Daniel Greenberg, Ph.D. is Founding Director of Living Routes, which partners with UMass Amherst to run study abroad programs in ecovillages and currently has $1M+ annual revenues. Daniel also co-founded and is the main United Nations representative for Gaia Education, which runs community development programs in over 30 countries. Daniel received his B.A. from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.

Shanti Gaia Shanti was at the top of his Engineering class at Stevens Institute of Technology, founded Students Against the Violation of the Environment, spent over a decade working with social ventures, and in 2011 started Zap Mobile Apps before shifting his focus to Earth Deeds. Shanti has built numerous websites, has spoken to over 50,000 people about environmental issues, and currently lives at the Sirius Ecovillage.