Sacred Flow: A Water Workshop
Water is Sacred, Water is life
May 31st to June 2nd
Join Starhawk and Steave Breedlove for a long weekend intensive on stream restoration and erosion control.
ABOUT THIS COURSE
Going beyond theory!
This hands-on course teaches practical
restoration tools and techniques
Join Starhawk for a long weekend intensive on water. We’ll learn hands-on practices for stream restoration and erosion control, held in a framework that honors water as the sacred, life-giving force it is. Together we’ll learn to read the rhythm and pulse of flowing water, acquire a palette of tools for healing disturbed and incised streambeds and hillside erosion, and build small rock dams, brush dams, and beaver-dam analogs while doing fuel reduction and fire mitigation in the woods. You’ll get a tour of the water systems, storage, ponds, roof catchment and drip irrigation on our host site. We’ll start each day with ritual, work and play together throughout the day with time for just being in a beautiful natural setting, and share stories, songs and water ceremonies in the evenings.
Who is this for?
This course could be for you if:
- You live on land and want to better manage your waterways and soil.
- You want tools that can be adapted to an urban setting to conserve land and water.
- You want to develop the knowledge and skills of land and water management.
- You care about the earth and want hands-on experience of active caregiving.
- You are concerned about climate change and want to directly contribute to mitigation.
- You want to deepen your spiritual connection to water and nature.
- You want a fun break in a beautiful part of the country with great people, while learning useful skills.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
COURSE INFORMATION
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- Location: Golden Rabbit Ranch, Cazadero, California
- Dates: May 31st to June 2nd
- Lodging: Camping on site
- Meals: 3 meals a day. Meats will be ethically sourced & we will provide for vegan, vegetarian, & gluten-free diets. We will do our best to accommodate other dietary needs
- Location: Golden Rabbit Ranch, Cazadero, California
COURSE SIZE
Due to the hands on nature of this course and the personalized focus of this course space is limited. Only 15 spaces available for this course. Once the course is filled additional students will be put on a wait list.
Typical Daily Schedule
7:30-9:00 am Breakfast
9-9:30—Morning circle and ritual
9:30-12:30—Morning session
12:30-1:30—lunch
2:00-4:30—Afternoon session:
4:30-6:00—Break
6:00-7:00—Dinner
7:30—9 pm Evening session
FAQ
Check out our
Frequently asked Questions
page for more information about our Policies
WE ARE ALWAYS HERE TO HELP
Please reach out to our Student Support Team at: support@earthactivisttraining.org.
Meet your Teacher
Starhawk (she/her) is the co-founder and executive director of Earth Activist Training. One of the foremost voices in Earth-based spirituality, Starhawk is an author, activist, and permaculture teacher and designer. Her 12 books include such beloved reads as The Spiral Dance, The Earth Path, and The Fifth Sacred Thing. Starhawk drew from 30 years of living collectively to write The Empowerment Manual, which is the basis for her social permaculture course, Empowering Collaborative Groups.
Starhawk has been recognized by the Permaculture Institute of North America (PINA) as a leading figure in permaculture and has been awarded dual diplomas for excellence in education and permaculture site design.
Best known as an articulate voice in the revival of Earth-based spirituality and Goddess religion, Starhawk is the co-founder of the Reclaiming movement, an activist branch of the modern Pagan religion. In partnership with Donna Read, Starhawk is the co-founder of Belili Productions film company, whose most well-known project was a trio of popular films on the Goddess religion.
Starhawk’s work in progressive activism has spanned generations and geographies. As a global justice and peace activist, Starhawk co-founded RANT: Root Activists’ Network of Trainers, and has taught non-violent direct action across North and South America, Europe, and the Middle East. She has been on the front lines of anti-nuclear actions at Diablo Canyon, Livermore Weapons Lab, Vandenberg Air Force Base, and the Nevada Test Site. She has been a witness for peace in conflict zones across the world, including Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Palestine and Israel.
As a teacher of magical activism and permaculture education, Starhawk’s life work takes her across the globe. She currently lives part-time in San Francisco in a collective house with her partner and friends, and part-time in a little hut in the woods in Cazadero, California, where she practices permaculture in her extensive gardens and writes. Her website is http://starhawk.org.
FUNDING YOUR EDUCATION
WORK TRADE
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- Work trade positions play a crucial role in keeping the cost of our classes down, we are grateful for those who are willing to dedicate their time in support of our course for a reduction in tuition.
- A partial work-trade option is available for $275 plus 7 hours of work trade.
- Work trade can be a lot of work and may require work at times other students are taking a break.
PAYMENT
- We offer sliding scale tuition and payment plans to make our courses as accessible as possible
- Abundant Tuition: $400
- Standard Tuition: $350
- Resilient Tuition: $325
- Work Trade Tuition $275 (very limited spaces)
- Discount for Cazadero Locals
- All amounts are in US dollars
Every Abundant Tuition helps support a Diversity Scholarship.
PAYMENT PLANS
- Our goal is to increase accessibility for our trainings
- We offer a 3-part payment plan
- Initial deposit of $100 and
- Three monthly installments of $100 ($400 total).
- Our Student Support Team will assist you in setting up this process
LOCAL TO CAZADERO HILLS?
- We offer a 20% discount for locals who will be providing their own lodging
- Locals Tuition $280
- Check out option is located in the registration form below
- Additional discounts are available if you wish to provide some or all of your meals. Please register below using the promo code option and the code: CAZ LOCAL to reserve your spot (you won’t be charged to reserve a spot), then contact Starhawk or Delyla for additional discounts options.
DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS
Supported by your donations, a select number of pay-what-you-can Diversity Scholarships are available for Indigenous Peoples and Peoples of Color working in environmental and food justice.
- 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.
- These scholarships are pay-what-you-can with the recommended value of 50% of standard tuition (or $200), but any amount will be accepted and appreciated.
We are always here to help: support@earthactivisttraining.org
REGISTER
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Bundle & Save
Homestead Experience
At Starhawk’s Golden Rabbit Ranch
Register for these three great permaculture classes as a bundle and save 10%
Classes individually valued at $1150, Bundled for a reduced price of $1005
Homestead Medicine: $350 $315 – May 17th-19th
Mud Magic: $450 $405 – May 24th-27th
Sacred Flow: $350 $315 – May 31st-June 2nd
Between classes camp out and relax at Golden Rabbit Ranch. Enjoy your freetime exploring the rolling hills and redwood valleys or take part in daily projects around the homestead. Camping is free between courses and participants will be responsible for their own food. Group shopping and cooking options for those who are staing for all three courses.
Register now for all 3 in-person clases!
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