Do you want to learn more about permaculture?  Apply permaculture principles to your site?  What better way to learn than to see what locals are doing.  We are a collective of backyard gardeners and growers who either use, or seek to use permaculture principles on their own properties.  The goal is to advance and discuss permaculture principles specific to North County San Diego.  Think water harvesting, water retention, soil building, biodiversity, guilded systems, composting, mulching, and mul …

… After living in intentional communities for over 25 years (including Stelle, IL home to the Center for Sustainable Community and the Midwest Center for permaculture) and Rainbow Farm (the Midwest Center for the Emissaries of Divine Light), I discovered the field of Community Economic Development (CED) and obtained a Master's from Southern New Hampshire University. The field of CED includes Self-help, Empowerment and Capacity Building, and to me, those are also some of the core foundational princ …

Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance. This group consists of like minded people meeting to learn and cross-train each other in disaster preparedness, emergency / wilderness survival, bug-out or shelter in place, civil unrest, EMP / power grid failure, nuclear disaster, economic collapse of government, etc, etc.    Our rule of thumb is that it takes a community to be resilient, and individuals within this group should attend with the mindset of bringing their skills and experience back to th …