Andrew Beath, Founder the EarthWays Foundation
Rosa Jordan, Director of Social Justice Programs for the EarthWays Foundation

During my May 2005 visit to the reforesting/organic agriculture project in Casaca, Guatemala, I was blessed to have these two remarkable traveling companions.

Their combined integrity, passion, humor and courage, not to mention their environmental activism, have inspired me tremendously. Between them, Andrew and Rosa have authored several memorable books.

CONSCIOUSNESS IN ACTION: The Power of Beauty, Love and Courage in a Violent Time by Andrew Beath is currently available in paperback at Lantern Books:

Andrew’s visionary intelligence and grounded compassion make this simultaneously practical and spiritual.

Rosa Jordan’s memoir of traveling through Central and South America as a woman during the 1960s and 1970s, Dangerous Places: Travels on the Edge, should have never been allowed to go OP. Though it supplies much interesting history and politics, one of its best aspects surfaces through Rosa’s clear and funny self-perspective. It’s well worth tracking down.

You can also read her Lonely Planet cycling guide to Cuba or one of her kids’ books

Rosa’s pet project (not to make a pun) is a feline conservation reserve in Ecuador.