Thomas Backman:  

Life From the communities and their differenet locations you can surmize I have followed my career and interest in moving about. My carreer as an conservation/enviornmental scientist is extremely relevant today. I chose this before it existed and told my professors at San Diego State Univeristy, against their advice, that I would make it work. At that time environmentalist were shuned and presented in a negative light (still goes on today), but we are optimist and lovers of life. We believe that human's can learn from our mistakes and to develop sustainable cultures. As I built up my knowledge and skills, I was also looking for an environment that supported protecting life. I found that with the Pacific Northwest tribes, whom I have worked with for the past 17 years. It is a wonderful and full life. As I am nearing the end of my career and in the process of passing the baton on to the next generation, hopefully energizing people to the value of protecting our living planet and all it's inhabitants. I do this at teaching via a variety of colleges and Universities mostly through distant learning. College Well, I bo...Expand for more