Rex Weyler is the critically acclaimed author of Blood of the Land, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and Greenpeace: The Inside Story, which was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Non-Fiction, the Hubert Evans Award for Non-Fiction, and was named one of the best books of 2004 by the Ottawa Citizen, Halifax Public Libraries, Publishers Weekly, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He is also co-author of the self-help classic, Chop Wood, Carry Water: A Guide to Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Everyday Life. His photography and essays have appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Smithsonian, Rolling Stone, New Age Journal, and National Geographic. A collection of his songs was released by Salmonberry Arts in 2012. He writes the Deep Green blog column at the Greenpeace International website, and appears on other ecology and social issue websites. He lives on Cortes Island in British Columbia, where he teaches, writes, and lives with his wife, artist Lisa Gibbons.