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'''''I'm in western Canada.'''''



'''Career life:''' I've been a journalist, photographer, freelance general researcher, teacher of journalism, administrator, garlic farmer, ghostwriter, non-fiction author...  ''not in that order''. Have written for Canadian and American national magazines, as well as for regional magazines and newspapers, and for academic and business journals.



'''Projects:''' I'm a board member of our valley's Streamkeepers environmental society.

In the past, I've been a regional columnist on country living and food gardening, and prior to that had worked as an administrator of an agricultural association.


'''My degree''' is jointly in Psychology and Social Science.  I took further education in Magazine Journalism, Ecology, and Experimental Design.



'''Interests include:'''  Positive community interfaces with natural environments (especially forests, rivers, lakes).  Hiking.  X-C skiing.  Building.  ([http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.10718945.3213/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg This] is a covered, timber-frame bridge I worked on as a volunteer.) Gardening & trees. Bench-Carpentry & Mechanics (designing and building ''useful'' things of wood, metal, and other materials). Movies (including vintage and classic films).

I've been a traveller. I'm interested in technology, but don't feel that technology is the sole (or even the foremost) answer to the problems of humankind. “Tacking another billion transistors onto a CPU is not going to solve most of the world’s problems.” – Simon Clark, tech mentor, Guelph, Ontario.



'''Frequent reading:'''   Biographies.  Aspects of history.  Various topics in botany, general biology, arboriculture, and gardening. Sustainability strategies.  Renewable-energy technologies. Successful projects for the public good (esp. at the community level).



'''Miscellaneous:'''  Organized the first "third-party" forest-certification seminar in Canada's Columbia region, for lumber-industry professionals. Was awarded the "British Columbia Forests Excellence Award" 1999/2000.

Also, have done copy-editing for English translations from Far Eastern languages as well as editing of material to be presented in learning institutions in the Far East.

I believe in the importance of [[NGO]]s.


'''My longer writings:'''

''The Chosen Spot'' - 2010 - Archive, Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, California.

''Paper'' - 1992 - Canadian National Exhibition Centre (Castlegar)    {{ISBN|0-9696576-0-9}}
A brief international history of paper from ancient times to present; also, a guide to small-batch production of paper for teachers, students, craftspeople, and others.

''Planet Earth Pages'' (writer/editor) - 1992 - Banyen Books (Vancouver)

''Contemporary Stained Glass'' - 1985 - Doubleday    {{ISBN|0-385-23338-8}}
A compendium of Canadian architectural glass and independent panels. Full-colour plates. Seventeen artist/deigners from six provinces.

''A Bibliography for a New Library'' - 1979 - New Seeds Information, New Denver, B.C., Canada.

[Edited: two volumes in the series ''A Life in the Woods'', oral histories concerning forestry and lumber milling in British Columbia; for the Nelson Museum. On-line:  http://touchstonesnelson.ca/exhibitions/forest/ ]