Land & Nature Stewardship

Social Forestry

It is all about relationships. Social Forestry is about local communities working together to enhance and restore Oak Pine savannas, riparian corridors, brush lands, community woodlands and fire resistant old growth forests. Our work…

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Techno Cities or Biological Towns?

Two quite different paths to sustainability are developing; can they co-exist? I perceive two radically different approaches to sustainability developing, one of dense, 'smart' cities and another of dispersed eco-villages and market towns. I…

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Origin and Evolution of Green Acres Permaculture Village

A slide presentation with commentary illustrating the evolution of Green Acres Permaculture Village over the past ten years. GREEN ACRES PERMACULTURE VILLAGE is a small, retrofit, intergenerational intentional community in a core suburban college…

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Building Courage & Hope Through Embodied Interconnectivity

The first step towards living regeneratively is forging a personal connection to ecology and our interconnection to all living beings. Based in the The Work that Reconnects by Joanna Macy, this workshop initiates a…

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Herbal Use and Integration in Permaculture Design

Herbs stack functions on the land and provide us with medicine, we will share planting integration and medicine making. Herbs are best at stacking functions, playing different roles in permaculture design. They provide us…

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Networking in a time of Chaos

How to use permaculture to respond to disaster and learn social permaculture tools for networking for resilience. This workshop will introduce how people around the world are using permaculture to respond to disasters, such…

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