Phil Becque has worked in micro-electronics for about thirty years and worked for Virgin Records as a recording engineer for most of the 1970s.

In 2001 he formed Bodhisattva Productions, which makes documentary DVDs informed by pacifism and the practice of Buddhism.

Eddy Canfor-Dumas is an author, television scriptwriter and peace activist. His TV credits include Supervolcano, Pompeii: The Last Day, Tough Love, The Bill and Not The Nine O'Clock News. He also wrote the book The Buddha, Geoff and Me and is part of the team that supports the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues.

Louise Ellis is a journalist and TV producer working in news and current affairs across the UK. She has specialised in health and fitness shows, including Good Health on ITV West and Granada’s Wellbeing channel. She is also writing her first novel.

Clea Myers is an actress, writer and internet Agony Aunt. Currently she raises awareness in the media about the dangers of the street drug crystal meth, which the British authorities fear will result in an epidemic similar to that in the US. She joined forces with youth charity Talk to FRANK in March 2006.  Her memoir Tweaking the Dream: A Crystal Meth True Story has been recently published.

She prefers cats to children and collects vintage evening bags.  

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Geraldine Royds worked in television news and documentaries in London for many years. She is now a writer and lives in Germany.

Over the years David Southam has been variously employed as a golf professional, a policeman, a photographer, a cameraman, documentary producer and a video editor. He currently works as a Senior Picture Editor in News at the BBC.

Diane Southam is a writer and psychological counsellor.  She has written for theatre and television, and runs Greenlight Healing and Personal Development Consultancy based in London and Surrey.

Julia Stephenson presents Green lifestyle programmes for CNBC Europe and writes extensively on environmental subjects for The Independent, Evening Standard and The Sunday Times.  She has published two bestselling novels, Pandora's Diamond and Chalet Tiara and is now writing her third, The Green Goddess Diaries, based on her environmental escapades in the urban jungle.