Sister Maureen Wild
Sister Maureen Wild is passionate about her belief that we are one body, one life community, one interacting web. And she has made it her mission to educate others about our interconnectedness and interdependence with the universe and earth community.
Originally from the Peace River country, for 11 years Wild taught at and directed an ecological learning centre in New Jersey and now she runs the Centre for Earth and Spirit on Vancouver Island. She describes her job as “raising” consciousness about the earth." She believes that in this critical time of ecological and spiritual crisis, Earth calls us to recognize and reclaim our kinship, our inherent oneness with and as Earth, and to honor all as sacred.
Sister Maureen will open the conference with a keynote address on Sacred Spaces and will be offering a half day session on our relationship with the cosmos, the Earth community, oneself and one another.
John Acorn is well-known to nature program fans as the former “Nature Nut”, star of a half-hour television series broadcast on the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. The show encouraged families to get out and see the natural world first hand. John, who has a Master of Science degree, is a respected entomologist and science educator. He is the author of numerous books, including a bestselling and award-winning series of children’s books on dinosaurs, a book on butterflies, several books on birds, a series of regionally-focused books on insects, and a 16-page article on dinosaurs for Encyclopedia Britannica’s Compton’s School Encyclopedia. He is an experienced educator and consultant, having worked with several large organizations to develop and present a variety of palaeontological and entomological interpretive programs and publications. John has worked as a museum consultant, display designer, writer and interpreter.
Courtney Milne was born in Saskatoon, and has been a freelance photographer since 1975, concentrating on landscape and nature. He has written more than 180 illustrated articles for photographic magazines and produced three books on the Canadian Prairies: Prairie Light, Prairie Dreams and Prairie Skies. He is the author of ten books of photography and has conducted workshops, seminars, and worldwide photographic tours, and presented more than 200 public performances of his multimedia shows. Courtney brings experience, wisdom, and inspiration to his presentations. He creates a seamless blend of spectacular visuals with music and natural sounds, linked by his own live narration. His joyful enthusiasm for life and love for his work is contagious, infecting his audiences with a desire to rekindle their own passion and creativity. For more information go to