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ERay Gard
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Joined:
18/12/2012
Location:
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States
Climate Zone:
Arid
Gender:
Male
Web site:
thefuturewegrowtoday.wordpress.com/





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Projects

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Ecuador Reforestation Community Cultivators Zaytuna Farm, The home of the permaculture Research Institute   Permaculture Egypt Jawaseri School Garden Project
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Daniel Carpenter Jana  Hammonds-Jennings Monica Rivadeneira Shariyf Abdul Qabid Theron Beaudreau
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Amber Shannon Amy Edgington Bill Mollison Bronwyn White Danial Lawton Dick Pierce Geoff Lawton Jody Karr-Silaski Karine MERY Monica Rivadeneira Nadia  Lawton Rachael  Neally Robert  Leal Rose Burke Samantha Belyeu Shariyf Abdul Qabid Theron Beaudreau
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About ERay Gard

After I finished undergrad with a degree in Agriculture Development at Texas A&M University, I worked in agricultural technical extension and Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) development in Ecuador as a Peace Corps Volunteer. During my time there I focused primarily on the post-harvest processing and other value-adding and distribution strategies in the coffee sector. Later in my service, I focused more on training community members and new volunteers on the set up and management of school gardens in addition to planning and facilitating team-building workshops with several budding SMEs.

Since the Peace Corps, I taught at a charter school in Austin, TX and stayed involved in community agriculture as a volunteer with the Sustainable Food Center in addition to doing some political organizing and campaign work.

Finally, in 2009, I went back to school for an MA in Sustainable International Development at The Heller School: Brandeis University in Boston. In 2010, in fulfilling some of my MA requirements, I traveled to Damascus, Syria, where I worked with Bidna Capoeira as their Social Marketing and Development Coordinator and as an Asst. Capoeira Instructor in the evenings. In the spring of 2011, while still associated with Brandeis, I arrived in Copan Ruinas, Honduras to begin work with UrbanPromise: Honduras as their Youth and Organizational Development Assistant.

My hope is to continue doing development work with a stronger focus on policy and the bigger picture of international agricultural development.

I’m aiming to get involved with the larger private and public sector actors in agriculture and policy that affect the allocation and strategy for developing global food resources. Although my experiences still point to the truth of global problems yielding to local solutions, I feel that the global community needs to learn to listen in a right way.

In my spare time, I am getting back to the books and videos and trying to internalize as many strategies of the growing Permaculture movement as I can. Thinking about answers is wonderful, but until I have done the work with my own hands, nothing will grow and nothing will change for the better.

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Consultant Aid worker I'm male, single, and looking for a permaculture partner
My Permaculture Qualifications
Verified
Permaculture Design Certificate Course
Type: Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course
Verifying teacher: Kirby Fry
Other Teachers: Theron Beaudreau
Location: Central Texas
Date: May 2013

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