Diane Kendig
Diane Kendig has published four collections of poetry, most recently Prison Terms (2018). She co-edited In the Company of Russell Atkins and translated Nicaraguan poetry for A Pencil to Write Your Name. A proponent of public workshops and local poets, Kendig conducts creative writing workshops in prison, schools, and community centers, and curates a blog, “Read + Write: 30 Days of Poetry” for…
Kosmos Quarterly Spring 2020
“All wealth is derivative of Earth – most of all, values and wisdom. They are among the most recent emergent properties of our Universe’s 13.8 billion years of inexpressibly glorious creativity, complexification of matter and energy, and deepening of consciousness.” – Sam Guarnaccia
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Hai-An (Sister Ocean)
Hai-An (Sister Ocean) is a fully ordained Buddhist monastic based in Toronto, Ontario. She received her novice ordination from Thich Nhat Hanh 2012 and full ordination in 2016, training at Plum Village Monastery in France and Blue Cliff Monastery in New York State. She left her monastery in 2018 and now carries the teachings of Plum Village while blending them with the Theravada tradition,…
Simon Mont
Simon Mont is an alternative economies lawyer who engages issues of justice as they appear in ourselves, our workplaces, and our communities. His vocation is consulting, facilitation, and coaching to organizations and people seeking deeper alignment with the world they know is possible. Simon is a poet and mystic, rooted in Judaism, who aspires to live his life as a prayer. He is a co-founder of…
Julian Guderley
Julian has a background in intercultural and corporate communication. A German citizen with long-term residence in Canada, speaking five languages fluently, he identifies as a true global citizen. His mandate is to support the successful accomplishments of the SDGs, and create a holistic vision of our Planet Home by interviewing the top #500 Social Impact Makers and Leaders of the world. Julian…
Jerry Wennstrom
Artist, author Jerry Wennstrom was born in New York on January 13, 1950. He attended Rockland Community College and the State University of New Paltz. After producing a large body of work, at age 29 he set out to discover the rock-bottom truth of his life. For years he questioned the limits of his creative life as a studio painter. After destroying all of his art and giving away everything he…
Katherine Minott
Katherine Minott has lived in Arizona and New Mexico for most of her adult life. Her aesthetic has been shaped by the region's wide open horizons, cumulus clouds, and the ancient rock-bones of Mother Earth. Katherine's connection to the natural world began in Harvard, MA, where apple orchards, swamps, and Shaker cemeteries provided an important backdrop to her New England childhood. Exploration…
Christopher Life
Christopher Life has been devoted to planetary paradise since childhood. In tangible service to this idea,l he graduated Summa Cum Laude from SDSU in International Security and Conflict Resolution, has worked overseas in rural poverty alleviation and disaster relief as a first responder, is the inventor of a food-based medical technology designed to reverse diabetes and heart disease, and is the…
Andrew Murray Dunn
Andrew is an all-win leader, bridge weaver, healer and pioneer at the intersections of technology, wellness, finance and systems change. As co-founder of Siempo and Digital Wellness Collective, he has been a leading force and voice in the movements to align technology and business with our humanity.
In the spirit of going all in for all life during this time of transition, Andrew is now…
Betsey Crawford
Betsey Crawford spent her years as a landscape designer and environmental activist in New York convincing people to return to their literal roots by planting native plants and restoring ecosystems. Taking this passion on the road after retirement, she roamed the west, photographing wildflowers (and everything else.) Now living in Northern California, she posts photos and writes about wildflowers,…