[citation needed] As President of Airspace, he: Broughton was also a long-term Director of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee.
[citation needed] He has been a computer programmer since graduating from Virginia Tech in 1972.
He realized the potential of the Internet when Mosaic started getting widespread usage, and was responsible for the Vancouver Bicycle Club, Airspace, and the Western Canada Wilderness Committee getting head starts in having an Internet presence.
His work on the Western Canada Wilderness Committee site included the campaign to protect the Ursus Valley in Clayoquot Sound, and he also created a site for the Ahousaht First Nations' Women's eco-tourism initiative in 1995.
He was active in the San Miguel de Allende Center of PEN International and a supporter of the ABBA House migrant shelter in Celaya.