Formerly publisher of Polestar Books, Michelle Benjamin volunteered in a development project in Menorca, a small village on the north coast of Peru, accompanied by her partner Maggie Mooney and daughter Caitlin Mooney-Fu, in 2007. Benjamin has also edited a new collection of environmental essays by 20 writers, scientists and activists, A Passion for the Earth (Greystone $21) in conjunction with the David Suzuki Foundation. 978-1-55365-375-2

[BCBW 2008] "Environment"