Charlton 'Chuck' Hall has been an environmentalist and writer on sustainability and environmental topics since the late 1970s. His column, The Culture Artist, was carried by over eighty newspapers worldwide. He stopped writing it in 2007 when he became a Marriage and Family Therapist. He is also the Chief Druid of the Black Mountain Druid Order, and a Sustainability Consultant and Natural Builder in the Southeastern United States. Hall has presented research on the topics of Mindfulness and Ecopsychology at several university conferences, and conducts workshops in Druidry, Mindfulness and Sustainable Living on a regular basis. He currently lives with his wife and family in the foothills of the Appalachians.