Jpeaceokc

Jpeaceokc is the user name for Bob Waldrop of Oklahoma City.

He is a native, fourth-generation Oklahoman whose great-grandparents settled in southwest Oklahoma before statehood. He is the founder of the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House, which works in Oklahoma City. He is one of the founders of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative. He works as the director of music and organist at the Catholic Church of the Epiphany of the Lord in Oklahoma City. He previously served on the Migrants and Refugees Advisory Council of Catholic Charities Oklahoma City. He is one of the founders and served on the first board of the Oklahoma Sustainability Network.

Waldrop maintains several websites, including http://www.justpeace.org (Catholic social justice issues), http://www.bobwaldrop.net (rants on politics and economics), http://www.bettertimesinfo.org (gardening and cooking), http://www.energyconservationinfo.org (energy issues), and is about to launch www.okie.coop in support of the Oklahoma Worker Cooperative Network.

He lives near downtown Oklahoma City, in a household of five, plus two dogs and two cats, and cultivates more than 100 different varieties of useful or edible plants on his former lawns. His 1929 era Craftsman bungalow has been extensively remodeled to be energy efficient. He holds a certificate in permaculture design from Barking Frogs Permaculture, http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org .