OAEC supports diverse communities to design their own regenerative systems at the regional and local scale.
Our cookbook is a collection of inventive recipes inspired by seasonal eating from our biodiverse Mother Garden, orchards and Wildlands Preserve.
Experience the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center through beautiful slideshows of our Guest Houses, Meeting Hall, Kitchen, Garden, Wildlands and more.
OAEC serves as a retreat center for networks, public agencies, foundations and other groups working towards social and environmental change.
Our 100% Certified Organic plant nursery specializes in open-pollinated perennials including edible landscaping plants, rare and endangered food crops, drought tolerant ornamentals and habitat plants - all tested in our onsite gardens and appropriate for our bioregion.
OAEC offers the longest consistently running two-week Permaculture Design Certification course in the West. Immerse yourself in information, ideas and inspiration on how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem.
In 2004, the State Coastal Conservancy approved a grant to the Salmon Creek Watershed Council and the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) to investigate the physical condition and functioning of the Salmon Creek tidal estuary and how it is used by salmon and steelhead, assess upstream factors that directly affect critical habitat in the estuary, collect historical information and develop recommendations to enhance the estuary of salmonid habitat.
Prunuske Chatham, Inc., of Occidental was hired to be the primary contractor for the completion of this study and associated report. A Technical Advisory Committee was formed to review the study plan and it’s findings. The final report published in June 2006 contains the results of the investigation along with overall enhancement recommendations and short term actions needed to initiate restoration or collect additional data.