Conversations with Michael Stone on KVMR

Nina Simons co-founded Bioneers in 1990, a nonprofit that identifies, promotes and connects breakthrough solutions for our most pressing environmental and social challenges. Previously, she was President of Seeds of Change and Director of Strategic Marketing for Odwalla. Now, Nina translates her life experience to inspire and inform the emerging leadership of others, with an increasing focus on the leadership of women and restoring the 'feminine' within us all. bioneers.org

Luis Diaz, author of Memory in the Cells presents a simple, yet radical, way to heal and transform negative experiences through Cellular Memory Release (CMR) to create a more full and harmonious life. Luis created the Cellular Memory Release technique out of his training and practice in oriental medicine, shiatsu, acupuncture, holistic nutrition, herbology, homeopathy, Touch for Health and NLP-Neurolinguistic Programming. He resides locally in Nevada County. www.cellularmemory.org

Gary Malkin is an emmy award-winning composer/producer and performer dedicated to making a difference in the world by participating in projects that inspire the heart and catalyze social change. Gary is launching a new genre in media, something he calls "Innertainment: Media Medicine for the Mind, Heart, and Soul." His hope and prayer is that we can begin to understand how media, like anything, is a form of energy that either inspires or robs us of our core well-being. garymalkin.com

Jeff Klein is the CEO of Cause Alliance Marketing, an organization that designs and produces collaborative cause-related marketing programs that address social issues while fulfilling the business objectives of alliance partners. He currently serves as Executive Director for FLOW, a nonprofit dedicated to "liberating the entrepreneurial spirit for good." www.workingforgood.com

Dr. David C. Korten is an author, teacher, publisher and lecturer. David has over thirty-five years of experience in preeminent business, academic, and international development institutions. His most recent book is "The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community". www.davidkorten.org

Dr. John Kirk Boyd is a lawyer, professor, and Executive Director of the 2048 Project at the U.C. Berkeley law school. In addition, the author has argued at every level of court, including the United States Supreme Court. He teaches International Human Rights, Civil Rights, International Law, Free Speech, and Constitutional Law at the University of California. www.2048.berkeley.edu

For the past eight years Itara has been teaching Nonviolent Communication, facilitating skill building for inner peace, mediation for couples and helping organizations become more collaborative in their approach. Itara's background is in education and social work. www.restorativecommunication.org

Michael Stone interviews Riane Eisler who is internationally known for her book "The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics", hailed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu as a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking and by Gloria Steinem as revolutionary. Her earlier bestseller "The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future" is in 23 foreign editions

James William Gibson is the author of "Warrior Dreams: Paramilitary Culture in Post-Vietnam America" and "The Perfect War: Technowar in Vietnam". A frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times and winner of multiple grants and fellowships, including a Guggenheim, Gibson is a professor of sociology at California State University, Long Beach. www.jameswilliamgibson.com

Jeremy Rifkin is the founder and president of the Foundation On Economic Trends and creator of the Third Industrial Revolution. He is an American economist, writer, public speaker and activist who seeks to shape public policy in the United States, the European Union, and around the world. He is the bestselling author of 16 books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His latest book is "The Empathic Civilization: Rethinking human Nature in the Biosphere Era". http://www.foet.org/

Ecologist, author, and cancer survivor, Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized authority on the environment links to cancer and human health. Steingraber's highly acclaimed book, "Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment" presents cancer as a human rights issue. She is also the author of Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood, explores the intimate ecology of motherhood and was the central figure in the movie "Living Downstream". www.steingraber.com

William Powers has worked for over a decade in development aid and conservation in Latin America, Africa, Washington, D.C., and Native North America. His essays and commentaries on global issues have appeared in the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune, and on National Public Radio. He is the author of numerous books including the soon to be released, 12x12 about living off the grid and simplifying life. www.williampowersbooks.com

Kevin Griffin is an author, teacher and lecturer based in the SF Bay area. He teachers “Dharma and Recovery” at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and is the co-founder of the Buddhist Recovery Network, an international organization that serves people in the recovery community through training, treatment and research. www.kevingriffin.net

An award-winning journalist, Melanie Lenart, Ph.D., is an environmental scientist and writer specializing in climate change and forests. As a scientist, she studied forest dynamics in China, Colorado, and Puerto Rico, where she lived during two major hurricanes. She was involved in an Arizona agricultural experiment testing how plants responded to elevated levels of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas responsible for the ongoing warming of the planet. www.u.arizona.edu/~mlenart/index.php

Thomas H. Greco, Jr. is a community and monetary economist, educator, writer, and consultant. He is a former tenured college teacher who has spent more than 30 years studying and writing about ways to achieve greater harmony, equity, and sustainability through business and economics. His special expertise in monetary and financial structures has led to innovative designs for private community currencies and payment systems. His latest book is "The End of Money and the Future of Civilization". http://reinventingmoney.com