When I’m not at work, you’ll find me enjoying the simple life in a remote part of Galicia near A Coruña in northwest Spain having grown up in Bournemouth on the south coast of England. I live out here with my partner and two young children.
As well as caring for our orchard of over 60 trees and our tiny flock of chicken, I spend my time growing as many edible things as possible, and planting for the bees, amongst other beneficial pollinators :) I have some fairly ambitious plans to one day become self-sufficient, but to also give away as much produce as possible, and to enjoy others to begin growing food at a local level. I recently started an Avocado growing project with the ambitious aim of getting more people to grow avocados from home - as a way to fight back against capitalism, and to strengthen local communities.
I'm a big fan of Permaculture and rewilding (I am trying to start a Rewilding project here where I am in Galicia) and I'm an advocate of the degrowth or the postgrowth movement, which for me is only viable solution if we want to help reduce the massive levels of inequality facing the world, as well as living within our means without destroying the planet for future generations 🙂
Finally, I started the No To Big Tech project because I firmly believe that Big Tech is not good for the internet, or for the wider society. It is possible to start rebuilding a better, decentralised and people-powered web... but first we all have to start shifting off of Big Tech. I know that is an interesting point of view from someone who works as an SEO consultant (!) but I don't let my views prevent me from helping my clients. I have over 15 years experience optimising websites for search engines (Google and others) and so, I still know what is required... and I need to do a decent job, or I won't find any work!
If you do chose to work with me, you will be (indirectly) allowing me to work on some of the above passion projects. Which is quite nice, if you are into that kind of thing!
I aim to reflect my care and respect for the environment in my work through the clients I support and the initiatives I contribute to.
If you like the sound of all that, and fancy having a chat some time, don't hesitate to send me a message.