Chairman, Global Ecotechnics Corporation
Conceiver, inventor, and co-founder of Biosphere 2 and the Research Vessel Heraclitus; former Exec. Chairman
and Director, Biospheric Research Development

Biospherics; Ethnospherics; Ecological design

Allen, John (2001) The Evolution of Humanity: Past, Present, and Possible Future. Expanded from a philosophic essay, The Duversity Newsletter No. 4, Ed/Pub: AGE Blake

Allen, John (2003) Ethnospherics: origins of human cultures, their subjugation by the technosphere, the beginning of an ethnosphere, and steps needed to complete the ethnosphere. ESEP 2003:7-24

Professor, University of Colorado, Department of Philosophy, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Author, The Culture of Extinction: Toward a Philosophy of Deep Ecology (2003)

Ecological philosophy; Asian philosophical traditions; East-West comparative philosophy

Bender, Fred and Wendy Lynne Lee (2007) Advancing the Deep Ecology/Ecofeminism Debate: A Dialogue between Fred Bender and Wendy Lynne Lee. EcoRes Forum Panel Perspectives

Project Coordinator, Collaborative Program on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change, Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State University; Director, Pennsylvania Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy, PA Dept of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg, PA, USA

Ethical dimensions of climate change

Brown, Donald (2002) American Heat: Ethical Problems with the United States Response to Global Warming. Rowman and Littlefield, Lathham, MD

Brown, Donald, et al (2006) White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change. EDCC, Rock Ethics Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

Biochemistry, bioethics, ecological ethics

Byrnes, W. Malcolm, et al (in press) Global Climate Change and Catholic Responsibility: Facts and Faith Response. Preprinted with permission: Accepted for publication by the Journal of Catholic Social Thought, to appear in Volume 4, Number 2 (2007)

Byrnes, W. Malcolm (2003) The Ecological Imperative and Its Application to Ethical Issues in Human Genetic Technology. ESEP 2003:63-69

Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA USA

Sustainable use of Planet Earth, ecotoxicology, ecological restoration

Cairns, John, Jr (2002) Goals and Conditions for a Sustainable World. ESEP Book 1. Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany

Cairns, John, Jr (2003, 2004) Eco-Ethics and Sustainability Ethics. ESEP Book 2. Parts 1 & 2. Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany

Antioch University, Seattle, WA, USA

Social movements, activism & change; Social justice, environmental and peace issues

Finley, Mary Lou (in press) Shaping the New Climate Change Movement. Adapted from "Shaping the Movement," in: Jonathan Isham and Sissel Waage (Eds), Ignition: What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement, Washington DC: Island Press, available July 2007. Copyright © 2007, Island Press. IgniteAMovement.org. Reproduced with permission of Island Press

Finley, Mary Lou (2006) Success and the Chicago Freedom Movement. In: Poverty and Race, Poverty and Race Research Action Council Newsletter, May-June 2006

Moyer, Bill; McAllister, JoAnn; Finley, Mary Lou; and Steven Soifer (2001) Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements. Gabriola Island, British Columbia: New Society Publishers

Professor Emeritus, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ecology, marine biology

Fishelson, Lev (2007) Global Ecology, Man and Environment. EcoRes Forum Panel Perspectives

Noted author, educator, advocate & conservationist
Port Washington, WI, USA. Forthcoming: Heal the Earth, Heal the Soul: Collected Essays on Wilderness, Politics and the Media

Environmental journalism & criticism

Frome, Michael (in press) In An Age of Enlightenment Wildlife Comes First and Not Last. From: Heal the Earth, Heal the Soul: Collected Essays on Wilderness, Politics and the Media. Forthcoming May 2007. Port Washington, WI: Bartram Books

Frome, Michael (in press) Postscript: Continuum. From: Heal the Earth, Heal the Soul: Collected Essays on Wilderness, Politics and the Media. Forthcoming May 2007. Port Washington, WI: Bartram Books

Reproduced with permission from Bartram Books

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Bloomsburg
University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA, USA

Philosophy of language (later Wittgenstein); Feminist theory; Ecological feminism/environmental philosophy; Philosophy of mind/brain

Bender, Fred and Wendy Lynne Lee (2007) Advancing the Deep Ecology/Ecofeminism Debate: A Dialogue between Fred Bender and Wendy Lynne Lee. EcoRes Forum Panel Perspectives

Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, Department of Environmental Studies, University
of New England, Biddeford, ME, USA

Environmental studies, biology

Brown, Donald, John Lemons and Nancy Tuana (2006) The Importance of Expressly Integrating Ethical Analyses into Climate Change Policy Formation. Climate Policy 5:549–552. Reprinted with the generous permission of Earthscan

Lemons, John (2007) Climate Change: A Commentary on the IPCC’s "AR4" Report and Use of the Precautionary Principle. EcoRes Forum Panel Perspectives

Lemons, John and Robert Shavelson (2007) Conflicts Between Local Development and Global Climate Justice: A Case Study from Alaska. Climateethics.org. Online at: http://climateethics.org/?p=15

Co-author, A Manifesto for Earth; Senior author, Canada's Biodiversity 1995; Anthology of Ecospheric Earth-Ethics; Lanark, Ontario, CAN

Systematics, Evolution, Pollination ecology

Mosquin, Ted (2000) The Roles of Biodiversity in Creating and Maintaining the Ecosphere. In: Biodiversity in Canada: Ecology, Ideas, and Action, Stephen Bocking (Ed). Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press

Mosquin, Ted and J. Stan Rowe (2004) A Manifesto for Earth. Biodiversity 5(1):3-9

Chair, Munasinghe Institute for Development, Sri Lanka; Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva; Honorary Senior Advisor, Government of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Sustainomics; Sustainable development; Climate change; Ecological, economic and social interconnections

Munasinghe, Mohan (2007) Making Development More Sustainable: Sustainomics Framework and Applications. MIND Press, Munasinghe Institute for Development, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Online: Encyclopedia of Earth

New York Times Environment Reporter, author of The North Pole Was Here and The Burning Season
The New York Times, New York, New York, USA

Environment, energy, sustainability, biology, climate policy

Revkin, Andrew (2002) Managing Planet Earth: Forget Nature. Even Eden is Engineered. New York Times, 8/20/2002

Revkin, Andrew (2005) A New Measure of Well Being from a Happy Little Kingdom. New York Times, 10/04/2005

Professor Emeritus, Institute of Freshwater Ecology, Windermere Laboratory, Far Sawrey, Ambleside, UK

Algology, holistic analysis of ecosystem functions, dynamic controls and responses of planktonic algae, impact reduction of algal growth in reservoirs

Managing Director, Program Initiatives
Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY, USA

Contemplative facilitation

Rome, David (2004) Searching for the Truth that Is Far Below the Search. Shambhala Sun, September

Rome, David (2004) The Deeper Dimensions of Transformational Change: A Call to Collective Inquiry and Action. Rev. of Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future. The Systems Thinker Newsletter, V15N5

Associate Professor, University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD, USA

MAP model; Social movements; Community organizing theory and practice

Moyer, Bill; McAllister, JoAnn; Finley, Mary Lou; and Steven Soifer (2001) Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements. Gabriola Island, British Columbia: New Society Publishers

Professor, Philosophy Department, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, USA

Ecofeminist philosophy; Environmental philosophy and ethics

Zimmerman, ME, Callicot JB, Warren KJ, Klaver IJ, Clark J (eds) (2004) Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology. Fourth edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall

Warren, Karen (2000) Ecofeminist Philosophy: A Western Perspective on What It Is and Why It Matters. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield

Warren, Karen (1990) "The Power and Promise of Ecological Feminism." Environmental Ethics, Vol 12(2):125-146, Winter

E-Conference Moderator

Founder and Executive Director, EcoRes Forum

Chief Scientist, A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of Southern Seas, National Academy of Sciences, Sevastopol, Ukraine

Vice President, Eco-Ethics International Union