After getting a degree in experiential education in 1997, Alex moved far from town to live, work, and teach at a small primitive camp for children near Boone, NC. He quickly discovered a joy for simplicity, self sufficiency, building, and working with wood, which soon led him to start creating a small off-grid home where he still lives today. Along the way he learned a wide range of building skills through a number of different teachers. Since then Alex has split his time between teaching traditional living skills and working as a carpenter.
In working for Wild Abundance two of his biggest passions in life beautifully converge: teaching and working with wood. To his classes Alex brings his passion for empowering people, his attention to detail, plenty of patience, and a reverence for wooHe’s been teaching with Wild Abundance since its inception, receiving plenty of positive feedback from grateful students over the years. When not teaching or doing carpentry, he also enjoys canoeing, growing and gathering food, building genuine community through vulnerability, and kittens.