Danny lives in North County San Diego where he grew up, and spends most of his time working as a software developer. Although on occasion he also designs things, builds stuff, surfs, hikes, reads, plays guitar, and hangs out with his nieces. Danny has had a passion for architecture from a very young age, and has been involved in natural building since 2002.

Greetings! I have been creating functional art with wood, stone, straw, earth, and other assorted materials since 2000, when I began designing and constructing a solar-oriented straw bale house in Montgomery, Vermont (near Jay Peak, in the northern mountains), in which I now live with my family - my wife Mary, my son Elijah, daughter Naomi, and son Micah.

I am very excited to be involved with SGNB, and to be working with this phenomenal group of professionals, helping to spread the good word of sustainable and natural design and construction. My particular interests lie in cold-climate straw bale construction, natural painting and plastering, bioregional design and construction, and the integration between buildings and their environments. I have a special place in my heart for owner-builders and homesteaders, and love working with people who want to take shelter into their own hands.

In addition to educational work with SGNB and the Yestermorrow Design/Build School, I am a building and plastering contractor and consultant, aiding homeowners, owner-builders, general contractors, and designers alike in all phases of the creation of natural buildings. When not building things, I can often be found working part time as a web developer, growing and raising food and children, wandering around in the woods, and playing tenor saxophone and assorted percussive instruments. I look forward to seeing you at the next workshop!

Hello all. I'm excited to introduce myself as a new member of SGNB. I've been building structures using natural materials since my first cob workshop in the fall of 2001 (just a few months after first meeting Deva). The following summer I participated in the Cob Cottage Company's apprenticeship program in Coquille, Oregon where I first met Tim, Andy and Sasha. Since discovering the field of permaculture in college, my adult life has focused on the cultivation of useful skills that help enhance my own self-reliance and my usefulness to the communities around me. I've undertaken internships, apprenticeships and work trades with teachers around the States and the UK in fields that include organic agriculture and forest gardening, keyline and permaculture design, green woodworking, timber framing, dry stone walling and coppice forestry. I live in Burlington, Vermont and my current ambition is finding and developing a homestead in rural Vermont where I can continue to cultivate the skills I've been acquiring and share them with others who may be interested. I whole-heartedly look forward to the expanding future of SGNB!