Originally an IT systems engineer, Rod Taylor is a freelance science and technology writer, journalist and broadcaster.
With Mark Diesendforf he is author of The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation.
He is author of Ten Journeys on a Fragile Planet and co-editor of Sustainability and the New Economics.
His weekly science column and other articles have been published in Fairfax and now Australian Community Media mastheads for over 14 years. He has also produced for ABC Radio National.