Dave Hamilton (author)

David John Hamilton (born 1974) British author, Journalist, Gardener and Forager.^[1][2] Born in Northampton he now lives in Totnes, Devon.

He attended Weston Favell School in Northampton where he slipped through the education system graduating with only three G.C.S.E's above C grade including English language.

He has lived all over the UK and amongst other things has worked as a market trader in Camden Stables Market and in Anjuna India, a postman and a gardener in Oxford and a driver's mate and factory worker in Northampton.^[3]

He later returned to education and whilst studying a BSc in Nutrition and Food Science at Oxford Brookes he began growing his own food.^[4] Realising there were still bills to and full self-sufficiency was very difficult he coined the term 'Self-Sufficientish' which later was adopted by the website he runs with his twin brother.^[5]

The website led to the publishing of his first book, with Andy Hamilton, The Self Sufficient-ish Bible: An Eco-living Guide for the 21st Century (ISBN 978-0340951026) ^[6]

He now lives in Devon where he is following another of his passions, that of plants, by training to be a sustainable horticulturist at the Dutchy College run course at the Schumacher College in Dartington. Along with fellow students on the course Dave has started up a sustainable bee keeping group using methods championed by Phil Chandler.^[7]

He occasionally appears on TV and radio and writes a regular column for Alan Moores underground magazine Dodgem Logic.^[8] He also contributes to Grow It Magazine and Country Small Holder.

References

1. ^ eatweeds.co.uk http://www.eatweeds.co.uk/tag/dave-hamilton
2. ^ Guardian Ethical Living http://www.guardian.co.uk/starbucks-ethical-living/reducing-home-waste
3. ^ A.M. Heath Authors Agents http://www.amheath.com/pages/authors/view.asp?id=351
4. ^ The Times 28th March 2008 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3639168.ece
5. ^ selfsufficientish.com Philosophy http://www.selfsufficientish.com/main/blog.php/2009/10/20/our-philosophy/
6. ^ Sustain Blog http://blog.sustainablog.org/the-good-book-of-green-living-the-self-sufficientish-bible/?PHPSESSID=ce52ad1udm5h3f1he77rkma0f3
7. ^ selfsufficientish.com about Dave Selfsufficientish.com http://www.selfsufficientish.com/main/blog.php/2009/10/26/dave-hamilton/
8. ^ Moore Rippon http://www.moorereppion.com/tag/dodgem-logic/

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