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"He who receives ideas from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me" - Thomas Jefferson
Permaculture and Sustainable Systems Design are, by nature, interdisciplinary. Faculty are listed in their main specialities, but may also have considerable expertise in other areas as well. Our faculty live what they teach.

This is a list of those who have taught with us in the past and those who have expressed an interest in teaching with us in the future. Your Big Green Summer experience may not include everyone on this list, and some may only do a lecture or two each year. In addition to these regulars instructors, each year we present a number of special guest lecturers that only appear that year. In 2006, for example, we hosted Dominque Guillet, the founder of Association Kokopelli. (Association Kokopelli is an international seed saving and exchanging organization based in France- see http://home.clara.net/heureka/books/kokopelli.htm)

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Project Founder, Director of Curriculum Development

Lonnie Gamble


Permaculture Design Certification

The Permaculture Design course is our core curriculum

Many of the faculty in listed under other specialities also teach parts of the Permaculture Design course


Douglas Bullock Bullock Brothers Farm, Orcas Island, Washington


Toby Hemenway? Author of Gaia's Garden, permaculture designer, and teacher Past editor of Permaculture Activist magazine


Grover Stock? patterns in nature, soil fertility, food production systems


Brian Robbins? perennial crop nursery, Urban Permaculture, building, water systems


Kelly Custer? 4th Street Pharm, Urban permaculture


Dr. Steve Mclaskey? Phd, Cornell, greenhousee production, permaculture design


Green/Natural Building


Martha Norbeck? architect, ecovillage design, biomimicry, high perfromance building design , daylighting, drawing/sketching


Brad Young? natural building, strawbale construction, cob, earth and lime plasters, natural pigments


Attach:SteveVessey.jpg Δ Steve Vessey? timberframe construction, light straw-clay


Robert Laporte? timberframe, light straw-clay,


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John Freeberg building construction, locally sourced lumber, poured earth floors


Attach:SusanWalsch.jpg Δ Susan Walsch?


Earle Mason? low cost, high performance conventional construction, energy efficient retrofits


Metalworking

Nelson Lafrancis? steel design and fabrication, wind tower design, solar rack design


Jens Butler? forge, blacksmith work


Attach:LasloPap.jpg Δ Laslo Pap? sheet metal fabrication


Woodworking

Duncan Macmaster? fine woodworking, japanese hand tools, building construction


Attach:DouglasAdams.jpg Δ Doug Adams?


Annual Food Production Systems, Biodynamics

Marie Silva?


Attach:StacyMaurer.jpg Δ Dr. Stacy Maurer? Phd, natural resources management, vegetable production, CSA operations, Permaculture Design Certificate


Dean Goodale? commercial organic vegetable production, cheesemaking, greenhouse production


Attach:AlexKachan.jpg Δ Alex Kachan? certified Biointensive instructor, vermicomposting, composting


Valerie Gamble? CSA marketing, vegetable production, mulch techniques, slow food, French food system, Permaculture Design Certificate


Grover Stock?


Diana Krystofiak? k-12 field to table program, four season harvest, greenhouse production, 11 and 12th grade sustainability education


Perennial food production systems, Agroforesty, Tree Crops, Orchards

Dr Sam James? earthworms, perennail food systems and plants for SE Iowa, grafting


Tom Wahl? tree crops, chestnuts, grower cooperatives, plant propagation/tree crop nurseries, grafting


Dan Kelley? Organic orchardist, vegetable production, strawbale construction, grafting, pruning


Composting, Vermicomposting

Attach:AlexKachan.jpg Δ Alex Kachan? certified Biointensive instructor, vermicomposting, composting


Grover Stock?


Dr Sam James? earthworms, perennial food systems and plants for SE Iowa


Soils

Dr. Francis Thicke? Phd, Soil Science, organic dairy, food policy, local marketing systems


Leadership Training

Ken Daley? Leadership Training/Adventure Sport, group dynamics, exercise and sports science


Artisan Foods and the Slow Food Movement

Steve Boss?


Valerie Gamble?


Derek Roller?


Lonnie Gamble


Attach:Mariegrover.jpg Δ Steve Boss?


Carrie Turner?


Energy

Kevin Hopf? Solar Hot Water


Attach:RoyTonneson.jpg Δ Roy Tonneson? Solar Hot Water, Siting/use of solar pathfinder, economic analysis of energy systems

Attach:MichaelHavelkaEnergy.jpg Δ Michael Havelka? Solar and wind system design, integration and installation, basic electrical work


Biodiesel

Attach:SteveFugate.jpg Δ Steve Fugate?

Water power

Lonnie Gamble

Water Systems

Wayne Petersen?

Ecovillage Design

Michael Havelka?

Lonnie Gamble

Local Economy, Business Development, Invisible Structures (banking, legal agreements, coops, etc)

Jim Salmons?


Lonnie Gamble

Stuart Valentine?

Web/Wiki Design, Car Free Living

Ben Stallings


Wildness, Ethics

Roger Gipple?


Poet, Merry Prankster

Joe Plum?

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