Mark Dickinson teaches courses in the ecological humanities at Trent University and the Ontario College of Art and Design University. He is co-editor of Lyric Ecology: An Appreciation of the Work of Jan Zwicky.

Mark Butler, a modestly manic twitcher (birder), is apprehensive and intrigued by the thought of meeting a tiger while out birding. When not twitching, he is policy director at the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Mark Brooks is a journalist, broadcaster and environmental educator. Follow him on Twitter: @earthgaugeCA.

Margaret Webb is the author of Apples to Oysters: A Food Lover's Tour of Canadian Farms, which won silver at the 2009 National Culinary Book Awards, and wrote the 2009 Toronto Star feature series, "Crisis on the Farm."

Margaret is an acclaimed Canadian writer and passionate environmentalist. For more information visit her website at www.margaretatwood.ca

Marcia Ruby is the publisher emerita and creative director of Alternatives Journal.

By day, Nic Boshart is the digital services manager at the Association of Canadian Publishers. By night, he is coordinating editor at Invisible Publishing. A busy guy, he swears he will email you back soon.

Adjunct professor at York University’s Faculty of Environmental Studies, Peter Love is also president of the Energy Services Association of Canada, and was Ontario’s Chief Energy Conservation Officer.