John Atcheson is author of the novel, A Being Darkly Wise, an eco-thriller and Book One of The Earth Trilogy, which traces a small group’s attempt to deal with global warming over the course of fifty years. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, the San Jose Mercury News and other major newspapers and he is a frequent and popular contributor to CommonDreams. He has backpacked in some of the most remote areas in North America, and trained in wilderness survival.