Muriel's interdisciplinary background combines academic studies in mechanical engineering and economics with wide reading in fields such as psychology, sociology, finance, and food, plus various courses in massage therapy and permaculture. 2018 Convergence Workshop:…
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…
Sahar Muhsin holds a Masters in Social Change. She is the Director of Return of the Village. With board members specializing in many fields including permaculture, alternative energy, and alternative education. Company has the…
A dialogue on worker owned co-operative businesses as pertaining to the ethics of permaculture vs capitalism. Daniel has worked in the fields of solar energy, aquaponics, permaculture, farming, landscaping and construction. One thing has…
Daniel is from the mid-peninsula of the SF bay and the Monterey bay area. He received a BA in 'Ethnography and Photography' at UCSC with a minor in Spanish Linguistics and an MSc in…
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…
Ann Kreilkamp is the founder of Green Acres Permaculture Village, which began as a neighborhood garden in 2010 and has morphed into a village inside a suburban neighborhood in a midwestern college town with…
Eric Jordan took his first Tai Chi class in 2011 at SRJC. From there his interest grew until it peaked when a shoulder injury stubbornly refused to heal and he found Tai Chi and…
Learn internal principles of relaxation, breath, and flow that support grounded health and well being. Tai Chi and Qigong are Chinese Daoist internal arts that support health, wellness, and longevity in addition to their…
A dynamic yoga practice to strengthen the nervous system, detoxify the body and renew your vitality. Known as the “Yoga of Awareness”. Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan is a dynamic technology which…
Shannon is a radiant and playful spirit. She’s practiced yoga for over thirteen years, and taught for seven. Her deep appreciation for yoga blossomed during her senior year of college, after leaving an abusive…
MARTIN ADAMS is a systems thinker and author. As a child, it pained him to see most people struggling while a few were living in opulence. This inspired in him a lifelong quest to…
Why It Matters One of the main reasons our current economic system doesn’t work for everyone is because the revenue flow from the commons has been privatized. This privatization is one of the root…
Shayna Gladstone is a community leader, transformational facilitator, sustainable farmer and co-founder of Earth Journeys and NuMundo, both organizations promoting personal and planetary transformation. Shayna is trained in Joanna Macy’s “Work that Reconnects”, has…
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…
Learn how to shift from grocery store dependence to community resilience through foraging, farming and tending our local ecosystems. Food is growing all around us. Explore how to tap into the abundance and decrease…
Bryan's approach fuses permaculture, ecopsychology and indigenous land tending practices. Growing up in rural Alabama, Bryan was immersed in nature since childhood. After migrating to Berkeley in 2009 to pursue a masters in somatic…
Indigo Donaldson is a permaculture designer and educator, master gardener, bodyworker, and western herbalist. She has taught and been involved in many courses and projects associated with permaculture, organic gardening and herbalism. Her latest…
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…
Vanessa is a queer farmer, environmental educator, and culture-shifter dedicated to transformative project that support community healing, opens access to land and resources, and fosters a thriving local culture and economy based on human…