Adam Gold is the owner of Salt Spring Exotic Mushrooms. He grows culinary mushrooms for the region as well as grows and extracts medicinal mushrooms. He has a B.A. in Environmental Policy and Law and Business. His passion is homesteading and...
Instructors
Permaculture BC connects with bio-regionally experienced instructors who not only have the know-how but the ability to instruct and inspire students. We are pleased to be working with the fine folk below.
Brandon Bauer has been studying Permaculture for 16 years and is actively applying Permaculture on various sites on Salt Spring Island and abroad. Over the last 8 years he has participated in teaching Permaculture Design courses at O.U.R. Ecovillage, The Bullock Brother’s Permaculture Homestead, UBC and at The...
I have had a variety of adventures throughout my decades in Horticulture. In the fifties I was helping my parents in their large food garden. In the sixties you could find me selling flowers on the street corner in New Mexico, after becoming frustrated with my formal Education in Botany at the University of Massachusetts . The...
Before starting his urban farm in the fall of 2009, Curtis had absolutely no previous experience in farming or even gardening. Up until 2008, he had been living in Montreal as a musician, playing in a band called People for Audio. It was over 15 years ago,...
A certified permaculture designer and teacher for the Permaculture Research Institute, Cold Climate. Daniel graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Temperate Climate Polyculture Design and is currently a graduate student...
A passionate gardener since he planted his backyard in Montreal at age 13, Dan Jason is committed to empowering people to grow their own food and save their own seed. Since 1976 he has lived on Salt Spring Island, BC, where he created the mail order seed company Salt Spring Seeds, which specializes in heritage and heirloom open-...
Karin was raised on a farm in South Africa in the 1960s, the oldest of four children. She completed her medical degree at the University of Cape Town in 1981, followed by a four-year intensive residency program at a teaching hospital in South Africa, which services the...
Geoff graduated from Linnaea Farm’s permaculture design program in 1995, and has focused on studying, practicing, and teaching urban permaculture ever since. Over the past decade he has worked and volunteered with a variety of local organizations to develop several urban agriculture demonstration sites (including the area’s first edible...
Javan Kerby Bernakevitch is driven to provide the right balance of theory, practical experience and integration of community to ensure students retain, use and leave Permaculture BC educational opportunities prepared and inspired to take positive action.
"Knowledge combined...
With a foundation in family farming and sustainable food production, Meg Loop is recognized within both community and academic circles for her passion as a change agent in the permaculture network. With a focus on livestock, soil fertility, fibre arts, and whole systems...
Permaculture is a science based ethical design system. Used to answer the all encompassing question "How do we live sustainability?" Founded in three ethics - Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share practitioners of permaculture use nature inspired design with tools and methods based in science, engineering, agriculture, finances, community building to create sustainable regenerative human habitat. This design system uses organic agriculture, urban farming, regenerative design, and many other ways of knowing to teach and provide a practical framework for individuals to take responsibility for themselves, their children and their community.