Donna Dillman

Mother of four adult children, Donna witnessed and participated in the birth of her youngest granddaughter. This fueled her desire to act on behalf of grandchildren everywhere and resulted in her recent campaign against uranium exploration and mining in Eastern Ontario. Donna went 68 days without food and resumed eating just before Christmas (2007) when a Citizens' Inquiry was called by several non-government organizations.

Her passion is 'relationship' - how we relate to ourselves, to each other and to the planet that sustains us. She believes that, as we move forward into a post petroleum world, we will, of necessity, be living in closer community; that it is crucial that we be willing to look inward with compassion to aid in building intimate relationships within communities, and that we truly can and must 'change the world, one person at a time.'

Together with her husband, author Mike Nickerson, Donna administers the Sustainability Project - an educational, non-profit organization that promotes green values. She and Mike have traveled across Canada facilitating meetings on "How to live on Earth as if we want to stay."