This is my friend Steve Kurtz, whom I've had the pleasure of knowing during his stay in Ottawa. Steven B. Kurtz, a philosophy graduate of New York University, is a member of the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome. He was an Assistant Director of Merrill Lynch International Bank during a twenty-five year career in financial derivatives. After nine years organic gardening in New Hampshire, he now does research and volunteer work in ecological economics and sustainable futures with several organizations. He has moved to New England to be near his son and grandsons.