Barry Brailsford Biography:
Barry Brailsford says his love of the land, and the mystery of the past, is his birthright. Born in Mawhera, the ancient anchorage of the great navigator and stone worker Poutini, and nurtured by the wild coastlines and forested mountains of Westland, New Zealand he knew a childhood where the spirit soared. He has written many books including The Song of the Old Tides, Greenstone Trails, Song of Waitaha, The Tatooed Land, Song of the Stone, Song of the Sacred Wind, Song of the Circle, Song of the Silence, Song of the Whale, Song of the Eagle, Wisdom of the Four Winds, among other writings.

He graduated MA (Hons) from Canterbury University, was a member of the NZ Archaeology Association Council and a Principal Lecturer at the Christchurch College of Education. In 1990 he was awarded an MBE for his contribution to education and Maori scholarship.

When asked about his ancestry, he smiles and says, 'In the Derbyshire part of the Doomsday book of 1086, in the fortieth entry, you will find 'Elfin of Brailsford'. I am a dancing leprechaun.'

http://www.stoneprint.co.nz

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Jeff Bridges:
Nobody, but NOBODY who's worked with Jeff Bridges has a bad word to say about him. "I've never, ever heard of him pulling a star turn or showing any ego", said Peter Bogdanovich, director of The Last Picture Show. "It's like watching a diamond cutter," said John Goodman, his co-star in The Big Lebowski, "When you look at the diamond, you don't think of the work, you just notice there's no flaws". The New Yorker summed him up very simply as "the best actor alive".

The best actor alive? When most of us think of Bridges, we think of the easy-going dude in The Last Picture Show or Thunderbolt And Lightfoot. The impression is so strong the Coen Brothers even based the part of the Dude in The Big Lebowski on it - Bridges even wore his own clothes, for God's sake. The draw-string pants and plastic shoes - ultimate emblems of dudeness - were straight from his wardrobe. But it's too easy to view Bridges like this, as the Owen Wilson of his day. Think of his arrogant and increasingly dangerous rich man in Jagged Edge: his weird, childlike alien, gradually impersonating Karen Allen's husband in Starman: the cynical dissolute, betraying his talents in The Fabulous Baker Boys: the smart-arsed DJ plunged into depression in The Fisher King: the world-weary junkie he made of Bill Hickok in Wild Bill: his freaked-out angel, at odds with mortality in Fearless. We see these diamonds, and we do not consider the cutter. And that's this cutter's way - though he's been a headliner for 30 years, he is absolutely in the business of ACTING.

Most folks know him through his film career and do not realize the extent of his altruistic work with many organizations and groups that serve humanity. Jeff is a father, peacewalker, artist, musician, and creative wind who potently influences todays cultural landscape.

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Brooke Medicine-Eagle

Brooke Medicine-Eagle is an American native Earthkeeper, Earth wisdom teacher, visionary, sacred ecologist, songwriter, Feng Shui practitioner and catalyst for wholeness, whose dedication is to bring forward the ancient truths concerning how to live a fully human life in sustaining harmony with All Our Relations. She is a member of Sacred Ground International, an educational foundation based in energetic research as well as sustainable living and buffalo ranching on her home Crow Reservation. She is the author of a spiritual autobiography, Buffalo Woman Comes Singing; and her new book on the transformational practices of Earth
magic and ascending into our greater humanity, The Last Ghost Dance.

http://www.medicine-eagle.com

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Rama Vernon

Rama is a global peace diplomat and founding president of the Center for International Dialogue. She has traveled to the Soviet Union as a citizen peace diplomat 47 times and organized more than 200 Soviet-American conferences and exchanges. Her work expanded to the Middle East, Ethiopia, Central America, Ireland, Yugoslavia and US inner cities. Rama is a writer, teacher and lecturer in Asian Philosophy and East-West Psychology which inspired her unique approach to teaching national and international conflict resolution.

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Jake Swamp

Jake has inspired a new generation of Mohawk leaders and teachers who are now taking the place of Elders in the communities of the Iroquois and was directly involved in the creation of the Akwesasne Freedom School - a Mohawk language immersion school of critical acclaim that has been an inspiration to many First Nation peoples in the United States and Canada. Jake has inspired hundreds of people of many races and culture through working with a number of influential organizations. As result of his thirty years experience as a sub-chief of the Mohawk Nation and international ambassador, Jake has been traveling around the world, planting "Trees of Peace" in diverse places such as Israel, Australia, South America, United Nations, St. Johns' Cathedral in New York City and over twenty colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Through his tree planting efforts, Jake has inspired the planting of over 200 million trees. Jake continues to inspire many college students of all races and backgrounds through his extensive lecturing schedule which takes him to over 10 universities and other speaking engagements a year.

Jake has appeared on the television program Five Hundred Nations, which has become educational software; Ancient Prophecies which aired in 1994 on NBC, Finite Oceans which aired on the Discovery channel in 1994; and educational display videos for the Carnegie Museum in Chicago. Jake is the author of the children's book Giving Thanks, A Native American Good Morning Message (Lee & Low Books), which has been translated into five languages and was featured on the PBS television show Reading Rainbow. Jake also authored The Peacemaker's Journey audiocassette produced by Parabola Magazine (1996).
For over thirty years Jake Swamp has worked tirelessly for the communities of the Iroquois people and bridging cultural difference - in the spirit of respectful dialogue and collective action - in addressing environmental and social problems.

http://www.treeofpeacesociety.info

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Gary Cook

Gary Cook is a journalist, business leader, health professional, avid researcher and explorer – a multi-talented enthusiast dedicated to uncovering the mysteries of New Zealand’s past. A regular magazine contributor and author of The Secret Land, Journey into the Mystery among other writings whose stories have touched the hearts of many. Honored internationally for his achievements. Awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the Open International University of Complementary Medicine, holder of the prestigious Gold Medal of Honor USA, and Secretary General of the United Cultural Convention. Soft cover, 200 pages. Published in 2002.

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HAMISH MILLER:
Hamish Miller is a dowser, metal sculptor and author. He read engineering at Edinburgh and through his books, talks and workshops his work on earth energies has earned him an international reputation. Book titles include The Sun and the Serpent, It's Not Too Late, and The Dance of the Dragon. The Definitive Wee Book on Dowsing was published in the UK in October 2002, and in America in June 2004. Hamish has lectured widely in Britain, America, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand and has appeared in television programmes in Britain, Sweden, Holland, America, Australia and South Africa. Currently researching Maori knowledge of earth energy matters in New Zealand Hamish lives with his partner Ba Russell, physiotherapist, dowser and researcher, on twelve acres of rough bracken, gorse and granite in Cornwall, where they spend their spare time planting trees.

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http://www.hamishmiller.co.uk/index.asp

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Ianto Evans:
Is an applied ecologist, landscape architect, inventor, writer and teacher with building experience on six continents. Cob is traditional in Wales, his homeland. He teaches ecological building and has consulted to USAID, World Bank, US Peace Corps and foreign governments. He has co-authored the highly successfull and influential book, "The Hand Sculpted House" among many other writings. He has directly influenced thousands of people through his teachings, writings and most importantly through his authentic living example of 'walking his talk.'

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http://www.cobcottage.com

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