Susun interviews Riane Eisler.
Riane Eisler. JD, PhD (hon), is a systems scientist and cultural historian whose research has inspired both scholars and social activists. Her work shows that raising the status of women is key to constructing a more equitable and less violent world based on partnership rather than domination, and she pioneered the expansion of human rights theory and action to include the rights of women and children. She is co-founder and president of the Center for Partnership Studies (CPS), dedicated to research and education, and Editor in Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, an online peer-reviewed journal at the University of Minnesota that was inspired by her work.
Dr. Eisler is internationally known for her bestseller "The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future, now in 27 foreign editions. Her book "The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics, was hailed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu as "a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking," by Gloria Steinem as "revolutionary," and by Jane Goodall as "a call to action." Her most recent book, "Transforming Inter professional Partnerships won national and international awards.

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'Biophilic Garden' author Isla Burgess

Susun interviews Isla Burgess.
Isla has been through many ways of looking at the world and the plant world in particular. Erring on the view of plants as intelligent life forms capable of self expression and an MSc in Holistic Science in 2008 and 2009, set her on a 'the journey of a lifetime'. Every day that Isla lives on this land in the wilds of Central Otago, New Zealand, Isla lives as a participant in this extraordinary place.
Following on from the very practical book Weeds Heal A Working Herbal, written in 1998, Isla wrote a second book that includes many of the experiences of living on this land among these extraordinary beings. That book is The Biophilic Garden Connecting People, Plants and Inscape was published last November.