About Eric Hiltner Dan Paul pen name

Dan Paul grew up in Lake Wobegon, picking rocks, playing sports, and building houses. With a degree in sustainable transport and development, he traveled around the United States, looking for and working on the most progressive, radical and sustainable projects he could find. The path led to communes in Madison, WI, and San Francisco, squats in New York City, and the Bolozone, Dreamtime Village, and the Urbana Indymedia project in the Midwest. With construction skills, he made affordable housing in Newburgh, NY. Now he publishes books on progressive, radical, and sustainable ideas and action.