2018 Speakers

Explorer, activist, dancer, architect of the future. Morgan lives wholly in a shared vision of 2025. Most people would put it on the far side of possible. But he lives it and breathes it…

Heidi Herrmann is a farmer and owner of Strong Arm Farm in Santa Rosa. She hand harvests Sonoma Coast Seaweed and grows certified Organic cut flowers. Heidi has an Ornamental Horticulture degree from Cal…

Spencer Nielsen is a guide to Nature inside and out, in the wild lands, gardens, and consciousness. He is a permaculture designer and educator based in Fairfax, California. He has formally studied Ecology, Environmental…

Rob Bennaton is the University of California Cooperative Extension Bay Area Urban Agriculture Advisor, supporting small scale food growers, extending knowledge on urban soil quality/resource management and urban ag policy. Rob teaches on urban…

Bonnie Borucki is an artist, gardener and educator. She received her Permaculture Design Certificate at Merritt College, where she had an emphasis in landscape design, freehand and botanical drawing. She is a founding member…

Cynthia Tina is a founder of GENNA Alliance, a collaborative platform for individuals and organizations serving the regenerative communities movement within North America. She has visited over one hundred intentional communities and ecovillages across…

Rosie would like to introduce you to the world of healing and possibilities. She provides Ayurveda and shamanic focused treatment modalities. Ayurveda means the science of life; it’s accomplished with a holistic and spiritual…

Cultivating Zone 0 in the Garden Yes, it's been proven, getting your hands dirty is good for your emotional health. But what about your physical body? are you using it in ways that will…

Blake has been facilitating breath workshops and circles since November 2015 and practicing varies breath-work patterns since college. She has 6 years experience studying the breath and the effects it has on the emotional,…

Alexa bring a background of consciousness studies, social justice and permaculture into synergistic new work to expand and scale up the arena of social permaculture. Her foundational premise is the need for a whole…

Don Hall has had the good fortune to participate in the international Transition Towns Movement in a variety of capacities over the past decade. Initially serving for two years as the Education and Outreach…

Erik Hjermstad is a permaculture practitioner dedicated to creating collaborative organizational models for empowering community based businesses and farms. 2018 Convergence Workshop: Dynamic Farm Organization

Same as last year :-) 2018 Convergence Workshop: Forest Gardening: Building Resilient Community 

Raya Cole is dedicated to wholistic, integrated permaculture design, social justice, and mentoring students. She is a student and teacher of traditional ways, as well as newer regenerative methods. Raya is the coordinator and…

Lydia Violet is an accomplished Iranian-American multi-instrumentalist weaving together Southern blues, American roots, and Iranian folk music traditions. In her live band she combines fiddle, banjo, and luscious 3-part harmonies to offer a soul-folk…

Susan Juniper Park is grateful to be living on beautiful Chochenyo Ohlone ancestral lands (aka Oakland, CA).  Originally from the Gyeongsang-Do providence of South Korea (where folks are known to be extra spicy) and…

As a systems designer, Amber works with companies and communities on systems-scale solutions – ranging from developing Open Tree Map, enterprise ecosystem management software to helping to design the Food Commons regional food system.…