“People, especially students, need to know they can change the world.”
In the classroom for more than three decades teaching science in upstate New York, where winters still matter . . . whether in the classroom, behind a camera, or at a desk, it’s all about making complicated things understandable, and maybe even hopeful.
Writer by day since moving on from full-time educator . . . but that never really leaves you.
Along the way, I decided that not being a catalyst is to align with inaction. So, I keep writing as an extension of the journey that avails as I push down the jungle ahead.
Pay for my food choices at parties . . . but at least it keeps life interesting.
Produced a film about climate change by empowering students, working with them, traveling, and trusting them to handle the cameras and be a part of the storytelling. Risky creative choice that led to Amazon distribution. They learned by doing.
Writing weekly
Climate psychology, practical action, and teaching hope in dark times. Half hopeful, half terrified, and completely ready to take action.
Latest works:
MEATLESS (Coming soon)
Questions we should be asking about what’s on our plates and why we keep avoiding the answers
Shadows of My Enemy
Fiction where the lies feel too real and the truth cuts like a blade
The Wellington Adventures
Growing up when growing up gets complicated and the world keeps changing
Passive Solar: REDEFINED! (Coming soon)
Common sense that feels revolutionary when you live it
Different book genres. Different ways to see the world burning and blooming.