Adam Grubb left a career in IT to pursue becoming backwardly mobile after learning about energy depletion. He founded the energy news clearinghouse Energy Bulletin in 2003 which became the most popular website about peak oil on the net. He got into permaculture in 2004 and a couple of years later co-founded (with Dan Palmer) the now global permablitz movement. These days he and Dan are co-directors of the urban permaculture consultancy Very Edible Gardens (VEG) in Melbourne, and are in demand as designers, garden creators and educators.  He is also a well-known expert on edible weeds and co-author with his partner Annie Raser-Rowland of The Weed Forager's Handbook: A Guide to Edible and Medicinal Weeds of Australia (Hyland House, 2012), available at the website www.eatthatweed.com