I found Beth Ferguson while reading Arts for Change by Beverly Naidus......I liked that she is from Texas and works with puppets.
Beth Ferguson,

Founding director of Sol Design Lab

Beth is an ecological designer, public artist and social entrepreneur. She has an MFA from the University of Texas, Austin and a BA from Hampshire College (both in ecological design and social innovation). Beth has designed and toured with her SolarPump charging station at SXSW in Austin, TX, the Bay Area Maker Faire, Coachella festival in Indio, CA, the Roskilde festival in Denmark, Lollapalooza festival in Chicago and the San Jose Biennial in CA. Constant themes in her work include solutions to global warming and cultural change. She has co-produced community murals, the human-powered Cycle Circus, Austin's First Night mobile street theater, books such as Mapping our Common Ground and LoMap, youth view of lower Manhattan.