It is my pleasure to share stories, insights and images with your audience: schools, public events and university classes will gain insight and inspiration.

To inquire about availability and rates for slideshows, presentations and facilitation please write to me.

I will be traveling in Europe during the Fall of 2011, and in Tanzania during the winter 2011/2012 and welcome opportunities in these areas!

Selection of topics:

• Natural Building, including Earth building and Straw bale construction

• Permaculture,

• Community living

• Working abroad

• Women in construction

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Past engagements include:

Village Building Convergence 2003 presenter

Conference “Moderner Lembau 2003” (Modern earth building), Berlin Germany,  presentation: “PLAN-B: practical Leadership and Natural Building; Teaching and learning by creating a learning community”

Guest Speaker for Design and People in Kochin, Kerala, December 2004

2006 Spring Timber Framers Guild Conference, Parksville, BC, presenation for Natural Building Track

2007 Natural Building Colloquium Texas , Kerrville Tx, presenter

Interview for First Earth movie  with David Sheen

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Writing and Publications

The following are download pdf’s:

Live and Learn published by Communities Magazine 2010

Building as if People Mattered: A good house, to be published by http://www.gaiaeducation.org/