Brock Dolman, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center's (OAEC) WATER (Watershed Advocacy Training Education & Research) Institute director, also co-directs OAEC's permaculture design and wildlands biodiversity programs. Brock’s extensive cross-disciplinary experience ranges from the study of wildlife biology, native California botany and watershed ecology to the practices of: habitat restoration, community education about rehydrating human settlement design, and ecological literacy activism engendering societal transformation.