Regenerative Farms & Ranches: Permaculture Food Forests, Weekend Two
The Permaculture Food Forests course visits regenerative ranches, a 50-year-old food forest, and the bountiful Harvest Festival at the UCSC CASFS Farm.
October 16, 2019
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Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness PDC Homefun
Homefun resources related to Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness from our Permaculture Design Certificate course.
October 5, 2019
Key Learnings from Permaculture Food Forests, Weekend One
During Santa Cruz Permaculture’s first Permaculture Food Forests class the weekend of August 10-11, twenty eager students had the opportunity to visit three different sites that share the same goal: growing food and medicine.
August 27, 2019
Alumni Spotlight: Julia Herring
In our alumni spotlight for this month, we interviewed Julia Herring, who received her Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) in 2018 through our course.
July 31, 2019
Erin Axelrod & Kevin Bayuk on Designing the Regenerative Economy [Systems Change]
Erin Axelrod & Kevin Bayuk discuss Next Economy design principles & strategies for vocation & regenerative enterprise design.
February 1, 2019
Interview with Nwamaka Agbo on Restorative Economics [Systems Change]
By Melissa Ott Fant As part of our interview series with instructors for our Systems Change & the Next Economy course, we spoke with Nwamaka Agbo, who will be leading a workshop on “Restorative Economics: Strategies for Just Transition to a more Sustainable, Equitable and Just Economy.” Her workshop will take place March 16-17 in Santa Cruz County. Nwamaka Agbo
January 31, 2019
Marco Vangelisti: Transforming economy, money & investing for a regenerative world (Video)
“I spent a number of years in finance, left in 2009, and since then I started an effort to really share my understanding of the large systems–money, banking, economics, and finance–with the general public with the goal of empowering the people that want to change the society with the understanding to transform it.” – Marco Vangelisti
January 31, 2019
Interview with Marco Vangelisti on understanding the economy, Slow Money, and impact investing [Systems Change]
Recently we interviewed Marco Vangelisti, who has a background in finance and investment management and was a founding member of Slow Money. He is a 100% impact investor and helps communities increase their capacity for local investing. Marco’s workshop is titled “Essential Knowledge for Transition: Understanding the economy, money and investing and how to transform them for a regenerative world” and will take place February 23-24.
January 22, 2019
Della Duncan on Right Livelihood (Video)
“Your Right Livelihood is the place where your deepest gladness meets the world’s deepest hunger at your highest place of potential.” – Della Duncan, host of the Upstream Podcast & lecturer at Schumacher College
January 18, 2019
Interview with Della Duncan on cultivating Right Livelihood [Systems Change]
In anticipation of the upcoming Systems Change and the Next Economy course, we interviewed Della Duncan, alternative economist, teacher, and broadcast journalist, who will be facilitating the first weekend workshop. We wanted to learn more about her passions, perspectives, and experiences in order to give prospective students a glimpse into what they will learn later this month.
January 12, 2019