About Dusty

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to connections.

From early days in drafting and renewable energy to glass etching, solar systems, recycling operations, rainwater harvesting, and community policy work, my path may appear varied — but it has always followed one idea:

Everything is connected.

Water connects to energy.
Energy connects to food.
Food connects to land.
Land connects to governance.
Governance connects to community resilience.

For more than three decades, I’ve worked at the intersections — where systems overlap and influence one another. Managing the recycle centre for 11 years revealed how materials move through a town. Serving on the Sustainable Black Diamond Advisory Committee showed how policy shapes long-term outcomes. Earning my LEED accreditation strengthened my understanding of durable building standards. Creating the Sustainable Living Centre brought those threads together — a space where skills, materials, and ideas could circulate locally.

Each initiative — from rainwater harvesting to vertical food production powered by solar — is part of a larger pattern:

Designing communities that can sustain themselves.

I don’t see sustainability as a single solution.
I see it as a weave — practical, interconnected, and grounded in place.

“For years I wondered why I couldn’t stay in one lane. It turns out I wasn’t meant to. I was meant to connect lanes.”

Sustainability grows when we share it.