Mary Evelyn Tucker received her PhD at Columbia University mentored by the noted Confucian scholar, Wm Theodore de Bary. Her special area of study is East Asian religious traditions. She co-directs the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, which examines cultural and religious values for broadened environmental ethics.
She is the co-author of Journey of the Universe with Brian Thomas Swimme and the executive producer of the Emmy Award winning film with John Grim. She has published several books on Confucianism including The Philosophy of Qi. She co-edited the Harvard volumes on Confucianism and Ecology and two volumes with Weiming Tu on Confucian Spirituality.

John Grim is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. He is the author of The Shaman and editor of Indigenous Traditions and Ecology. With Mary Evelyn Tucker, he directed a 10-conference series and book project at Harvard on “World Religions and Ecology.”

Xia Chen is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). She is a member of the International Council of Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH) Executive Committee and the Co-Chair of the Scientific Panel, UNESCO Silk Roads Youth Research Grant. Her specialty is in Chinese philosophy and religions, concentrating on Daoism.

Zongxu (Hazim) Xie is the first and only Miao (Hmong) representative from China selected as a UN Indigenous Fellow. He co-initiated Vision 2061, promoting Chinese ecological civilization and Miao traditional wisdom on global platforms—including dialogues with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at COP29. The Miao brand he founded serves as a local implementation model for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).