Facilitated by local permaculture educator Rachel Economy of Next World Design, this two-day course is for anyone interested in bringing permaculture into their lives, homes, workplaces, or communities. In this weekend intensive, we’ll explore the lineage, core ethics, and principles of this regenerative ecological design process. Then we’ll dig in (pun intended) to the delicious design process, mapping tools, and strategies of permaculture, using interactive learning and hands-on practice. We’ll deepen our community-based climate resilience skills and perspectives in a playful, connective community container. Throughout the weekend we’ll apply what we learn, as we each create a design for a particular home, work, or community space. Each of us will leave with a design and plan for a garden that we can get started on right away!
Learn ecological design skills for creating sustainable gardens, landscapes, and communities. Leave with a design and plan for your own garden!
Participants will be expected to provide their own lunches. Any food consumed on-site must respect Rancho Compasión's vegan policy. Do not bring food containing animal products (flesh, milk, honey, eggs). We will be providing snacks and water.
About Rancho Compasión Sanctuary: Located in Nicasio just 50-minutes north of San Francisco, Rancho Compasión provides a loving, lifelong home for rescued farmed animals, and works to change public perception about animals typically viewed as “food”. Through community enrichment programs like the newly-developed Compassion Garden, promotes a compassionate and sustainable lifestyle for the sake of non-human animals, our planet, social justice, and our physical wellbeing. Rancho Compasión is a non-profit and all donations go back to providing care for our over 70 animal residents and expanding our humane education and outreach programs. www.ranchocompasion.org
About Rachel Economy: Rachel Economy is an edible garden designer, sustainable futures educator, and resilient organizations trainer, with over a decade of experience in the fields of regenerative agriculture and radical education. She holds a masters in Social Innovation and Sustainability from Goddard College, as well as two permaculture design certifications through Daily Acts and The Woolman School, and a permaculture-teacher-training certificate through the Permaculture Skills Center. She has learned and practiced permaculture with and from Toby Hemmenway, Pandora Thomas, Grace Oedel, Lisa Depiano, and others, always with a focus on liberation, accessibility, and queer perspectives on place. Rachel supports individuals and companies who long for a better future, helping them to design and build that next world now, through her radical sustainability consultancy, Next World Design. She is a white, queer, bisexual, disabled, cisgender woman, born on Muskogee land, and currently residing in California’s bay area on Coast Miwok land. You can find more of Rachel’s work, writing, and workshops at www.racheleconomy.com.
Sliding Scale & Solidarity Pricing
Base Price: $225
Pay-it-forward rate: $338
Solidarity Rate: $112 (No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds)