Earth Activist Training - PDC with Starhawk
Earth Activist Training (EAT) teaches permaculture design with a grounding in spirit and a focus on organizing and activism, linking those who are creating positive alternatives for the future with those who are actively working for political change. Learn how to heal soil and cleanse water, how to design human systems that mimic natural systems using a minimum of energy and resources, and how to create real abundance and social justice. Permaculture has many tools to address the problems of climate change and environmental degradation, and this course focuses on solutions and positive approaches to the grave problems which confront us today.
This two-week intensive is a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course, offering the basic, internationally-recognized 72-hour permaculture curriculum with an additional focus on social permaculture, organizing tools, and spirit.
We believe learning should be interactive, participatory and experiential, so this course includes many hands-on projects, games, songs, exercises, discussions, and rituals as well as classroom time.
EAT teachers are deeply involved in organizing around climate change, anti-racism, and social justice as well as environmental issues.
$1,995 Camping
$2,195 Camping
Deadlines for bursary applications: June 1
Leadership
Starhawk -
Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer, and one of the foremost voices in Earth-based, feminist spirituality. Her 12 books include The Spiral Dance, The Fifth Sacred Thing, and The Earth Path, and her first picture book for children: The Last Wild Witch. She has lived and worked collectively for 30 years, and her book on group dynamics, The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, is now out from New Society. She directs and teaches Earth Activist Training, which combines permaculture design with a grounding in spirit and a focus on organizing skills.
Starhawk writes a blog on permaculture, Paganism, and politics: "Dirt Worship" at www.starhawksblog.org. Visit her website: www.starhawk.org
Charles Williams
Charles Williams is a certified permaculture designer who integrates spiritual practices with land management and building healthy communities. Over the past two decades, he has stewarded many pieces of land throughout the United States–including Diana’s Grove in Missouri, Farm & Wilderness Summer Camp in Vermont, and Golden Rabbit Ranch in California. He has worked with many groups, from mass mobilization meetings with over 100 people to a handful of people working for progressive organizations.
