Charles Imboden is a social ecologist and alumni of the 2010 Institute for Social Ecology summer colloquium. He is presently a student of ecology at Prescott College and resides in Tucson, Arizona, USA. His studies include the development of a social ecology of the Sonoran Desert bioregion. He administers the blog, “Better Worlds, Brighter Futures” (http://socecology.wordpress.com) and can be reached at cimboden@prescott.edu.