| epi | works through education and economic development to build peace, to foster sustainability and to restore the Earth’s natural systems. The Institute provides outreach, project development and training in participatory research and participatory ecotourism.

I began work on the Guild concept in early 2017. The idea of the Guild follows on recommendations from participants at the US Forest Service workshop in 2009.

Socialfieldwork.net was built to explore whether to replace the original econ4peace Drupal site with Wordpress. Socialfieldwork.net was built in spring 2017 and has not yet launched for search engine or public viewing. The site presents a starting point for viewing and sharing resources about ensuring real local input in our democracy.