Michael K. Stone, formerly managing editor of Whole Earth magazine, was a founding faculty member of World College West, an innovative undergraduate institution in Northern California, where he served as academic vice president. Zenobia Barlow, cofounder and executive director of the Center for Ecoliteracy, previously served as executive director of the Elmwood Institute, an ecological think tank, and as executive editor of an international publisher. Both Stone and Barlow live in the San Francisco Bay Area.