Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience, Trainings & Endorsements
Fox Twin Hollow
Connecting Humans to the Natural World (2023-2025)
Director of Mentorship Programs
Trackers Earth, Portland, OR (2016-2023)
Taught wilderness skills, homesteading, and nature connection at a year-round Forest School.
2nd Annual PNW Nature Mentor Exchange
Wilderness Awareness School, Duvall, WA (2019)
AC Gilbert Discovery Village Museum
Director of Education (2010-2016)
Oversaw Summer Camps, Year-round Programs, Daily Classes, and state-wide Homeschool program.
Advanced Teacher Training in Children and Youth Permaculture Education Certificate
Institute of Permaculture Education for Children, Portland, OR (2011)
Nonviolent Communication for Educators
Oregon Network for Compassionate Communication, Eugene, OR (2010)
Permaculture Design Certificate Holder
Permaculture Visions International, with an emphasis on developing curriculum for children. (2008)
Founder & Lead Instructor
Children’s Permaculture Guild (2005-2012)
Introduce children to Earth Skills and Sustainability through Art, Cooperative Games, and Hands-on Activities
PDC for Kids
Taught the world's first Permaculture Design Course for Youth.
Created and adapted a 72-hour PDC course for the three developmental stages of children.
Workshops, Lectures, and Presentations
Starting & Operating a Nature School, NSSU Online Class (2023)
Awareness for Nature Photographers, Athens Photo Project (2022)
Stealth & Camo Basics, Old School Survival Bootcamp (2022)
Introduction to Bird Language, Old School Survival Bootcamp (2022)
Winter Survival, NSSU Online Class (2022)
Animal Tracking Basics, NSSU Online Class (2022)
Primitive Firestarting, NSSU Online Class (2021)
Navigation and Lost-Proofing Yourself, NSSU Online Class (2021)
Nature Connection as Therapy, Nature Educator Training (2020)
Blindfold Movement, Nature Educator Training (2019)
Rabbit Butchering, NSSU Online Class (2019)
Quail Butchering, NSSU Online Class (2019)
Sustainable Hunting and Childhood Development, Nature Educator Training (2018)
The Role of Ecology in Human Societies, Nature Educator Training (2017)
Outdoor Educator Instructional Training (2016)
Greening Youth Education, 8th Annual Northwest Permaculture Convergence (2015)
How Play Keep Us Mentally & Physically Young, Senior Center 50+, Salem OR (2014)
Taking Care of Our Needs through Gardening, Suburban Permaculture Conference (2014)
The Importance of Play, Keynote Presentation at the Oregon Head Start Association (2013)
Recycled Papermaking and Zine-making Workshop, Children's Permaculture Guild (2010)
Natural Building Workshop, Children’s Permaculture Guild (2010)
Seedball Workshop, City of Eugene Earth Day (2009)
Primitive Basketmaking, Murray Art Guild (2008)
Publications and Written Work
Valuing the Marginal: Designing for Children and Elders
Permaculture Activist Magazine Issue #97 Life on the Edge, Fall 2015
Board Games: Appropriate Technology for Education
Permaculture Activist Magazine #90, Appropriate Technology, Winter, 2013-14
Teaching Earth Skills to Children
Permaculture Activist Magazine #88, Earth Skills & Nature Connection, Summer, 2013
Edible Insects: A Permanent Food Source
Permaculture Activist Magazine #86, Health & Nutrition, Winter, 2012-13
Kurent: A Journal of Permaculture for Children, Parents, & Educators (2012-2014) Editor.
Dancing with Deer: My Attempts to Touch a Wild Deer
Kindergarten Lesson Plan: Primitive Shelter Building
Rec Room: The Importance of Creating Space for Children
Backyards: Beginning Bioregionalism
Interviews and Media Appearances
Thriving the Future Podcast
Ep. 155 – Teach Kids Outside with Roman from Nature School
ClarifiEd Podcast
How One Forest School Founder Covered All of K–2 Common Core Teaching Outside
Doomer Optimism Podcast
Finding the Balance: Teaching Outdoors
Children in Permaculture International
A Brief History of the Children’s Permaculture Guild
Interview
The Children in Permaculture Manual | Permaculture Association UK
At Qingcheng Mountain, the birthplace of Taosim