Joan Hamilton is a filmmaker, writer, and editor. 
Commissioned by Save Mount Diablo and Mount Diablo Interpretive Association, Joan's films focus on the plants, animals, and people of the Diablo Range in California. They've been shown at the Albany Film Fest, American Indian Film Festival, Exploratorium, Green Film Fest of San Francisco, and Poppy Jasper International Film Festival. You can view some of them at audiblemountdiablo.com or on the Audible Mount Diablo YouTube channel. 
Joan is also founder and owner of Audio Guides to the Outdoors, which has created multimedia guides for Save Mount Diablo, Mount Diablo Interpretive Association, Midpeninsula Open Space District, and Valley of the Moon Natural History Association at Jack London Historic State Park.
She has written articles for Sierra, Orion, Mother Jones, the Nation, Bay Nature, and many other publications. 

She's a former editor-in-chief of Sierra and, back in ancient times, was the top editor at Climbing and High Country News.

Questions? Email Joanham@gmail.com.
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