Andrej Loncar

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Andrej_Loncar.jpg[/image_frame] Andrej Loncar works with groups, individuals, organizations, and families on the discovery of the complex function systems of the divine spirit embedded within our bodies and the physical body…

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Discovering the Living Earth: Learning to Live in the Spiritual Dimension of the Planet

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_6246-825x510.jpg[/image_frame] In this experiential workshop we will learn how to connect and communicate with the soul of the land and its reflection in us. Through this process we will learn…

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Social Permaculture & Community Organizing

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1441593989096.jpeg[/image_frame] How can we build stronger relationships within our local communities and groups? Explore fun and practical applications of the permaculture principles in organizing working groups, community events and actions…

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Yassi Eskandari

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yassi_Eskandari_Sustainable_Economies_Law_Center.jpg[/image_frame] Yassi Eskandari leads Sustainable Economies Law Center’s City and Regional Policies work, identifying municipal-level barriers to SELC’s work and producing policy solutions that support community resilience and grassroots economic…

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Christina Oatfield

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Christina-Oatfield-profile-picture.png[/image_frame] Christina Oatfield is the Policy Director at the Sustainable Economies Law Center where she works with a diverse array of stakeholders to propose and advocate for laws that enable…

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“Dirt Cheap Housing”

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Cob_Oven_DailyActs_0.jpg[/image_frame] In this hands on natural building workshop, participants will construct a small house in just a couple hours. Miguel "Cobalot" Elliott will teach how to build a small house using all…

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Policy Making for Resilient Local Economies

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Policy-Making-for-Reslilent-Local-Economies.jpeg[/image_frame] To create socially and economically resilient communities, we need to change or create thousands of city, state, and federal laws. What if every person takes charge of advocating for…

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Local Currencies & Economic Resilience

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/chongkee_tan.png[/image_frame] From 1970 to 2010, the world has witnessed 145 banking crises, 72 sovereign debt crisis and 208 monetary crashes. Writers such as Charles Einsenstein and Bernard Lietaer have clearly…

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Dr Chong Kee Tan

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/chongkee_tan.png[/image_frame] Dr Chong Kee Tan started life as an academic. He had taught at Stanford and National University of Singapore.  After leaving academia, he worked in real estate development in…

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Toby Hemenway

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Kat-Steele-bio-photo.jpg[/image_frame] Toby Hemenway is the author of Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, which was awarded the Nautilus Gold Medal in 2011, was named by the Washington Post as one of the…

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Keba Konte

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/keba_photo1.jpg[/image_frame] Keba Armand Konte was born and raised in San Francisco, has been in Oakland as long. He is an artist, food entrepreneur and community man. His artwork has been published…

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Kat Steele

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/156katsteele.png[/image_frame] Kat Steele is a permaculture activist, designer, educator and founder of the Urban Permaculture Guild in Oakland, CA. She facilitates workshops on ecological design, sustainability, facilitation, permaculture and holistic…

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Rana Lehmer-Chang

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Rana_in_Nature-e1440206083286.jpg[/image_frame] Rana Chang started House Kombucha in 2009 as an on-the-ground, community-based startup. Kombucha brewing is an ancient Asian tradition of fermenting tea into a living, probiotic beverage. Rana learned to make kombucha…

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Aaron Lehmer-Chang

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Unknown.jpeg[/image_frame] Aaron is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of House Kombucha, a community-based startup. He also co-founded Bay Localize, a local ecological justice group that works to build equitable, resilient…

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Kevin Bayuk

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Kevin_Bayuk.jpg[/image_frame] Kevin Bayuk works at the intersection of ecology and economy where permaculture design meets cooperative organizations intent on meeting human needs while enhancing the conditions conducive to all life.…

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Maria Christina Owl

[img_text_aside style="1" image="http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Maria_Gutierrez_Midwifing-the-New-Earth-979x1024.jpg" image_alignment="left" headline="" alignment="left"] Maria Christina Owl is an international speaker, spiritual mentor and ceremonial leader. She has offered workshops and rituals in Israel, New Zealand, Canada and the US. She is…

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Don Tipping

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Don-Corn.jpg[/image_frame] Don Tipping has been offering hands on, practical workshops at Seven Seeds Farm since 1997. We are a small, organic family farm in the Siskiyou Mountains of SW Oregon,…

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Nikki Silvestri

[image_frame align="left" height="200" width="200" prettyphoto="false"]http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Nikki-.jpg[/image_frame] Over the last ten years, Nikki has been a thought leader in creating social equity for underrepresented populations in food systems, social services, public health, climate solutions, and economic…

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