Permaculture is a design system, based in nature, that can be applied to develop sustainable human settlements. This whole systems approach is used to design integrated landscapes that provide ecological functions and yields for humans. We can enhance habitat for other species, heal the earth’s systems, and cultivate to meet human needs by applying permaculture design on a given site in appropriate ways. In this evening presentation, Marisha Auerbach will introduce participants to the permaculture concept and how it can be applied in their lives.

Marisha Auerbach is a Permaculture teacher and consultant based in Portland, Oregon.  She has been actively practicing, studying, and teaching Permaculture in the Pacific Northwest for more than a decade, specializing in food production, seed saving, ecology and useful plants. Marisha has offered Permaculture work from the forests of Vietnam to the Rocky Mountains of the United States to the stressed conditions of Haiti. She holds advanced Permaculture certificates in Permaculture Aid Work and Keyline Planning.

Marisha currently offers an online Permaculture program through Oregon State University and teaches at Portland Community College, Bastyr University and Pacific University. She also works with a number of non-profit organizations including The City Repair Project, Aprovecho Education Center, Lost Valley Education Center, Fertile Ground Community Center, and Planet Repair.

Marisha graduated from the Evergreen State College in 1998 where she focused on ethnobotany, ecological agriculture, and sustainability studies. Find her online at www.permaculturerising.com. Visit Marisha’s garden blog.