Our non-profit nursery is far more than a business – it is a mission-driven project promoting biodiversity as nature’s failsafe strategy for… Read More >
End of Season Plant Sale – Nov 9-10 & 16-17
Monday, November 4th, 2019
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Listening to the Land with The Cultural Conservancy
Friday, August 30th, 2019
The Cultural Conservancy’s Vision for a Biocultural Renewal Project in Graton There is a one-of-a-kind indigenous land project happening right… Read More >
Localizing CA Waters Conference Report Back
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
On November 7-9, 2018 a diverse group of water professionals and activists including water agency staff, government regulators, engineers and… Read More >
Compost Toilet Project: Pleasing Government & Grandma!
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
Compost Toilet Research Project Update: Pleasing Government & Grandma! Since we embarked on this journey to introduce Ecological Sanitation principals… Read More >
OAEC Receives Groundbreaking Compost Toilet Permit
Monday, September 26th, 2016
Legitimizing Ecological Sanitation via Scientific Research After 2 years of negotiations, OAEC is excited to partner with county and regional agencies… Read More >
OAEC Daughter Garden for People Living with HIV/AIDS
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015
What if a food bank distributed not just canned and donated goods, but fresh, organic produce grown right onsite? The… Read More >
It’s Spring! What To Be Planting Now
Tuesday, March 24th, 2015
Annuals Gardeners — the days are getting longer and warmer, so we know you’ve got the itch to start playing… Read More >
Highlights from EcoFarm
Thursday, January 29th, 2015
Last week’s 35th annual EcoFarm Conference gathered nearly 2000 sustainable agriculture experts and allies for education, rejuvenation and celebration with… Read More >
Applied On-Farm Permaculture Design: OAEC’s EcoFarm Workshop
Thursday, December 11th, 2014
Create a whole systems design for your current or future farm, facilitated by Brock Dolman, Kendall Dunnigan and Vanessa Carter, on… Read More >
Brock Dolman & Eve Ensler at Bioneers 2014
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
At the 2014 Bioneers Conference, OAEC’s Brock Dolman joined forces with renowned author and V-Day founder Eve Ensler to present… Read More >
OAEC’s Collaboration with SOIL: Turning Waste into a Resource in Haiti
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
Through Resilient Community Design, the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center‘s permaculture-based collaboration with Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) is supporting… Read More >
The SOIL Permaculture Design Process
Saturday, April 19th, 2014
The SOIL Permaculture Design Process After touring the SOIL collection and processing sites around Cap-Haitien, we arrived at the SOIL… Read More >
Cap-Haitien
Saturday, April 12th, 2014
We arrived by bus in Cap-Haitien, the second largest city in Haiti located on the north shore. The bus ride… Read More >
Symphony of "Konpos" with SOIL
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
Today’s work was to visit the SOIL composting site at the city dump in Twitye to learn about the specifics… Read More >
From Metal to Magic – Spending Sunday with SOIL
Monday, March 31st, 2014
Our Collaboration in Haiti OAEC was invited to visit to Haiti by SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods –www.oursoil.org) as… Read More >
Wynne Farm
Sunday, March 30th, 2014
We met our translator today, Jean Arnaud. He is Haitian and has lived in the US off and on since… Read More >