Links and Love Buddies
Ann-Marie Ahye (Born in England; now living in Toronto) - is a quietly passionate Yoga & Meditation teacher, inspired and transformed by 20 years of Yoga Sadhana. BA and a Bachelor of Architecture; Practical Philosophy Course at the School of Economic Science; Trained in Holistic Massage and Polarity Therapy, Yoga Teacher Certification (Esther Myers Yoga Studio)
http://www.innerfeeling.com/
Cecilia Posada (Born in Colombia; now living in Spain) - Professional Photographer, multimedia artist & videographer.
Christiane Francois (Trinidadian) - "Let us be full of grace and full of light; and in the fullness of love, let us be up and awake to serve the will of God, and rise to be of real use to ourselves and to our fellow men. ~ Maharishi from 'Love & God'.
Clifford Weinmann (Born is Sydney; now living in Sweden) - takes an interest in the philosophical aspect of the questions of life and loves nature, with its skies, birds, waters, flowers. Educated as engineer and librarian he is presently a core worker and webmaster with the project Vivotopia™. Cliff also runs the company 'Clifford Weinmann IT & Text'.
phone: +46 431 23028 mobile: +46 70 5230350
Elspeth Duncan (Trinidadian) - is an independent writer, musician, visual artist, art photographer and videographer. Her one-woman company, Happy Hippy Productions, is the entity that embraces all of these creative facets for production of solo and collaborative projects (CDs, films, art/music videos, interactive exhibitions, concerts and more).
Gill & Macmillan (Ireland) - Educational (secondary and third level), general and academic publishers. Associated through the Macmillan and von Holtzbrinck groups with publishing companies throughout the world. Imprints: Tivoli, Newleaf and Gateway.
http://www.gillmacmillan.ie/
Gina Ottley (Trinidadian) - "As I see my own Light take me to where I always need to be, I grow in my understanding of the mystery of movement by Spirit as It glides gently through me, defeating my fears and creating a safe place for me to be who I am for that is all I can be".
Gunnar Fernlund (Swedish) - is working as a designer and teacher in digital media. He runs the company "UDOS film och form" (http://www.udos.nu/) together with Marit Mossbäck.
Joanne Johnson (Trinidadian) - is a television producer and published author of Caribbean children's books. She freelances in advertising and writes for She Caribbean magazine. Joanne is often involved in a variety creative projects. She has acted for both stage and television and enjoys writing and performing her own brand of rapso, an indigenous spoken word art form.
http://www.caribbeanchildren.com/
Johan Ljungsberg (Swedish) - has worked as a therapist for many years, giving courses and lectures in Eastern Medicine, particularly in Ayur Veda. He has worked within the alternative world and has run a health store in Stockholm. He has several companies and is responsible for Spireco HB.
Karl, brother of Vanessa - currently resides in London - design engineer and cartoonist - working towards winding down the former and winding up the latter - however long it takes !!! Recently acquired inspiration from Shakespeare - "Our doubts are traitors, and makes us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt". Available for all your cartooning requirements !!!
Karmele Imaz (Spanish) - is a Sociologist now working in the National Health System. Presently she is exploring video, lighting and sound. She loves mountain trekking, climbing, anything to do with nature & me.
Macmillan - Macmillan is one of the largest publishing houses in the UK. It is the world's leading publisher for the Caribbean, The Bahamas and Bermuda. For over thirty years they have specialised in the publication of books for and about the Caribbean in all subjects and at all levels, from infant to tertiary education and a wide range of titles of general interest.
http://www.macmillan-caribbean.com/books/General/childrenpic.htm
Margareta Rossing (Swedish) - is a librarian and works on the mobile unit. She has worked as a volunteer in Tanzania, travelled to India in connection with Vivotopia™ (SAPNA/Healing of Hearts project) and recently worked on an exchange program with librarians from South Africa. She also reviews project texts and communicates with companies in the field of ethics.
Marit Mossbäck (Swedish) - studied at the Beckman's Art School in Stockholm. She is an Art Director running a business in graphic art and illustration and is increasingly working with web design. She is presently working with the project Vivotopia™. Marit also runs the company UDOS together with Gunnar Fernlund.
Mary Soodeen (Irish; now living in Tobago) - is presently establishing herself as a ground agent - 'Shamrock Tobago Services' (click for more info). She aims to provide a service that has an understanding of what it means to be an ecotourist, so that a sense of respect for the local inhabitants as well as the local environment, can be maintained while the visitor enjoys his/her stay there.
Maud Robinson Since leaving College Maud has been a teacher, an actor and a PR executive as well as a waitress, a chamber maid, a nanny, a tomato picker and a life-drawing model
What, in a harmonious universe, could all of these diverse occupations be leading to? Of course - her true calling is obviously to be a minister of religion.
So Maud has just started theological studies at the University of Oxford as part of her training as a minister in the Unitarian Church, which for those who have never heard of it, is a community whose spiritual exploration is based on the principles of Freedom, Reason and Tolerance.
Michelle Agostini (Trinidadian) - is a creative writer, artist, television producer, director, videographer and mer muppet. For the past twelve years, she has created work for magazine publications, advertising firms and television production houses. Her Short Film "Ocean" won an award at the Caribbean Decibel Film Festival 2002.
Stefan Perneborg (Swedish) - has lectured internationally on themes such as Martinus Cosmology, international ethics and health/alternative medicine. Stefan also works as an artist with Symbolic Objects, with journalism and is an ardent writer of poetry. He is the initiator of Vivotopia™, runs the company Earth Light and is responsible for Spireco HB.
http://www.vivotopia.org/stefan/
Sylvie Zade (Born in France; now living in New York) - is a film maker with 3 M.A. degrees. Director of various short films, TV series and Documentaries. "Territoire intime" was selected at the Festival de Cannes. She has created Videos for contemporary dance choreographers, written 5 original feature film screenplays and had 3 retrospectives of her films in Paris, Madrid and Barcelona.
Ulla Hjortflod (Born in Denmark; now living in Sweden) - has worked within the alternative world for more than 20 years with organic agriculture/foods, natural medicine etc. She started & managed several vegetarian restaurants, is trained in Feng Shui, is currently in charge of an important alternative centre in Stockholm and is working with the project Vivotopia™.
Vivotopia™ - is politically and religiously independent. It strives to develop a forum for humanness and ethics, as a well as an educational program. Vivotopia's aim is to contribute to a more humane and conscious society in different areas, where words such as 'world picture', 'ethics', 'self insight', 'creativity', 'knowledge', 'intuition', 'beauty', 'internationalism', 'global consideration', 'gift culture, 'ecology and 'humanity' play an important role. We simply wish to create a room for human goodness on a realistic foundation. Our world and our future is our shared responsibility. http://www.vivotopia.org/.
We have been deeply inspired by the world picture of the Danish thinker Martinus http://www.martinus.dk/.
