Stories4change
Jonathan Blease: Presenter, Producer & Consultant
Jonathan has had over 25 years experience in the media, with a particular focus on sustainability issues. This has encompassed: stints as a photo-journalist in Central America and Central & Southern Africa; producing & presenting Radio, Television, Documentaries & Film in the United States; directing & editing short form video for TV and corporate video in the UK and the States; and teaching media production / media literacy to young people.
In broadcast he’s worked for the NPR/PBS network in the States and the BBC in the UK. As a consultant he’s worked for NGO’s and Corporations in the States and the UK. He graduated from Seale-Hayne Agricultural College in Devon and has worked on the land in England, France, New Zealand, and The United States. In all his work he combines his passion for media & film with his love and understanding of the land, nature and sustainability.
Clive Ardagh, Filmmaker
Clive is an independent filmmaker making documentaries and corporate and communications videos both in England and the Norwegian arctic where he has spent many years. He has a passion for filming the significant and meaningful moments in the every-day and his clients have ranged from businesses to individuals and include colleges, charities, organizations and artists.
Eva Bakkeslett
Eva is an artist and cultivator in the field of art and ecology. With a passion for the interface between nature and culture, and using any suitable medium, she is expert at orchestrating successful interactive community events. Through these and during time spent in playful exploration, the subtle and invisible wonders of life reveal themselves.
Erin Scott
Erin is an artist and writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Always driven to investigate the magic and mysteries of existence, she followed a long career in store planning & design with a BA in Psychology and an MSc in Holistic Science from Schumacher College. Understandings of the web of life now feed her rooted passion to birth "whole knowing" and enable alchemic transformations for humanity via powerful and creative avenues. In addition to the Animate Earth project, a book and website called “The Alchemy of Holism” are underway.