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Nomads & Renters

A colloquium on
living sustainably without owning land

How do we live sustainably in an era where land ownership is out of reach? This is not a rhetorical question or one for intellectual contemplation. This is a very real question and has many equally real answers. This monthly conversation will bring together folks who have struggled with and found practical solutions to living sustainably as nomads and renters.

When and how to attend

  • Attend a live Zoom session the 2nd Monday of each month.
  • Watch the recorded event in our virtual community space
  • Listen to the conversation as a podcast

“If permaculture isn’t a solution for the poor and urban areas then it is not a solution for the future.”      -Delyla Wilson

About The Course

Living on a small permaculture homestead is a beautiful dream, but not one that fits everyone.  Not everyone is capable of owning land (or even wants to). Some people lack personal or generational wealth to afford land, others don’t believe in land ownership, or come from a culture where there is no “ownership.”

This is a community conversation exploring various issues around living landless. Each week, we will have a different guest join us and share their wisdom, followed by time for community conversation.  This colloquium is solution-focused with a goal of sharing the practical skills needed to make land-centric living without ownership possible.

Together We Thrive

Community connection and conversation

Subscription includes:

  • Monthly live guest speaker
  • Access to virtual community spaces
  • Library of  past recorded speakers
  • Invitation to Nomads & Renters WhatsApp group

Who is this is for?

  • Nomads
  • Apartment dwellers
  • Travelers
  • Young folks just starting out
  • Elders looking for a new way
  • Tiny home livers
  • Squatters
  • Intentional Community members
  • Landed folks looking to support the landless

Topics

Nomadic Life

    • Living on the move and seasonal migration
    • Finding community
    • Foraging and finding what you need
    • Living in small spaces
    • How to show up in a community
    • How to fund your nomad life
    • Squatting
    • Staying safe

Regenerative Renting

    • Apartment permaculture
    • Living in cities
    • Community gardens
    • Social skills for “borrowing land”
    • Working with landlords and city officials
    • Finding land in cities
    • Urban harvest
    • Community connection

Related Topics

    • Being young and landless
    • Having animals with out land
    • Living with housemates
    • Permaculture as land tending- beyond the garden (and within).
    • Citizen science
    • Social  permaculture
    • Zone 00

Questions?

We are here for you. Please reach out at: support@earthactivisttraining.org

Meet Your Teachers

Charles Williams, Lead Instructor

As Earth Activist Training’s program director and senior instructor, Charles has spent the past twenty five years teaching and implementing permaculture. Charles comes to Earth Activist Training through a love of the wild, faith that healthy communities can solve complex problems, and a belief that working with one’s hands is sacred work.

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 Starhawk’s Golden Rabbit Ranch in California. His approach simultaneously promotes the preservation of wild spaces and conservation of the domestic.

His deep respect for and relationship with the divine in nature informs all he does, integrating spiritual practices with land management. Charles also understands the need for healthy community, and knows that skilled human implementation is an essential part of any design. In these challenging times, he finds hope for the future through the interlocking, symbiotic relationship of spirit, community, and action.

Guest Presenters

  • March 9th – Mandalin Sattler – A Earth nomad land tender, artist and herbalist living in an off-grid, upcycled school bus
  • April 13th – Scott Kellogg – Educational Director, Radix Ecological Sustainability Center, activist and visionary thinker
  • May 11th – Bear – Permaculture engineer, shepherd and co-founder  Earthbenders 
  • June 8th –Delyla Wilson – Resilience visionary, activist, homesteader founder of  the Skills for a New Millennium Tour
  • July 13th –Patty Love 
  • – and more…

Guest Presenter Bios

Mandalin Sattler is a permaculture designer, activist and herbalist focused on socio-ecological justice, localizing food systems & waste management redirection.
For the past 12 years Mandaline has been working on permaculture systems around the world. She is a co-instructor with Oregon State University and have taught with Earth Activist Training in their PDC programs. Teaching online has allowed her to work with hundreds of students around the world to fulfill their PDC certification & site designs. Mandalin enjoys supporting ethical permaculture system designs that intersect regenerative land management techniques and social permaculture practices.
She currently live in Central Texas in an off-grid, upcycled school bus that she made with sustainable materials. Surronding her bus is a micro permaculture garden that focuses on myco-remediation, soil building & herbal medicine.

Scott Kellog is the Educational Director at the Radix Center, an urban ecological literacy and just sustainabilities advocacy non-profit in Albany, New York (www.radixcenter.org).  Radix runs a one-acre farm in the middle of the city that teaches local youth about gardening, composting, tree planting, and river activism.  From 2000-2009 he was a member of the Rhizome Collective, an urban sustainability and community organizing org in Austin, Texas.  Over the years, Scott‘s work has intersected with activist movements and has involved strategies for nomadic, temporary and semi-permanent permaculture-inspired engagements.  He currently also teaches at Bard College’s Center for Environment and Policy and is Chair of Urban Agriculture for the Albany Sustainability Commission.

Bear (they/them), is an earth activist born from the salt lake valley, is a shepherd who loves spending time in the pasture singing to their sheep. They have received their permaculture design certificate through OSU and is finishing their education through a PINA program called Earth Activist Training for Advanced PDC & Regenerative Land Management Diploma. Weaving community into ecosystems with permaculture, and art is their passion.

Delyla Wilson, engaged Grr-Parent and resilience visionary, began her journey into resilient living as an environmental, social justice, and animal rights activist. Her path includes farmstead learning and living, community street medicine, disaster preparedness, permaculture, and decades of animal management experience with a special focus on all things dogs. Delyla acquired an Earth Activism Training Permaculture Design Certificate; developed and directed the Skills for a New Millennium Tour (a three-year traveling resilience education tour

If you have any questions, we are always here to help: support@earthactivisttraining.org

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

COURSE INFORMATION

  • Location: Virtual
  • Live Class: 2nd Monday of the month
  • Timing: 9am Pacific/12pm Easter time
  • Subscription: $10 – $15/month (sliding scale)
  • Taught by: Charles Williams & Guest Presenters
  • Recording: All live sessions are recorded and closed-captioned
  • Helpful Tool: Time Zone Converter

 QUESTIONS? 

We are here for you. Reach us at: support@earthactivisttraining.org

 

FUNDING YOUR EDUCATION

Diversity Scholarships

DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Earth Activist Training is committed to increasing the diversity of global permaculture and regenerative land movements.
  • We recognize the history of this land called the United States and Canada, and seek to do what we can to rectify the deep injustices and systems of inequity that formed and continue to shape society today.
  • Diversity Scholarships are available for Indigenous Peoples and People of Color working in or wanting to work in environmental or social justice.
  • These scholarships are pay-what-you-can with the recommended value of 50% of standard tuition, but any amount will be accepted and appreciated.
  • To apply, select “Diversity Scholarship” in the payment section on the registration form below.
  • Earth Activist Training’s Diversity Scholarship fund is supported by donations. Visit our Diversity Fund page if you wish to support our Scholarship program.
  • Learn more about Earth Activist Training’s dedication to social justice  on our Solidarity page.

If you have any questions, we are always here to help: support@earthactivisttraining.org

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What Comes Next?

Are you ready for the next step of your learning journey?

Regenerative Land Management (RLM) is a multi-year, advanced permaculture diploma program designed to further your permaculture practice and provide a deep comprehensive training needed to apply regenerative skills in your life!

Go beyond a basic PDC with our Advanced Permaculture course. This year-long course, taught in four modules, covers key design topics:

Other classes with Charles Williams

OUR NETWORK

A core component of this course – and every Earth Activist Training course – is our private forum: Earth Activist Training Online network. This platform is where you will find course resources, your homework, and a network to connect with classmates and other Earth Activist students.

Recordings of each class will be available to you as a resource. You will have access to the course for a year after the course ends should you want to deepen your understanding of the material.

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