She is offering 3 online courses via our permaculture farmstead entity, Sun And Bloom Farms, all starting this winter. There is an Intro to Honey Bees, 2 session mini-course in January, exploring who the honey bee is for us humans in depths that should be part of every single human's education for living on planet Earth. There is also an Intro to Natural Beekeeping, also a 2 sessions mini-course in February, that provides the background of what natural beekeeping is, the methods it promotes, how to find bees and set up your first hive, what kind of materials and equipment you will need and some notes on what maintenance looks like in your first year - the value is way beyond the $100 it costs. And then there is her signature deep dive 9 months course, that transforms one into a holistic regenerative natural beekeeper and life sustaining guardian, the Bee Guardian Apprenticeship - this wisdom just does not exist out there in this format, it is powerful and transformative and it starts in February 2023! I hope you or someone you know and will tell about this course will join - I know I will! Here is a picture of Anna Maria in her zone with the bees to get an idea of the magic!     ​

Dear Friend, 
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First thing is first: we, the family behind About And For Sustainability, wish you good health, joy and wisdom during the 2022 holiday season and beyond in 2023! May you be happy, healthy and wise in the upcoming year. 

Secondly, we’d love to share with you about 3 major things we will be engaging with in 2023 in hopes that you may be getting some insights into the sustainability trends we have been observing to date and anticipate to unveil next year and beyond. See below the holiday picture :)

If you have experienced the profound joy, hope and power of collaborative action and shared impact, you know that it is addictive! It is addictive because that is what we are wired for, especially for creating positive and long lasting healing transformations in our life-sustaining ecosystems and communities. Once you experience it, you get to yearn for it as an ultimate and continuous life purpose and drive. The beauty of collaborative action for the benefit of all life is that it is effortless action. Taoist philosophy calls that Wu Wei, a creative participation in the cosmos in a manner that coheres with the flow of nature. My students and I have explored this concept deeply in the Sustainability Literacy for a Regenerative World course - you can take a peak at one of the slides that helped us focus that conversation below. 
Collaborative action for the benefit of all life is effortless action and it is conducive to joy, hope and power.  

Dear Friend, 
First of all, I pray for your wellbeing and our common future in this world! 

I am writing here to share with you about a project I am launching that I believe will change the world for the better! 

​You are seeing this because I know you are interested in these kinds of things, and I invite you to see what is in it for you! This project is a reframing of my life’s work, happening already, and it springs from my strong commitment to contribute to the creation of a healthy, abundant, peaceful and thriving future for all to enjoy. 

You will soon see all of my channels of communication filled with presentations and shares about this multifaceted project: The Permaculture Farm School Village Framework, Network and Academy. The basic invitations will be to learn about and join the possibilities of transforming the world via a network of permaculture farm school villages created everywhere around the world. (we have a few going already!!!)

I will invite as many people as I can reach to imagine and help make happen: a network of permaculture farm school villages that meet human material and non-material needs, while being in service to all life, sustainably, regeneratively and indefinitely, everywhere around the world - villages that will enhance the well being of their local communities while also regenerating the health of the local ecosystems and ecology in which they exist!

​​You will be able to see and participate in shaping The Permaculture Farm School Village Framework (see picture of the 1st iteration below), and learn how to apply it all, or parts of it, to your own projects, via The Permaculture Farm School Village Academy. 

Pictures are worth infinite words and for this blog entry we will let them speak about the intensive learning and growth we facilitated for 15 brave, kind and "willing to show up for our common future" souls! The core team consisted of Lucian and Anna Maria +, Russell, Christine, Nick, Whitney & Chef Aleana on site + various other guest speakers in-person & online. 

Here is a written synopsis of this 1st podcast (I DO HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU LISTEN):

PART 1 (the first 4 ideas) - "SIMPLE STEPS & IDEAS TO GET GOING & GAIN MOMENTUM IN PERMACULTURE, SUSTAINABILITY & REGENERATIVE WORK & BUSINESSES"
a limited series by Lucian Toma 
​also in podcast and youtube audio format

Give courageously! ~ Author Unknown

CHAPTER / EPISODE 1 RECAP

On August 20th, after many requests and messages from my permaculture students and the instagram and facebook community, I decided to create a limited series on “Simple Steps and Ideas to Get Going and Gain Momentum in Permaculture, Sustainability and Regenerative Work and Businesses”. Most of the communication from these people was in the form of questions on how they can take their passion and career in these multifaceted fields to the next level. I seemed like someone that knows what he's doing and moving “seemingly” fast in these fields. The overall perception came from my social media feed that has been telling the story of my progress.

My mission in life, under the umbrella of my organization “About And For Sustainability”, is to inspire, empower and support people and their work in this field, therefore creating this series was a no brainer. It brings value to those that have asked these questions and others that have not asked anything else directly, individuals that want to learn and grow in this life giving work. The truth is, I have worked on a plan and curriculum for a series on these subjects for close to a decade; yet, because I was using most of my time to apply the concepts in my career and personal life, I never got around to sharing the lessons in a more structured way. I now do it because I discovered there is a need for this type of practical information for those that want to step into or take this type of work to the next level. 

The first chapter/episode was streamed live on instagram on the day of my decision, on August 20th. What follows is a transcript with extra information and details (the video got lost). 

​I am sharing this short series freely online for a limited time only.  Its contents will be incorporated in a 1 year long course to train and help people step into leadership and get their regenerative and sustainability based projects, businesses and careers going and to the next level. The course is entitled “Regenerative Leadership - knowledge, skills, values and attitudes conducive to thriving careers that better the world”. In the meantime, here is the recap of the first chapter/episode of this FREE SERIES:

​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​