by Joanna | Nov 26, 2010 | Gaialogues |
Mary Catherine Bateson is an American writer and cultural anthropologist. Mary Bateson was the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Anthropology and English at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia and is now Professor Emerita. Since 2006, she has been working with the Center on Aging and Work/Workplace Flexibility at Boston College as a visiting scholar. Mary Bateson also serves the Lifelong Access Libraries Initiative of the Americans for Libraries Council...
by Joanna | Nov 22, 2010 | Gaialogues |
Chellis Glendinning is a writer and a psychologist specializing in recovery from post-traumatic stress. She is the author of Waking Up in the Nuclear Age (1987); When Technology Wounds (1990); My Name Is Chellis and I’m in Recovery from Western Civilization (1994); Off the Map: An Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economy (1999, 2002); and Chiva: A Village Takes on the Global Heroin Trade (2005). Off the Map won the National Federation of Press Women 2000...
by Joanna | Jul 27, 2010 | Gaialogues |
An award winning writer, Teri is the author/co-author of ten non-fiction books, including The Fiery Muse: Creativity and the Spiritual Quest (Random House of Canada) and one for young adults, The Canadian Junior Green Guide (McClelland & Stewart). Written in conjunction with the highly respected environmental watchdog, Pollution Probe, it became a Canadian best-seller. After completing two books on the environment, Teri began to focus much of her writing on...
by Joanna | Dec 25, 2009 | Gaialogues |
is the Managing Director/Campaigns Director of V-Day. V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. The V-Day movement is growing at a rapid pace throughout the world, in 130 countries from Europe to Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and all of North America. V-Day, a non-profit corporation,...
by Joanna | Dec 24, 2009 | Gaialogues |
is a New York Photographer whose internationally known work focuses primarily on women and girls whose outsider status places them within larger social struggles. She has had photos in U. S. News and World Report, The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, The London Independent Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Paris Match, The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, Art In America and others. Over the past 18 years, Paula Allen has been photographing international events: The Birth...
