BS, Southern Illinois University. An industrial technologist interested in primitive technologies. A student of the famous tracker Tom Brown, Ed has participated in seminars that not only teach wilderness skills, but also the philosophy of the interconnectedness of all life. He is a certified Hatha Yoga instructor and works in the Mankind Project International and Path to Spirit. Ed is an enthusiastic teacher and a long time favorite at Art and Science in the Woods teaching map reading, fire by friction, food plants, and survival skills. This is where Ed and Yona meet, worked, became friends and colleagues.

During the workday Ed can be found at AlCast, an aluminum foundry, where he has been for 36 years helping it grow from 8 to 120 employees. As Chief of Research and Development Ed has developed and implemented many innovations that have increased production, improved safety and decreased costs.

Ed's personal mission is: “Empower myself and others to lives of loving action by opening my heart to share my resources, knowledge and wisdom in a loving manner.”