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About the Authors
Michael Charles Tobias, long-time president of the Dancing Star Foundation
(dancingstarfoundation.org), earned his Ph.D. in the history of consciousness at the
University of California-Santa Cruz, specializing in global ecological ethics and
biological systems as well as the interdisciplinary humanities. His wide-ranging
work embraces the global ecological sciences, art, comparative literature, the history of ideas, philosophy, and natural history. He is the author (in addition to an
editor) of over 60 books – fiction and non-fiction – and has written, directed, and/or
produced over 50 films (mostly documentaries, docudramas, and TV series). His
works have been read, translated, and broadcast throughout the world. He has conducted ecological field research in nearly 100 countries. Dr. Tobias has been on the
faculties of such colleges and universities as Dartmouth, the University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara (as both distinguished visiting professor of environmental studies
and the regents’ lecturer), the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque (as the visiting Garrey Carruthers Endowed Chair of Honors), Canisius College (a former visiting professor of anthrozoology), and the Martha Daniel Newell visiting scholar at
Georgia College and State University. An honorary member of the Club of Budapest,
Dr. Tobias is also a member of the Russian International Global Research Academy
as well as the Russian Public Academy of Sciences. Dr. Tobias’ many works include
the 10-hour dramatic television series, “Voice of the Planet,” and such films as
“Ahimsa: Non-Violence,” “Hotspots,” “No Vacancy,” “Mad Cowboy,” and “A Day
in the Life of India,” and such books as World War III – Population and the Biosphere
at the End of the Millennium, The Adventures of Mr. Marigold, Anthrozoology:
Embracing Coexistence in the Anthropocene, and The Hypothetical Species:
Variables of Human Evolution.
Jane Gray Morrison is an ecologist whose work has taken her to over 30 countries. As a filmmaker, Ms. Morrison has produced numerous films for such networks
as Discovery, PBS (where she co-directed “A Day in the Life of Ireland” for Irish
Television and WNET/New York), “Hotspots” (www.hotspots-thefilm.com), and
Turner Broadcasting, for which she served as senior producer for “Voice of the
Planet,” a 10-hour dramatic series based upon the history of life on Earth. As a
About the Authors
Michael Charles Tobias, long-time president of the Dancing Star Foundation
(dancingstarfoundation.org), earned his Ph.D. in the history of consciousness at the
University of California-Santa Cruz, specializing in global ecological ethics and
biological systems as well as the interdisciplinary humanities. His wide-ranging
work embraces the global ecological sciences, art, comparative literature, the history of ideas, philosophy, and natural history. He is the author (in addition to an
editor) of over 60 books – fiction and non-fiction – and has written, directed, and/or
produced over 50 films (mostly documentaries, docudramas, and TV series). His
works have been read, translated, and broadcast throughout the world. He has conducted ecological field research in nearly 100 countries. Dr. Tobias has been on the
faculties of such colleges and universities as Dartmouth, the University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara (as both distinguished visiting professor of environmental studies
and the regents’ lecturer), the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque (as the visiting Garrey Carruthers Endowed Chair of Honors), Canisius College (a former visiting professor of anthrozoology), and the Martha Daniel Newell visiting scholar at
Georgia College and State University. An honorary member of the Club of Budapest,
Dr. Tobias is also a member of the Russian International Global Research Academy
as well as the Russian Public Academy of Sciences. Dr. Tobias’ many works include
the 10-hour dramatic television series, “Voice of the Planet,” and such films as
“Ahimsa: Non-Violence,” “Hotspots,” “No Vacancy,” “Mad Cowboy,” and “A Day
in the Life of India,” and such books as World War III – Population and the Biosphere
at the End of the Millennium, The Adventures of Mr. Marigold, Anthrozoology:
Embracing Coexistence in the Anthropocene, and The Hypothetical Species:
Variables of Human Evolution.
Jane Gray Morrison is an ecologist whose work has taken her to over 30 countries. As a filmmaker, Ms. Morrison has produced numerous films for such networks
as Discovery, PBS (where she co-directed “A Day in the Life of Ireland” for Irish
Television and WNET/New York), “Hotspots” (www.hotspots-thefilm.com), and
Turner Broadcasting, for which she served as senior producer for “Voice of the
Planet,” a 10-hour dramatic series based upon the history of life on Earth. As a