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Over Meteor Crater

The Barringer Meteorite Crater (also known as "Meteor Crater") is a gigantic hole in the middle of the arid sandstone of the Arizona desert. A rim of smashed and jumbled boulders, some of them the size of small houses, rises 150 feet above the level of the surrounding plain. The crater itself is nearly a mile wide, and 570 feet deep.

When Europeans first discovered the crater, the plain around it was covered with chunks of meteoritic iron - over 30 tons of it, scattered over an area 8 to 10 miles in diameter.

Mike Reynolds

A snapshot of contemporary geo-politics and an inspirational tale of triumph over bureaucracy, Garbage Warrior is above all an intimate portrait of an extraordinary individual and his dream of changing the world.

Michael Reynolds is the chief biotect of Earthship Biotecture. He has written five books on the subject, available from the Solar Survival Press. 35 years of research and development of self-sufficient housing made from recycled materials. Development of Earth friendly and people friendly community living concepts that require little or no mortgage payment and no utility bills.

Ashley Unfolding

Seamus Berkeley is originally from Ireland, but he has lived in many places in America and the rest of the world. He enjoys painting and have been doing so in one form or another for more than twenty years. He paints and leads workshops in Berkeley and Taos.

Contributor Note: Seamus Berkeley has traveled extensively and is one of the breed of Taos 'locals' that could be termed 'globals', like so many of us. He is a very prolific painter, and creator. Besides his excellent painting work, his Web site work is also excellent with some real fun time lapse videos of paintings being created right before your eyes. Way to go, Seamus!

Tammy Garcia

"I was about sixteen years old when I actually sold my first piece. And it was eight years ago when I started bronze, making sculptures to be bronzed. And that was really fun.

"That allowed me a way to express, I guess, my artistic views and allowed me to create forms that I couldn't make with the water-based clay. So it really opened the doors to new sizes and shapes, as well as color..."