Robin Winkler was a commercial lawyer until 2001 when after having read some books, been diagnosed with a life threatening illness and time to reflect, flipped to the social and environmental justice side, gave up USA citizenship and founded Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association,Taiwan. Since that time he has been mostly involved in trying to understand: how to stop the decimation of different strains of humans, other species and beings, and transcendence. Favorite authors include Paul Shepard, Rachel Carson, Derrick Jensen, Peter Kropotkin and Vandana Shiva.