by Joanna | Nov 8, 2013 | Gaialogues |
Perle Besserman holds a doctorate in Comparative Literature from Columbia University and has lectured, toured, taught, and appeared on television, radio, and in two documentary films about her work in the US, Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, China, and the Middle East. Recipient of the Theodore Hoepfner Fiction Award and past writer-in-residence at the Mishkenot Sha’ananim Artists’ Colony in Jerusalem, Pushcart Prize-nominee Perle Besserman was praised by Isaac...
by Joanna | Aug 9, 2013 | Gaialogues |
Griselda Alvarez Sesma is a cultural educator and practitioner of Aztec & Mayan Medicine Ways. Born in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, Griselda, or Grace as she is better known, is Mexican of Yaqui and Kumiai ancestry. Her “don” (healing gift) was deeply influenced by the spiritual work of her aunt, a curandera, and an uncle who was a well-known sobador/huesero, bonesetter. Much later she undertook the study of ancestral healing traditions with indigenous...
by Joanna | Jan 28, 2013 | Gaialogues |
Cecile Lipworth is the Managing Director/Campaigns Director of V-Day. Founded by Eve Ensler, V-Day is a global movement of grassroots activists dedicated to generating broader attention and funds to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sex slavery. On V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, 14 February 2013, we are inviting ONE BILLION women and those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an...
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...
