The Work I Do.
I design.
I plant.
I build.
I teach.
I inspire.
I dig in the dirt.
Mostly, I dig in the dirt and get dirty.
That's how you know you've been good.
I plant.
I build.
I teach.
I inspire.
I dig in the dirt.
Mostly, I dig in the dirt and get dirty.
That's how you know you've been good.
I work about 2 acres of land just east of Raleigh, North Carolina. I fell into permaculture by coincidence, but my deep understanding of it's epic meaning, it's potential impact, it's super-power ability to save humanity from Gaia's wrath... that comes from my training as an economist.
Of course, a healthy dose of childhood poverty, getting weaned on an earthy immigrant mentality and frugality has shaped my perspective on whole-systems design thinking. I hope to provide a fresh and truly innovative conversation on making the symbiotic connections that permaculture can bring to the table. And I touch on absolutely everything... from food production, sure, to ecology and conservation, of course, to capitalism, consumerism, healthcare, alternative social and economic models, politics, you name it. But under it all, lies a desperate desire to come home. A yearning to cast aside our prodigal ways and become one with the Great Mother in a way that allows us to be, once again, true Earthlings. |
EDUCATION
American University, School of International Service BA International Development University of Central Florida MA Economics Wake Tech Community College AS Advertising & Graphic Design Regenerative Institute Permaculture Design Certification EXPERIENCE / SKILLS
University of Central Florida Instructor of Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Statistical Analysis Chanmala Gallery Watercolor Artist, Fine Art Print Maker, Art Teacher Lenovo & Freelance Graphic and Web Designer The Earthius Project Permaculturist and Social Economist RECOGNITION
Published co-authored statistical analysis and paper on Female Endangerment.* Featured in student-led documentary about permaculture in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Featured in the August 2018 issue of ACRES USA with an article about sustainable self-sufficiency at The Earthius Project. The Earthius Project is recognized as a UN Decade for Biodiversity 2019 Project for its "exemplary contribution to the preservation of biodiversity."
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* HOSNI, Djehane & CHANMALA, Adriana. Female endangerment: the case of the Middle East and North Africa. The economics of women and work in the Middle East and North Africa. Ed. E.Mine Cinar. Amsterdam: JAI, 2001, (Research in Middle East Economics, 4), pp.33-49. (High female illiteracy, fertility & maternal mortality rates.)
