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Formal Education

• Permaculture Design Certification, Sustainable Living Coalition, June 2010.
• Energy Auditor Certification, Energy and Environmental Training Center of Kansas City, August 2009.
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, interdisciplinary concentration in Technology Studies, Grinnell College, May 1998.

Areas of Competence and Expertise

• broad scale site design: zone and sector analysis.
• guild design based on needs and products analysis.
• compost, vermicompost, and sheet mulch construction.
• passive solar building design.
• whole-house building analysis for energy efficiency improvements.

Publications and Presentations

• "Introduction to Permaculture Design," (6-hour workshop based on the intensive below), Camp StarTrail of Prairie Star District Unitarian Universalist Association, August 2011
• "Introduction to Permaculture Design," (6-hour intensive) parts 1 and 2, Tri-County Technology Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, May 2011
• "Engaging our Interdependent Web," Prairie Star District Unitarian Universalist Association Annual Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, April 2011
• "A Brief Introduction to Permaculture Design," Bartlesville (Oklahoma) Area Master Gardeners, March 2011
• "Introduction to Permaculture Design," (6-hour intensive) parts 1, 2, and 3, Flint Hills Technical College, Emporia, Kansas, January 2011
• "A Brief Introduction to Permaculture Design," Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Topeka, Kansas, November 2010
• "Non-Obvious Weatherization," Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Topeka, Kansas, November 2010
• "Second Wind: How Bicycling Around North America Changed my Life," self-published, May 2010
• "Saving the World," Psychology and Social Justice, Emporia (Kansas) State University, April 2010

Works in Progress

• Interdependent Web urban farm, Emporia, Kansas: homestead and market garden on 1/10 acre.
• Plant Polyculture Database, Permaculture Research Institute - Cold Climate, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Languages

• English
• Spanish

References

• Lonnie Gamble, Sustainable Living Coalition
• Bill Hanlon, Flint Hills Technical College
• Trayce Heidner, Efficiency Kansas
• Paula Westmoreland, Permaculture Research Institute - Cold Climate