San Francisco is no stranger to the solar power industry, ranking as one of the cities at the forefront of America’s solar energy revolution. At SolarCity, we know that being one of the most populated cities in California has its advantages, such as the ability to generate a significant amount of solar power. Since 2006, we have become a leader among Bay Area solar companies because we stand behind energy consultants and reputation. We offer 24/7 solar system monitoring solutions as well as warranty product coverage.

The Certificate in Holistic Landscape Design at Bastyr University is a 12 month evening and weekend program grounded in the philosophy of working with nature to create resilient landscapes. The program offers an extended study of permaculture design throughout the seasons, far exceeding standard 72 hour Permaculture Design Certificate programs. Additionally, Bastyr has a unique focus on the therapeutic value of a medicinal and edible landscapes. Our unique curriculum includes courses such as Soil Ecology, Biodynamic Agriculture, Horticultural Business practices, and Medicinal and Edible Plants in the Landscape, utilizing hands on activities in the University’s wooded 51-acre campus –including the Bastyr Medicinal Herb Garden. The program is open to anyone with a creative eye and a passion for ecology and sustainability.

USPW is at the forefront of the green revolution, greening festivals and events, by educating consumers and providing self-serve water stations and reusable containers as an alternative to single-use bottles.

Our mission is to eliminate the damaging environmental impact of plastic waste worldwide, by providing municipalities, companies, events & festivals, as well as residences, with a ‘point-of-use’ water treatment option as an alternative to fuel intensive bottled water delivery, and/or the consumption of single use plastic bottles destined for landfill or to sully oceans, forests and cities.

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The 13 Moon CoLab offers evolutionary education in permaculture,
inner resilience and community building.

Our courses initiate you into deep ecological thinking and action, the welcoming experience of being human in a living world.

The Northwest Permaculture Convergence (NWPCC) is an inclusive annual weekend-long event that alternates between Oregon and Washington State. The Convergence brings together a remarkable diversity of people, all with creative approaches for designing living environments, and economic and culture systems that thrive within ecologically sustainable limits. Everyone who practices the ideals of Permaculture speaks a common language across the Northwest and all over the world.

Shareable is a public media outlet and action network that empowers people to share for a more resilient, equitable, and joyful world. We inspire change by publishing solutions-based news stories, analysis, and tools in collaboration with our global partners.

The Integral Center is an evolving community-powered organization who’s mission is to foster the emerging Integral wave of consciousness through relational and local community practice. We’re making an assertion: The Integral movement will continue to grow to the degree that all of its world-class theory becomes more deeply embodied and applied in our day-to-day choices and interactions.

Onchenda Open Global Food Cooperative is a social enterprise whose mission is to alleviate hunger and poverty by enabling small farmers, market gardeners and value-added food producers to sell their products directly to local consumers and institutional purchasers online, and to connect edible landscape designers and teachers as mentors to those who want to grow or raise their own food and sell the surplus online. We are a for-profit Utah public benefit corporation facilitating the local food movement with ecommerce and local delivery globally.

Friends of the Trees Society was founded in 1978 to double the world’s forest cover. We have been promoting permaculture since 1981. Activities include Earth restoration , tree sales, sustainable food production wildcrafting, event production, permaculture design courses, and more.

Bīja is a Sanskrit word that translates commonly to “seed.” Every sound in a mantra is a bija, so these are not literal seeds so much as metaphorical consciousness seeds. At Bija, our goal is to sow seeds of consciousness that will manifest to create the reality in which we want to live.

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Permie-journos Steven Saint Thomas and Trudy Thomas try to explain permaculture and Transition to the average American with articles, video and podcasts. Their first documentary, “Adventures in Permaculture: Australia” premiered at the 2014 North American Permaculture Convergence. The sequel, “Adventures in Permaculture: Transition West Coast,” will premiere at the 2016 Convergence.

Permaculture Design International is a full service design and build firm specializing in ecological design for farm, ranch, homestead, business, community, development and organization.