Marcus Ford was one of the first professors in the country to teach courses in sustainability and develop an Environmental Humanities program. Since early in his teaching career, Marcus has held that the most important thing we can learn is how to live sustainably and justly within the bounds of the natural world. He has taught sustainability studies at the undergraduate and graduate level and is an advocate for education that prepares people to actively participate in shaping their communities. He is the author of the groundbreaking book, Beyond the Modern University and many articles on higher education. Marcus is the co-founder of Flagstaff College/Communiversity.

Sandra Lubarsky is co-founder and president of Flagstaff College/Communiversity, offering education-for-community in Flagstaff, Arizona. She is retired from academic positions in sustainability at Appalachian State University in North Carolina and Northern Arizona University . She holds a Ph.D. in philosophy of religion from Claremont Graduate University and is author of Tolerance and Transformation: Jewish Approaches to Religious Pluralism; Jewish Theology and Process Thought (co-edited); and numerous articles on religious pluralism, Jewish theology, and the intersection of aesthetics and sustainability.