Thomas Harens went straight from being a college boy right off the farm to running a US Senate campaign and then winning a State Legislative election in the heart of urban  Saint Paul. Reapportionment led to a high profile career in the rock and roll management,  then to directing Earth Day 1990 in Los Angeles, and onto electric vehicle development back in Minnesota, at St. Cloud. This evolution of politics, marketing and eco entrepreneurial passion eventually led to his founding of Inventing Solutions and now to his candidacy for Green Party endorsement to the US Senate. (see chronology below)

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Thomas Harens, a chronology 

• Born and raised on farm in Worthington Minnesota
• Graduated from Winona State University with Political Science Degree
• Campaign Manager/Senior Staffer – Two US Senate campaigns
• Elected to Minnesota Legislature at age 25 from St. Paul.
  • Passed first wind to energy bill.
• Managed successful national recording artists, Limited Warranty
• Appointed Special Events Director, Earth Day 1990 Los Angeles and Earth Day International
• Eco Entrepreneur/Electric Vehicle Mass Transit Development:
  • Development and Government Relations Director, E-Tran electric vehicle project.
  • Developed consortium of colleges for project – St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud Technical College, St. Benedict’s College and St. John’s University.
• Corporate Marketing Manager - Educational training firms, including ExecuTrain of Minnesota, the global leader in computer training at that time.
• Founded Inventing Solutions, a not-for-profit, eco-entrepreneurism project development agency. Projects:                     

• Green trade association for region
• Consultant to Century College new environmental institute
• FUTURE GREEN – development of traveling display of latest green innovations
• MVS (Mobile Voting Systems)
• VRT (Vehicle Rapid Transit) the personal electric vehicle mass transit system and transcontinental freight carrying system
• Earth Market Network – A cooperative media and Internet marketing model
• Earth Markets –  Cooperative event booths and store within store retail development
• Earth Vision – An annual Earth Day media campaign, internet forum and event

• Garnered 3000 signatures as statewide candidate for federal office – 2004