I am a student of architecture at Cal Poly, currently in my fifth year of study. Last year I left California behind for a year in pursuit of a broader world view: first in the mountainous land called Switzerland to chase sheep, then in Rome to perfect hand gestures, next down-under to learn about how I know nothing, and finally to the city on the bay, San Fransisco. Now back in San Luis Obispo, I'm working towards defining Permaculture in Academia as a tool for cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration.
Aside from learning how to question the world around me, I spend my time in the kitchen, trying to speak to veggies and dreaming of the garden that will soon grow veggies that talk back. One day I hopes to herd sheep and harvest zucchini in Vals, CH.
Other life goals include: write a large collection on the many improbable ideals of a modern ecological humanism while bartering my way around the world on a sail boat; spend time on Cyprus learning to cook from a mother, fish from a father, harvest from a brother, and speak from a sister; go back to school twice: once to learn from those who’s knowledge comes from age and another time to learn from those who’s knowledge comes from youth; raise a self-sustaining family that runs a small bed-and-breakfast on the weekends; and find a place where I can settle into my grave gracefully between a row of herbs and a field of many-colored vegetables.
My thesis work soon to be complete on how permaculture can create institutional change
Check out these mind-stimulating links...
PDC course |
Type: Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course |
Teacher: Warren Brush |
Location: Quail Springs Permaculture Oasis |
Date: Jul 2009 |
PRI Earthworks Course |
Type: Earthworks |
Teacher: Geoff Lawton |
Location: PRI Australia |
Date: Jan 2011 |
Soil Biology and Compost Course |
Type: Soil Biology/Compost |
Teacher: Paul Taylor |
Location: PRI Australia |
Date: Mar 2011 |
PDC Teacher's Training Course |
Type: Teacher Training |
Teacher: Rowe Morrow |
Location: PRI Australia |
Date: Feb 2011 |
International Aid Worker Course |
Type: Aid Worker |
Teacher: Geoff Lawton |
Location: PRI Australia |
Date: Mar 2011 |
10-Week Internship |
Type: Internship |
Teacher: Geoff Lawton |
Location: PRI Australia |
Date: Jan 2011 |