What Mission Statement What We Do History Looking Forward Facilities Get Involved Employment Apprentices Contribute Teach Why Who Founders Stewards Fellows Advisory Board Supporters Honorary Members Faculty Heroes Where Programs Year at a Glance Calendar By Category By Instructor Past Programs When Year at a Glance Core Curriculum Seasonal Activities Register Register in Program Login to Account Gallery People Farm Woods River Lake Facilities Events News Store On Site On Line Links Contact		From Soil to Society: Celebrating the Essential Connections Between All Living Things             HEROES               There are many individuals who have inspired us through their words and deeds, their essential insights and contributions to the growth of knowledge, their artistic creations and their hopefulness. But mostly, each one has inspired by his or her example - at once modest and extraordinarily ambitious. Their particular genius is expressed in their chosen fields such as music, science, philosophy, law, government and politics, poetry, ecology, architecture, art, education, to name a few. But their greatness lies in the transcedent quality of their work and the universality of their most essential insights. These are individuals who, each in their unique fashion, call us to become our higher selves and teach us to celebrate the essential connections between all living things. These are some of our heroes. Over time, we look forward to adding new names; for this is not intended to be a closed list but rather a living tree and ongoing source of inspiration. We welcome your comments on the names we have included and your suggestions for new additions to the list.             Jane Goodall, Paolo Soleri, Wendell Berry, Maude Barlow, Rudolf Steiner, John Rawls, Nicanor Perlas, Owen Barfield, Karl Popper, John Lennon, Pierre Trudeau, Irwin Cotler, Margaret Atwood, Alden Nolan, Northrop Frye, Bob Dylan, Vandana Shiva, Temple Grandin, Bill Drayton, Muhammad Yunus, Ralph Nader, Stephen Lewis, John Jeavons, John Todd, Jeanine Benyus, Paolo Lugari, Howard Aster, David Grossman, Yossi Beilin, Raja Shehadeh, Daniel Barenboim, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Michael Pollan, Karen Armstrong, Douglas Hofstadter, Paul Hawken, Gary Paul Nabhan, Marcia Falk, Anne Greer, Frances Moore Lappe, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Woody Allen, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Irving Layton, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hannah Arendt, Johann Sebastian Bach, E.F. Schumacher.