Mike Kauschke is the senior editor of evolve Magazin, an author, and a freelance translator with a focus on books with spiritual and integral themes, including works by Steve McIntosh, Frederic Laloux, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Rick Hanson, and Richard Rohr. He practiced and studied Zen Buddhism with teachers in Germany and the United States and worked in hospice care. For over ten years he has been involved in the practice and development of an evolutionary spirituality and is a dialogue facilitator for the emergent dialogue.

Marlene Potthoff studied biology and political science and has been working in the environmental movement for over 20 years. In addition to her commitment to climate protection and the development of environmental awareness, it has always been important for her to recognize and gain a deeper understanding of the spiritual impulse within herself. Through her intensive engagement with these two interests – the need for social commitment and the perception of the importance of the spiritual dimension – she discovered the significance of the evolutionary development of consciousness in us humans. She sees emergent dialogue as an ideal combination of these two impulses for the development of a new human culture. She runs the Emergent Interbeing programs and the emergent dialogue offerings on a voluntary basis.