Join us for a panel discussion with people from different intentional communities on the successes and challenges of living in community, why we think it's important, what we need to learn, plus Q&A. Come…
In this workshop, we will explore the historical roots of black intentional communities movement highlighted by Jessica Gordon Nembhard in her book Collective Courage, and The Arc of Justice, which chronicles the remarkable journey…
AshEL SeaSunZ aka The Lyft Rapper is the CEO of Earth Amplified Consulting, offering Creative Strategy for various conscious entrepreneurs, startups, and non profits. He is the Senior Strategist for International Plant Based Hip-hop…
Cassandra is a community builder and catalyst for cooperative stewardship. She lives in a rural intentional community in Sonoma County where she educates and consults groups on community projects. She is a cooperative real…
Abeja has lived in intentional community for over 17 years. Her last 10 years have been spent at a small permaculture community called Emerald Earth Sanctuary in Boonville, Ca with her husband and son,…
Marissa Ashkar is from The People of Color Sustainable Housing Network (POCSHN) is a resource network for people of color interested in building intentional, healthy, and affordable housing communities in the San Francisco Bay…
Andre is a Permaculture Designer/Teacher and natural builder. In 1994 Andre took his first PDC and internship with Bill Mollison in Australia. He is the founder of the Permaculture Institute of Central Queensland and…
Douglas Reil is a Bay Area publishing industry veteran, local food organizer, and a media consultant specializing in sustainability, cannabis, and regenerative culture. His thirty-year career in publishing includes serving as the publisher and…
Kombucha, and its lesser known honey-based cousin jun, are brewed by thousands at home but many brewers can be frustrated by the resulting beverage: the taste is off, there’s little or no carbonation, and…
The values and dikshas (rules) inherent in the ancient knowledge of the five elements are parallel and congruent with Permaculture Principles. Respecting nature and its sentience, respecting the needs and demands of Nature, and…
Maurine has spent over a decade studying methods of experiencing, merging with and applying Five Elements Knowledge to healing individuals and the world. She studied with a brilliant East Indian Master, Sri Kaleshwar, for…
Nik Bertulis wants to reinstate abundance for all life via empowering humanity’s intrinsic regenerative potential. He studied permaculture with Bill Mollison and is a certified permaculture teacher, wildlands firefighter and emergency medical technician with…
Kelly Elizabeth Ortega is currently planting seeds with intention in the spaces she is honored to step into as an Earth Warrior, Yoga Guide, Ritual Maker and Creative Curator. She gives thanks to her…
Stephanie graduated with her Bachelors in Liberal Studies from San Francisco State University where she studied Holistic Health, Urban Development, and Environmental Sciences. She is an environmental activist, a guerrilla gardner, free-lance herbalist, permaculturalist,…
Let’s talk about Design and Social Justice. We know that design has the power to elevate everything it touches—from products, to systems, to spaces. But when it comes to our greatest challenges around economic…
Catherine Nkolo Lebongo is a teacher, creative, and activist who is fascinated by how design and social enterprise have the power to elevate everything—from products, to systems, to spaces. As an international, multicultural, woman…
Finding our wild mind and heart in a colonized world There is a growing conversation about "decolonizing", but in this discussion we will ask what this really means, especially from those still steeped in…
Jul has been an activist, healing practitioner, teacher and community organizer. She has been active in the Transition movement, especially in regards to "Inner Resilience". She is currently working on her latest book about…
Learn how herbal medicine is bringing the power of healing into the hands of the people and building culture in diverse social movements around the world, and gain hands-on experience with new herbal allies…
Mallika Nair is an environmental justice activist and the Founder and Director of Growing Together, an Oakland based fruit tree planting and environmental education organization (growingtogetherproject.org). As a first generation American, born in New…