I am passionate about reshaping our relationships: with the land, with each other & with the cycles of energy that drive society. This has manifested in community organizing, inner healing work, spiritual inquiry, permaculture design, renewable energy, bicycle magic & at the heart of it all: Compost! I've been collecting compost, leading soil workshops, & helping people set up home scale worm bins & compost systems for the past 10 years. I am a founding member of Diggers - a compost cooperative based in southern Maine - diverting organic material from the waste stream, using worm bins and bulk compost piles to convert this ‘trash’ to treasure! In an effort to increase compost awareness, Diggers Co-Op builds community gardens, public food forests, online soil science and collaborative projects in local schools. This is all part of a big picture dream for how we can bring harmony to strained relationships with the earth on a global scale.In my role at Permatours.org, I'm able to bring my desires for a more harmonious lived environment together through community education projects aimed at developing more eco friendly ways of living and growing. Energy independence, efficiency, resorce management and environmental stewardship are central to my mission and vision. In response, I have actively engaged in biofuels research and development, community gardening, weatherization, supplemental human power production, and bicycle culture.