Diana Cartwright has promoted environmental initiatives and sustainability in various faith communities across Ottawa.  She is on the National Board for Faith and the Common Good (FCG), an interfaith organization focussed re-establishing our sacred relationships with the Earth and with each other, and is the current Chair of the local Ottawa chapter of FCG.   

She represented the Baha'i Community of Canada at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 and continues to advise the Baha’i community on sustainable development issues.  

Diana works at Environment Canada as a senior policy advisor in the Strategic Policy Directorate, addressing ecolabelling and sustainable consumption issues.  Previously she worked for the Delphi Group, a consulting company, where she managed The EXCEL Partnership, an organization of business environmental leaders from across Canada.

Prior to obtaining a degree in Environmental Resource Studies at the University of Waterloo, she performed across Canada as a professional dancer, actor and singer.

David Chernushenko is an expert communicator of ideas for creating healthy, abundant livelihoods. He helps individuals and organizations find ways to prosper by tapping their personal values, creativity and enthusiasm and directing them toward action that is both practical and fulfilling. He works to promote the idea of living lightly on the Earth and in society, and to connect practitioners with like-minded allies next door and around the world.

David has written three books on sustainable management practices and delivered hundreds of uplifting speeches and workshops in more than 20 countries.

David co-founded Clean Air Champions, a national charity that involves athletes in raising public awareness about air pollution, climate change and the benefits of physical activity. From 1998 to 2004, he served on the International Olympic Committee’s advisory commission on Sport and the Environment

He is a member of Canada’s National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, and he is a “green building” professional accredited by the LEED building certification program.

David is currently producing the Living Lightly Project, a film and online initiative. It’s goal is to share the stories, solutions and passion of a growing movement of people working to build a rich future for all on a healthy planet.

John Crump is currently the Polar Issues Coordinator of UNEP/GRID-Arendal. His academic background is in journalism, communications and political economy. He has a Master's Degree in Northern and Native Studies from Carleton University. His practical northern experience began when he migrated to the Yukon Territory in the early 1980s and got hooked on all things northern.

After working with CBC Radio in the Yukon, he was Cabinet Communications Advisor to Tony Penikett's NDP government. Currently residing in Ottawa, John has worked on policy issues for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, been government relations manager for the Nunavut Planning Commission, and Executive Director of the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC). He was also Executive Secretary of the Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat in Copenhagen, Denmark.

He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in journalism, public administration and geography Yukon College in Whitehorse, Carleton University and the University of Trier in the beautiful Mosel Valley in Germany.

Dr. Arthur Lyon Dahl of Geneva, Switzerland, is Coordinator of the UNEP/University of Geneva Environmental Diplomacy Programme, and a retired Deputy Assistant Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), where he was Deputy Director of the Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme, Coordinator of the UN System-wide Earthwatch and Director of the Coral Reef Unit. He is also a consultant to international organizations on environmental assessment, observing strategies, indicators of sustainability, coral reefs, biodiversity, islands (islands.unep.ch), environmental education, and social and economic development. 

He holds an AB in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and a PhD in Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. A specialist on coral reef ecology and small island developing states, he spent many years in the South Pacific and organized the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. He represented the Baha'i International Community at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment (1972), was in the Secretariat of the Rio Earth Summit (1992) to help prepare Agenda 21, and organized several parallel events at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 2002). He has participated in various interfaith gatherings on the environment, including the Word Summit on Religions and Conservation and the World Parliament of Religions. 

He is President of the International Environment Forum and on the governing boards of the European Baha'i Business Forum and the Global Islands Network. He has published many scientific papers and books including "The Eco Principle Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis".

Clive Doucet is currently serving as a city Councillor for his home Capital Ward in Ottawa, Canada, a position which he has held since 1997. Mr. Doucet is also poet and author having published over a dozen books, including his latest publication: “Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual.”  He began his career at the Federal Ministry of Urban Affairs (MSUA) where he was one of the authors of The Federal Urban Domain, a multi-volume evaluation of the federal government’s urban properties. Subsequently, he worked as policy advisor in the Ontario Municipal Affairs Ministry’s local government reform section. At the federal level, he has held a variety of communications and policy positions.

He has a Bachelor of Arts with honours degree in Urban Anthropology from the University of Toronto, and a Masters degree (MSc) from the Université de Montréal. He is married with two children. 

Heather Eaton, Professor, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in ecology, feminism and theology from the University of St. Michael's College, Toronto School of Theology, and a Master's of Divinity. Engaged in religious responses to the ecological crisis, particularly the relationship between ecological, feminist and liberation theologies. Committed to inter-religious responses to ecological crisis. Taught courses in these areas at St Michael's College, T.S.T.; Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University; and Saint Paul University. Involved in numerous conferences, workshops, teaching and publishing in these areas. Dr. Eaton is the co-founder of the Canadian Forum on Religion and Ecology.

Michael Gerbis is the CEO of the Delphi Group, a strategic consulting firm operating within the spheres corporate sustainability, climate change and clean energy. Michael oversees the growth and strategic direction of The Delphi Group.  On the project side, Michael provides strategic direction to corporate and government leaders, assisting them to develop and implement actions that will enhance corporate competitiveness and productivity, while transforming the organization into one that is more environmentally and socially responsible.

Michael has more than 15 years experience in both the operational and strategic aspects of environmental management. Prior to joining Delphi, Michael owned and operated a successful environmental engineering consulting firm.

He has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Eng. and a Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering. He is actively involved in the community - coaching minor hockey, and sitting on the board of directors for Ottawa's Young Environmental Professionals and The Climate Project - Canada.  Michael is also actively engaged in the education of youth through SHAD Valley International and regularly making presentations to university and high school students around the province on issues such as climate change, clean energy and sustainable development.

Duncan Hanks is the Executive Director of the Canadian Baha’i International Development Agency (www.cbida.ca). He has lived and worked internationally for twenty years supporting social and economic development programs in education, youth training, leadership, public and primary health, public administration and governance, information and communication technologies, organizational capacity building and the use of participatory methodologies for sustainable development.

Duncan also works as an independent international development consultant. He is a founding director of Wave Energy Technologies Inc., a private Canadian business harnessing renewable ocean wave energy for electrical generation, desalination, and aquaculture. He is engaged in both business development and corporate social responsibility. He is also a founding member of Breakwell Education Association, a not-for-profit corporation advancing academic excellence and moral education in schools.

He has a Master’s degree in International Development Management and an undergraduate degree in Administrative and Commercial Studies. He has executive experience working in NGO administration, project and program development and management, and management training in Canada, United States, Indonesia, Bolivia and Ecuador. He currently resides with his wife and two children in Canada.

Victoria Wyszynski Thoresen is Associate Professor in education at Hedmark University College, Norway, and project manager of the Consumer Citizenship Network, an international network of researchers and educators in cooperation with UNESCO and UNEP. She has specialized in curriculum development, global education, peace education, value-based education, lifelong learning and consumer education. In addition to many years of experience as a teacher and teacher trainer, she has been a member of the Norwegian board for the revision of the country's core curriculum. Thoresen has written textbooks for schools and teacher training and has been project leader of several Nordic and European projects. As well as functioning as an international educational consult, she is a member of the Norwegian Baha'i Office of Social and Economic Development, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Norway,  a board member of the International Environment Forum, and head of the board of the Norwegian Peace Center.