Paul Glover is founder of Ithaca HOURS local currency, Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP), Citizen Planners of Los Angeles, League of Un-Insured Voters (LUV), Neighborhood Enterprise SchoolTeachers (NESTS), Philadelphia Regional & Independent Stock Exchange (PRAISE), Ithaca Health Alliance, and other groups. He is editor of Green Jobs Philly News. He holds degrees in Marketing and in City Management. He has taught urban studies at Temple University. He is author of Hometown Money, Los Angeles: A History of the Future, Health Democracy, and other books. He is a consultant for grassroots economic development. In 1978 he walked across the United States, entirely on foot, from Boston to San Diego.