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Green rennaissance and waking up! Permaculture Design Certified, educator, social just and social change facilliatator, regenerative eco social designer, mindful sitter, beekeeper, entrepreneur, dancer, salvia lover, budding water shed devotee. Giving gratitude, sitting still, listening to the wisdom of Earth, doing my part to teach, model and inspire human beings to a sustainable, regenerative, creative and humble healings with Earth and other sentient beings. The Earth/Gaia has been my mentor mother, the animals my guides, the plants my healing and my initiators, the wisdom teachers my good fortune and healing and mentoring through dance, song, circle and counseling, my service.

Getting my hands and feet, body, heart and mind and daily life, in, on around, through, soil, plants, trees, honey bees, sand, rock, water, sun, sentient beings. Committed to being a student of everything and serving the greater good of all. Deep listening, right action, practicing virtue, meaningful engagement, humility, integrity and truth.

As I move into educating and facillitating eco literacy for soil, water, air, food, housing, community and hope I trust that all will unfold and all needs can be met.

Courses:

Taught:

Women's Empowerment

Sacred Drumming

Sacred Dance Prayer

Invisible Structures - Gender 101

Intro to Backyard Beekeeping 07, 08 at NorCal Women's Herbal Symposium, 09 Santa Cruz

Creating Sacred Space and Intention

Education:

UCSC - BA Community Studies

NVC - Santa Cruz

Re-evaluation Counseling - Santa Cruz

Hakomi Body Centered Therapy - Hakomi Santa Cruz

Organic Bio Intensive - Camp Joy Gardens - Jim Nelson

Natural Bldng and Design -  Michele Landegger

Volunteer UCSC Arboretum

Intro to Permaculture  - Starhawke

Soil Science - Rich Merrill Cabrillo College

Landscape Plants - Cabrillo College

Intro to Plant Propagation - Cabrillo College

Landscape Design - Cabrillo College (incomplete)

Cob - Women's Herbal Symposium

BioFuel - Women's Herbal Symposium

Earth Plasters - Women's Herbal Symposium

Sales - Sierra Azul Nursery (CA natives and Mediterranean specialists)

Natural Horsmanship - Sam Harpur

Water Catchment Systems and Rainwater Harvesting - Santa Cruz Resource Conservation District

Chickens and Ducks - UCSC Farm and Garden

Gaia University - MS Orientation in Regenerative Eco Social Design and Education for Eco Social Design

Grey Water and Water Systems - Art Ludwig and RDI

Natural Bldng - RDI

EarthWorks and Keyline Design  - Geoff Lawton

PDC - Geoff Lawton

Darjit Paper Clay Building and Sculpting Internship  - Brent Sumner

PDC - OAEC Brock Dolman Kendall Dunnigan

In Development:

Transition Santa Cruz 

Curriculum for Mindful Eco Social Leadership

Curriculum for Mindful Local Eco Literacy and Practice

Santa Cruz Permaculture Design Practice

Santa Cruz Permaculture Education

blessings abound