Dara O'Rourke
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Dara O'Rourke | |
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 O'Rourke during the WEF 2011 | |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergrad; University of California, Berkeley M.S. and PhD |
| Occupations | Professor, author, social entrepreneur |
| Notable credit(s) | environmental scientist, information scientist, and professor at the University of California, Berkeley; founder of GoodGuide |
Dara O'Rourke is an environmental scientist, information scientist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley where he holds an appointment in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.[1] O'Rourke was the founder of Tao It, a database that ranked consumer products based on how healthy and environmentally friendly they are.[2] After a name change, Tao it became GoodGuide,[3][4][2] an online consumer tool for retrieving information about the supply chain of consumer products such as toys, food, and detergents.[5] GoodGuide was acquired in 2012 and shut down in 2020.[6] Prior to teaching at Berkeley,[7] O'Rourke taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[8]
