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Your mission, should you choose to accept it 🌱 . Our #permaculture courses are designed to give as much real life scenario tasks as possible to the participants. We believe that learning happens best this way ... and of course we mentor during the entire design and client interaction process 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 . Meet @alexander_oceangrown of @seasgreens (again) one of the real clients during our upcoming #pdc. Participants can choose to design his garden at his new place. On top of opening his homebfor this opportunity, he is also a graduate of our program and a wealth of knowledge and experience in #permaculturedesign and #ecobusiness 👨‍🌾👩‍🌾 . The 2nd early bird pricing will self-destruct on February 23rd. Register before and take advantage of 30% off the cost of this #regenerative and #sustainability based learning experience. (Link in bio) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8rPEcbBT4C/?igshid=gg5nh9fh903r

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Regenerative work takes patience, perseverance and commitment ... it also takes empathy (the ability to understand the thinking, emotions, experiences and ways of being of those we seek to serve and bring on the path of sustainability and regeneration - it takes being able to creatively use the language of those people and sectors of industry and society we, as regenerative change makers, are aiming to help transform for their own benefit and all life). Agression, forcing, coercion, guilting do not work in the long run, any many times in the short run either. ✊ . A picture taken during a waste reduction program we designed, developed and now implementing to help restaurants reduce and ideally eliminate waste (highly polluting, in nature persisting waste) towards a #zerowaste future. We find that some restaurants are already employing #wastereduction practices, and we are learning a lot about their needs to transition further. All we trained so far were thrilled about the positive ramifications of the custom solutions we proposed to them for their business, our shared environment and society, and our common future. We are systems' thinkers at #aboutandforsustainability and #reearth and we know each individual, business, government, nonprofit and academic institution we serve, needs solutions that work for them (we also make them work for all life to benefit from). We understand it takes time and apply time and culture appropriate approaches 🌱 . We think local and act #local! We think global and act #global! Our approaches to create change through education, training, awareness campaigns, and boots on the ground consulting and implementation will be shared this year ✌ . Interested on how you can create this type of work for your self and your business? Drop us a line 💬 . Work that regenerates and brings sustainability to our shared environment, community and future is fulfilling, rewarding and possible 😉 . We design, develop, teach and implement: #permaculture #sustainability #regeneration #zerowaste #entrepreneurship #compost #wastereduction #waterconservation #carbonsequestration #farming #communitybuilding https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hXk0vlYlX/?igshid=hi07lo3hbh7a

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We support regenerative work around the world! We are giving 5% of our revenue from our permaculture courses this year to @naturalleadersfoundation. Here is why: . @naturalleadersfoundation goes to communities of need, both in the US and Latin America, and asks the women and children of these communities one major question: what is it that you would like to beautify in your community? After getting answers such as, our classrooms, our basketball courts, our community gardens and centers, and many other beautiful things that beautify a community, @naturalleadersfoundation commits to make that happen and creatively gathers the resources and people to do it 🌱 . This year they asked this question to children in 5 communities in #Guatemala, #Honduras, #Nicaragua and #Peru and they are going to make their dreams come true in an infinitely creative and unique way. Check out their website to see how you can lend a hand, while also enjoying a beautiful time in one or all of these countries: https://www.naturalleadersfoundation.org . We believe that this is what #humanity looks like and are standing true to our own mission: to inspire, empower and support #regenerative and #sustainability based work. We started by inspiring and empowering their Executive Producer, @wonderfulwomban, with a scholarship to our #permaculture course in 2019 and now we continue by supporting this transformative project she co-created ✊ . We invite you to join us to inspire, empower and support regenerative transformation in our world! Join our upcoming #PermacultureCourse, one of the Natural Leaders Foundation #retreats or all of the above, and contribute to a better world, while also gaining transformative knowledge, skills and stellar experiences. THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THE MANY ORGANIZATIONS WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS YEAR WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH! Join us! https://www.instagram.com/p/B8WgSZJhiN2/?igshid=1reavy5x5fyj7

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SPREAD THE WORD AND HELP US AWARD THE FULL PERMACULTURE COURSE SCHOLARSHIP WHERE IS MOST NEEDED! . We need your help to give our Full Scholarship for the upcoming Spring Permaculture Course to someone that can benefit from this empowering education and they cannot afford it. . We always give full and partial scholarships and we discovered that the recipients are taking the course learning experience and pay it forward, stepping into leadership and creating regenerative transformations in the community. This is what our courses are all about, inspiring, empowering and supporting individuals to create change in our shared environment and communities for all to benefit. . Help us by sharing about the scholarship opportunity in your network, via email, social media or conversations. https://www.aboutandforsustainability.com/permacultureinsanclemente.html (link in bio) You can share the link to the course, invite people to apply for the scholarship and please either CC us in the emails or tag us on Facebook or Instagram with About And For Sustainability (@aboutandforsustainability) . The full scholarship will be awarded to a highly motivated individual that cannot afford the cost (a value between $1,000 and $1,400). . Thank you! . #permaculturedesigncertificate #pdc #permaculture #permaculturecourse #permaculturedesign #scholarship #education #sustainability #community (at SanClemente, Orange County) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8KGwRTF1RK/?igshid=1pdl4e7zrxok9

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#homesteading got real 🐐 . This year we are building independence, while also sharing our surplus with people and regenerating ecosystems for all life to thrive. Our hearts are filled with love, our minds with growing wisdom, our bodies are sore ... someone has to do it! Our passion is infinite and we do not leave anyone that wants to grow with us and in this journey of regeneration and sustainability behind. It takes lots of work, commitment and constant, intentional learning. And the rewards are endless (like this moment captured here). With that said, even more than our personal joys, we treasure the most experiencing the growth of our students 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓. Beyond excited to inspire, empower and support more people this year ✊ . Here is to a year of growth and a decade of #regenerative and #sustainable development around the world. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7uhxmsltGx/?igshid=myamq2ysyd64

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6 more days of early bird pricing through our Crowdfund 😉 . Only the materials (including vermicompost system, seeds, seedlings, compost, young tree, A feame and more), the resources (free books and other curated multi media) and food we are giving to participants in this course are worth at least $500 per participant 👨‍🌾👩‍🌾 . Also, every single cent we make (minus what we pay our instructors and speakers and overhead) we pour it into scholarships for those that really need it, to launch them with earth and people centered knoweldge and skills in their communities 🌱 . Join us and/or spread the word. This learning experience is transformative. Practical, hands on, collaborative learning that anyone can transform into a regenerative and sustainability based lifestyle or entrepreneurial endeavor ✊ . Link in Bio - #permaculture #pdc #permaculturecourse #wisdom #education #knowledge #sustainability #regenerativefuture #beyondgardening #restoring20s #farming #agriculture #agroecology #zerowaste #composting #soil #water #conservation #design #aboutandforsustainability #landscapedesign #love #life #lifepurpose #lifestyle #climatechange #carbonsequestration #entrepreneurship https://www.instagram.com/p/B7h2EVSlWH5/?igshid=1ey79w7pzqca2

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Regenerate ecosystems, build community, lead sustainability - the indispensable practical education for this is Permaculture 🌱 . Either you desire to grow your own food successfully and live a regenerative and sustainable lifestyle, or you dream to make a greater positive impact in the world, the knowledge and skills conducive to success in your journey are in this course. The content goes from high level systems thinking to details about ways to work with nature and meet human needs, while also enhancing and sustaining the health of shared ecosystems. We even teach about applying this knowledge to build businesses with it 😉 . Check it out, try it out, make 2020 the year of regeneration. Early Bird Pricing till January 23rd in our Crowdfund (8 SPOTS LEFT AT THIS PRICE - if you calculate it - its under $9 an hour of highly valuable experience!) 😃 . #permaculture #pdc #permaculturecourse #permaculturedesign #permaculturedesigncertification #regenerative #sustainability #restoring20s #soil #compost #water #earth #nature #gardening #farming #garden #farm #homestead #chickens #schoolgarden #entrepreneurship #ecoentrepeneur #regenerativebusiness #education #solar #renewableenergy #cob #strawbalehouse #coboven (at San Clemente, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6_NdcellYY/?igshid=l692mmb2oazs

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Have you dreamt of becoming a beekeeper? 🐝 . Pollinators, like Honeybees, are important to our ecology and balance of the environment. In addition to Honeybees, native bees, butterflies, birds and bats are also responsible for pollinating many types of plants. Supporting our pollinators through small scale urban beekeeping, native plant restoration, and butterfly habitats, ensures diversity and survival within our plant and insect communities. . In our Bee Guardian Apprenticeship you will gain a solid foundation in how to become a beekeeper. We’ll cover the equipment needed, methodologies, maintenance, and troubleshooting. In addition to leaving the course ready to start beekeeping, you’ll have an understanding of how pollinators are important to our environment and food system, and also learn how to support other species like native bees and butterflies. . We call this the Bee Guardian Apprenticeship, because we want to create stewards and guardians of our environment and delicate insect communities. We hope you join us this spring session! We’ll meet once a month (March - May) for a weekend (Sat/Sun) and in between there will be suggested readings and online check ins. When weather permits, we’ll suit up and perform hive inspections on some of our established hives. Hands on learning is a great way to jump start your journey with the honeybees! The course will conclude with a graduation party where students will present their final project, something of interest and pollinators related, to share with our community. . Our graduates have gone on to start their own businesses in bee removal and rescue, education and as full time beekeepers. . This course is 23% off on our Crowdfund page (link in Bio) . Join us #beekeeping #bees #honeybees #pollinators #honey #beeguardians #beekeeper #savethebees https://www.instagram.com/p/B667OGdlqk_/?igshid=37dwn1jnfhow

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We have the power to create the future (part 2) 🧙‍♂️ . Conclusion from part 1: the same power and possibly even bigger than the one that we had and continue to have to blindly destroy life and our future, can be put to good use to regenerate and put systems in place that sustain life - out own individual life, our family, community, all present and future generations of all living beings. The knowledge exists, the will must follow. All one has to do is be open to learn and commit to learning - knowledge, skills, wisdom, education being the things no one and nothing can take it away from us 📖 . I invite you to learn with us in 2020 and beyond. We are ofering 6 opportunities in 2020, one being free. (Herbalism, Permaculture, Beekeeping, Sustainability, Leadership). Check out our Crowdfund if you have not yet - that is where they are posted and much more! Supporting us and learning with us is a mutually beneficial action that also makes our world a better place (Link in bio). THANK YOU. . #permaculture #pdc #permaculturecourse #permaculturedesign #permaculturedesigncertification #regenerative #sustainability #restoring20s #soil #compost #water #earth #nature #gardening #farming #garden #farm #homestead #chickens #schoolgarden #entrepreneurship #ecoentrepeneur #regenerativebusiness #education #solar #renewableenergy #cob #strawbalehouse #coboven #herbalism https://www.instagram.com/p/B66BXoohuH0/?igshid=1strl5csxp4pv

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We have the power to create the future (part 1) 🧙‍♂️ . Although I grew up farming and homesteading, the regenerative kind, it wasn't till my adulthood that I discovered the power, joy and purpose an earth and people centered lifestyle provides. From 14 to 24 all I wanted and sought to get was the promise of the highly technological and convenience culture - fast food, fast cars, fast everything - with no awareness on what it really took to make that possible. It was in higher education when I discovered that "fast" and seamingly "easy" lifestyle, the search, finding and dreams of "oppulence" come with high prices on one's life and everyone else's - waste, pollution, inequality, violence, war and the likes ... ecological and social degradation that influences all life 😐 . In my Master's project I discovered that people are definately open to understand what the problems with living unaware, disconnected, disinterested, complacent, disempowered and uninvolved are, both at the personal and global level. Some pushed back and some got offended by the fact that the state of our unfulfilled personal and collective existence, as well as that of our environment, is completely in the hands of individuals (especially those that have relative freedom and opportunity to live life and act as they please). And even though most, approximately 1000 people that participated in my thesis project, had some ideas on how they can exercise that power, and take action for the good of all and all life, they still needed more ... more knoweldge, more convincing, more reassurance, more validation, more power to draw upon and take action 📈 . So I decided to give it to them and many more - to the best of my abilities. Now, after bringing awareness of the possibilities of a healthy, abundant and thriving individual lifestyle, that also meets other people's needs and regenerates our shared environment and society, to thousands of people (to some at a deeper level than others) I can say this: (CONTINUED IN THE NEXT POST) COMMENT IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW THE CONCLUSION! https://www.instagram.com/p/B63fP10Bl02/?igshid=2zgp8oo9c4zt

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Ready for 2020? 😃 . Ready to grow food, biodiversity, habitat and soil? Ready to harvest and conserve water, energy and other natural resources? Ready for free ecological gardening lessons? 🌱 . We will take you through a year long of ecological and permaculture gardening and homesteading in 2020. We will do it from the mild Mediterranean climate of San Clemente, coastal 10a / 10b, and hardcore climate of Anza, high desert 8b 🌏 . First week of January 2020 we will start with the easiest and most basic step to get going with success: COMPOSTING ♻️ . Even if you will not do it yourself, you will get to understand why regenerative gardening and farming are the main ways to a healthy, abundant and thriving future 👨‍🌾👩‍🌾 . The more you share and contribute to our Crowdfund, the more in depth we will go. We invite you to make 2020 the year we created a beautiful future for all possible. (Link in Bio). Stay tunned 📽 . #garden #gardening #organic #food #health #medicine #lifestyle #soil #compost #ecology #ecosystems #nature #environment #farming #sustainability #regenerative #future #life #community #education #sustainability #pdc #permaculture https://www.instagram.com/p/B6tB1BPFuwC/?igshid=1x549ogvet09u

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May you be happy, healthy, loved, loving and good during this holiday season, in 2020 and beyond. Let's make 2020 the year of love, joy, wisdom, and service to our fellow humans, our planet and all living beings. Much love from Lucian to you. #happyholidays #merrychristmas #happyhanukkah #happylove #happylife (at Donner Summit, CA) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6iyGJylYhA/?igshid=mrct08fs7aqz

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We had a revelation 🤔 . We thought our permaculture based education was for people that seek self reliance ... until we started experiencing our graduates as future makers, creators and leaders, as world citizens that live life to create a regenerative legacy for all to benefit from. We realized that we are going to live in this world and said to ourselves: "What a great retirement investment and insurance, to inspire, empower and support people to create the world we want to live in! For sure others would want to invest in this too!" 😉 . When people engage in learning experiences that reveal how nature works and how they can act and live in alignment with her to create health, abundance and peace, they are forever transformed. The awareness that they can participate in creating a regenerative and sustainability based future for all with simple, practical, accessible solutions, forever changes the way they live. When they discover that earth and people centered actions are not a sacrifice, but enlightened self interest, with both short and long term rewards of purpose and well being, life starts to make a different kind of sense.🌱 . "We are all here to be stewards of our shared environment and communities. We have all the tools, resources and the power within us to be so. Standing in this thinking and feeling transitions our personal lives to their highest potential. The actions we commit to may be different, yet as a concerted effort the outcomes benefit us all."🌏 . Will you take on this thinking and feeling? Let us know what actions you are already taking or you will take to embody this way of being - a steward of our shared environment and communities?⁉️ . If you are inclined to help us bring this message of hope, joy and empowerment to as many people as possible, please share this with your social media community, and if you can and are willing, please support our crowdfund and in this way invest in a future that we will all share! Supporting our crowdfund is "investment portfolio diversification", and ours definitely pays out. LINK IN BIO 🔗 (at Desert Bloom Farm) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Yq0PAlSDd/?igshid=oqdlthcoik6w

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What we talked to our son about during a nature walk: The back story: Anna Maria and I have been through an amazingly busy year this year. We got pregnant, taught college courses, led permaculture and beekeeping courses from the homestead in San Clemente, gardened a lot, designed 8 ecological gardens, got a farm in the high desert, completely renovated a dilapidated house there (by ourselves and Anna's dad + a few friends here and there), gave birth at home, drove back and forth from Orange County to Anza a lot, started a book and created curriculum for 3 new transformative courses in the realm of sustainability, permaculture and regenerative leadership. We also planned and launched a Crowdfund to take our work to the next level. It has been non-stop! We have been passing this trailhead just 30 minutes from our new headquarters at Desert Bloom Farm almost every week since the beginning of the year. Every time we would say: "we should go check it out and take Helios there". He definitely heard us from the belly and after he was born. This week he did something out of ordinary when we were getting close to this place. He always sleeps in the car ride and never really cries. This time he did cry a lot and we stopped (we also realized that he wakes up many times when we pass by this place). So we went on trail and on it he "asked us" about the big trees he was seeing. He did not want to know about those particular ones, but about trees in general, about what and who they are. And most importantly "why they are". Here is what we told him: (continued in comments) (at Anza, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6TQFMwFxAy/?igshid=10a0rtnhyholg

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Excited to ask for your support! In our Crowdfund you can: learn more about us, get a perk for your support, back us as a gift, share with others. We are doing work that benefits all. Help us take our capacity to regenerate and bring sustainability to our shared environment and communities. (Lucian & Anna Maria @beekeepingypsy) CROWFUND LINK in bio. #regenerative #sustainability #permaculture #education #farming #community #nature #life #leadership #family #health #honeybees https://www.instagram.com/p/B6LjIK3lhr2/?igshid=184it0vuw407i

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We were visited by an inspiring international leader and advocate for a regenerative and sustainability based world @luissaburton ✊ . Talking for a few hours we realized how much our visions for the world align and that us connecting was not accidental. We learned not only that our visions align, but how to make them happen too - beyond awareness raising and beyond education, to actually bringing transformation of environments and communities to life. #permaculture was at the top of the list of course! It is fate to meet and open doors to collaborative shared impact with individuals passionately committed to our humanity's future. Inspired and empowered by this human, her work and her intentions for us all 🙏 . Good things to happen! @beekeepingypsy and myself are more sure than ever that we chose the right path and that we can make what we stand for happen: be in the best service possible to people, the planet and our shared future. @desertbloomfarm is abother big step in that direction. Stay tunned 📽 (at San Clemente, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6EZc0Rlos1/?igshid=1i4ao9hhnvvre