sustainability sponsorships ranged from Steaz to Sotheby’s. 2002 - 2004 honored exclusive consulting contract with premier electronic customer care relationship management and integrated marketing and communications software company. As independent consultant won new and/or grew existing accounts including: QVC, American Express, Atari Interactive, Vermont Student Assistance, Nestle Purina Pet Care, Yankee Candle and Support Kids. In addition, managed alliance partnerships and co-marketing ventures including: Apple and Hewlett-Packard, National Public Radio, and the Guggenheim Museum. Led quarterly analytical relationship audit calls with premier clients such as American Express, Becton & Dickinson and TNS-NFO, a world leader in market research, global market information and business analysis, providing recommendations for improvement to senior management. Show less



Echomail

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Creative Officer + Co-Founder

  • 1999 - 2002

  Known for early innovation coming the arts and artificial intelligence. Contributing member of Senior Management team responsible for achieving market innovation and escalating company valuation from $10M to $175M (2000). Played a key role in developing the industry’s first and only holistic, scalable software solution for managing sophisticated one-to-one electronic communications, executing integrated/interactive brand marketing campaigns, and conducting targeted, dialogue-driven market research in real-time. Served as brainstorm leader/liaison between top advertising agencies (Wieden & Kennedy, R/GA, Arc Worldwide) and synergistic teams of technologists and creative professionals, proactively contributing to blue-chip clientele acquisition and retention, including; Allstate, American Express, Atari, National Public Radio, Procter & Gamble, QVC, Hershey’s, Nestlé Purina, and the Dial Store. “You can't harness people's imagination until you capture their attention.” - Zoe Helene, Fast Company Magazine EchoMail, along with Wieden & Kennedy, was awarded the One Show Interactive Award for Integrated Branding for an advertising campaign crossing new and traditional media boundaries for Calvin Klein’s cK one and was rated the #1 e-mail service provider in the industry by Forrester Research, receiving a dramatic 4.9 out of 5.0 score. EchoMail received numerous awards and was featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and USA Today. Show less



General Interactive, Inc.

• Chief Creative Officer + Co-Founder

  • 1996 - 1999

  Known for early innovation coming the arts and artificial intelligence. Developed special innovative project websites for premier clients such as Lotus, IBM e-business, and Verizon. Led newly acquired Art House through production transition from interactive gaming to converging media, establishing reliable, efficient, scalable (global) development processes. Directed creative services team in production of award-winning interactive strategies for blue chip clients such as Unilever, Calvin Klein, and Nike. Responsible for presenting one of the industry's first direct interactive marketing showcases, leading to some of the first ever campaigns for Americana brands such as Gateway, JCPenney, and Sprint PCS. Designed first web-based, real-time lead capture and management system for IBM e-business. General Interactive was purchased by EchoMail in 1999 (see above). Show less



Millennium Productions - Art & Information Technology™

• Artistic Director + Co-Founder

  • 1994 - 1996

  Joined Digital Revolution(!) Founding member and key player in one of industry's first full service interactive agencies. Directed new media teams in development of e-business solutions for corporate clients such as Lotus, and Verizon (BBN Technologies) and The US Department of Education, and nonprofits such as Boston Ballet, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, and Dance Umbrella in developing first branded online presence and e-com strategy in pre-dot com boom era. Played key role in defining/refining workflow processes to help bridge gap between creatives, technologists and business pioneers collaborating in news ways to harness revolutionary communications medium. “Zoe Helene’s success with corporate work gives her leverage to work also on such causes for which she feels so much passion.” - Newsday The Millennium creative team produced some of industry's first social media projects (at that time they were called "Online Communities"), including: 1) The industry's first on-line community for the arts, a project that put 5000 +artists and 500+ art organizations online for first time, 2) The first online community for Harvard Square, a dynamic, culturally rich, progressively wired community, and 3) A comprehensive, self-managing online community for Very Special Arts, an organization that creates learning opportunities through the arts for people with disabilities, connecting a vast network of 39 states and 70 international affiliates in 67 countries. Millennium Productions clients included: Lotus, BBN Technologies, Renaissance Worldwide, United States Department of Education, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Cambridge Multi-Cultural Art Center, Dance Magazine, Musician Magazine, World Music, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Boston Ballet Show less



Independent Studio

• Musicians

• Performing + Visual Artist

  • Jan 1981 - Aug 1994

  Launched career as assistant to master animator of Walt Disney’s studios in New Zealand and grew to own and operate award winning multidisciplinary creative agency. Designed award-winning costumes and sets for full period pieces and modern dress shows. Acted in full range of theatrical styles and genres. Launched career as assistant to master animator of Walt Disney’s studios in New Zealand and grew to own and operate award winning multidisciplinary creative agency. Designed award-winning costumes and sets for full period pieces and modern dress shows. Acted in full range of theatrical styles and genres.



Charlotte Shakespeare Company

• Director of Design & Member of Acting Ensemble

  • 1984 - 1988

  Founding member of successful, award-winning arts theatre company. Supported executive producer in securing of hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding by providing proof-of-concept design presentations and conceptual abstracts for proposed season. Held one leading role per season in classical and modern comedy and dramas, including Olivia in Twelfth Night, Hermia in Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Miranda in The Tempest. Designed and managed production of award-winning in full period sets and costumes, including; Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo & Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, Waiting for Godot, MacBeth, and Comedy of Errors. Received numerous regional professional awards for theatrical work during this period. Show less