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ENLIGHTENED SELF-INTEREST by Lucian Toma Would you rather forecast or create the future? ~ Author Unknown THE AWAKENING 10 years ago, while I was studying Sustainable Development in a masters Program in Hawaii, I woke up to a persistent and deepening pain for our world. A lot of things that I was studying and most of the news I was turning to were pointing out to a continuously growing ecological and social degradation around the world. I was living a very comfortable and abundant lifestyle at that point, it seemed like these things I was learning about were not effecting me. Yet as I started to pay more attention, I realized that the effects of that ecological and social degradation were around me too. It became clear that the beautiful island of Hawaii was experiencing this also. It occurred to me that poverty, hunger, despair, pollution, deforestation and the likes were not facts just for places like my own ex communist home country or somewhere in the third world. It was happening everywhere around the world. Yes good things were happening too, however at a very close look, the main story of our world was one of continuous degradation, some part of it very obvious to most, but the biggest part of it unseen in the main stream cultural conversations (especially in the developed world).
In my studies I learned that there were people and organizations out there that were talking about and taking action to regenerate what was degraded and through education and training helping people put systems in place conducive to a regenerative and sustainability based future. Education, training and community learning that provided knowledge, skills, values, attitudes, courage, confidence and hope to create health, abundance, peace, to meet human needs while also healing, enhancing and sustaining ecosystems health. I knew immediately that through this type of approach, engaging in conscious, intentional and continuous learning and doing in community, a more beautiful world was possible.
PERMACULTURE GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: MACKENZIE by Lucian Toma "Opportunities matter, commitment is key." ~ Author Unknown
THE NEW FARM, A FEW PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES AND A SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED by Lucian Toma "All for one and one for all." ~ Alexandre Dumas A NEW SPACE TO EXPERIENCE REGENERATION OF NATURE AND PEOPLE IN ACTION At the beginning of 2019, after a good while of searching, we found a new and bigger space to expand and improve our work with permaculture, regenerative farming and sustainability education and practice. Together, Anna Maria and I, have been envisioning this space as a “Permaculture and Regenerative Research and Education Farm” since the beginning of 2018. We actually discovered, since being together, that individually we have been dreaming and calling this space and situation into existence for a decade, possibly even more. Once we visited the new space, a 40 acres old ranch in Anza California, we loved it.
What Permaculture is, Who is it for, and What one learns in a design certification course.1/28/2019 WHAT PERMACULTURE IS, WHO IS IT FOR, AND WHAT ONE LEARNS IN A DESIGN CERTIFICATION COURSE.An Intro by Lucian Toma - founder of About And For Sustainability & Main Permaculture Course Instructor In our work, with About And For Sustainability, reEarth Consulting, The Honey Bee Hub, Terra Livre, Cultivate Together, Sustridge Sustainability Consulting, at The Ecology Center, and with many other businesses and organizations we are involved with, we design, develop and implement regenerative solutions for complex problems in our shared environments and communities.
OUR 2018 IMPACT REPORT WITH A VISION TO REGENERATE AND BUILD SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR SHARED ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY |
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