La Tercera In 2024, OAEC partnered with Daily Acts, a Sonoma County-based nonprofit, to create water conservation designs at La Tercera Elementary School. The design process was a collaborative endeavor, … Read more
2017 – Present Protecting the Moskitia Jungle and the global climate by uplifting indigenous rights and advancing fair trade. The Moskitia is the second largest tropical forest in the Americas, after … Read more
2018 – Present Protecting the Five Great Mesoamerican Forests, Indigenous Rights, and our Global Climate by Addressing the Drivers of Deforestation Five Forests Alliance is an international collaboration working to … Read more
2016-present St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Sebastopol, CA, is part of a growing movement of faith communities that are centralizing land stewardship as a core expression of their mission. Their … Read more
From 1995 through 2019, OAEC’s School Garden Teacher Training Program supported schools to incorporate ecological design into their curricula, campus, and community. With the promotion of ecological literacy at the core of its mission … Read more
This is one of the bean varieties purchased with OAEC donations. This particular variety is called Pwa Kongo (or Congo Bean), likely brought over to Haiti by enslaved Africans hundreds … Read more
OAEC’s Collaboration with SOIL: Turning Waste into a Resource in Haiti Watch the video about this collaboration:
The Permaculture Design program collaborated with the Case Grande High School in Petaluma to train 120 high school students (juniors and seniors) in permaculture design. The students then designed a 1-acre area … Read more
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