​Leveraging the rich site-specific tradition of integrating relations of land stewardship & social movement in Sonoma County, Funding the Commons joins forces with Ryan Rising of Permaculture Action Network to host a series of workshops, peer-to-peer learning, and field trips to explore how permacultural principles and practices can inspire our own frameworks for building public goods and open source infrastructure.

Cultivating Sustainable Ecosystems is a Funding the Commons Pop-Up during Week 3 of Edge Esmeralda, a residency program spanning June 2024 in Healdsburg, CA.

Our programming will take place 16-19 June.

​**There are limited spots available for this 4-day program!

• Residents attending Edge Esmeralda for the month, or for the third week (June 16-23rd), are invited to sign up free to RSVP.

Get in touch at info@fundingthecommons.io if this prevents you from attending.

• Participants who aren't Edge Esmeralda residents can join us via a $200 registration fee, which grants access to the Cultivating Sustainable Ecosystems program as well as some Edge Esmeralda amenities for the duration of 16-19 June.

Please reach out with any questions!

​AGENDA

​Four days of programming with:

• ​Site visits to the most developed ecological community projects in Sonoma County

• ​Workshops w/ the most renowned facilitators & designers in the regenerative movement

• ​Co-design opportunities to imagine and build a better life for all, locally and globally

​June 16 (Sunday)

​• 8 - 9am, Cold Plunge & Fitness Sessions at Edge Esmeralda (optional)

​• 10am - 11:30am, Welcome Gathering and Cultivating Sustainable Ecosystems Kickoff
Welcome and Orientation to the 4-day Program, Regenerative Design: Introduction to Principles & Process
Ryan Rising (Co-Founder, Permaculture Action Network)
David Casey (CEO, Funding the Commons)

​• 12pm - 4pm, Sustainable Community Tour of the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center
Meet at H2Hotel Green Room at noon to organize ride shares.

Message @ryanrising on Telegram to coordinate or for help finding us - bring a lunch with you.

Site tour is from 1pm - 2:30pm followed by a discussion on organizing ourselves in connection to land and finance for a sustainable future.

​• 6-8pm, Community Dinner at Villa Chanticleer

​June 17 (Monday)

​• 8 - 9am, Cold Plunge & Fitness Sessions at Edge Esmeralda (optional)

• 9:30 - 11am, Designing Ecological Communities & Institutions
@ H2Hotel Green Room

• 11am - 3pm Sustainable Farm Tour: EarthSEED Farm
Meet at H2Hotel Green Room at 11am to travel to Earthseed Farm

Tour is from 12 - 1:30pm with Pandora Thomas (Founder, Earthseed Farm & Co-Owner, The Urban Permaculture Institute) followed by a discussion facilitated by David Casey & Ryan Rising

​• 5:30 - 7:00pm, Dinner at Restaurant TBD in Healdsburg

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June 18 (Tuesday)

​• 8 - 9am, Cold Plunge & Fitness Sessions at Edge Esmeralda (optional)

​• 10am - 12pm, Building Tools for Facilitating Regenerative Community Networks @H2Hotel Green Room

- Collaborative Group Dynamics & Facilitation Training w/ Ryan Rising

- Building networks of place-based projects w/ David Casey

- Designing maps and resource coordination tools w/ Josh Whiton (Founder, MakeSoil)

- Building trust based coordination and governance apps with Jesse Katz of Maitri Network

• 12:30 - 3:30pm, Sustainable Community Hub Tour of the Permaculture Skills Center - meet at H2Hotel Green Room at

12:30pm to carpool to the Permaculture Skills Center. Message @ryanrising on telegram to coordinate or find us.

Learn from Erik Ohlsen (Founder, PSC & Permaculture Artisans), Permaculture Design Teacher and author of The Regenerative Landscaper, about how to steward sustainable communities to produce the food, water, medicine, building materials, and other resources needed for an ecological life in common.

• 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Edge Esmeralda Community Dinner

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June 19 (Wednesday)

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• 8 - 9am, Cold Plunge & Fitness Sessions at Edge Esmeralda (optional)

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• 10am - 12pm, Governance of Sustainable Communities @ Harmon Guesthouse - Merritt Hall

Discussion of Governance Tools as Social Technologies w/  
Sarah Baxendell (Founder, AE Design)
Jake Hartnell (Founder, DAO DAO /LAY3R)
Will Gardiner (Owner, Our Sci LLC)
Austin Wade Smith (ED, Regen Network)
Ryan Rising (Eco Social Design)

​• 1pm - 4pm, Agro-Ecology Vineyard Tour

Join us for a wine tasting and tour; learn about agro-ecology and permaculture techniques applied to wine production and biodynamic farming.

Taste 4 different wines grown using these sustainable practices.

*Space is limited! You must RSVP to join for the tour.
(meet at Harmon Guest House lobby to carpool)

​• 5:30 - 7pm, Dinner at Restaurant TBD in Healdsburg