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VIEWS ON EARTH is designed 

from the ground up to be 

a glossy print magazine. I 

adamantly believe in print 

and the feel of paper, hand 

delivered by direct mail. 

The inspired writing and the 

excellence of the photography 

will separate VIEWS ON 

EARTH from everything else. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will prove 

that wonderful storytelling, 

unbiased quality journalism 

and outstanding photography 

never go out of style. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will help 

craft a shared vision with 

people from all walks of life 

and become the trusted print 

companion without peer that 

readers treasure and collect. 


Copyright © 2009 | 2010 VIEWS ON EARTH | Kevan Khanamirian | 859-273-3580 | viewsonearth.com 

Kevan Khanamirian 

Founder & CEO 

Kevan’s introduction to the 

outdoor community and path to 

developing VIEWS ON EARTH 

started in 1975 at a family owned 

business called Extrasport, Inc., 

a manufacturer of lifejackets 

used around the globe for 

canoeing, kayaking, rafting and 

day sailing. Kevan’s extensive 

network of contacts makes 

VIEWS ON EARTH possible.

VIEWS ON EARTH creates a 

unique intersection through layers 

of multiple social networks. 

What does that mean? 

It means the people from all walks 

of life in America and around 

the globe who enjoy all forms of 

recreation and leisure; or simply 

stated the outdoor community. 

They garden, picnic, bird 

watch, visit parks, fish, hunt, 

swim, paddle, backpack, climb, 

ski, snowboard, 4-wheel, RV, 

powerboat, sail, surf, bicycle, run, 

jog, walk and pursue activities 

of every kind imaginable, 

even when sitting still. 

The school teacher is a fly 

fisher, the print buyer a paddler, 

the carpenter a hunter, the 

mechanic a backpacker, the 

speech therapist a birdwatcher, 

the silviculture apprentice a 

snowboarder, the marketing 

director a 4-wheeler, the 

graphic designer a climber, the 

programmer a cyclist, the CEO 

a skier, the baggage handler a 

sailor, the engineer a surfer, and 

the physicist and her husband are 

off to see Yosemite for the very 

first time in their brand new RV. 

This massive cross section 

of civilization needs a glossy 

print magazine that welcomes 

them into the conversation 

about quality of life. VIEWS 

ON EARTH is that glossy print 

magazine produced on paper. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will connect with 

the public unlike anything else. 


© Muench Photography

© Ancil Nance 


VIEWS ON EARTH is the universally appealing 

print magazine the public will trust. 



VIEWS ON EARTH is focused in a positive way to discuss quality of life 

issues whether they are in the backwoods or at the top of the citadel. 

It is founded on the guiding principle of the new millenium: 

global awareness that each generation influences the next. 

VIEWS ON EARTH places science and nature at the top, is supported 

by the visual beauty of its design and editorial strengths, and lastly, 

it explores the proposition of using or not using the natural world... 

hence the worlds of science, art, and commerce become one. 

VIEWS ON EARTH connects-the-dots 

on the environment for the public. 




VIEWS ON EARTH will not 

be slanted toward adrenaline 

junkies or armchair travelers... 

People actively or 

vicariously enjoy all forms 

of recreation and leisure. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will cover 

family and individual pursuits 

unlike anybody else. 

But VIEWS ON EARTH is not 

just an activity magazine. 


be slanted toward treehuggers 

or clear-cutters... 

Many people believe the very 

best of human ecology can 

be found on a planet where 

each one of us is an educated 

caretaker, not an ignorant taker. 

The problem is that people 

can’t seem to agree on what an 

“educated caretaker” is or how to 

define what an “ignorant taker” is. 


be slanted toward meat 

eaters or vegetarians... 

These same people are the 

individuals who own large 

and small organizations. 

They operate mills, factories 

and local main street stores. 

They work or volunteer for notfor-profits 

of every stripe. 

They are social and 

environmental entrepreneurs. 

They are the workers who 

manufacture products 

and provide services of 

every kind imaginable. 

They are you. 


VIEWS ON EARTH will 

not be slanted toward the 

faithful or the humanist... 

It will cover all sides of the many 

environmental questions. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will provide 

a clear view of human ecology 

through the eyes of multiple 

stakeholders from all walks of life.



Men and women around the 

world are interested in reading 

about what the future holds for 

their families and loved ones. 

© John Canning 

They want to read genuinely 

different perspectives so they 

can draw their own conclusions 

People want healthy lifeenhancing 

information not 

force-fed deformation. 


a forum that will resonate with 

people from all walks of life. 




People want to make 

up their own minds. 


invite all perspectives from 

individual citizens and the 

biggest of big business. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will leave 

the authors‘ message exactly as 

they intended without biased 

filters or heavy-handed editors. 

Authors and readers alike 

will not be disappointed 


fascinate people. 


© Muench Photography




Commentary from people 

in and out of the public eye 

from around the world will 

make VIEWS ON EARTH more 

than just a pretty face. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will help shape 

the national and international 

dialog on quality of life issues. 

The fact that Public Trust has 

become an oxymoron is not lost 

on anyone and we all suffer for it. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will drive 

the dialogue not the debate. 



VIEWS ON EARTH will be the trusted print companion 

that people welcome into their lives. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will bring great minds to focus, 

and readers to consider and contemplate. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will be sophisticated yet down to earth, in short: 

VIEWS ON EARTH will knock 

people’s socks off. 


Who else can document history and social changes 

as accurately and as vividly as the photographer? 

The resources of this profession are tapped by virtually 

all other industries, and there are few people unaffected 

by photography in its numerous applications. 

Visually, 

Ernest H. Brooks II 


© Ernest H. Brooks II 


The consistent excellence of photography 

throughout VIEWS ON EARTH will astonish 

people, generating “oohs” and “ahs.” 








VIEWS ON EARTH is fueled by passions 

arising from lifelong experiences. 

It is a series of passionate efforts that will resonate 

with people from all walks of life. 


© John Canning 

Knowing the outdoors as I have 

for two score and more; having 

explored its edges and turned 

its unknown corners; having 

plunged into its meanings and 

resonance, I am thrilled with 

the publication VIEWS ON 

EARTH and its ambitious and 

important mission to bring all 

the outdoors into the light. 

I am proud to be associated 

with VIEWS ON EARTH and 

celebrate its noble apostolate...if 

ever there were a publication that 

manifests my own world views 

and cosmologies concerning 

the empires of the outdoors, 

it is VIEWS ON EARTH! 


Richard Bangs 

Richard is a founding partner and 

long-time president of Mountain 

Travel-Sobek, America’s oldest 

and largest adventure travel firm. 

He has led first descents of 35 

rivers around the globe, including 

the Yangtze in China and the 

Zambezi in Southern Africa. 

Richard has published more 

than 1000 magazine articles, 16 

books, a score of documentaries 

and several CD-ROMs; and has 

lectured at the Smithsonian, the 

National Geographic Society, the 

Explorers Club and many other 

notable venues. He writes a semiregular 

feature with the NY Times.

Society has become increasingly 

removed from the earth 

systems that sustain life. 

Forests provide the services 

needed to sustain all life on 

this planet. However, when we 

sit down at the table in the 

morning to have breakfast and 

read the paper, most have no 

idea that the box that the cereal 

came in, the chair that they are 

sitting in, the table that they 

are sitting at, the floor under 

their feet and the roof over 

their head came from a forest. 


provide a fresh opportunity 

for reconnection. 

Michael Bartlett 

Mike has been the Forest 

Resources Manager of Hull Forest 

Products, Inc. since 1987 and has 

been a member of the Society of 

American Foresters since 1980. 

He was given the Austin Cary 

Practicing Professional Award in 

March of 2000 which recognizes 

New England Society of American 

Forestry members who have 

shown exceptional achievement 

as practicing forest managers. 

Mike was Boy Scout Leader, 

Troop 27, Woodstock, 1993 – 

2002 and is an Eagle Scout. 


© Hull Forest Products


We are entering a 

period of change. 

Globalization has made us 

closer to everyone else, but it 

also has made our collective 

impact on the planet harsher 

and more precarious. 

VIEWS ON EARTH is an element 

of change that will allow us to see 

our common ground – where we 

agree on the issues and where we 

share common values. With that 

common ground, we can move 

to solutions that are supported 

by a very large majority. 

These solutions would be the 

result of good change; of change 

that moves us away from often 

petty disagreements to important 

areas of agreement and the will 

to move forward with new ideas. 

Visually and verbally, this is my 

hope for VIEWS ON EARTH. 


William Bentley 

Bill is Professor Emeritus of Forest 

Policy and Management at the 

College of Environmental Science 

and Forestry, Syracuse NY. He 

is the principal of Salmon Brook 

Associates in North Granby CT.

Fundamentalism is a good thing. 

Not the polarizers who see the 

world in black and white; I don’t 

think they’re fundamentalists. 

They’re zealots, and they exist 

everywhere there’s a philosophy, 

religion and (all its -isms), 

environmentalism, capitalism, 

socialism, name your -ism, 

and you’ll find self-proclaimed 

fundies. No matter what, we’re 

wrong, they’re right; just ask 

them. A true fundamentalist 

is interested in bedrock...the 

fundus...the foundation...the base 

on which everything stands. 

Fundamentally, everyone loves 

the world, even if they don’t know 

it. To create a space where the 

primal impulse is to discuss what 

is beautiful about the earth, and 

how we can enjoy it together 

without creating a mess seems 

like a natural thing to do. 

VIEWS ON EARTH is such a 

place. People who fundamentally 

love the earth, want to enjoy 

it, and respect the reality that 

hunters and vegetarians both 

love their planet. Let the zealots 

obsess over philosophy; let’s talk 

about what’s fundamental in 

VIEWS ON EARTH magazine. 

Darren Bush 

Darren is the Owner of Rutabaga 

Paddlesports LLC. in Monona, 

Wisconsin. Darren gave up a real 

job in the public sector to come 

to Rutabaga and be a paddling 

evangelist. He loves paddling 

and the only thing better than 

paddling is getting someone 

else into it. It changes people’s 

lives, and that is why he decided 

to make his job his vocation. 


© Darren Bush

© Mark Carroll 

VIEWS ON EARTH won’t be just 

a magazine. It will be a longoverdue 

forum for the planet 

– a place where photographic 

thought and thoughtful words 

flourish on uncluttered pages, 

speaking in the clear, resounding 

voice of the outdoor Everyman. 

Wrapping your hands around an 

issue will be a visceral experience, 

to feel the weight of the words 

on paper, to look through the 

photographer’s viewfinder, pause... 

and breathe in the fresh approach 

that will be VIEWS ON EARTH. 


Mark Carroll 

Mark is a Tennessee-based 

conservation photographer, 

videographer and writer. His 

work appears regularly in 

environmental and outdoor print 

publications and on an assortment 

of television programming.

© Standard Deluxe - Matt Harris 

VIEWS ON EARTH will be more 

than refreshing, like a muchneeded 

breath of fresh air. It will 

be great, finally, at long last, to 

find a magazine that is not so far 

out of contact with the real world. 

VIEWS ON EARTH understands 

I do not want to be told what 

I should think or believe. 

It will be more than refreshing 

to be presented with a wide 

range of unaltered stories so I 

can make my own decisions. 

More than refreshing will be 

the quality of the content 

without hundreds of ineffective 

advertisements or private 

agenda influencing the 

content of the magazine. 

It will be more than refreshing 

to see something that has such 

high quality images designed 

specifically to appear on paper. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will prove that 

Good Journalism and Creative 

Design are still alive in America. 

Watch out, the rules are changing. 


Jerry French 

Jerry is President of French 

Paper Co., Niles, Michigan 

USA. Family owned for five 

generations, French Paper was 

established in 1871. French Paper 

still hand checks all its paper and 

continues to treat their customers 

as if they live next door.

© Continental Web Press - Walton, Kentucky 

So much of what we hear or 

see is driven by an agenda. 

From my perspective the media, 

business and industry have 

added to the confusion and 

nationwide cynicism on just 

about everything but especially 

about the environment. 

The publishing industry has not 

helped by reducing magazines 

to nothing but page after page 

of advertising and insulting 

editorial concoctions. 

VIEWS ON EARTH 

changes that dynamic. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will cover 

the environment, science, 

industry, all things outdoors 

and more with its unique 

unbiased editorial platform. 

Its great editorial content 

and world-class photography 

will bowl people over. 

Its really exciting to see something 

in this day and age that has been 

designed to be a glossy print 

magazine. A stunning magazine 

people can hold in their hands. 


Charlie Gross 

Charlie works at Ris Paper, 

Dayton, OH. He has been a print 

and paper guy for 45 years. 

He earned his Journeyman’s 

card in offset press in 1972.

Anything made well enough to be 

passed down through generations 

is the ultimate form of recycling 

— whether it be tangible, like 

our furniture, or conceptual... 

such as VIEWS ON EARTH. 

While we have reinforced our 

commitment to ensuring the longterm 

health and sustainability 

of our own forests, VIEWS ON 

EARTH makes its commitment 

to the long-term health and 

sustainability of our planet... 

Only through open forums 

of people sharing ideas and 

concerns about our planet can 

we hope to reverse the current 

trend of diminishing resources. 

Oftentimes we think of “recycling” 

in terms of blue bins and “paper 

or plastic”, however, it can take 

on a new meaning when we look 

at it in terms of ideas. We have 

a long history of sustainability 

based on that. Nothing is truly 

new, so when ideas are recycled, 

new spins are woven into them... 

and wonderful futures are built. 

Greg Harden 

As CEO of Harden Furniture, Inc., 

McConnellsville, NY, one of the 

few American manufacturers 

of high quality furniture, Greg 

has championed the cause of 

environmental stewardship in the 

manufacturing sector. With his 

proactive pursuit of reducing the 

company’s carbon footprint and 

continued participation in the 

Sustainable Forestry Initiative®, 

he carries on the company’s long 

history of maintaining a sufficient 

company-owned and managed 

hardwood supply without 

compromising natural resources. 


© Harden Furniture

© Molly Scott Bellman 

Founded in 1972, Rivers Unlimited 

exists to work with citizens to 

promote and protect their rivers. 

We empower citizens in Ohio 

to enjoy, restore and protect 

their community watersheds. 

We work to create opportunities 

for citizens to establish a 

lifelong appreciation for 

Ohio’s waterways- and the 

economic, health and qualityof-life 

benefits they provide. 

We all stand to benefit from 

public discourse regarding 

the environment. 

I’m excited it is VIEWS ON 

EARTH’s mission to provide 

an open and unbiased venue 

for this while striving to keep 

readers engaged and informed. 


Nate Holscher 

Nate has served as Project 

Director of Rivers Unlimited, 

Cincinnati, OH since April 

2005. He directs programs and 

events that create awareness 

of the incredible resources 

that are our waterways. Nate 

is working to stop degradation 

on rivers in southwest Ohio.

© Annalisa Parent 

If you must be the change you 

would like to see in the world, 

then reading or contributing to 

a simple-format, high-quality, 

thoughtful publication like VIEWS 

ON EARTH is the place to start. 

We need a national conversation 

about living “closer to the bone.” 

It will take a look at wild 

America through a civilized 

and sophisticated lens. 

Within a 21st century context, 

VIEWS ON EARTH celebrates 

our beautiful nation as a 

working landscape, replete with 

clotheslines and cowboys. 


Alexander Lee 

Alexander is a teacher and 

lawyer, living in Concord, NH, 

who founded Project Laundry 

List and participates actively 

in the free-for-all of New 

Hampshire politics. He leads 

periodic canoeing expeditions 

on the threatened rivers of 

Quebec’s James Bay region.

We need a medium where 

the land itself is given voice 

through those who care 

about it most deeply. 

By providing a forum for people 

who live, work and recreate on 

land they cherish, VIEWS ON 

EARTH will be that medium. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will celebrate 

places both ordinary and unique 

and will call our attention to land 

and waters in need of our help. 

Mark Menlove 

Mark is the executive director 

of Winter Wildlands Alliance, 

Boise, Idaho, a national nonprofit 

organization promoting and 

preserving winter wildlands 

and a quality human-powered 

snowsports experience. He is an 

accomplished freelance writer 

and backcountry ski guide. 


© Brian Mohr - Ember Photo

Change is constant and one item 

we know for certain is that what 

we see today, will be different 

tomorrow. Throughout time it has 

been the art of telling the story, 

from the impact of analogous 

tales to straightforward, spot 

on journalism, that has sparked 

external debate, encouraged 

internal studying and lead 

to a dialogue of learning. 

Today, as the inevitable winds of 

change shift the environments 

- social, political and natural - in 

which we live, it is important that 

we in the outdoor community 

do not live vicariously as 

arm chair spectators. 

We need to participate, challenge 

our understandings, consider 

the other side and engage 

in the understanding of why, 

what, where, when and how. 

VIEWS ON EARTH is the spark 

that will fire up the dialogue. 

Scott McGuire 

Scott has spent his life pursuing 

the outdoor dream, always 

trying to find the balance 

between job and play. He is 

co-founder of a new outdoor 

brand Ahnu Footwear 

launched in Spring 2007. 

Previously, Scott helped launch 

Keen Footwear, was Product 

Manager for Teva, managed 

water safety for adventure races 

Eco Challenge and Primal Quest, 

taught kayaking, and served as ski 

patrolmen at Mammoth Mountain. 

Keeping the paycheck close to 

the fun blurs the lines between 

work days and weekends. 


© Scott McGuire

© Johnny Molloy 

VIEWS ON EARTH will be a 

maverick of a magazine. 

It will not follow a formula, nor 

put forth an agenda. Rather than 

filtering the works of writers 

and photographers through 

their prism, VIEWS ON EARTH 

gets out of the way, providing 

a stage for the works of the 

creative set to enlighten and 

entertain, to present provocative 

articles about the outdoors. 

And sometimes they just tell 

a good story, about places 

we’d like to go and see, on 

adventures big and small. 


Johnny Molloy 

Johnny is an outdoor writer 

based in Johnson City, Tennessee. 

He has written 30 books on 

hiking, camping, paddling and 

true outdoor adventures.


The single most important part of 

photography is when the ink hits 

the paper and magically forms an 

image. The image conveys what 

your heart inspired you to snap 

the picture for in the first place. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will allow 

authors and photographers 

to inspire people with the raw, 

unfiltered and bold majesty 

of the great outdoors. 


Marc Muench 

Marc has been a professional 

landscape and sports 

photographer since he finished 

his studies at Pasadena Art 

Center College of Design in the 

spring of 1989. He now serves as 

President of Muench Photography, 

Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, while 

continuing photographing for the 

Muench Photography collection.

Manufacturing and print media, 

two industries that I believe form 

the foundation of our nation’s— 

any developed nation’s—strength, 

are about to get a much-needed 

makeover in VIEWS ON EARTH. 

For manufacturing, the 

backbone of the economy, 

VIEWS ON EARTH will challenge 

conventional wisdom by telling 

the stories of U.S. manufacturers 

who continue to grow and 

contribute mightily to our 

economy and quality of life -- as 

well as those who are leading the 

way to a more sustainable future. 

For journalism, the bedrock of our 

democracy, VIEWS ON EARTH 

will demonstrate the power of 

print in engaging a large audience 

with powerful photography and 

authentic, thoughtful articles 

on a range of lifestyle topics. 

The two industries are under 

siege, with pundits predicting 

their imminent demise. For 

too long, manufacturers 

and print journalists have 

allowed these doomsayers 

to shape popular opinion. 

With VIEWS ON EARTH, 

that’s going to change. 

Patricia Panchak 

Patricia, a leading expert on 

management and leadership 

issues, is the former editorin-chief 

of Target, a magazine 

and Web site published by the 

Association for Manufacturing 

Excellence, and the former Editorin-Chief 

of IndustryWeek. An 

acclaimed business journalist 

with 20 years of experience, 

she writes on a wide range of 

business issues, particularly the 

manufacturing and healthcare 

industries, and strategic and 

operational leadership. 


© Ancil Nance

© Avid4Adventure 


a great service for our country. 

“Kids, come inside, your 

dinner’s getting cold.” 

Twenty years ago, these words 

echoed across America millions 

of times each evening. 

Today, this phrase is seldom heard. 

Parents are concerned as they 

witness the increasingly sedentary 

lifestyle that kids are adopting. 

Mounting time in front of video 

games and TV, reduced PE 

in school and a drop in team 

sports participation are leading 

to a generation of kids that are 

less physically active and more 

overweight. It’s time to reengage 

our youth to find joy, activity and 

solace in the outdoors. At the 

same time, we must dig in and 

have a frank conversation about 

how to create a culture that values 

our wilderness areas, making 

them a top priority for humanity. 

VIEWS ON EARTH will help 

shape the legacy we pass 

on to future generations. 


David Secunda 

David is the founder of 

Avid4Adventure in Boulder, CO. 

Avid4Adventure engages kids 

in active outdoor pursuits in a 

safety-oriented, environmentally 

responsible manner. 

David is the recipient of the 

Jim Rennee Outdoor Industry 

Leadership Award. He served 

as the Director of Outdoor 

Education at CU, Boulder. David 

is a Wilderness First Responder 

and a Certified American 

Mountain Guides Association 

Top Rope Site Manager.

© Mark Singleton 


a voice for straightforward 

discussion regarding 

stewardship of our natural 

resources. These natural 

wonders create opportunities 

for healthy recreation and 

experience of wild spaces. 

Quality nature-based experience 

is dependent on responsible 

management of the lands, waters, 

air and habitats that make up 

these special environments. 

The pages of VIEWS ON 

EARTH will supply the muchneeded 

context for this 

continuing national dialog. 


Mark Singleton 

Mark is the Executive Director of 

American Whitewater, Cullowhee, 

NC. An avid paddler, cyclist 

and skier, Mark has over two 

decades of involvement in the 

marketing of outdoor activities 

and nature based tourism. 

From 1990 to 2003 Singleton 

led the marketing efforts of 

Nantahala Outdoor Center as 

Marketing Vice President.


I’m a forester. My father was 

a forester. My uncle was a 

professor of forestry. 

I grew up learning about 

nature, forests and the need 

for management. With proper 

management, our forests can 

meet a variety of needs and 

provide wood products along 

with clean air, clean water, 

wildlife habitat and recreation. 

As our society becomes 

more urbanized, people lose 

the connection between the 

products they use every day 

and where they come from. 

VIEWS ON EARTH can help 

rebuild that connection through 

high quality photography and 

top- flight editorial content. Some 

believe that the best way to save 

forests is to stop using wood 

and paper products. VIEWS ON 

EARTH can visibly show that the 

reason we have as much forest 

as we do is because the forest 

has economic value to the people 

who own them. Thankfully most 

of our forestland, especially in 

the South, is privately owned. 

We need a publication like 

VIEWS ON EARTH. 


Robert W. Slocum Jr. 

Bob has served as the executive 

vice president of the North 

Carolina Forestry Association 

since 1988. A graduate of North 

Carolina State University with 

a Forest Management Degree, 

he has more than 30 years of 

experience in the forestry industry 

both at the local and national 

level. He currently serves on 

several environmental boards, 

including the N.C. Agriculture 

and Forestry Awareness Study 

Commission, the N.C. State 

University Forestry Foundation, 

the Cradle of Forestry in America 

Interpretative Association, 

the National Forest Industry 

Wetlands Task Force, and is a 

charter member of the National 

Council on Private Forests.

“Sustainable Development” 

incorporates an array of subjects 

and agendas, and this makes 

it enormously difficult for a 

business to understand what is 

expected of it or if it is following 

broadly accepted sustainability 

policies and practices. Agencies, 

labor unions, businesses, 

consumer rights groups, social 

and environmental activists 

and politicians each have their 

own definitions of sustainable 

development with emphasis 

on elements that are central to 

their respective agendas. Only 

when they take the time and 

find the means to talk to one 

another frankly do they create 

a basis for real understanding 

and mutual progress. 


The Forests Dialogue showed me 

that when people from disparate 

backgrounds and agendas talk 

to one another with open minds 

they find more similarities than 

differences in their concerns and 

they learn to understand subtle 

but important differences in 

perspectives and aspirations. 

VIEWS ON EARTH opens the 

possibility for similar exchanges 

of information and views 

among a very large and broad 

community of conservation 

and sustainability interests via 

a steady flow of candid articles 

with stunning photography that 

reminds us of what we each strive 

to sustain in a variety of ways. 

VIEWS ON EARTH also opens 

a potential door for broader 

communication and collaboration 

among parties that would not 

otherwise come to know one 

another or to realize that there 

are mutual interests among 

parties where they would 

least expect to find them. 


Scott Wallinger 

Scott Wallinger is a forester and 

retired business executive after 

a 40-year career in forestry 

and international business with 

Westvaco and MeadWestvaco 

corporations. During those years 

he managed the company’s forest 

operations in the United States 

and for 30 years provided forest 

research support for its Brazilian 

subsidiary. He was a president of 

American Forestry Association 

and chairman of American 

Pulpwood Association (now 

Forest Resources Association) 

and he chaired the committee 

that created the Sustainable 

Forestry Initiative. For a decade 

he oversaw the company’s 

international sales and its Brazilian 

operations. He had a leadership 

role in the World Business Council 

for Sustainable Development and 

was a co-founder of The Forests 

Dialogue. He served on the board 

of the Council of the Americas 

and on an economic botany 

advisory committee to The New 

York Botanical Garden. He is a 

Fellow in the Society of American 

Foresters and was a member 

of the National Commission on 

Science for Sustainable Forestry.

VIEWS ON EARTH magazine 

holds great promise to inspire 

and inform in a way that no other 

publication presently does. 

Spectacular photos will draw the 

readers in and diverse articles 

from many perspectives will allow 

them to see issues in ways that 

they might not otherwise have. 

Change occurs from engaged 

citizens who understand 

why there are different views 

on the same subject and 

then can often find common 

ground or new solutions. 

Kevin Wolf 

Kevin became the CEO of Wind 

Harvest International, Point Reyes 

Station, CA, in the fall of 2005. His 

work as a consultant helping nonprofits, 

government agencies and 

business improve their strategic 

planning provides a wealth of 

experience in his new position. 


Jim Love and Kevin Wolf (on the right) - © Bob Thomas

© Bob Woodward 

What’s missing in the world of 

outdoor journalism is a magazine 

that goes beyond hackneyed 

stories about outdoor celebrities, 

big expeditions and equipment 

and covers a wide variety of 

subject matter that’s important 

to those who recreate in and 

care about the outdoors and 

the outdoor environment. 

Good story telling and first rate 

reporting combined with stunning 

visuals is what’s needed and what 

VIEWS ON EARTH will deliver. 


Bob Woodward 

In 1970, Bob left the corporate 

world for the outdoor world 

pursuing a career as a writer 

and photographer. Along the 

way, he worked for several major 

magazine publishing groups 

and founded SNEWS®, the 

monthly insiders newsletter for 

the outdoor industry. An active 

whitewater paddler and mountain 

biker, he’s also served as Bend, 

Oregon’s Mayor from 1997 to 1999.

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