Testimonials

Testimonials from 4-Seasons Permaculture Design Course

"I recently graduated from the course, and let me just say that it was an amazing experience. The lessons are not just about using the least amount of resources or the smartest design to achieve the greatest outcome, but they are also about beauty, empowerment, and healing of the land, our homes, communities, and ourselves. I gained so much personally from that course, and I know that everybody in my class felt the very much the same way. Penny, James and the other instructors are incredibly inspirational and talented."
-Summer 2006 graduate

"I enrolled in this class with the knowledge that it would likely
change my life in profound and unexpected ways. What I didn't expect
was the speed and intensity with which these changes occurred. What an exhilarating ride!"
-Summer 2006 graduate

"For whatever might draw you to come to a courses like this - come! It
is a lifestyle and educational turn-on. It can open your heart, change
your perspectives & give you infinite hope!" -Summer 2006 graduate

"It will change your life and the way you look at the world!"
-Summer 2006 graduate

Testimonials from Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness (RDNA) Program

 - Molly, RDNA Graduate 2006-07

"RDNA was one of the best choices I have ever made. It has changed my life on so many different levels. After just one year I have learned so many incredible, practical skills, created lasting friendships with amazing people and re-designed the way I live my life. Having gone to an expensive college, gotten my teaching credential and taught in the school system, I now don’t really see a need for any other type of education besides the education that programs like RDNA are offering"

-Mia Adler, RDNA Graduate 2007

“RDNA offered me the opportunity to deepen my relationship with the natural world & myself. Using sustainable living practices &native technologies I began to sense a way of being in the world that previous to RDNA I did not know existed.”
-Bethany, RDNA 2005-06

"Sometimes i flip through my notebook from class and i am just blown away all over again by all the wisdom and deep teachings we were exposed to in that program. Definitely the best thing i've done in my life up to this point."
-Lydia, RDNA 2005-06

"I'd hate to meet the person who wouldn't benefit from this program."
"When there's a better school out there you'll be too old to care."
"If a better program ever manifests, it will be founded by a graduate of this one."
"It's a good thing you make so many friends here 'cause you may lose some to jealousy."
"At the end of every week your friends will bug you to tell them all you've learned."
"It works better than therapy and it's cheaper too."
-Julian, RDNA 2005-06

"I walked into this program as part of a culture that is increasingly disconnected from nature, one that views nature and humanity as separate entities, pitted against one another. We’re inundated with information and distractions in our modern world that magnify this void, and the cost not only effects our environment, but also our opportunity to truly be a human being and live a full, balanced existence in harmony with all around us. This program has provided me the tools to not only be a better steward of the environment, but to realize my potential as a person."
-Zach, RDNA 2005-06

"This year’s program was the transition I needed to go from having a sense of interest in Permaculture and nature, to being grounded in the experience. I now have a strong conviction to follow this path."

-Isaac, RDNA 2005-06

"I have always considered myself an outdoorsy person, a nature lover. After one year of RDNA I have a whole new relationship with nature. Now when I walk outside I feel a part of the outdoors, and not only am I still a sincere nature lover, I am able to love everything! P.S. RDNA rocks!"

-Dave, RDNA 2005-06

Testimonials from The Ecology of Leadership

“I highly recommend Ecology of Leadership. The curriculum is indispensable for folks interested in working for world healing and transformation. The course taught me a powerful technology for leading from within. It stretched me past longstanding limitations. The practices I learned in the course will stick with me for life. EOL helped me to take more responsibility, to do it effectively and make positive change in nearly every area of my life. The course facilitators are especially insightful, and supportive. In addition, I made new, close friends who now serve as trusted allies in my growth. I regained a sense of connection with Nature in the course as a source of inspiration and guidance. Best of all, my clarity of purpose and creativity for projects I hope to do in my community has expanded. I am more effective as a friend, teacher and counselor, and a lot happier in myself. I would do the course all over again! ”

- Michelle Nemer, Health Counselor

“EOL provides tools which can help us uncover and transcend the subtle ways that we stop ourselves from knowing and becoming who we really want to be. These tools require some time, some commitment, some willingness to be uncomfortable or afraid; but they do work, if you use them.”

-Lydia Neilsen, Permaculture Instructor

“Ecology of Leadership integrates our inner realm with how we show up in the world. I gained insight into how I operate and how I can turn intentions into action in powerful ways.”