A central aspect of permaculture is designing so that needs can be met in healthy, regenerative ways. Human needs and wants, and our ways of trying to get them met, are extremely complex and powerful ecologies, and affect almost all of our permaculture design work. Developing awareness and skill in emotional literacy, and being able to read human needs and patterns in the ‘Zone 00’ of others and ourselves, supports us in being more response-able permaculturalists. This interactive workshop will give powerful insight into human ecologies and help us lift up emotional intelligence, which is much-needed as we transition into the next age of consciousness and we grow a more wholistic understanding of permaculture landscapes & practices.

Presented By: Jillian Hovey

A sacred men’s council to co-create deeper connection and embodiment through vulnerability, accountability, courage, and listening.
Men will be given the opportunity to share, to be challenged, and to support one another in finding a deeper groove in authentic connection and witnessing/acknowledging the impact of our choices to the Life around us.
Technologies that will be woven into the council will include breathwork, authentic relating, shadow work, and conflict resolution.

Presented By: Jason McKenzie

Attendees of this workshop will be getting their hands dirty! This will be an introduction to the process of sourcing Wild clay from the Earth, and converting it into a material usable for topical medicine, ceramics, or building material. The class will begin with a discussion of where one might find wild clay, and what tests one can perform to determine various qualities. Following the discussion, participants will use simple tools to crush, sift, and hydrate clay. We will end with muddy skin, and a follow up discussion. Upon request, participants can delve deeper to experiment with making simple vessels, and perform test firings in a pit or wood-fired oven, and, with some luck, take home a wildcrafted vessel.

Presented By: Cyrus Bacon

Bloom and Anahata have travelled globally with their organization, the Blooming Biodiversity Permaculture network, living at and visiting a rich diversity of Eco-villages, intentional communities, indigenous farms, and Permaculture projects. Through their slideshow presentation, you will have the opportunity to dive into their journey and experience vibrant photos and videos of the Permaculture gems they have been to. They will share best practices, innovative inventions, inspiring models, and paradigm shifting lessons they have learned from the multitudes of positive impact centers, followed by an open solutionary discussion counsel and action plans.

Presented By: Robin Liepman & Anna Simone Combi

Have you ever wondered what happened to deep blue skies, fluffy full bodied clouds and reliable rainy seasons? Have you ever questioned the corporate/government narratives? Do you feel that climate change is absolutely real, but seems to be due to more than just carbon emissions? With all the floods, droughts, unusual fires, hurricanes, typhoons, record heat and cold, dying forest, volcanic eruptions and other extreme changes to our planet’s climate, it hard not to ask why? Please join us as we explore these powerful subjects.

Presented By: Max Meyers

This men’s circle is a safe space to honor and express the complex web of grief and other emotions that come up as we do the work of building regenerative systems. The ecological crisis calls us to listen to our hearts and hold space for our emotions as we witness Mother Earth’s pain and work towards solutions. Together we can hold space, witness, empower, and inspire one another.

Presented By: Ojan Mobedshahi

Community and personal resilience begins with you. Be prepared for when the lights go out and the grid goes down. Practical, educational and attitude skills to survive and actually help your family or neighbor in the event of major disasters, when the usual industrial infrastructure is off-line, for shorter or longer times. Basic tactics and tools for owning your own light and electric, no matter what the circumstance. Applicable for individuals and small community groups, no matter the disaster situation or social breakdown.

Presented By: Chaz Peling

It is important to know who’s in the room and what amazing projects they are working on. This workshop will give us a chance to do just that, perhaps leading to connections that will stregthen your project and make friends to last a lifetime.

Presented By: Hannah Apricot Eckberg

Regenerative and collaborative Leadership as a means to support full purpose realization for all participants of a system.
What the world needs is people who have come alive ~Howard Thurman.
Unpacking concepts from Systems Theory (Bowens emotional nuclear systems, Social Dominance Orientation, Systemic oppression), trauma recovery and spiritual technologies, consent and council, methods of facilitation and modes of creative thinking (divergent, convergent, and emergent), as well as learning styles and needs assessments.

Presented By: Sahar Muhsin

You’ve heard that these times are dire and urgent, right? So isn’t it time we had some fun? Back due to popular demand, this hands- hearts- and bodies-on workshop returns for the second year to explore play and sacred clowning as tools for social permaculture. Endless urgency and intellectual seriousness are symptoms of a mechanistic, burn-out activist culture. Social sustainability requires different skills than those practiced within the Western capitalist paradigm. Forget those creepy clowns from childhood nightmares – come learn how to use the craft of clowning and play to bring life and joy into our movements. Play facilitates honest cultural critique and creates space for creative alternatives. And, it’s very fun. Notes: No experience necessary. Come especially if you have no experience.

Presented By: Annie-Rose London

Staple crops can be an important, fun, and easy part of a regenerative system. This is a hands-on workshop where you will learn about growing and processing different grain crops by hand. There will be a discussion on planting and harvesting, then practice threshing, winnowing, and grinding different grains. There will be wheat, amaranth, and grinding corn to practice on, and you can take seeds home if you want!

Presented By: Shane Brown

Fiber systems are an often-forgotten, but essential part of wholistic systems of living. This is a hands-on workshop about growing and processing plant and animal fibers, from seed or animal to finished cloth. There will be wool, nettle, and flax that you will have the opportunity to practice processing, spinning, and weaving on simple looms. Bring a spindle if you have one!

Presented By: Shane Brown

Our wombs are a powerful and sacred space. Using our wombs as our cauldrons, we will journey into the highest timeline of the Earth, share our deep visions for what we see in the New Earth that we are birthing together. It is time to come together consciously to focus our attention to what we all want- happiness, peace, and a world living closer to ourselves and all that is.

Presented By: Stephanie Chin

Certified permaculture caretakers is a program that offers training in permaculture and access to land with a focus on single mothers and women of color. It is designed to be nested into a larger comprehensive back to the land movement and create a network of continued skill building and opportunities with in the emergent culture.

Presented By: Alexa Bernard

Brandi Mack, AKA, Mama B, will share her 5 steps to Resilient design that support people and the planet, with and infuses on highlighting melanated women and children.

FRIDAY Keynote Presented By: Brandi Mack

Intro to permaculture course taught by Bay Area urban gardener and urban ecologist, seedsman and seed librarian, community gardener and community organizer Christopher Shein. He brings 17 years of teaching a PDC at Merritt College, many more years of teaching in community gardens and public schools, and knows he doesn’t know everything about permaculture or teaching or …
Christopher brings the most diverse students together (race, class, gender, etc…) to build the most plant and species diverse public gardens in the commons in urban SF East Bay. www.wildheartgardens.com, www.merrittlandhort.com

Presented By: Christopher Shein

“How I became a contractor to save the world, the lessons I learned from all my mistakes, and how we are still growing and not giving up.”

Marco Barrantes of La Loma Development Company will share stories from the trenches, instructions on ways to start a design-build company as a successful Permaculture contractor, and photos of La Loma’s diverse projects in Los Angeles. Topics will also include his experiences with urbanite, natural pools, public works, and school campus greening.

Learn how to become a contractor (or work with a contractor) to implement Permaculture design, and influence the trillion dollar landscape construction industry.

Presented By: Marco Barrantes

For this workshop, Ridhi D-Cruz and I will start by giving an overview of The City Repair Project. We will explain what the organization represents, how the Village Building Convergence (VBC) works, and why this event is part of the permaculture movement. Then, we will specifically describe how the VBC has helped marginalized communities stand up for social justice and equality. We will give examples of how we are building bridges of diversity and what communities can do to share power through co-collaborative placemaking.

Presented By: Ridhi & Ashley Bonn

Transform flammable fire-hazard brush into fire-resistant, water saving food forests with this easy technology – “Hugel-Swales”. Samyol will teach from his personal experience of creating jobs and improving local ecosystems with Hugel-Swales in Northern California. This workshop will teach you how to make Hugel-Swales for your own land projects or create jobs for your community by offering this essential service to other land stewards. Tips will be shared for boosting valuable vegetable, fruit, cannabis, mushroom, water catching yields, as well as discussions about benefiting surrounding ecosystems and economies with strategic planting, placement and marketing.

Presented By: Samyol Soulfyre