STEPHEN WOLLASTON aka SANTOSHAN – Current Chair, House Style Designer, Layout Artist and GreenSpirit Book Series Editor and Author

Stephen was given the name Santoshan (contentment), which he writes under, by an English swami in the mid-90s. He is a psychosynthesis counsellor, OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation minister, professional graphic designer, writer, retired teacher and musician. He holds a BA honours degree in religious studies and a postgraduate certificate in religious education from King’s College London, trained in transpersonal counselling at the Psychosynthesis Trust and typographic design at the London College of Printing. In the late 70s he was the principal bass guitarist of one of London’s first punk rock bands, The Wasps. Additionally, he has helped war refugees and long-term unemployed students with English language skills and was an academic writing coordinator at a medical university in the Middle East for four years.

He was a trustee of GreenSpirit from 2012 to 2025, is the main typographic designer of GreenSpirit Magazine and the GreenSpirit Book Series, and has edited and contributed to titles in the Series. He began writing various green and interspiritual books in the early 90s when a long-time close friend, UK medium Glyn Edwards, asked him to collaborate on an extensive development manual with him and write on areas he is passionate about, particularly transpersonal growth. Since then, he has authored, coauthored and edited over a dozen books on different areas of Eastern and Western spirituality, including Spirituality Unveiled: Awakening to Creative Life, Rivers of Green Wisdom: Exploring Christian and Yogic Earth-Centred Spirituality, and Realms of Wondrous Gifts: Psychic, Mediumistic and Miraculous Powers in the Great Mystical and Wisdom Traditions, which objectively assesses different beliefs.

IAN MOWLL – Editor and Magazine’s Co-Layout Artist and Book Series Contributor 

Ian Mowll is an editor, does the layout and artwork for some of the magazines and is GreenSpirit’s Coordinator. His career started with computing in the financial markets, followed by charity/social enterprise work and now he is more and more involved in spiritual development.

Some of the things he loves to do are: playing his bass guitar, cooking, storytelling, 5Rhythms dancing and going to festivals. He lives in Stratford, East London.

Ian has been involved in GreenSpirit since 1999 and sees it as his spiritual home. He says: “Finding GreenSpirit was the first time I found somewhere where I truly felt I could be spiritually ‘me’ without having to pretend. When joining GreenSpirit, occasionally people use the phrase ‘welcome home’ – a phrase that feels good to me.” He is also involved with the OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation and is an independent celebrant.

MARIAN VAN EYK McCAIN – Editor and GreenSpirit Book Series Author

Formerly a transpersonal psychotherapist/workshop leader/health educator with an MA in East-West Psychology, Marian officially ‘retired’ in 1996 to concentrate on her writing. She is the author of two books on women and ageing, two on downshifting/simple living, one on self-therapy, and two works of fiction. In 2010 she edited the anthology GreenSpirit: Path to a New Consciousness, and has contributed, both as author and editor, to the GreenSpirit Book Series and GreenSpirit magazine. She was a columnist for ‘Crone’ Magazine and editor of the ‘Elderwoman Newsletter’. As well as writing essays and articles on a wide range of subjects, Marian also has a background as a blogger. She started an online social network for elderwomen and enjoyed interacting with network members from around the world. Her other interests are Permaculture, hiking, reading, word games and travel.

Marian lives in rural North Devon with her American partner Sky and spends part of each year in Europe and the USA. They have four children and eight grandchildren. She has been a member of GreenSpirit for many years. www.marianvaneykmccain.com

PIERS WARREN – Vegan Recipes, Grow Your Own and Green Action Toolkit Writer, and Book Series Contributor

Piers is an author, conservationist, film-maker, activist, cook and veganic veg-grower living in the UK.