Bill Mesler
Alum 2006Bill Mesler has worked as a journalist for the Seoul-based Korea Economic Journal, the daily Santa Cruz Sentinel, the weekly San Francisco Bay Guardian and The Nation magazine.
Micki McGee
Alum 2006Micki McGee is a sociologist and cultural critic whose fascination with the American culture of self-improvement led her to spend five years reading and analyzing bestselling self-improvement books, visiting self-help groups and workshops, and talking with self-help readers.
Eric Laursen
Alum 2006Eric Laursen is an independent journalist, activist, and commentator.
Leslie Jonath
Alum 2006As a Senior Editor in the food, lifestyle, and custom publishing categories, Jonath developed acquisition strategies, launched the successful garden and craft categories; acquired, produced, edited, and project-managed over 250 books across a variety of categories, including food, pop culture, crafts, lifestyle, art, architecture, memoir, and children’s projects.
Katharine Haake
Alum 2006Katharine Haake is a fourth generation Californian whose work reflects a deep engagement with the land, the people, and the history of this place.
Ryan Grim
Alum 2006Ryan Grim is a contributor to TYT and The Intercept’s D.C. bureau chief. He is author of the books: "We've Got People" and “This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America.”
Thomas H. Greco
Alum 2006Thomas H. Greco, Jr. is a preeminent scholar, author, educator, and community economist, who, for more than 35 years, has been working at the leading edge of transformational restructuring. He is widely regarded as a leading authority on moneyless exchange systems, community currencies, financial innovation, and community economic development, and is a sought after speaker internationally.
Katharine Cook
Alum 2006Katharine Cook studied French Intensive Biodynamic gardening with Alan Chadwick and is one of the founders of the present Green Gulch Garden at the Zen Center in Marin County. She now adapts Chadwick’s methods to residential gardens in the Bay Area and is a passionate advocate for the integration of home garden design with the goals of watershed restoration.
Christopher D. Cook
Alum 2006Christopher D. Cook is an author and award-winning investigative journalist. Christopher's first book, Diet for a Dead Planet, was widely acclaimed by both mainstream and alternative media.
Bill Carter
Alum 2006Bill Carter is the critically acclaimed author of three nonfiction books ("Fools Rush In", "Red Summer" & "Boom, Bust, Boom") and director of the award-winning documentary film Miss Sarajevo (International Monitor Award), produced by Bono.
Shannon Biggs
Alum 2006Biggs' current work focuses on assisting communities confronted by corporate harms to enact binding laws that place the rights of communities and nature above the claimed legal “rights” of corporations.
Julene Bair
Alum 2006Julene Bair is the author of The Ogallala Road, A Memoir of Love and Reckoning (Viking Penguin 2014). Her first book, One Degree West: Reflections of a Plainsdaughter, won Mid-List Press’s First Series Award and a WILLA Award from Women Writing the West.