Bio

It's a long circuitous story – I've been, among other things, a switchboard operator (in Babanango!), medical (radiation) physicist, secretary, ergonomist, computer-based courseware developer, NGO communications person, database and internet fundi when the internet was new, and freelance and in-house copy-editor. Also a cyclist, hiker, compulsive reader, equally compulsive web-surfer. I enjoy learning new stuff, exploring consciousness, spending good chunks of time in silence on retreats (usually Christian), and exploring this country and other places when funds allow, which isn't often enough. Am a tad eccentric – ride a yellow Scuta and prefer takkies to heels. (I don't own any heels, come to think of it.) Apart from green building, I have an abiding interest in labyrinths and pilgrimage. And organic gardening. And …

Skills and talents

Editing & other language-related stuff, science, creative thinking, computer literacy - especially MSWord, relaxing!

Interests

alternative energy, bicycling, Eco-consciousness, green living, hiking, pilgrimages

What I'm Reading

What am I NOT reading?

What I'm Listening To

Mainly SAfm, I'm afraid. Occasionaly RSG. And whatever classical music grabs my fancy when I look through my CDs.

Movies I've Seen Recently

The Power of Community - about how Cuba handled its peak oil crisis. Highly recommended.

Websites I'm Into

UrbanSprout, CapeGreen

Education

High school

Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg

College

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg

Graduate school

University of Cape Town

Additional study

UNISA