After completing his education in NYC, Austin decided to explore how knowledge of resilient building post Superstorm Sandy could be useful to communities around the world that have an even greater need. Currently residing in Australia, Austin works to design and build more resilient coastal communities that address a future of climate change related impacts. Prior to his work in Australia, Austin was living and working with the small coastal village of General Luna in the Philippines to develop resilient living strategies based on the local tradition of the Bayanihan lifestyle that addressed ecological, social and economic realities of climate change for small island coastal communities.