Herbalism & Medicine-Making: Session Three
Santa Cruz Permaculture
by Leah Stern
6M ago
"we commenced measuring, dividing, pouring, boiling, simmering, blending, dividing into jars, and then moisturizing ourselves with the leftovers. And then moisturizing again. And again. As I ran out of surface area onto which I could apply the concoctions, I swear my skin had never been softer. " The post Herbalism & Medicine-Making: Session Three appeared first on Santa Cruz Permaculture ..read more
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Herbalism & Medicine-Making: Session Two
Santa Cruz Permaculture
by Leah Stern
7M ago
Tinctures extract and amplify herbal constituents and their actions, so even a single drop was enough to set off cascades of sensory experience from the moment the tincture touched the skin. This was a solid reminder of how much respect, consideration, practice, and specificity is called upon in working with herbal medicine. The post Herbalism & Medicine-Making: Session Two appeared first on Santa Cruz Permaculture ..read more
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Herbalism & Medicine-Making: Weekend One
Santa Cruz Permaculture
by Leah Stern
1y ago
by Marina Verovsky Herbalism and Medicine Making, a six-weekend course offered by Santa Cruz Permaculture, brought together a group of eclectic individuals to set the tone for a new year, exploring plants from multitudinous perspectives including medicine-making, botany, horticulture, and general exploration of naturally occurring ecological relationships.  Individuals – some who had come from all over […] The post Herbalism & Medicine-Making: Weekend One appeared first on Santa Cruz Permaculture ..read more
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Take Permaculture to an Advanced Level
Santa Cruz Permaculture
by Leah Stern
1y ago
What do you do after the permaculture course? How do you dig deeper and take your designs to a professional and ultra-practical level? How can become more skillful in design implementation? Permaculture Design Courses are popular worldwide for the transformative experiences they provide and the introduction to a whole way of viewing landscapes and communities […] The post Take Permaculture to an Advanced Level appeared first on Santa Cruz Permaculture ..read more
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More thoughts as we work to ‘reconnect’, build ‘imagination infrastructure’, and celebrate the possible…
Santa Cruz Permaculture
by Leah Stern
1y ago
A reflection on weekend two of the Permaculture Design Course by Gail McNulty The post More thoughts as we work to ‘reconnect’, build ‘imagination infrastructure’, and celebrate the possible… appeared first on Santa Cruz Permaculture ..read more
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Our Permaculture Community Comes Together 
Santa Cruz Permaculture
by Leah Stern
1y ago
Our 6-month Permaculture Design Courses run twice a year. This spring/summer, we are joined by Gail McNulty, a student in one of our courses. Gail is new to permaculture and after each of the 6 course weekends, she’ll be sharing a blog post about the weekend – what she learned, what inspired her, what connections […] The post Our Permaculture Community Comes Together  appeared first on Santa Cruz Permaculture ..read more
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Woodland Fire Risk Mitigation & Ecosystem Restoration
Santa Cruz Permaculture
by Leah Stern
1y ago
The content in this post was written by PINA & Siskiyou Permaculture on the PINA website . We found it so interesting, we wanted to share! It is reprinted with their permission. Fire Ecology Restoration Project PINA has received a $75,000 grant to research improved methods of wildfire risk mitigation in relation to forest health. […] The post Woodland Fire Risk Mitigation & Ecosystem Restoration appeared first on Santa Cruz Permaculture ..read more
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Dirt Time
Santa Cruz Permaculture
by Leah Stern
1y ago
After six months of creating bonds with new people, transforming the way they think about ecosystems, communities, gardens, and relationships, and gathering hands-on experiences that broaden their skills and deepen their knowledge, our permaculture design students are eager to evaluate their new strengths and chart their next course. During our last weekend together we have […] The post Dirt Time appeared first on Santa Cruz Permaculture ..read more
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Decolonizing Permaculture
Santa Cruz Permaculture
by Melissa Ott Fant
1y ago
Thank you so much to the contributors of the Liberation Permaculture post "Decolonizing Permaculture" for creating and sharing such vital critiques, resources, and perspectives. We are listening, learning, and committed to decolonizing permaculture even more deeply in our programs. The post Decolonizing Permaculture appeared first on Santa Cruz Permaculture ..read more
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Zone and Sector Analysis
Santa Cruz Permaculture
by Melissa Ott Fant
1y ago
One of the design methods used in permaculture that takes place early on in a site design is Zone and Sector Analysis. Through observation and gathering information about the site, its nearby surroundings, and the people who utilize or will utilize the site, we identify zones of use and sectors of energy that influence or affect the site. In this article we explore these two analyses. The post Zone and Sector Analysis appeared first on Santa Cruz Permaculture ..read more
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