Duane Elgin

Duane Elgin is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and visionary who grew up on a family farm and has planted prophetic seeds all his life. His futures work includes two years on the senior staff of the Presidential Commission on the American Future, and six years working as a senior social scientist with the “futures group” at SRI International, where he conducted research into the deep future for the National Science Foundation. Duane is the author of books such as Choosing Earth, Voluntary Simplicity, Awakening Earth, and The Living Universe, and co-authored Changing Images of Man with Joseph Campbell and others. He graduated with an MA in economic history from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School. In 2006, Duane received the international Goi Peace Award for promoting a new vision and lifestyle that foster a more sustainable and spiritual culture.