Daniel Buckles worked for decades on food sovereignty, land rights and biodiversity conservation initiatives in Asia, Latin America and Africa, before settling into urban sustainability activism. He is an artist and the author of 10 books, including Participatory Action Research: Theory and Methods for Engaged Inquiry (with J. Chevalier, Routledge, 2019) and Fighting Eviction (with R. Khedkar and B. Ghevde, Cambridge University Press, 2012). While residing on unceded Anishiniaabeg territory in Ottawa, he plants trees in neglected public spaces and contributes to the Peoples Official Plan Coalition.