Kyle will be a keynote speaker at the 16th International Permaculture Convergence (IPC16) in Thailand in November 2026.

Kyle works as a farmer, builder and educator specializing in natural building materials and sustainable systems such as no-till rice cultivation, agroforestry, natural plasters and energy efficiency.

He is a graduate of the Kyoto Plastering Institute and the first westerner in Japan to pass the highest level Japanese National Plastering Exam.

He also has a PhD in Bioresource Sciences from Nihon University where he researched the hygrothermal environment of straw bale walls and building practices to control moisture.

Kyle completed his PDC with Max Lindegger at Crystal Waters in 2003. In 2017 Kyle founded Permaculture Center Kamimomi, a Permaculture demonstration and education site in Okayama, Japan.