The Mother Garden Biodiversity Program is Hiring! We’re looking for a Nursery Assistant (24 hours per week) and Landscaping Assistant… Read More >
We’re hiring! Nursery and Landscaping Assistant
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022
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General
2022 Update
Thursday, November 17th, 2022
OAEC works to inspire communities to build and imagine the ecologically regenerative and socially just world that we know is… Read More >
New Multimedia Series on WATER
Thursday, November 3rd, 2022
What is your relationship with water? Do you know where your water comes from or how it gets to you?… Read More >
Dan Hoyle show – Nov 11-12
Thursday, October 6th, 2022
Dan Hoyle dazzled us with his opening monologue at Chautauqua this year and we’ve decided to bring him back for… Read More >
Compost Revolution in the Mother Garden
Friday, October 21st, 2022
As the number of guests in our retreat program has increased in recent years, so has the volume of food… Read More >
Beaver Mania Hits the News!
Thursday, September 8th, 2022
Since our announcement in July about the State’s monumental decision to fund the creation of a new Beaver Restoration Program to… Read More >
Community grazing project at OAEC, Two Sisters Place & Mighty Arrow Ranch
Friday, September 2nd, 2022
This past spring, OAEC and the Sowing Circle community were thrilled to graze a flock of 54 sheep and 12… Read More >
Join the Good Fire Crew
Wednesday, July 20th, 2022
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Beyond Defensible Space – Consultations Webinar
Thursday, July 14th, 2022
OAEC Wildlands and our partners are hosting a Zoom webinar on July 27th from 6-8pm PST to wrap up our “Beyond Defensible… Read More >
State Leaders Enact Historic Beaver Restoration Program!
Thursday, June 30th, 2022
SACRAMENTO (June 30, 2022) – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to launch a new Beaver Restoration Program at the California… Read More >
Russian River Coho Partnership Concludes a Decade-Long Collaboration
Wednesday, June 1st, 2022
photo by Brock Dolman Salmon are a keystone species, inextricably linked to the health of our coastal ecosystems, yet over… Read More >
Big Wins in Sacramento for the Bring Back the Beaver Campaign!
Wednesday, May 25th, 2022
*We at the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center WATER Institute have tremendous news! On May 13th, Governor Gavin Newsom announced… Read More >
Beyond Defensible Space Workshops
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
We’ve heard about Defensible Space, the 100ft perimeter around buildings that should be free from burnable materials to prevent damage… Read More >
People Over Plastic podcast season 2!
Monday, May 2nd, 2022
People Over Plastic, a fiscally sponsored project of OAEC, is a BIPOC storytelling collective working towards an anti-racist, plastic-free future.… Read More >
Why we can’t build a fire-resilient future without worker justice
Friday, March 25th, 2022
Español abajo. Navigating the threat of wildfire is an ongoing reality of life in Sonoma County. From 2017 to 2020,… Read More >
Nursery Opens April 2nd!
Friday, March 4th, 2022
Podcast Interview on Intentional Community with Dave Henson
Monday, February 7th, 2022
The Foundation for Intentional Communities has launched a new podcast called “Inside Community” and invited OAEC Executive Director and Sowing… Read More >
Take a virtual or in-person garden tour!
Friday, February 11th, 2022
After a long Covid hiatus, on-site tours of the gardens led by real live humans will resume this April! Join us 1st and… Read More >
Beyond Defensible Space webinar presentation by Brock Dolman
Tuesday, February 1st, 2022
Wildfire preparedness at the county and state level often focus on defensible space and home hardening… and for good reason!… Read More >
Story of Plastic Wins an Emmy!
Sunday, November 21st, 2021
OAEC’s fiscally sponsored project Peak Plastic creates integrated storytelling campaigns to fight plastic production and pollution and to empower global collaborative action. Last month, Peak Plastic… Read More >
Read the 2021 Update
Friday, November 19th, 2021
In these times, OAEC continues to embody David Orr’s assertion that “hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up,”… Read More >
Forest Thinning and Gully Repair
Friday, October 22nd, 2021
‘Slash Ain’t Trash, It’s Beneficial Biomass!’ – Brock Dolman For the past few months, OAEC’s Wildlands team has been working… Read More >
Wildlands Program Builds Local Wildfire Resiliency
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
October 2021 Though the air has been clean at OAEC the past few weeks, we haven’t forgotten that California is… Read More >
How is OAEC dealing with the drought?
Thursday, August 26th, 2021
The old saying “Don’t miss the water ‘till the well runs dry” couldn’t be more apt in this year’s unprecedented… Read More >
Article on “Beaver Dam Analogs” in Yellow Creek
Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
OAEC’s WATER Institute was featured this month in SF Estuary Magazine (including Brock Dolman’s cover shot!) for beaver restoration work… Read More >
Beaver Restoration Feasibility: A Webinar for Olema
Thursday, March 11th, 2021
The following video is a recording of the informational webinar Brock Dolman and Kate Lundquist (Occidental Arts & Ecology Center… Read More >
Kent Whealy Memorial Seed Collection
Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
Pictured above: Doug Gosling, Mother Garden Biodiversity Program Director, in the OAEC seed vault with the new Kent Whealy dedication… Read More >
OAEC Organizes ‘Rewilding California’ Convening
Monday, November 23rd, 2020
In September, OAEC, along with the Center for Biological Diversity and The Rewilding Institute, convened a virtual Rewilding California meeting… Read More >
Fall Nursery Sale: Nov 7-8 & 14-15
Thursday, October 29th, 2020
Fall Nursery Sale November 7-8 & 14-15 Everything 20% Off! Wow, what a season! From Covid to wildfires, the Mother… Read More >
Peak Plastic Foundation joins OAEC!
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
OAEC has brought on the Peak Plastic Foundation (PPF) as a new fiscally-sponsored project, continuing OAEC’s involvement in the movement… Read More >