Category Archives: Blog
Hall School Food Forest – Phase 2
Hall School in Larkspur is about to embark on the next phase of their food forest. They are fortunate to have a crew of students from the Marin Academy along with two amazing permaculturalists, Lindsay Dailey and Massey Burke, to … Continue reading
Seed School Comes To Marin County
Bill McDorman, interim Executive Director of Native Seeds/S.E.A.R.C.H., shares his decades of seed business expertise in Seed School, a 5-day workshop held at Solstice Grove Institute, in Nicasio, California from May 1st through the 6th. Seed School offers practical, hands-on … Continue reading
The Economics of Happiness — screenings March 6, 14 & 29
The Economics of Happiness is a new documentary film by the International Society for Ecology & Culture (ISEC) about the worldwide movement for economic localization. The film is “a persuasive explanation of our ailing world,” according to Bay Area author … Continue reading
Tracking and Nature Connection Series
This post was submitted by Permaculture Marin member Scott Davidson, who is co-teaching a series of classes on tracking with John Brossard. In the wild edges of Marin County, California Tracking is a cultural art form, experienced alone and in … Continue reading
Red Tent Retreat March 26-27
This post has been submitted by permaculture student Rebecca Speert, who is organizing a powerful weekend workshop for women. Please contact her at rspeert@comcast.net if you are interested in attending. The Red Tent Retreat is a weekend of renewal, inspiration, … Continue reading
West Coast Women’s Permaculture Gathering in Cazadero, CA May 20-22
This was written by the organizers of the event: Greetings Powerful Permie Women- Registration is open for the next West Coast Women’s Permaculture Gathering: Sowing the Seeds of Women’s Leadership and Growing a revolutionary paradigm. The themes include Women’s leadership, … Continue reading
Coyote’s PATH homeschool visit to Lynn Tompkins’ Permaculture Garden
Thanks to Kiea Spake-Wright and Lynn Tompkins for this post. On Friday, October 8th, we traveled north with our Coyote’s PATH nature studies homeschooling program to Lynn Tompkins’ property in Lucas Valley. Lynn started the adventure by introducing them to … Continue reading
Greening the Schools of Marin: Getting the Marin Green Business Certification
This post was provided by Andrea Taylor. Please join me and my teammates in getting the parents and administrators in the San Rafael Schools involved in becoming more GREEN! The Marin Green Business Certification is a standard that the schools … Continue reading
Desalination and Pesticides in the Mt. Tam Watershed = Disregard of the Precautionary Principle
Thanks to Katherine Da Silva Jain for writing this post: Marin has been and must be an example of a community with concern for the environment and the Precautionary Principle – i.e. reject that which risks harm. Desalination has already … Continue reading
New blog to feature the greater permaculture community
Starting this fall, our new blog page will feature posts about the many individuals and organizations in Marin (and beyond) who are working towards furthering the development of regenerative ecologies, economies and communities. If you or your organization would like … Continue reading
