Work: The Collier County Waterkeeper

Proudest Achievement: I have many. I was the youngest (16-year-old) marshal for the Poor People’s Campaign and Tent City in 1968; designed and constructed a 45-foot fire-breathing dragon for the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in 1982; produced a Peace Concert starring Richie Havens surrounded by international musicians on the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1985; Saving Estero Bay online benefit that I wrote, produced and co-hosted, featuring the movie Eternal Vigilance, which I directed (our first online benefit that hit our target for net revenue). I most recently produced, directed and co-hosted 13, one-hour live broadcasts from COP26 in November 2021

Expectations for the Future: Build Collier County Waterkeeper into a viable and effective advocacy and educational organization for SWFL. Make more movies and documentaries.

Favorite APP: NPR news

Favorite websites: Waterkeeper.org, the largest and fastest-growing nonprofit solely focused on clean water, and IMDB.com, an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games and streaming content online.

Local causes supported: Collier County Waterkeeper, ACLU, Waterkeeper Alliance, Conservancy, SCCL, Calusa Waterkeeper

Most frequented healthy food restaurant: True Foods and Le Indya, in Naples.

Where I pick up my copy of Natural Awakenings? House of Gaia

How I invest in my community: Non-stop social justice and environmental work through Collier Freedom and Collier County Waterkeeper

Favorite quote: “I believe in God. I spell it with two O’s.” ~ My father

“All things in moderation, including moderation.” ~ Oscar Wilde

What I am doing to be the change I want to see in my community and in the world: I am vegetarian, compost, do not fertilize my lawn, drive a hybrid, work day-in-day-out on social justice issues and the environment. Attempt to do no harm.