Joel has been involved in understanding and working with the natural world for over 4 decades. His early work at Flowering Tree is featured in the popular permaculture book Gaia's Garden and the video Thirty Years Greening the Desert. A founding member of the Regenesis Collaborative he has helped to wed Permaculture design and living systems thinking into practical applications to shift the development industry toward a regenerative trajectory. More can be seen @ regenesisgroup.com and patternmind.com, and thetrackingproject.org