Kent, 74

Environmental activist For the last several years I've been extremely active with environmental politics and environmental organizations. I was able to go to Washington for the XL Pipeline protest and to NYC last September for the amazing 410,000 person People's Climate March (which was amazing!)

I try to be reasonably self-sufficient. Self employed. Built my own house; built my computer. Do my own mechanical work. Grow a surplus of vegetables. Keep chickens for eggs. Even kept bees for a while. I'm working towards a sustainable lifestyle, which may (or may not) eventually take me out of Florida.

As a perpetual student, it sometimes feels like the more I learn the more I realize there is to learn. I can't stand intolerance. I seek a partner to explore the limits and meaning of Life in Harmony; within ourselves, between each other and with the natural world.

I have been vegetarian and could easily be again. As a practical matter, becoming independent of factory farm products means eating little or no meat. I enjoy good health which I attribute to diet and exercise (read "eats lots of whole fruits and vegetables and does lots of physical work").

I learn quickly and respond to well intended direction. I can be headstrong and sometimes my vigorous approach to problem solving needs gentle guidance. Or not so gentle. Above all, I am honest and sincere.