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Russell
Comstock, Co-Director of Metta Earth Institute, has given
his life to living, learning, and loving. As stepfather of twenty
years to three sons, ages 22, 25, and 29, Russell is dedicated to
fathering, family, and community life. Always moved by the soul
of earth, he holds an MA in Contemplative and Ecological Leadership
and a BA in Human Ecology. A practitioner of yoga for more than
twenty years, he is certified in both Interdisciplinary and Jivamukti
Yoga, and brings to all his teaching a spirit of embodied devotion.
With extensive experience directing programs in wilderness, adventure,
and experiential education, Russell integrates a steady intention
to help humans connect more compassionately with earth and with
each other. He has trained as a quest and wilderness guide with
Earth Rise Foundation, School of Lost Borders, and Outdoor Leadership
Training Seminars. He is a licensed New York State Guide and is
a nationally certified Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician (WEMT).
Currently Russell is authoring a book called, Metta Earth Yoga -
Contemplative Ecological Practices for a Sustainable Future. 
Cami
Davis is an artist and professor at the University of Vermont
where she teaches Painting and Issues of Ecological Perception,
and Art, Ecology and Community. She considers her painting
and installations to be both contemplative practice and engaged
activism contributing to a sustainable future. Cami co-created the
community arts project, The Temenos Books, Images for Global
Healing, Peace and Gratitude and the event, For Love of
Earth, A Celebration of the Earth Charter. The Temenos
Books introduce the Earth Charter, an international document
of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful
global society, while inviting participants to envision images that
support the creation of the same principles. The Temenos Books’
travels include South Africa, India and The Netherlands and continue
to travel the world in the Ark of Hope, designed and painted by
collaborator Sally Linder. Cami’s current work includes the
Quantum Community Project in collaboration with Gillian Kapteyn
Comstock and Ogion Fulford. Here the alchemy of installation, painting,
film, poetry, yoga and sacred song explores intentional community
in creating a sustainable future through participatory performance.
Jan
Louise Ball is a passionate gardener, beekeeper, and Earth
steward. She is delighted to be Metta Earth Institute’s primary
garden focalizer. Inspired by her love of plants and by the Findhorn
Garden model, Jan Louise communicates actively with the devas and
angels, and has practiced spiritual attunement in the garden for
decades. She is a body worker trained in Resonant Kinesiology with
twelve years of experience in this discipline. She also has many
years of experience in elder care and support for the terminally
ill. She has run her own health food store and managed the produce
department of another, and loves preparing healthful and delicious
food. Prayer, song, meditation, fasting, moderation, and yoga nourish
her contemplative path. And in her relationship with the garden
spirits and the presence of the bees, she embodies her love of nature
and the daily round as an improvisational dance with the Divine.
Jan Louise is the mother of four grown daughters, and has three
grandchildren.
Ogion
Fulford is a regular consultant and collaborator with Metta
Earth Institute. He is a filmmaker, green builder, environmental
educator, and creator of innovative projects. He attended the Academy
of Art College in San Francisco, California, where he majored in
film and video. He is media director and co-founder of Lookfar Connections
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Joan
White-Hansen is an artist, dancer, storyteller, and singer
and has been teaching and facilitating groups with emphasis on the
artistic, creative process for more than twenty years. An energetic
traveler, adventurer, and communitarian, she's journeyed to New
Zealand, Africa, and South America, as well as an extended stay
living at the Findhorn Community in Scotland. Gathering the richness
and soul of these cultures in concert with the beauty of nature,
Joan creates sanctuary spaces for ritual and creative collaboration
weaving in the harmonies of song, the pulse of rhythm and movement,
and the sourcing of spirit. She has participated and guided several
choirs and singing circles in the U.S. and abroad. As an avid skier,
hiker and runner, she finds her sacred connection to earth while
breathing in the peace of natural landscapes. She is currently living
at Ten Stones Community in Charlotte, VT, where she organizes artistic
and service oriented projects, as well as raising her two young
sons.
Tristan
Fulford joins the Metta Earth Institute team as a lively
spirit, passionate about theater, ecology, and sustainable living
with a strong focus on animal husbandry and wild farming. Most of
his life has been lived in various intentional and ecovillage communities,
and includes time in such dynamic communities as Auroville in India
and Findhorn in Scotland. With this he brings much experience in
social ecology. An energetic worker, Tristan brings his abilities
to this formative time at Black Kettle Farm, engaging in cooking,
gardening, and other aspects of farm and community life. He is a
certified Wilderness First Responder, and a recent graduate of North
Haven Community School on an island in Maine. Tristan keeps a tender
and steady commitment to the Remembrance Community, based on the
rite of passage work of Martin Prechtel, honoring the mysterious
presence of honey in the heart.