paul bain martin
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Applied Ecology Teacher/Farmer-Stockperson/Writer-Community Activist |
| Location | Seguin, South Central/Texas, United States |
| Introduction | pbm (BS/MS-TAMU, Ph.D.-Univ. FL) was raised w/ 5 younger siblings (& worked w/ migrant labor crews) during the drought of the 50s on a very small diversified south TX (hog) farm. While in FL during the “Energy Crisis of the 70s”, Martin researched population dynamics of natural enemies of key lepidopteran pests in a “model north Florida ecosystem” (involving vegetable crops & wild hosts, & studies of Trichogramma and lacewings). Martin was influenced by ecologists like E.J. Dyksterhuis (TAMU), Archie Carr & H.T. Odum (Univ. FL) & David Pimentel (Cornell). Moreover, a considerable amount of applied ecological knowledge was developed in late night sessions w/ Miguel Altieri (UC Berkeley) & during years as a pasture entomologist in Georgia and Brazil, as sustainable agriculture coordinator w/ Jim Hightower’s TDA, and as teacher of biology/ecology at St. Philip’s College. He currently is involved w/ various organizations and efforts toward developing and promoting positively ethical applied community ecology, and works w/ his children and grandchildren on a small “family farm” near Stockdale, TX. |
| Interests | Conservation and development of sustainable community; Positively Ethical Applied Community Ecology; gardening; various outdoor activities and sports; cultures of the world |
| Favorite movies | Documentaries (and Shane) |
| Favorite music | Andy Wilkinson, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Michael Salgado, Terri Hendrix/Lloyd Maines, Nanci Griffith, Neal Young, Adam Carroll, Walt Wilkins, Roy Orbinson, Butch Hancock, James McMurtry, Chris Knight, Willie Nelson; Reggaeton |
| Favorite books | Non-fiction (The Other Side of Eden-Brody; Guns, Germs and Steel-Diamond; Turning Back the Clock-Eco; The Art of Common Place-Berry; Nature's Economy-Worster; Becoming Native to This Place-Jackson; Overshoot by Catton; Ecological Literacy-Orr; The Virtues of Ignorance-Vitek & Jackson; Pedagogy of the Oppressed-Freire) |
What's the most amount of sand you've ever had in your swimming trunks?
Sir?