Gavin
lives in Kangneung, South Korea, where he’s a teacher of English as a
foreign language. In his life in Korea, Gavin enjoys hiking in the
beautiful, mountainous national parks, bicycling, writing and editing
for EcoWorldly, travel journalism with an "eco angle," and adapting to
the culture and language.

Among
Gavin’s favorite experiences in environmental and social equity fields
are: editing documents for environmental NGO’s in Korea; organizing
small and medium scale local environmental volunteer activities;
teaming up with CNN and EcoWorldly to cover recycling in Korea;
collecting data on sub-alpine conifers and flowering plants to measure
the effects of high elevation climate change with the University of
California, Berkeley; six months of volunteer caregiving for sick and
wounded seals and sea lions at the Marine Mammal Center of Sausalito;
one year of interning with the Jane Goodall Insitute’s Roots &
Shoots (R&S) program, where he helped coordinate service learning
and community volunteer projects throughout the state of
California; representing R&S at the World Social Forum VI in
Caracas, Venezuela; and co-founding the grassroots Nature Conservation
Club at about age 8, of which he has especially fond memories of mowing
lawns for charity.

In
keeping with a slightly Monty Python-esque take on life, Gavin believes
that life "is supposed to be a happy occasion; let’s not bicker over
who killed whom" or who’s carbon footprint is larger. Instead, let’s
work continue to work together as industry, government, and individuals
to build a sustainable and environmentally responsible society that
encourages social equity.