David Robert Ord and Kurt Johnson

David Robert Ord (left), Editorial Director, Namaste Publishing, is a former Presbyterian (USA) minister and Graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary. Coauthor with Dr Robert B. Coote of The Bible's First History—From Eden to the Court of David with the Yahwist; In the Beginning—Creation, Priestly History; Is the Bible True? Understanding the Bible Today, and the…

Fall | Winter 2012

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Dorrie K. Fontaine

A passion for critical care nursing underlies the distinguished career of Dorrie K. Fontaine, RN, PhD, FAAN, as clinician, scholar, researcher, educator and professional leader. Since coming to the University of Virginia School of Nursing as Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing and Dean, Dr. Fontaine has implemented Appreciative Inquiry methodology as the basis for the School’s…

Jasmine Rossi

Artist Statement After a life in the heart of London, among the madness of Manhattan, and the eternal bustle of Rome, I longed for the serenity of nature. The stunning beauty of the immense, vast, and wild southern tip of South America, known as Patagonia, overwhelmed me, and prompted a passion that was to change my life. In 1995, I moved into a tiny cabin in a national park in Patagonia…

Kurt Johnson and David Robert Ord

Kurt Johnson (left), a scientist, comparative religionist, social activist and former monastic, was associated with the American Museum of Natural History and the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. He was a close associate of Brother Wayne Teasdale, the founder of the modern ‘interspiritual movement,’ and works also with the international Contemplative Alliance with…

Marisa Handler

Marisa Handler was born in Cape Town, South Africa and immigrated to the US in 1988. Along the way she lived in Israel and backpacked around Southern Africa, the Middle East, Europe, South Asia and South America. She was active in organizing the global justice movement, the anti-war movement and a just peace for Israel-Palestine. She freelanced as a journalist and foreign correspondent. The title…

Michael Narberhaus

Michael Narberhaus is the founder of the SMART CSOs Lab, an international network of civil society leaders, academics, and funders aiming to develop and put into practice strategies that embrace the cultural and systemic root causes lying behind the social and environmental crises of our times. He has an academic background in economics and business and worked several years in the private sector…

Uchita de Zoysa

Uchita de Zoysa is an internationally acclaimed thinker, writer and speaker who is a frontline leader and strategist for shaping policy for the global sustainability movement. He is the author of several books including the “It has to be CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY”. He has authored several international and national reports including the 'Asian Review on Sustainable Consumption',…

D. Fisher

D. Fisher is a published author, poet and independent scholar.

Nina Meyerhof

As President and Founder of Children of the Earth, Nina Meyerhof has made a life of advocating for children and youth. As her vocation, she served as the special education coordinator for a ten-school district in southern Vermont. Dr. Meyerhof has extensive background in the needs of all children, with Master of Arts degrees in both Special Education and in Counseling, and a Certificate of…