This course is designed to give you hope, resources, and direction to support and deepen your work.

Climate change is upon us—and we can easily feel overwhelmed and hopeless when we consider the changes we need to make in response. But when we confront enormous challenges, we are most effective when we know what we are working for—not just what we are against. If we see climate change as massive ecosystem degradation on a global scale, then the response we need is massive ecosystem regeneration with justice and equity to heal our human ecosystems.

The good news is that we know how to do it! 

Permaculture is a global movement of regenerative design that offers many approaches to healing our environment. In this course for climate activists we provide an overview of positive approaches to mitigation and adaptation. What is the most effective way to think about the problem?

What policies should we advocate for, and which should we be wary of? How do we determine where best to put our energy?

If you feel a responsibility to do more than complain about our problems, if you are committed to doing something, you are an activist. Whether you are on the front lines of a pipeline blockade, or wondering where best to donate an extra ten dollars, whether you are a policy maker or a teacher, a parent struggling to raise conscious kids or a volunteer at an urban garden, you are an activist, and this course is for you!

Registration is offered on a pay what you can donation scale.

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This Course is taught in three, two-hour sessions on Sundays (11am-1pm Pacific Time)

• February 20th – Session One: The framework: ecosystem regeneration and carbon draw-down using plants and soil. Rewilding, reforestation, grassland regeneration, soil building, urban food systems, coastal and ocean systems. The human ecosystem: justice and equity.

• February 27th – Session Two: Mitigation—dealing with fire, flood and drought. Forest management, mechanical thinning, grazing and prescribed burns. Water harvesting, erosion control, wetland restoration, and beavers! Community action.
• March 6th – Session Three: Navigating controversy, despair into hope. Going deep into some of the issues: Meat or no meat? Greenwashing? Nuclear power—or not? Electric cars or alternatives? Transforming despair into hope and action.