Liberation Ecology Project

The Ecology of Transformation
June 18-21
SEEDS Festival, Plainfield MA

The Sustainable Landscape, Mycoscaping, + Liberation Ecology
With Rafter Sass + Skott Kellog
Full Workshop: $270 - 320
Day Rate: $75 - 85
Thursday Afternoon: $35

NEW 4-DAY Format with Daily Drop-ins, Thursday - Saturday

This four-day participatory workshop offers the tools to start reclaiming ecological and social health - all the way from broad strategies to specific techniques. It combines the mushroom permaculture of the Mycoscaping Intensive, the technology skills of the Sustainable Landscape, building aquacultures + compost teas, and the social project design tools of Liberation Ecology. You can come for the whole 4 days, or drop-in Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON ::: 2:30-6PM
Introduction to Permaculture, Introduction to Mycoscaping, and a Mushroom Walk on the Land.

Permaculture works to create sustainable, labor-saving ways of meeting all our needs for food, shelter, and infrastructure. As both a design science and a global movement, it is accessible to ordinary folks AND scientifically grounded. Permaculture is a powerful toolbox for individuals and communities to take charge of their livelihoods and their ecological impacts. This workshop will introduce participants to the history, ethics, principles and principles of permaculture - and the strategies, and techniques we need to create harmonious relationships with the environment and everything we do.

DAILY MORNING TRACK ::: 9:30 – 11am
LIBERATION ECOLOGY (For full-time workshop participants only)
What would sustainability look like, if it refused to sustain inequality? All too often, our quest for sustainability is hampered by a lack of understanding of the social reality we work in. We’ll apply holistic design to the the social sphere, and design collaborative projects for long-term sustainability, while connecting them with large-scale social transformation.

FRIDAY ::: 11:30 – 6
MYCOSCAPING: Mushrooms in the Permaculture Landscape

Mushrooms everywhere! Food, medicine, bioremediation, and more - fungi have a crucial role to play in creating healthy and abundant landscapes. Come explore the world of wild and cultivated fungi through a holistic permaculture lens. Includes lots of hands-on! 

SATURDAY ::: 11:30 - 6
THE SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE: Aquatic Polycultures and Bio Brews

We will overview sustainable technologies and then focus on making aquacultures and compost teas. We will build a pond that will be stacked with anarray of aquafic plants and animals for making food, fuel, and fertilizer. We will also brew compost tea: a liquid culture of beneficial microorganisms that can be applied as a fertilizer to crops or be used to remediate contaminated soils.

SUNDAY ::: 9:30 - 1
Liberation Ecology and Mycoscaping Wrap-Up (for full-time participants only)