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David Tracey.

Writer, designer, educator and community ecologist based in Vancouver, Canada.

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I work with individuals, groups and governments to make the world better through words, design and education.

My career started in journalism where I learned to research and explain complex situations while never missing a deadline. I’ve also published six books including a #1 BC Bestseller. 

I have a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor’s degree in Politics from the University of California Santa Cruz. I used the analytical and design skills I learned in school to create my company EcoUrbanist. It offers ecological site design, environmental consultation/reporting and project management for diverse clients from private residents to regional governments. 

I also offer consultation services rooted in my experience working in Canada, the U.S. and Asia. These include writing everything from brief reports to books, editing from correcting typos to conceptual level planning, curriculum development, teaching, leadership training, tree care and public speaking.

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What People Say

"You have been remarkable in your patience and openness to go with all of the delays and bureaucratic red tape that surrounded this project. It has been more than worth it for the community and I hope you know that we really needed you and your expertise or it still would not be complete.”
Ethel Whitty
Carnegie Centre Director
“[The Mustard Seed] reminded me of a Phillip Marlowe film noir, with the main character acting like him in films, finding him to be weak and flawed but coming through in the end. Bits of Buddhism a nice touch. I could see it as a film. Four star.”
Amazon reader review
“The garden is beautiful – even yesterday [a resident] told me that he found the space so breath taking and peaceful. He said there was no space like this in the DTES. He plans on using the garden more often to meditate and bring peace to his every growing anxiety.”
Sandy MacKeigan
Community Programmer
“[Guerrilla Gardening] is full of great quotes, sidebars, lists and tips. Enough to keep the most ADD of us interested and inspired. I see urban landscapes and abandoned places in a whole new light when I can imagine them becoming life-giving gardens.”
Lucas Land
Sustainable Traditions
“I would like to voice my gratitude for the role you played in helping this project come to fruition. You were a kind of glue which tied us all together. I appreciated the flexibility you showed in working with the various obstacles and changes which happened throughout.”
Jim Leyden
Little Black Bear Warrior
“[The Earth Manifesto is] a deceptively small book (132 pages), which is much bigger on the inside… Engaged Ecology is what Ecopsychology should be about – local, personal, and reflective, but also global, communitarian, and active.”
Ecopsychology.org review
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