There is no substitute for the delicious experience of living a life with purpose. I love to constantly learn, have been described by friends as having a deplorable excess of character, and live with immense passion. I live as sustainably as I can, grow resilience and community wherever possible, and am an activist and public educator about sustainability, social justice and environmental issues, and the steps to dancing from the unsustainable way we currently live into a world with a future. In doing so I have found a deep sense of inner satisfaction, and I cherish each day. I crave good company along the way, and have a lot of love to share.

I am intelligent, reasonable, and eccentric. I'm an information sponge doing constant research, with a very broad range of interests. I hold strong positions but I'm not intolerant, I'm fairly widely travelled and genuinely interested in people. I know how to be fully present, share, and keep promises as well as secrets. I love good talk, wit, and stories. I won't wear my 'best face' to woo anyone, you just get to meet me as myself; I'd much rather discover if we can like each other honestly and openly, so you can rest assured I'm pretty much exactly what it says on the box. Ask me anything. Likewise, I respond well to personality and poorly to cosmetics, and I'll become interested in you as a genuine person first. If you are superficial or a materialist consumer, you may find my company uncomfortable, and if the idea of improving our world resonates with you, we'll have a lot to talk about.

I'm very fond of kissing. I've had thus far in life three staggering first kisses which stand well apart from all other the other kisses I've experienced like colour in a black and white film, and each was part of a profound relationship. Some part of me hopes for another lightning bolt. The majority of me would prefer something more relaxed, a good working partnership with very little drama and a high confluence of mutual goals. I'd be particularly delighted to encounter a bit of both in the same package.

This year I've written and performed Occupy the Musical at the Hamilton Fringe festival, created online comics and memes seen by millions, and won an environmentalist of the year award. Last year I created an eight part musical documentary on sustainability topics - the atmosphere, water, food, energy, community, the economy, transportation, and the psychology stopping us from doing what we know we need to do - which I am now making available to schools and festivals. I start new creative projects and research often.

I also work as a consultant teaching businesses and individuals how to live in a more ecologically sustainable manner. Many of us know that we can't continue the way we're living now, and are willing to make changes, but the majority of what we're encouraged to do in order to 'go green' is trivial. The central preoccupation of my life is aiming at that target more effectively. The good news is that we don't lack any of the knowledge we need to do this right, and sustainability has a lot of up sides. Living more sustainably reduces my expenses, provides more time with my children, and keeps me healthier. I treat our planet with respect and reverence.

Anything that makes me laugh is worth its weight in gold. I am largely self reliant and open to new things. I'm a small business owner with the hectic schedule that implies. I'm also an involved father striving to keep a civil friendship with my ex; sons (13 and 19) live with me part time. I welcome new people and adventures to make the most of the open parts in my full schedule.

I'd like to begin a long lasting relationship, but without pressure. To be honest, my life is rich and busy and while I would prefer to have a loyal and reliable connection with one delicious individual, there are limits on my available time so if you are looking to cling to each other 24/7 I'm a bad fit. I'd rather celebrate the time we can connect with each others' company and then go back into the world to do what we love feeling recharged (if it turns out we love some of the same things, so much the better) I think the best partnerships involve two individuals who are whole within themselves and highly communicative, celebrating ways they can enhance each other's lives where they intersect. Friend, collaborator, lover, confidant, backup, partner, sounding board, perceptive perspective, you know - all the good stuff. Saint-Exupéry: "Love does not consist only of gazing at one another but also in looking outward together in the same direction." Let's start with honest communication and proceed from there.

Paying attention, being present, learning, communicating, remembering, knowing what I want, and being myself.

My beard. My large personality. My enthusiasm. My voice. My eyes.

I don't own a television (although I do watch the Daily Show online) and although I greatly enjoy film I'm careful to reserve time for interacting with the real world as well. I love a broad highly eclectic range of music and am a voracious reader. I don't care the slightest bit about sports contests that I or my friends aren't personally participating in (I don't mind if that's your thing), and I don't squander time playing video games. I'd rather learn, be creatively engaged, experience nature, or sing. I enjoy philosophy and psychology and 'what if' kind of questions, but the theory takes a back seat to practical concerns of what works. My favourite things are impossible to list here, but I'll tip the iceberg.

Food: I eat a mainly local largely organic low meat diet. I have a couple of inconvenient food allergies (onions and mushrooms) which were early incentive to learn to cook and enjoy cooking and baking, although my diet becomes progressively simpler and rawer. I avoid genetically modified foods where possible and if you took half an hour of your time to look into why I'm confident you would do the same. I will always choose quality over quantity, so you will find exquisite chocolate or fresh roasted gourmet coffee in my kitchen or none at all. I have over 100 cheesecake recipes and like to experiment with making things from scratch. I love fresh fruit, and anything edible I can grow.

Books: mainly non fiction in recent years, but I've enjoyed tons of fiction as well; I'm normally in the middle more than one book at a time. Science fiction, fantasy, history, contemporary, poetry, ecological themes, anything that I can educate myself about, psychology and thinking, history, science, you name it. Christopher Moore Harlan Ellison, Robert J Sawyer, Robert Anton Wilson, Tom Robbins, Michael Pollan, Michael Gelb, Edward De Bono, Orson Scott Card, Larry Niven, Neil Gaiman, Umberto Eco, Joseph Campbell, Warren Ellis, George Alec Effinger, the list just goes on and on.

Movies/TV: I watch fairly little, but am fond of those that make me think, laugh, learn, or that celebrate the human condition. Comedians, please. Documentaries of all kinds: the Corporation, Yes men, Outfoxed. Hayao Miyazaki, M Night Shyamalan, Christopher Nolan, Cohen Brothers. Waking Life, Stomp, Pan's Labyrinth, Baraka, The Princess Bride, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Dogma, Princess Mononoke. SOmetimes cheese like Black Dynamite. Oh, and musicals! You haven't fully experienced Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog until you've watched it with someone who actually sings along with gusto. TV: The Daily show, the Colbert Report, The Big Bang Theory, Futurama, Firefly, Whose Line is it Anyway?, Extras, The Root of all Evil, Slings & Arrows, Corner Gas, the Tick.

Favourite music: whatever I'm singing! If it's melodic, or lyrically interesting, or fun to sing, I'm all over it. Michael Franti, Arrogant Worms, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Blue Oyster Cult, Christine Lavin, Dead Can Dance, Evanescence, Gorillaz, Harry Connick Jr, Jethro Tull, John Lee Hooker, Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen, Neville Brothers, Peter Gabriel, Portishead, Seal, the Waterboys, and a billion others. I like world music, blues, jazz, classical, rock, alternative, comedy, pagan folk, filksongs, trancey stuff, stuff that makes people move, political stuff, and more.

The 5 things I can't do without are the same as for every one of you: air, food, water, shelter, and community. Mental faculties can round out the 6 because without them I might live, yet 'I' would cease to be.

I'd also like to pack six luxuries, though:
wonderful food, laughter, good people, nature, balance, and hope.

If you have read down this far you already know.

Friday nights I am usually either parenting or working. It's normally mid week that I have time for more grown up playtime and/or meeting new people.

I'm in many ways quite vanilla and in others so far removed from the norm that I might as well be a different species. I'm actually something of a social exhibitionist, so I can't really think of anything private I'm unwilling to admit, as any casual glance at my journal entries here may attest. I'm generally an optimist, but a realist first, and I'm prone to a typical range of human failings.

No matter how much I may want to find someone to share my personal life, I'd sacrifice my romantic happiness to form functional community in the broader sense because ultimately that's the primary guarantor of both happiness and well being. I remain hopeful that they don't have to be mutually exclusive.

Or is what I'm supposed to confess here that "I own the silliest item of male underwear in existence" or "an irate husband once pointed a pistol at me" or "I have a monster who lives in my beard?"

If you are like me, you are excited to interact with an agile mind, pleased to unplug from the rat race, and delighted to offer and anticipate mutual respect. You care about our future as something greater than yourself and believe in the power of community. You should message me if you enjoy playful banter, being sung to or better yet, singing together, or if you'd like to pose any ecological questions whatsoever. Perhaps you would welcome more passion in your life, and it might help if you were a bit of a nerd. If so, it's possible that we will find each other engaging good company, so please say hello. Are you green?

I don't expect you to be perfect - I would much rather you be genuine, and I appreciate the beauty in your juicy voluptuous jiggle or lithe skinny grace with delight. I am open to meeting all sorts of people and trying any new things. You should also definitely contact me if you have tentacles, or enjoy a bit of eccentricity. I seem to have cornered the market.

Best of luck finding whatever/whoever you are searching for.