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David J. Thompson has worked for the national cooperatives organizations of the United States, Britain and Japan and the United Nations. He has co-developed non-profit and cooperative housing that is home to 10,000 people (www.npllc.org). David is President of the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation (www.community.coop). He was inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame in 2010. David has authored a number of books and over 400 articles about cooperatives and affordable housing. He was born near Rochdale in Blackpool, England.

Dave Darby is the founder of Lowimpact.org.

United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on SSE (UNTFSSE)

Dylan Hatch is a student, organizer, and writer based in central Massachusetts. Dylan is a graduate student at the Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations, where he studies the intersection of labor unions and worker cooperatives. Dylan is also an intern at the Wellspring Labor/Co-op Committee in Springfield, MA, and a member of the Communications Task Force of the USFWC's Union Co-op Council.

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A New Orleanian by birth, Jim is a TarHeel by choice, living in the Durham NC area since 1987. He received a bachelor’s degree in human ecology from College of the Atlantic of Bar Harbor, Maine and writes on historical ecology and economic history for various publications.

Jim lives in a rural residential co-op with his cat, Othello, where he is point person for the woodlot/community forestry committee.

A  graduate of Cornell University, Peter started five small business's and retired in 2011. Peter became involved in the anti-war movement in college and has remained steadfastly anti-capitalist. In Chicago, San Francisco, Benicia and now Richmond, California, Peter participated in many grass roots social justice organizations. Living in San Miguel for a considerable portion of the year, Peter feels like he has found a political home in the CGJ.

Investigation and Communication for Development, Alba Sud Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.

Department of Geography, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain.

Alexandria Shaner is a sailor, writer, organizer, and teacher. Based in the southern Caribbean, she is a staff member of ZNetwork.org, and active with the Women's Rights and Empowerment Network, The Climate Reality Project and RealUtopia.org.