andrew leslie phillips

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About me

Gender Male
Occupation journalist/permaculture instructor
Location hancock, new york, United States
Introduction I am a certified permaculture instructor, journalist, writer, radio producer and community radio consultant. In 2004 I established the Hancock Permaculture Center at the headwaters of the Delaware River - called Shehawken, "The Wedding of the Waters" in the native Lenape - on the New York Pennsylvania border in the western Catskills. A native of Melbourne Australia, I spent seven years in Papua New Guinea as patrol officer, radio journalist and filmmaker before coming to New York in 1976. I produced award-winning investigative radio and film documentaries on a wide range of environmental and political issues for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and WBAI, Community Radio in New York City where I was program director (1989-93). Interim general manager KPFA, Pacifica Radio, Berkeley (2011-2013). I taught journalism, radio and “sound image” at New York and other universities. I teach, consult in permaculture and community radio. http://www.hancockpermaculture.net/ http://www.permaculturedesignsolutions.com/ http://andrewlesliephillips.blogspot.com/
Interests permaculture, journalism, writing, community radio.