WE work with other local organizations like Butte College Sustainability Resource Center, the Organic Vegetable Project at Chico State University Farm, Fungi Perfecti, Redwood Seed company, Grub Education. Grub Grown & others to bring Permaculture & Regenerative Agriculture Education to our communities.
Rosa Maicas 2604 W Sacramento Ave, Chico CA 95973 Cell: 8314615945 [email protected] Founder, project manager & one of the main facilitators of Permafunk.com Permafunk has two teams that simultaneously work in the Mediterranean coast of Spain and in Butte County, CA, USA. |
Summary:
I am a Permaculture consultant, designer & facilitator since 2009.
I have a PHD in Education by the University of Valencia, Spain where I was trained as a English Teacher.
I am bilingual ( Spanish/ English ), as I am originally from Spain where permafunk was first originated in 2010.
For the last 4 years I teach a Permaculture & Regenerative Agriculture Series at Butte College, PDC's at the University Farm & I run an educational organization that teaches sustainability skills, community & land regenerative at Chico State University Farm & other locations in Chico.
During the last 9 years I have been trained in Permaculture & Regenerative Agriculture design & consultancy by the Southern Cross Permaculture Institute of Victoria, Australia, by the EDE Foundation in Bali, Indonesia, by the Institute of the Balearic Islands in Spain & by the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia.
I am certified by HM International, in Holistic Planning, Grazing Planning, Biological & Financial Planning for farms & ranches.
I am a Permaculture consultant, designer & facilitator since 2009.
I have a PHD in Education by the University of Valencia, Spain where I was trained as a English Teacher.
I am bilingual ( Spanish/ English ), as I am originally from Spain where permafunk was first originated in 2010.
For the last 4 years I teach a Permaculture & Regenerative Agriculture Series at Butte College, PDC's at the University Farm & I run an educational organization that teaches sustainability skills, community & land regenerative at Chico State University Farm & other locations in Chico.
During the last 9 years I have been trained in Permaculture & Regenerative Agriculture design & consultancy by the Southern Cross Permaculture Institute of Victoria, Australia, by the EDE Foundation in Bali, Indonesia, by the Institute of the Balearic Islands in Spain & by the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia.
I am certified by HM International, in Holistic Planning, Grazing Planning, Biological & Financial Planning for farms & ranches.
Facilitator Teams, Organizers & Organizations behind it
Other main facilitators:
John Champaign. In Australian and regional permaculture circles, John Champagne is one of the principle Permaculture teachers and has been lead teacher on permaculture courses for over 10 years. John’s teaching career has taken him all over Australia and in recent years to South East Asia where he has taught Permaculture Courses (PDC’s) and workshops in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia. John brings to any event the experience of over 22 years of active involvement in the permaculture movement. From private property design & establishment, consultancies, school gardens and eco-village designs, his activities are well documented.
Richard King.
Richard’s professional career with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service includes 36 years of experience as a rangeland specialist, ecologist, and biologist. His work included training co-workers and assisting landowners with restoration or enhancement of rangelands, wetlands, cropland, chaparral, forests, woodlands, and stream corridors in northern Arizona, northwestern Nevada, and throughout northern California before retiring in 2012. Specific areas of experience and expertise currently
include grazing planning, increasing soil organic matter, replacing invasive/pest species with diverse communities of life, land infrastructure planning, biological monitoring, financial planning, consensus building, and Holistic Management®.
Garret Liles.
Dr. Liles is a Chico, CA native who earned a bachelor’s degree at Chico State with an interdisciplinary special major in soil ecology.
PhD from UC Davis studying soil organic matter and the effects of disturbance and management on the terrestrial Carbon Cycle. Garrett has a diverse professional work history including mapping the soils of Lassen Park for NRCS, analysis and planning of regional biomass to energy projects, and quantifying the effects of riparian restoration at the Cosumnes River Preserve, along with years of running chainsaws, building trails, and managing natural resources operating a shovel. Dr. Liles joined the faculty of the CSU Chico College of Agriculture in 2015 as an assistant professor of soil and plant science and teaches across the spectrum of soils stressing systems and interconnectivity
Guest facilitators from Butte College, Chico State University & other local organizations:
Kelly Munson.
Butte College faculty.
Leadership & social change facilitator.
Associated Students Adviser.
Sustainability Resource Center Supervisor.
Lee Atelier. (PhD, Cornell University) has over 18 years teaching experience in the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico. He was a horticulture volunteer for the Peace Corps in Nepal for three years, worked for the USDA on agricultural water quality for three years in south Georgia, and has been teaching and doing research in Thailand since 2001. His research interests are in cropping systems and agricultural ecology, he directs the Organic Vegetable Project on the Chico State University Farm, and he is a certified educator in Holistic Management.
Kalan Redwood. Owner of Redwood Seed company: growing more than 200 seed varieties, 95% of that total is grown locally in their property. Mostly Heirloom and open pollinated varieties that will perform fantastically in our Mediterranean climate.
Other main facilitators:
John Champaign. In Australian and regional permaculture circles, John Champagne is one of the principle Permaculture teachers and has been lead teacher on permaculture courses for over 10 years. John’s teaching career has taken him all over Australia and in recent years to South East Asia where he has taught Permaculture Courses (PDC’s) and workshops in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia. John brings to any event the experience of over 22 years of active involvement in the permaculture movement. From private property design & establishment, consultancies, school gardens and eco-village designs, his activities are well documented.
Richard King.
Richard’s professional career with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service includes 36 years of experience as a rangeland specialist, ecologist, and biologist. His work included training co-workers and assisting landowners with restoration or enhancement of rangelands, wetlands, cropland, chaparral, forests, woodlands, and stream corridors in northern Arizona, northwestern Nevada, and throughout northern California before retiring in 2012. Specific areas of experience and expertise currently
include grazing planning, increasing soil organic matter, replacing invasive/pest species with diverse communities of life, land infrastructure planning, biological monitoring, financial planning, consensus building, and Holistic Management®.
Garret Liles.
Dr. Liles is a Chico, CA native who earned a bachelor’s degree at Chico State with an interdisciplinary special major in soil ecology.
PhD from UC Davis studying soil organic matter and the effects of disturbance and management on the terrestrial Carbon Cycle. Garrett has a diverse professional work history including mapping the soils of Lassen Park for NRCS, analysis and planning of regional biomass to energy projects, and quantifying the effects of riparian restoration at the Cosumnes River Preserve, along with years of running chainsaws, building trails, and managing natural resources operating a shovel. Dr. Liles joined the faculty of the CSU Chico College of Agriculture in 2015 as an assistant professor of soil and plant science and teaches across the spectrum of soils stressing systems and interconnectivity
Guest facilitators from Butte College, Chico State University & other local organizations:
Kelly Munson.
Butte College faculty.
Leadership & social change facilitator.
Associated Students Adviser.
Sustainability Resource Center Supervisor.
Lee Atelier. (PhD, Cornell University) has over 18 years teaching experience in the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico. He was a horticulture volunteer for the Peace Corps in Nepal for three years, worked for the USDA on agricultural water quality for three years in south Georgia, and has been teaching and doing research in Thailand since 2001. His research interests are in cropping systems and agricultural ecology, he directs the Organic Vegetable Project on the Chico State University Farm, and he is a certified educator in Holistic Management.
Kalan Redwood. Owner of Redwood Seed company: growing more than 200 seed varieties, 95% of that total is grown locally in their property. Mostly Heirloom and open pollinated varieties that will perform fantastically in our Mediterranean climate.