I come to authorship after a long career of doing permaculture work on the ground (since 1977) and developing educational infrastructure projects aimed at supporting self and others on the long journey to making a living at this work. It has been (and continues to be) an intense and enjoyable self-employed kind of thing that involves inventing the very pathways I walk on.

I like to have plenty of allies close by and it is this desire for company that leads me to advocate for and teach ecosocial design.