Beta Reader Members
The following collaborators, contributors and friends, drawn from every continent, reflect the spirit of each of these publications, to whom I will always be grateful. My community of inspired composite voices stand as exemplars of struggle, imagination, and renewal. Thank you for being so supportive in this journey and in being instrumental in authoring the most important messages to humanity this century.
Europe
• Isolde Vermeer – Dutch essayist bridging art, ecology, and social renewal.
• Matteo di Santoro – Italian cooperative leader advocating sustainable urban farming.
• Claudine Moreau – French philosopher of civic equality and democratic ethics.
• Gregor Vasiliev – Russian historian tracing the lineage of commons stewardship.
• Alba Richter – German campaigner for energy justice and renewable transition.
Africa & Middle East
• Kwame Ndlovu – South African community organiser working on land rights.
• Amina Farouqi – Iranian scholar writing on women’s voices in green movements.
• Sekou Bahati – Senegalese poet weaving themes of dignity, water, and justice.
• Layla Haddad – Tunisian lawyer shaping frameworks for ecological citizenship.
• Oba Kintu – Ugandan elder advocating indigenous wisdom for modern governance.
Latin America
• Lucía Valverde – Ecuadorian activist linking Amazon protection with labour rights.
• Rafael Monteiro – Brazilian economist rethinking growth in favour of equality.
• Camila Torres – Chilean organiser building networks for climate youth assemblies.
• Diego Aranda – Argentine journalist chronicling debt, democracy, and dignity.
• Marisol Cárdenas – Mexican teacher creating literacy programmes in rural areas.
Asia & Pacific
• Kenji Takahashi – Japanese architect integrating ecological design in cities.
• Mei-Ling Zhou – Chinese author writing on solidarity economies and family life.
• Arjun Bhattacharya – Indian economist exploring digital commons and rural credit.
• Sophea Chanthavong – Laotian social entrepreneur supporting women’s cooperatives.
• Hye-Jin Park – Korean climate lawyer defending intergenerational rights.
World Citizens
• Selene Duarte – Portuguese-Cape Verdean singer whose work celebrates resilience.
• Jonas Okonkwo – Nigerian-British technologist building open-source finance tools.
• Fatima El-Khoury – Lebanese-Canadian writer on migration and global democracy.
• Andrés Navarrete – Peruvian urban planner designing climate-resilient housing.
• Anouk Petrescu – Romanian-Dutch political scientist mapping cross-border commons.
• Leila da Rocha – Mozambican-Portuguese storyteller preserving oral traditions.
• Samir al-Hassan – Syrian-French community mediator fostering dialogue in exile.
• Tatiana Markova – Ukrainian-Polish translator bringing ecological texts to new audiences.
• Omar di Benedetto – Italian-Moroccan youth leader advancing Mediterranean solidarity.
• Yara Qureshi – Pakistani-British poet writing on belonging, rivers, and memory.
I owe deep gratitude to your community of beta readers, whose careful eyes and thoughtful feedback shaped this work into something far stronger than when it first left my desk. Their patience in editing, rigour in proof-reading, research and validation of the illustrative stories, and commitment to fact-checking ensured that both the arguments and the narrative carry greater clarity and conviction. This book stands more complete, and its mission more firmly grounded, because of each of your valuable personal contributions.