William Aal has been a trainer and organizer for the past 20 years, helping communities with diverse populations transform to be more just and sustainable. He is author with Margo Adair of Practical Meditation for Busy Souls and is co-director of Tools for Change. He uses deep reflection, story, heartfelt dialog and vision, to help people remember their interconnection with the land and each other, and become effective change makers. He helped organize local, regional and continental Bioregional Congresses. He has worked closely with Joanna Macy, to facilitate workshops of the Work that Reconnects and is part of a network called Great Turning Northwest. In addition he has taught Social Permaculture in Earth Activist Trainings with Starhawk. He has been a gardener and advocate of sustainable agriculture, being on the board of the Washington Sustainable Food and Farming Network for 10 years. Currently he works with a local organization on food justice issues.