Author Bios

Laura Goldman is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and longtime animal welfare advocate. She has written for Seventeen and Scholastic magazines, as well as Change.org, iLoveDogs.com and the blog …

Bob Koigi is an award winning business journalist from Kenya who has worked extensively in print, electronic and online media. He has a huge passion for financial reporting, reporting …

Aleja is a PhD student in geography at the University of Victoria in Canada. Her comparative research focused on the role of institutional interplay, spatiality and multi-level governance in …

Catie has a PhD in natural resources management and is currently a member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy. She works as an independent consultant …

Gabriel Furshong writes from Helena, Montana. His writing has appeared in High Country News, In These Times, the Cossack Review and elsewhere.

Beckie Elgin is a freelance writer living in Southern Oregon. She blogs at WolvesandWriting.com.

Pablo Petrucci, MA, is a JHR (Journalists for Human Rights) alumnus and academic who has published scholarly work on the psychological and historical representation of Native Americans in popular …

Pamela Boyce Simms is a Trainer for Transition US and convenes the Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub (MATH), a six-state consortium that facilitates the collaboration of Transition Town initiatives throughout the …

Mary Battenfeld is a faculty member in the Humanities Department at Wheelock College in Boston, where she teaches courses in writing, American literature, and American history. Her scholarship includes …