Professor Stuart B. Hill is Foundation Chair of Social Ecology at the University of Western Sydney.

Prior to 1996 he was at McGill University, in Montreal, where he was responsible for the zoology degree and where in 1974 he established Ecological Agriculture Projects, Canada’s leading resource centre for sustainable agriculture (www.eap.mcgill.ca).

He has published over 350 papers and reports. His latest book (with Martin Mulligan) is Ecological Pioneers: A Social History of Australian Ecological Thought and Action, Cambridge UP, 2001.

Roger's Model of Consciousness is an attempt to explain human consciousness from a Western, post-secular perspective. Roger has dedicated his project to the youth, may they find it helpful.

Steaphen Pirie is the author of Maya Sends Her Love and the current Sydney Coordinator of the Scientific and Medical Network, based in the U.K.

He is the author of two previous books - Be and Become, and Awkward Truths: Beyond the dogmas of science, religion and new-age philosophies. His work is centred on describing how underlying quantum physics principles can be engaged and beneficially applied in our everyday lives.

Steaphen is also currently (2007) working with the team at the Professional Development Unit at Charles Sturt University to develop leading-edge "meta-corporate consciousness" programs for business and organisational leaders.