Don Smith wears many hats. During the day he can be an independent software consultant, teaching cutting edge Enterprise Resource Planning software to midsize project-centric professional service firms, like Architects and Engineers. Or he might be designing a school garden in Sketchup, or building a greenhouse, or making compost piles. He has received aPermaculture Design Certificate from Occidental Arts and Ecology Center in Northern California. He also just became a Soil Food Web Advisor, which is a biological approach to creating healthy soil based on Dr. Elaine Ingham’s life-long research. He is a member of the Los Angles Mycological Society, the Microscopical Society of Southern California, and Toastmasters. He recently lectured on Vermicomposting at the 2011 Southern California Permaculture Convergence, and about Aquaponics at the Los Angeles County Arboretum’sPermaculture Design Certificate series. If you are curious about compost, freaked out about fungi, or wondering about worms, he can help. He is a true systems thinker and is passionate about promoting eco-literacy. On top of all that, he has been known to climb rocks, walk on slacklines, ride a mountain unicycle, and juggle, although not all at the same time.