Matthew Taylor

UC Berkeley, Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Charlottesville High School, the school of hard knocks

University of California - Berkeley, Attended 2003 - Present, Class of 2007, Bachelor's Degree, peace and conflict studies

wordsmith, mediator

USCA, Lothlorien, The UN, theonion.com addicts, green party, forests

Meditation, burning man, skiing, hiking, biking, yoga, cooking, jazz, hot tubs, massage, togas, reading, writing, globetrotting, do-it-yourself publishing

the life of pi, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, word freak, the hope for the flowers, the lord of the rings, where the wild things are, fast food nation, the year of the people, the human stain, gandhi: the man, nonviolent solider of Islam, narnia, Madeline L'Engel

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, sliding doors, office space, adaptation, the big lebowski, what dreams may come, being john malkovich, clerks, bliss, JFK, 24 hour party people, the hours

jazz, alternative, classical, modern, punk, jane monheit, jessica rice, t.s. monk, inxs, midnight oil, the flaming lips, peter gabriel, crooked still, new order, erasure, sunscreem, moby, the other two, saint etienne, u2, weezer, copper wimmin

The one where everyone goes outside and flies a kite and uses their TV set as a nice flower pot. ;)

I'm writing a book on the Save the Oaks campaign (www.saveoaks.com), and I may or may not be a character from I Heart Huckabees. I co-edit a self-published magazine (www.calpeacepower.org). I'm also a freelance writer... my latest piece, on Burning Man's efforts to go green, can be found here:

http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200807/burningman.asp

In my spare time, you can find me biking around the hills above berkeley, at live music shows, at burning man-related parties.

Recently, I've begun to experiment with raw food recipes. My favorites include vanilla-flavored almond milk and dehydrated veggie pulp buckwheat crackers.

I love to travel. (Semi-)recent escapades: Ireland, India, Peru, Cyprus, France, Greece, Australia. Where do you like to explore?

(P.S. - The whole "global warming" business has led me to join the Zeppelin lobby. Meanwhile, I'm indefinitely grounding myself on behalf of the planet.)

Cheerful, silly folk with an appreciation for the spiritual side of life and ludicrous, random adventures. Cooks, pastry chefs, masseuses/masseurs, rock stars, writers, poets, artists, travelers, musicians, geeks, teachers, students, seekers, intellectualistas, activists, nannies, explorers of nature, devotees of the farmer's market. Scrabble buffs.