Lee McCormack
Born 1945 in Seymour, Indiana, Lee McCormack is a writer, guitar-maker, and master carpenter/builder residing on Martha’s Vineyard since 1972.
A founder of The Savage Poets of Martha’s Vineyard, he was elected Martha’s Vineyard First Poet Laureate (2012-2014) by the Martha’s Vineyard Poetry Society, and was a finalist in the Montreal International Poetry Prize in 2013-2014. Lee studied…
Carrie La Seur
Carrie La Seur is a recovering environmental lawyer and author of two critically-acclaimed novels from William Morrow: The Home Place (2014) and The Weight of an Infinite Sky (2018). Her stories, essays, book reviews, law review articles, and poetry appear in Alaska Quarterly Review, The Guardian, Harvard Law & Policy Review, Kenyon Review, Nelle, Ploughshares blog, Rumpus, Salon, and more.…
Jill Van den Brule
Jill Van den Brule is a humanitarian and social entrepreneur. She co-founded MPOWERD, a B Corps that makes the solar powered Luci lantern, which has impacted millions of people all over the world – providing clean, reliable light to those living without access to electricity. She was part of UNICEF’s emergency response team in post-earthquake Haiti and has launched many global campaigns including…
Zachary White
Dr. Zachary White (@Zmwhite) is an Assistant Professor of Communication. He received his Ph.D. in communication from Purdue University. His academic research and teaching focus on how people manage meaning and communicate their experiences amidst high levels of ambiguity. He has published and presented academic research addressing health communication as encountered by medical providers,…
Donna Thomson
Donna Thomson is a caregiver, author and activist. She is the mother of two grown children, one who happens to have severe cerebral palsy and medical complexity. Donna also helped care for her mother who passed away in the summer of 2018 at the age of 96. Donna is the co-author (with Dr. Zachary White) of The Unexpected Journey of Caring: The Transformation of Loved One to Caregiver (Rowman…
Rob Hopkins
Rob Hopkins is co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network and the author of The Power of Just Doing Stuff, The Transition Handbook, and The Transition Companion. His latest book is From What Is to What If (Chelsea Green Publishing, October 2019).
An Ashoka Fellow, Hopkins also holds a doctorate degree from the University of Plymouth and has received two honorary doctorates…
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Kingsley L. Dennis
Kingsley L. Dennis, PhD, is a sociologist, researcher, and writer. He previously worked in the Sociology Department at Lancaster University, UK. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books including Healing the Wounded Mind; The Sacred Revival; The Phoenix Generation; New Consciousness for a New World; The Struggle for Your Mind; Breaking the Spell; and the celebrated Dawn of the…
Sarah Gillespie
Sarah Gillespie is an independent artist and a Royal West of England academician. She trained at the Atelier Neo-Medici in Paris and Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford. With 35 years of professional practice, she makes paintings, drawings, and engravings that give primacy to the natural world. Web: sarahgillespie.co.uk; Twitter: @gillespieseyes.
Peter Reason
Peter Reason is professor emeritus, University of Bath. He links nature writing with the ecological emergency of our times, drawing on scientific, ecological, and philosophical and spiritual sources. His books include In Search of Grace: an ecological pilgrimage. Web: peterreason.eu; Twitter: @peterreason.