Nov 17, 2013 | Learning, Musings
I’ve been blessed with having the courage to take on heaps of different travel opportunities in my life, especially the last 7 years since I started college. After my freshman year of college, I went to Kenya for a summer followed by Singapore for a semester...
Nov 5, 2013 | Learning, Musings
There were twelve of us in a circle in the middle of the room. Each was playing an instrument of some kind from little bells to bongo drums, making oral sounds and dancing around. It felt quite tribal and I didn’t really know what to make of this tuning as Dr. Gregg...
Nov 4, 2013 | Learning, Musings
The air was heavy with the smell of the sea and the harmonic vibes were heard throughout Stradbroke Island. Last weekend, I went to my first musical festival, ever. Eli has been part of the festival culture for 10+ years, so he naturally knew some people responsible...
Oct 16, 2013 | Learning, Musings
The morning was glistening and it was the first day I was spending with Eli in Australia. He had just come come back to Australia after a four month trip through the USA connecting with the mycology and self-sufficiency networks. He was still in the process of getting...
Oct 15, 2013 | Learning, Musings
The final day of our course. We spent much of the day working diligently on our group permaculture design projects. Our design felt very intuitive and it really emerged from the nature of the landscape. We focused on getting the mainframe design of all the components...
Oct 14, 2013 | Learning, Musings
We started the morning with a visit to our proposed sites for the design project portion of the permaculture course. Instead of there being a fictitious scenario, we are designing a number of different sites around Zaytuna Farm that tie into the future vision of the...