Presentations

NEW for 2018: Presentation and workshop series for RADICAL LEARNING: The MUD Room @ Eco-Sense. We will teach some of these and partner with other teachers/facilitators. See Eventbrite page for current listings and registration.

FREE Food Forestry presentation on Sunday Oct 14th at the Highlands Community Hall. Here’s the details:

Topics Include:

WATER:
- Responsible Water Alternatives: Rain water, grey water, living roofs, compost toilets
- Essential Composting Toilets – From WasteStream to MainStream
  - For policy makers and regulators
  - For home owners
  - Based on our new book “Essential Composting Toilets” Published by New Society in Oct 2018
- Rain Water Harvesting for potable and non-potable system

Future Ideas for workshops (or past workshops held in the MUDRoom @ Eco-Sense)

LIFESTYLE:
- 3-Thirds Lifestyle: What is it and how do you get there
- Non-Toxic Living: Food, home, products, health, biome
- Re-Wilding your body: Your biome inside and outside
PSYCOLOGY:
- Non-violent communication (NVC)
  - Intro course
  - course series for diving deep
  - Couples
- Grief: How to face our human predicament with tears, power, and grace
FOOD:
- Soil Building
- Eco-Sense top perennial food plants for radical resilience
- Building raised garden beds: explore types, how-to, materials, and benefits.
- Resource Recovery garden wash stand for worm poop compost tea: 2 hour class to learn about this essential garden system, materials list, and where to source. Together, the class will build one wash stand.
- Food Preservation
  - Cheese
  - Fermentation
  - Drying
EMERGENCY PREPARATION: Preparing for short and long term disruption
- Risk assessment and planning: Emergency kit, food. water, waste, family, Community
ENERGY – How, what, where, who, and why: Learn the basics about off-grid, on-grid, net metering, energy budgets, lifestyles, batteries, panels, inverters, micro inverters, do-it-yourself, hiring professionals.
ECONOMICS
- Starting a co-op or social enterprise
- Thinking in 5 capitals: Natural, Human, Social, Financial, Manufactured