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

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

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

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

New energy technologies which are pushing the boundaries of physics, chemistry, biology, electrical and mechanical engineering will transform the way that we live so much that the next 20 years will make the industrial revolution pale in comparison. This panel will explore several innovative technologies from thermal energy production, quantum power cells, bio-refineries, off grid eco-resorts power systems, zero waste systems and waste to energy production, closed loop technology-run aquaponics systems, and much more!

This robust panel is facilitated by SymbioNet and Delphi Village’s Chief Technology Officer, Rolland Gregg, who is also the founder of Imagin.com, a clean technology incubator in Seattle, WA.

Presented By: Chris Patton, David Blume, Kevin Fretz, & Rolland Gregg

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

Come join Town and City Permaculture as they facilitate another interactive and invigorating workshop. That will implore participants to really delve into the question “What is Permaculture?” and how can the community use it a diverse and dynamic tool for building ecological economies of environmental equality.

Presented By: Sasha Shankar & Troy Horton

What we learned in school about hydrological cycles was in many cases oversimplified and its importance, understated. We were never taught how human habitat, infrastructure, design, and habits affect the watershed, micro and macro water cycles, and the global climate. Learn to connect each drop of water you use –and how you use it– at home, to the bigger picture. Topics include greywater, rainwater, stormwater, groundwater recharge, waste management and regenerative water management design.

Presented By: Benoit Clement

Greywater 101 will cover the basics of water resources and techniques for reusing water. We will define grey- and black-water and go over different mechanism to recycle water, such as branch drain systems and laundry-to-landscape systems. Freshwater is a finite resource and we need to keep it fresh!

Presented By: Nina Gordon-Kirsch

This workshop will examine our outlook on death as an integral part of a sustainable and rejuvenative aspect of how we relate to the Earth. For a millennium people have cared for each other in life and in death. It is a natural part of who we are as responsible earthlings. In our current time, we have allowed a system for hire to take over and determine death practice. This practice is an abusive relationship to natural Earth living. It is time to reclaim hands-on care of death.

Presented By: Judith Fenley

Presented By: Jillian Hovey

Holistic watershed management is the critical guiding principle to any ecological design. Come learn the basics of water harvesting on a residential or land project scale – we will discuss how-to calculate rainwater flow and tank size; how-to integrate rainwater systems into your design; how-to passively collect rainwater in different earthworks systems; how-to best harvest greywater from your bathroom or laundry; how-to design compost toilets; and more!

Presented By: Brennan Blazer Bird

The international Transition Towns Movement was founded in 2005 by UK-based Permaculture teacher Rob Hopkins in order to engage entire communities in implementing Permaculture solutions for a more resilient future. Since that time, the Transition Movement has spread to over 1,200 communities in 50 countries, including 163 official Transition Initiatives located throughout the US. These initiatives have been successfully revitalizing local food systems, strengthening local economies, reducing dependence on fossil fuels, and reweaving the torn fabric of community for more than a decade now. Come learn from Transition US Co-Director and certified Permaculture Designer, Don Hall, about how to effectively apply Permaculture ethics, strategies, and principles to build a thriving movement for community resilience right where you live.

Presented By: Don Hall

Water is the foundation of all life, and healing our relationship with water is an important step in building an abundant future. This will be an introductory presentation of several ways in which we can improve how we use and relate to water in our everyday lives, our homes, communities, and the world at large. We will discuss the current reality of the water system, and present practical solutions for some of the problems created by the current paradigm concerning water. This workshop will cover a wide range of topics, from conservation, to water harvesting, energy systems, food production, and shifts in perception. The intention is to open a doorway for you to dive deeper into the subjects that speak to you, and discover how you can be a water protector in your own community.

Presented By: Jesse Grimes

~ Interconnected Wisdom & Intuition ~
Accessing your Intuitive Essence & the Wisdom of Nature

Wisdom – Tapping into the wisdom of nature, plants, animals, insects, their soul & wisdom
Deeper Listening – Tuning into deeper inner listening, awareness & receptivity ~ with nature & your life
Invisible field – Opening the invisible quantum field of life force energy & connected love

You will love this course as you access your interconnected heart & intuitive wisdom-
We look forward to seeing you there!

Presented By: Stacey J. Hentschel 

This could be two workshops even:
1) F.O.G. – how to Finance, Own and Govern ‘The Commons’. Legal research project for creating regenerative land projects.
2) Lawful Permaculture – Coming out of the Closet: from land use zoning to grey/blackwater reclaimation, from legal cob/earthen affordable housing to composting toilets….all OUR ECOVILLAGE’s examples of legalizing permaculture over the past 20 years.

Presented By: Brandy Gallagher

GREEN ACRES PERMACULTURE VILLAGE is a small, retrofit, intergenerational intentional community in a core suburban college town neighborhood that integrates self-knowledge and expression with a shared culture among humans and the living Earth to encourage abundance on every level.

Presented By: Ann Kreilkamp

Herbs are best at stacking functions, playing different roles in permaculture design. They provide us with amazing medicine, and a succession of flowering for the continual habitat for beneficial insects and pollinators. Some are dynamic accumulators, which pull up minerals for us and the soil. In this workshop, we will teach permaculture planting methods integrating medicinal herbs. We will then demonstrate ways to use the herbs with hands-on medicine making.

Presented By: Laura(Indigo) Donaldson  & Shea Smith & Raya Cole of School of Wholistic Permaculture