Faculty

"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)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION - thanks for your patience.....

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?