Philip Baldwin
Philip Baldwin started an attempt at adulthood working in the experiential education movement, first as an instructor at the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School in Maine, and then establishing and running his own adapted version based out of Boston in the early seventies.
In 1979, he decided a dramatic shift was in order and took himself to Sweden to learn the beautiful art of blowing glass. For the past forty-four years, he and his partner Monica Guggisberg have collaborated in the making initially of contemporary tabletop glassware in their own studio, collaborating with the glass industry in design (Steuben, Rosenthal, and for more than twenty-five years with Venini in Venice). Gradually their work became more sculptural, and recently they have engaged with many of the pressing social, political, and philosophical issues of our times. Eleven books over the years have been made about their work. Many of their recent shows in European museums have focused on the subjects being explored in our 3 Brothers Quest project.
After twenty years in Switzerland, Philip and Monica moved to Paris for an additional fifteen, and then on to Wales since 2015. They work out of a renovated "dutch" barn on an old farm with six centuries of architecture on site in various states of disrepair, surrounded by four sheep, two donkeys, two cats, and several dozen fruit trees.
Michael Baldwin
Michael Baldwin founded Baldwin Brothers Inc., an investment advisory firm in 1975 after working at Morgan Guaranty Trust and White, Weld & Co. in New York. He served as President until 2019, remaining as a consultant, and continues to be very active in client relationships and portfolio management.
As founder and current Board member of the Marion Institute, established in 1991, Michael pursues a mission of driving and inspiring change in the areas of health and healing, sustainability, education, and spirituality.
Through his connection with the Paracelsus Clinic in Switzerland, where Biological Medicine was developed and practiced, Michael has shepherded this cutting edge form of health care. Today, Biological Medicine has became an integral part of the Institute, and led to the creation of The BioMed Center in Providence, Rhode Island, a health care facility practicing biomed diagnostics and therapies in its 10,000 square foot facility.
In addition to his trusteeship at the Marion Institute, Michael is a trustee of the Biological Medicine Institute, the Nathaniel Saltonstall Arts Fund, the Great Meadows Foundation, and the Buddhayana Foundation, co-founded by Michael to promote Tibetan Buddhism. Michael received his BA from Harvard College in 1962. “Let’s face it,” Michael says. “I am incurably curious.”
Ian Baldwin
Ian is an editor, writer, and artist who has been involved in shaping several organizations dedicated to creating a life-affirming environment.
He co-founded the Schumacher Center for New Economics with Bob Swann in 1980 to celebrate and promote the work of their friend E F Schumacher, author of Small Is Beautiful.
In 1984, with his wife Margo, he co-founded Chelsea Green Publishing, now one of the world’s premiere publishers of books about organic gardening, small-scale farming, artisanal foods, environmental hazards, and the challenges posed by the politics of sustainable living during the sixth extinction.
In 2004, he co-founded with historian Dr. Rob Williams Vermont Commons: Voices Of Independence, an award-winning monthly newspaper that from 2005 to 2009 explored independence and sovereignty for Vermont and other small-scale polities.
In 2017, again with Rob Williams, he co-founded the website Our Geoengineering Age to expose the public to the science-based work of nuclear chemist Marvin Herndon, PhD, and research biologist Mark Whiteside, MD,. Our Geoengineering Age challenges official allegations that geoengineering is safe, has never been deployed by the US military, and is unrecognized as a presently influential force on climate change. Global climate change activists and other environmentalists generally ignore it, but the public at large is becoming increasingly aware of geoengineering’s consequences. Ian has written and published many essays in support of the work of these organizations.
Rob Williams, Ph.D.
Based in Vermont’s beautiful Mad River Valley, Rob Williams, Ph.D. is an author, environmental historian, digital media publisher, musician, breathwork specialist, and retired grass-fed yak farmer.
In addition to serving as the publisher for Vermont Commons/Independent: Voices Of Independence news journal (2015 to 2023) and authoring a wide variety of essays on environmentalism, digital media and communications, Williams has published five books:
1. Most Likely To Secede (Vermont Independence Press, 2012)
2. Media Education For A Digital Generation (Routledge, 2016),
3. The Post (Truth) World: Fighting Fake News With A 21st Century Propaganda Model For Our Digital Age (Vermont Independence Press, 2019),
4. Media Mojo: Comm-On Power Tools and Strategic Storytelling Strategies For Our Digital Age (Vermont Independence Press, 2020).
5. Beings Human: A Most Miraculous Conspiracy (Vermont Independence Press, 2023).
He is currently working on two books – Life By The Horns: Our Hairy, Humpy, Horny Human Future And What We Might Learn From Yaks, and Human By Nature: Breathing Life Into Our Inspiring Future.