Brett Ward Bennett
BrettBennett
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I'm an ex grade school teacher and current environmental attorney looking to get much more involved in the area of activism and social change. I need to get out from behind the desk and learn skills that relate to making actual changes to the way food is produced, structures are built and people live together. I just signed up for the Weekend Design Course Series at UCSC for permaculture as well as the late March EAT session about water.
I am a graduate of Reed College (1992), S.F. State (MA US History 1995), Vermont Law School (2004), and a member of the California State Bar. My goal is to live in a way that is sustainable or at least continue to move closer and closer to that goal. In the future, I would like to help others pursue this same goal with the hope that we can collectively dismantle the juggernaut of car-based suburbia, consumerism, and corporate domination of our land, legislative process, and culture. This task will be challenging for me because I must do a fair amount of unlearning in order to begin--I imagine many people are in the same boat. Let's get started!
P.S. I have artwork and photographs at: http://sidewalk-philosopher.deviantart.com/
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Hey there Brett!
I'd love to help you jump into your environmental endeavors. Let me know what areas you are interested in and perhaps I can be of help. But there's really so much going on in the Bay Area, it's about honing in on what specifically you want to get involved in. I'm in the middle of a renewed search for an environmental writing/research position, so i'm learning the ropes myself. Good luck! Zoey |
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Now I know. Thanks.
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Great speaking with you this evening. I hope we can find a way to work wit each other.
We need to tell people a simple story that we can all remember in times of emergency.
Just remember five things and tell people about these five things.
Housing, water, food, energy, occupation.