Author Bios

Erica Etelson is a recovering human rights attorney and environmental activist and writer. Follow her on Twitter: @iluvsolar.

Dana Drugmand is a 2012 graduate of Mt. Holyoke College and a former intern at YES! Magazine and the Worldwatch Institute. She recently graduated with a master's degree in environmental law …

Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures and a pioneer of the localization movement. She is the author of Ancient Futures and Local Is Our Future, …

Nicholas Smaligo is a doctoral candidate in Philosophy at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He is the author of The Occupy Movement Explained: From Corporate Control to Democracy, published by Open …

Diana Martinez is a former employee at Chipotle Mexican Grill in Torrance, CA.

Hannah Appel is a mother, activist and associate professor of anthropology at UCLA. Her work looks at the everyday life of capitalism and the economic imagination. She is a …

Glen Gersmehl has developed resources and led education programs on security and nonviolence for hundreds of community, university, and religious audiences. He serves as national coordinator of Lutheran Peace Fellowship.

Tshweu Moleme is a South Africa analyst with the BRICS Research Group at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, and a writer at the McGill International …

Calvin F. Exoo is the Charles D., Sarah and John D. Munsil Professor of Government at St. Lawrence University. Christian Exoo is a Building Supervisor at the St. Lawrence …