About Us

Mike Nickerson

Mike Nickerson first encountered sustainability as a co-director of the Institute for the Study of Cultural Evolution. The organization's study of the aspirations and concerns of citizens' groups culminated in 1974 with the point form summary, now known as the Guideposts for a Sustainable Future. The background detail of the study was published in 1977 under the title Change the World I Want to Stay On. In 1990 Mr. Nickerson completed production of the Guideposts for a Sustainable Future video along with an accompanying workshop kit. In 1993 his second book Planning for Seven Generations was published in paperback. His New book titled "Life, Money & Illusion" was published in June 2006.

Currently Mike coordinates the Sustainability Project and an initiative to establish a Genuine Progress Index for Canada. He lives near the village of Lanark, Ontario and supports his interest in cultural evolution doing custom woodwork. He would like to spend more time growing things.

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 are traveling across Canada and into the US in 2008, facilitating meetings on "How to live on Earth as if we want to stay."

Community Coalition Against Mining Uranium (www.ccamu.ca)
Citizens' Inquiry into the Impacts of the Uranium Cycle

Kenrick Chin

Kenrick Chin is an electronics and computer engineer. He cycles 5K to work when the weather is fine as well as works from home whenever he can. Ken teaches electronics and computers at McMaster University and in his leisure time enjoys gardening, sailing, photography, playing classical guitar, jazz guitar and bass. He and his family live in Dundas, Ontario, population of twenty thousand, where he is promoting the ecovillage concept.

Visit Ken's website: The Steady-State Initiative

Living on Earth
as if we
want to stay

Life, Money
& Illusion