by Joanna | Nov 23, 2012 | Connecting for Change 2012 |
Speakers at Connecting For Change (2012) Sandor Ellix Katz is a self-taught fermentation experimentalist who wrote the book “Wild Fermentation” in order to share the fermentation wisdom he had learned, and demystify home fermentation. Since the book’s publication in 2003, Katz has taught hundreds of fermentation workshops across North America and beyond, taking on a role he describes as a “fermentation revivalist.” Through these...
by Joanna | Nov 16, 2012 | Gaialogues |
Lee Irwin is a Professor in the Religious Studies Department at the College of Charleston where he teaches world religions with an emphasis on Native American traditions, western esotericism, hermeticism, contemporary spirituality, mystical cosmology, and transpersonal religious experience as related to dreams and visions. He is the Vice President of the Association for the Study of Esotericism (ASE) and a board member of the Sophia Institute and the Institute for...
by Joanna | Nov 9, 2012 | Connecting for Change 2012 |
Speakers at Connecting For Change (2012) An international leader and speaker in the local living economies movement, Judy Wicks founded the White Dog Cafe on the first floor of her house on a row of Victorian brownstones in West Philadelphia in 1983. After helping to save her block from demolition to make way for a proposed mall, Judy grew what began as a tiny muffin shop into a 200-seat restaurant featuring fresh local food with a national reputation for...
by Joanna | Nov 9, 2012 | Connecting for Change 2012 |
Speakers at Connecting for Change (2012) Mother and wife Ameena Matthews has dedicated her life and career as a Community Activist for Peace Building and Social Change. In 2006, Ameena Matthews joined Ceasefire, an award winning scientific public health model that has been proven to reduce shootings and killings. In this capacity, for the past six years, she has used her experience and knowledge in her neighborhoods, to seek out and build relationships with...
by Joanna | Nov 9, 2012 | Connecting for Change 2012 |
Speakers at Connecting For Change (2012) Arn Chorn-Pond, founder of Cambodian Living Arts, is a Cambodian-American refugee and was featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary,”The Flute Player”. He is an internationally recognized human rights leader, speaker, and trainer. A former Director of Youth Programs for the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association in Lowell, Massachussets, Arn served as a special advisor on Cambodian affairs for Clear Path...
by Joanna | Nov 2, 2012 | Gaialogues |
Michael Baldwin is the founder of Baldwin Brothers, Inc. in 1974, an investment advisor firm with over $800 million under management. Previously, he worked at Morgan Guaranty. In addition to his duties as President of Baldwin Brothers, Michael is also a trustee of the Nathaniel Saltonstall Arts Fund, The Garfield Foundation, and Northeast Growth Fund. Michael is also the founder of the Marion Institute, a non-profit organization, dedicated to teaching about...
by Joanna | Oct 25, 2012 | Connecting for Change 2012 |
Dear friends of Future Primitive, I am at the “Connecting for Change” Conference in New Bedford, MA. Connecting for Change Back next week with some wonderful interviews recorded live at the conference. Stay tuned, please. Love to All,...
by Joanna | Oct 19, 2012 | Gaialogues |
Eleanor O’Hanlon is an conservationist and writer. She has worked as a field researcher for leading international conservation groups and her articles on wildlife and wilderness have appeared in magazines in Europe and the US. As a writer, she has collaborated with some of the world’s leading photographers of wildlife and wilderness. Her articles on wildlife and conservation have appeared in magazines in the UK, France, Switzerland, Germany and the US...
by Joanna | Oct 12, 2012 | Gaialogues |
Richard Power is an internationally recognized author and journalist, and a trusted adviser to the executive leadership of government, industry, academia and the humanitarian community. Power has delivered executive briefings, and led professional training, in over forty countries. He champions a bold approach to the unprecedented challenges of the 21st century, based on the principle that security, sustainability and spirituality are interdependent issues. He...
by Joanna | Oct 5, 2012 | Gaialogues |
Daniel Quinn worked in Chicago-area publishing for twenty years before beginning work on the book for which he is best known, “Ishmael”. This book was chosen from among some 2500 international entrants to win the half-million dollar 1991 Turner Tomorrow competition for a novel offering “creative and positive solutions to global problems.” The novel has subsequently sold more than a million copies in English, is available in some thirty...
