Daniel has spent the last 15 years working on projects that contribute to reversing climate change. He has organized conferences and events, worked on home solar and battery projects, implemented energy efficiency improvements for large corporate clients, designed and built biodigesters, ran a startup that turned food waste into biofertilizer, and worked on natural building and custom green home building projects. He has published works of both non-fiction and fiction, and holds certificates in Passive House Design, Advanced Permaculture Design, Project Management and Biogas Plant Operation.

Daniel grew up in Maine and studied economics, international relations and Chinese at Tufts University in Boston. After he spent nearly four years living in China, and has spent the last ten years in the San Francisco Bay Area, currently residing in Santa Cruz.