David is -- by profession -- a green builder/designer, a freelance eco-project manager, and a multi-talented adventurer. He currently lives on a mountainside overlooking Santa Barbara, but the story begins much earlier, in Scandinavia, where he spent some early formative years. He moved to the east coast of the US as a kid, and eventually earned his BA in environmental studies at Ithaca College in 2003. Highlights from the resume since then include: five months managing a project to build eco-friendly agricultural drying ovens in Tanzania; two seperate, months-long biking tours through eastern eastern Europe (as in countries you've never even heard of, like Moldova); research assistant at a national forest in New Mexico, solar-panel installer in San Francisco, and countless backpacking trips in the US, Scandinavia, and Mexico -- some for organized groups, others just for fun. David's a terrific organizer of people as well as gear and cargo, and on this trip he's the guy who's going to make sure things run smoothly. He's also head cook -- and he's not half bad in the kitchen.
