The Regenerative Design Institute is hosting a carbon economy series this fall that will bring carbon sequestration, permaculture, soil/compost, water conservation, and holistic management masters from around the world to Commonweal Garden in Bolinas.

The series will launch the nation’s first holistic curriculum for carbon negative agriculture, part of a national campaign to spread this cutting edge curriculum throughout the United States. This professional training course will encompass all of the design elements needed to create a carbon sequestering agricultural system—returning carbon to the soil while increasing food production.

The audience for the upcoming course series will include farmers, permaculturists, biologists, policy makers, grounds keepers, and land-owners interested in regenerating thriving local ecosystems throughout the world.

RDI will bring part of the series to the Salinas Valley, a three-day Soil Building and Water Management course.

Along with our own Penny Livingston-Stark and many other master instructors, the course series features:

• Darren Doherty, a third generation Australian farmer who has designed more than 1,000 permaculture properties and taught hundreds of classes around the world, many with permaculture founders Bill Mollison and David Holmgren.
• Elaine Ingham, author of The Compost Tea Brewing Manual, and one of the world’s leading soil microbiologists with 30 years of experience researching and teaching.
• Brad Lancaster, author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, with more than 15 years as a successful permaculture consultant, designer, and teacher.
• Joel Salatin, featured in Michael Pollan’s book, Omnivore’s Dilemma, a passionate and outspoken voice supporting sustainable agriculture and owner of the successful Polyface farm — one of the most productive and influential alternative farms in America.