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David Albert
co-writes the What Really Matters column for Natural Life.
He is a homeschooling father, speaker and author of a number of books, including “And the Skylark Sings with
Me,” “Homeschooling and the Voyage of Self-Discovery” and “Have Fun.
Learn Stuff. Grow. Homeschooling and the Curriculum of Love.” He lives,
works and writes in Olympia, Washington. Some of David's columns in
Natural Life Magazine are
The Wellsprings of Memory
and
Healing Trauma and School Disease. |
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Naomi Aldort
writes the Ask Naomi natural parenting advice column for Natural
Life. She is the
author of the book Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves.
Parents from around the globe seek Naomi’s advice by phone, in person
and by listening to her CDs and attending her workshops. Her advice
columns appear in progressive parenting magazines in Canada, USA, AU and
UK, and are translated to German, Hebrew, Dutch, Japanese and Spanish.
Some of Naomi's columns in Natural
Life Magazine: Pre-school or Not?;
Children and Money;
Diaper-Free; Children and Money;
and Children and Sexuality. |
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Ron Bearwald
is a public school educator with thirty years of administrative
experience. His university experience includes teaching graduate level
courses in education and serving as department chairperson. A lifelong
sports and outdoor enthusiast, he has been a
certified team sports referee and recreation supervisor. He counts biking, hiking, photography, and freelance writing among his
favorite activities. Currently, he works for the Illinois State Board of
Education Suburban Chicago Educational Service Center as a consultant
and mentor. He
resides with wife Nancy in suburban Chicago. His article Life Lessons of
the Trail is in Natural Life's May/June 2010 issue. |
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Léandre
Bergeron is an author and activist who was born in Manitoba,
studied in France and taught at Concordia University in
Montreal before moving to the Quebec countryside in the early 1970s with
his wife Francine to live a life of voluntary simplicity. His many works
range from a guide to home birth to the Dictionnaire de la langue
québécoise
and For the Sake of Our Children,
published by Natural Life's publisher Life Media. He is a tireless champion for the
underdog and advocate for educational, political and social
reform. Some of Léandre's articles in Natural
Life Magazine: For the Sake of
Our Children; For the Children's Sake |
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Andrea Cameron writes the Natural Family column for
Natural Life.
She is a mother and educator living in Eastern Ontario. She writes a
weekly column for The Brockville Voice. Her poetry and fiction
has appeared in Room Magazine and The Antigonish Review. She
has also written articles for previous issues of Natural Life
Magazine, including Making Baby Brainy. Here is one of her columns: The Smell of Ice. |
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Monika Carless, a freelance writer, artist and
Publisher at Earth Spirit Press, follows Wise Woman Traditions and
promotes sustainable living practices. She is the author of Tessa and
the Fairies, a children’s book written to inspire environmental and
spiritual awareness through connection with elemental beings.
Among her articles for Natural Life Magazine have been Put Your Veggies to Bed, Loving and Learning Every Minute, and The Transitional Town.
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Maria Cicuéndez is a journalist from Spain who studied at university in
Pennsylvania. She is a master of Reiki, sound therapy, crystal therapy,
and floral essences. Her article Parenthood's Responsibilities is
published in Natural Life Magazine's May/June 2010 issue. |
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Robyn Coburn writes the Crafting for a
Greener World column for Natural Life. After a career
designing for theater and independent films, she finds her joy as an unschooling
mother who also writes and crafts. She worked for Greenpeace during her
college years in Wollongong, Australia. She is currently writing two crafty books, a fairy tale
screenplay and a TV series about doll making and collecting. She lives
in Los Angeles with her husband James and ever-inspiring daughter Jayn.
Some of Robyn's columns:
Crochet With Plarn, Make Your Own Holiday Gift Wrapping, Craft Kits: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.
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Pauline Mary Curley is
an Irish unschooling mom, lucky enough to divide her time between the
West of Ireland and New Jersey. In a previous life in Europe
(pre-children), she worked as a structural engineer, a trade union
representative and an adult literacy and numeracy teacher, and
co-founded a Women’s Center in Luton, England.
She offers "All About Ireland" homeschool
workshops and one of her dreams is to encourage North American life
learning families to visit and explore Ireland. Some of Mary's articles
in Natural Life Magazine: Vindication of Trust |
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Jennifer Gautreau lives in Ottawa, Ontario. She is a
stay-at-home mom who is nourishing a budding freelance writing career.
Learning in the Forest, in the November/December 2008 issue, is Jennifer's first article for Natural
Life Magazine. |
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Grégoire Lamoureux
wrote a permaculture column for Natural Life in
the 1990s. He is a permaculture designer, consultant, teacher and
mentor, and the director of the Kootenay Permaculture Institute. He has also studied
alternative building and worked on straw bale and cob house buildings.
Some of Grégoire's columns in Natural Life: The Permaculture Garden;
The Forest Garden; Planting the Edges |
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Pam Laricchia and her family live and learn joyfully in Ontario, Canada.
She loves seeing her kids living with such intention. Choosing the best
path for themselves from the rich palate of life gives them so many
opportunities to learn about themselves: “It’s not always easy, but it
is incredible.” She wrote the article In Control: Helping a Child
Self-Manage a Chronic Disease in Natural Life's March/April 2010 issue. |
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Kevin Luttery lives and writes in Atlanta, Georgia. He has published
several essays and newspaper editorials, as well as having written for
local theater. A passionate backyard birder, he is currently working on
a collection of narrative essays about birds and Nature. His
article return to Eden appeared in Natural Life's March/April 2010
issue. |
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Ed Mass is President and founder of Yes, It's Organic, an online store for organic, fair labor and eco-
friendly goods. After being an environmentalist for over 40 years, he
decided to participate more directly in growing the organic, fair labor
and eco-friendly industries by educating consumers and influencing their
buying habits. Some of Ed's articles in Natural Life: Organic Fabrics;
Bamboo Textiles;
Hemp Fabric |
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Ron Miller, Ph.D. is the author or editor of nine books on educational
alternatives, and is editor of Education Revolution magazine. He is on
the editorial board of Vermont Commons: Voices of Independence news
journal (www.vtcommons.org), where this article was first published. Ron
teaches at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. His article
Decentralizing Educational Authority appeared in Natural Life
Magazine's July/August 2009 issue. |
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Ute Mitchell
lives with her husband and two children in a Portland, Oregon suburb,
where she learns, writes, gardens and is known in her homeschooling
community as the friendly atheist. Ute's first article in Natural Life
Magazine is I Don't Need to Know. |
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Belinda Moore
wrote the Home Grown Kids column for Natural Life
Magazine.
She is a home-educating mother of six. She
landed in tropical north Queensland, Australia quite by chance and
enjoys the simplicity there, compared to her time in cities. Growing
things has been a lifelong passion, no matter where she has lived. Other
passions include her family, homeschooling advocacy, writing, sewing and
environmental issues. One of Belinda's columns in
Natural Life Magazine:
The Snack Patch |
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Hugh Perry wrote a series of columns in Natural Life Magazine
about LEED for Homes:
Sustainable Housing Design;
Sustainable Building Sites;
Water Efficiency;
Energy and Atmosphere;
Materials and Resources;
Indoor Air Quality. |
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Rolf
Priesnitz is the Publisher and co-founder of Natural Life
Magazine. He is also a trades professor, a college administrator
and
an apprenticeship expert with over 40 years experience in the
construction industry. Some of Rolf's articles in Natural Life
Magazine: Renovate Your Home Naturally;
A Dome for a Home;
The Art of Timber Framing;
Super-Insulated Retrofit Keeps the Heat In;
and Passive Houses.
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Wendy Priesnitz is Natural Life's co-founder and
Editor. She is also a journalist with over 30 years of
experience, a former broadcaster, the author of ten books, a poet, an
activist and change-maker. She currently lives and works in Toronto.
Some of Wendy's articles in Natural Life Magazine: Natural Life Editorials;
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Rocks the Boat;
Tear Up Your Turf;
Saying No to Bottled Water;
Taming the Power of Possessions;
Small is Beautiful;
Start Your Own Business and Change the World;
The Benefits of Boredom;
and Ethical Consumerism.
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Joyce Reed co-writes the What Really Matters column
for Natural Life. She is the parent of five successful home
educated college grads. She served for 14 years as Associate Dean of The
College at Brown University where she reached out to homeschooled teens.
After retiring, she began consulting with primarily international and
homeschooling families seeking to attend college. Some of Joyce's
columns in Natural Life Magazine:
The Wellsprings of Memory;
Healing Trauma and School Disease
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Michael Rice is an award winning architect and member
of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland. He studied at the
School of Architecture in University College Dublin. He has studied Architecture/Natural Design,
Martial Arts, Science and Philosophy for over 25 years. He set up his own
practice in 1998, specializing in Sacred Design and Living. He
designs and teaches internationally and has gained a reputation as a
dynamic and playfully enthusiastic presenter. He lives in Ireland with Heather and
their five home educated kids. His article Biologic Architecture was the
cover story in Natural Life Magazine's January/February 2010 issue. |
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Gene C. Sager is Professor of Environmental Ethics at Palomar College in
San Marcos, California and a prolific and thoughtful writer on
environmental and philosophical issues. Some of Gene's articles in Natural Life
Magazine:
The High Cost of Playing Golf;
Grass-fed Beef,
Wholistic Simplicity.
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Indra Singh has been studying yoga
for twenty years and trained to be a yoga teacher in the U.K., U.S.A.
and Brazil. Her main practice is kundalini yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan.
She specializes in teaching children’s yoga and yoga for children with
special needs, and the benefits of yoga for the pregnant mother and her
unborn baby. She currently lives with her two daughters, ages ten and
four, in the UK. She has written two yoga articles for Natural Life
Magazine: Yoga for Children and Yoga in a Child's Daily Life. |
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David Snieckus is a graduate of the world-renowned
Kushi Institute and has been practicing macrobiotics since 1977.
Currently, he is a Macrobiotic Counselor, Coach and Chef who resides in
Newton, MA. Since 1977, David has been helping individuals change their
diets and improve their lives. He is an experienced, entertaining and
engaging speaker. His passion is to share his knowledge and experience
and invoke self-awareness in others so that they may experience optimum
health and well being. His article Our Kitchens as Wellness Centers
appears in Natural Life Magazine's January/February 2010 issue. |
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Liz Snyder is a food activist, nutritional
anthropologist, and Family Food Coach. She is also the founder of Full
Circle Farm in Sunnyvale, California, an educational, organic farm on
school land that connects 14,000 children directly to the source of
their food, both in the fields and in the cafeteria. She works to
cultivate new school gardens and promote healthy, sustainable food for
all at Bay area Nonprofit Collective Roots. She and her daughter live in
Mountain View, California. Her article Real Food, Real Kids, Real
Love appears in Natural Life Magazine's May/June 2010 issue. |
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Jim Strickland lives in Everett,
Washington with his wife and three children. He is a community-based
educator in nearby Marysville where he works to promote non-coercive
learning and the development of true learning communities.
Some of Jim's articles in Natural Life Magazine: Hope for Heliophobes;
In Search of Great Skills;
The Dark Side of Schooling
and Towards Educative Communities. |
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Eva Swidler lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with
her public-school-teacher husband and nine-year-old daughter, who has
never been to school. She juggles spending time with her family, being
part of an anarchist bookstore collective and teaching history. She is a
faculty advisor in the B.A. program at Goddard College, a low-residency
college based on self-directed learning and progressive education
principles, and on the triad of real learning as including “thinking,
being, doing”. In addition to an article in Natural Life
Magazine entitled Reimagining Schools, she has contributed to Life Learning Magazine and the
book Life Learning: Lessons from the Educational Frontier. |
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John Taylor Gatto was
New York State Teacher of
the Year prior to resigning from teaching because he said he didn't want
to do any more harm to children. He is the author of the bestselling
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, The
Underground History of American Education and Weapons of Mass
Instruction. Some of John's articles
in Natural Life: Beyond Money; What Really Matters;
and
Personal Solutions, Family Solutions.
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Rashel Tremblay
is a single mother to three children, ages ten, five and
three-and-a-half. They spend their time life learning and growing food on
the shores on Lake Erie. Her articles for Natural Life Magazine include We Eat Weeds,
and Diaper-Free: There Is Another Choice and The New 3Rs (coming in July/August, 2010). |
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Linda Woolven is a master herbalist, certified
acupuncturist and solution focused counselor with a private practice in
Toronto, that also focuses on vitamins and nutrition. She has published
three books: The Vegetarian Passport Cookbook, Healthy Herbs, and
Smart Woman’s Guide to PMS and Pain-free Periods, with three more on
the way. Her article Natural Ways to Rev Up Your Immunity appears in
Natural Life Magazine's January/February 2010 issue. |
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Patricia Zaballos is a homeschooling mother of three
who lives in Northern California. Once upon a time, she was an
elementary school teacher, which has been as much hindrance as
help in her life as a homeschooler. For many years, she has
facilitated writing workshops for homeschoolers and is currently writing
a book on nurturing the voices of homeschooled writers. The
essay Be Your Own Best Teacher
in the November/December 2009 issue is
her first article published in Natural Life Magazine.
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