David Nicol, PhD, is Director and co-founder of the Gaiafield Project (http://gaiafield.net), an action research center founded at the California Institute of Integral Studies that advances the study and practice of subtle activism. His recent book Subtle Activism: The Inner Dimension of Social and Planetary Transformation is the first comprehensive treatment of the topic. He teaches on subtle activism in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at the California Institute of Integral Studies and at the Shift Network. A former environmental lawyer from Australia, he now lives in North California with his wife Kate and dogs Jackson and Peaches.

Myra Jackson is a Wisdom Council Member of the Gaiafield Project. She is described as a Mystic, Embodied Envisioner and Evocateur of the Sacred who is well-rooted in various ancient spiritual, indigenous and tantric lineages (Vajrayana). Myra devotes her time in service to organizations focused on creating the spaces for an awakened humanity and a public policy that supports human values of caring, sharing, love and compassion. Educated as an engineer, Myra found that her early training in electrical theory and design informed her spiritual life. Today, that training provides useful metaphorical language in discussing the subtle realm and the alchemy underway in the collective. Myra feels that The Great Mother (with her masculine fully ensconced) is an archetype emerging with fierce clarity and resplendent force, evoking our re-membering during these transitional times preceding the coming Golden Age. After 30 years, she now unveils this whispered wisdom slowly into the public domain through GAIAFIELD radio, her writings on Living in Councilship: The Alchemy of Synthesis and Distinction and her teaching journeys. 

Fumi Johns Stewart The World Peace Prayer Society Bio I strive to become a walking Peace Pole to anchor the energy field of the Universal Message and Prayer, May Peace Prevail On Earth wherever I go! Fumi Johns Stewart is Executive Director of The World Peace Prayer Society promoting MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH activities worldwide. She was born in Tokyo, Japan and grew up with a sincere wish to bridge the two culture of her American and Japanese parentage. Fumi was instrumental in introducing the Japanese based May Peace Prevail On Earth movement to the international community in the early 1980’s. She brought The Peace Pole Project out of Japan and helped to establish the international Peace Pole Movement. She assisted in opening the International Headquarters of The World Peace Prayer Society which was registered as a non-profit corporation in the state of New York in 1988. Fumi also serves as US liaison to sister organization, the Goi Peace Foundation of Japan. She currently lives in San Francisco and travels extensively to promote May Peace Prevail On Earth activities.