Beaver in California: Creating a Culture of Stewardship Online Presentation The following video is a recording of a presentation WATER… Read More >
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.
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Beaver in California: Creating a Culture of Stewardship Online Presentation The following video is a recording of a presentation WATER… Read More >
January 14, 2020 This week we celebrated a huge milestone in the progression of OAEC’s Compost Toilet Research Project.… Read More >
Artifishal is a film about wild rivers and wild fish that explores the high cost—ecological, financial and cultural—of our mistaken… Read More >
Since 2014, a colony of beaver have been observed near the suburban South Bay town of Campbell, and with them,… Read More >
Listen to this interview with WATER Institute Director Kate Lundquist on using beaver to restore endangered salmon in California. … Read More >
Want to learn about all the amazing benefits of beaver for California watersheds? Join WATER Institute Directors Kate Lundquist and/or Brock Dolman… Read More >
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 Research Project Update: Pleasing Government & Grandma! Since we embarked on this journey to introduce Ecological Sanitation principals… Read More >
Join us in the North Garden Theater on Wednesday August 15th 7-9pm BEING SALMON, BEING HUMAN is a unique… Read More >
WATER Institute co-directors Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman have fully embodied their busy mascot this summer as they hit the… Read More >
by Janel Healy. Photos by Brock Dolman. 35% of the palm oil produced in the world comes from Malaysia, and… Read More >
Above: Alana records weekly potable water use at OAEC outside the Main Office, which all staff members see throughout the… Read More >
These are extraordinary times in California–especially in the Dutch Bill Creek Watershed, where OAEC is located, and the watersheds surrounding… Read More >
WATER Institute Director Kate Lundquist was one of seven American beaver advocates interviewed for this report put together by the Miistakis… Read More >
The WATER Institute Beaver Campaign Hits The Road! In late February and early March, Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman of… Read More >
The Bring Back the Beaver campaign, run by Brock Dolman and Kate Lundquist of the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center’s… Read More >