Ecocentric Solutions, Inc. was developed as an idea on the cusp of the new millenia, in the year 2000. The company is owned by Steven Hunt, and sustained with the help of the organization’s core, long-term employees. This company evolved from a small aquatic restoration/lakefront maintenance outfit--also owned by Steven--called Aquatic Plant Design.

Steven Hunt is a Florida native who became inspired by ecological restoration work because, in short, he recognizes this work as inherently meaningful and important. More, where else could he explore swamps and trudge around in the muck while earning a living? What Steven recognized early during his tenure as a laborer for Aquatic Plant Design (origionally developed by Laura Suanders-Parkel) is just how out of balance and biologically denuded most of our upland and aquatic environments have become.

The old growth cypress have disappeared long ago--through short-sighted ignorance and old fashioned greed--and Steven considers restoration of cypress trees in aquatic environments in the Southern US an important life-goal.

Old trees have always amazed Steven, and he is currently working on a tree seedling farm in conjunction with an organization called The Green Belt Movement, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai's organization. This remarkable Kenyan woman has called for billions of trees to be planted around the world to repair some of the damage that has been done to our planet's health. Steven is enthused to take up Dr. Maathai's challenge at this crucial juncture in our history as humans-becoming.

Steven attended Seminole Community College, the University of Central Florida, and the University of Florida congruent with his role with Aquatic Plant Design. His academic pursuits were given impetus from his connection to the natural world--figuring out how we humans can live prosperous and sustainable lives in the long-term, and develop sensible solutions to our needs in the short-term.

Steven's passions for ecological restoration, organic approaches toward food cultivation and tree farming, as well as stone-craft incorporated into natural, sustainable landscapes--all these arts are expressed through his day-to-day work with Ecocentric Solutions, Inc.

Walking in the shoes of both of his grandfathers--one a professor of botany and the other a depression-era Iowa farmer--Steven is developing an organic wildflower, tree, and native plant farm. The name of this nascent endeavor is Chinampa Farms, after the traditional and sustainable agricultural techniques developed by some of America's indigenous peoples. The cultural wisdom and ways of living close to the earth of indigenous peoples serve as an thrust and inspiration in his ecological endeavors.