local

  • Metabolic Studio
    • Ecological design studio in Los Angeles with a variety of cutting-edge projects that promote harmonious relationships with land, community, and indigineity 
    • bending the river: near the studio, metabolic is trying to dig up concrete and reroute some of the river water to a state park 
  • Living Earth
    • Music events with local musicians, artists, and poets in Los Angeles Nature. Great way for LA residents to connect with the local ecology. 
  • Clockshop
    • Nonprofit seeking to curate art that connects Angelenos to land they reside on 
    • Favorite commission: What Water Wants 
  • Chief Ya’anna Learning Village
    • 12 acres of land were rematriated to the Gabrielino Shoshone Nation of Southern California. It is a living and growing example of indigenous land stewardship. 
    education

    • Post Growth Institute 
      • Nonprofit reimagining economy structure to work within ecological limits and enable collective wellbeing
      • I received training to become an “Offers and Needs Market” facilitator through them, which I highly recommend for anyone regardless of background. You’ll come away with a great exercise to practice in local community to realize connection, wealth, and abundance we all possess.  
    • Nonviolent Communication 
      • Nonviolent communication is an approach to meaningfully listen and communicate with others, especially handy in times of conflict. The center for nonviolent communication offers trainings and workshops to see nonviolent communication at play, and practice with others. 
    • Right Use of Power Institute (RUPI)
      • Organization seeking to illuminate our relationship to power. From roles with established power in society to power dyanmics in relationships, RUPI offers trainings to those seeking to understand power at different levels, and ways to use it wisely. 
    • Terra.do Climate Fellowship
      • Three month climate change fellowship. I participated in this in early 2025, and came away with a solid understanding of climate change, emissions, adaptation, resilience, economy, carbon credits, food systems and movements to address different aspects. 
    • Active Hope Foundations Training
      • Online self-paced course based on Joanna Macy’s spiral  framework in “The Work That Reconnects”, intended to support people’s capacity to make a positive difference in the world, and overcome feelings of helplessness and powerlessness. I’m currently participating in it, and find it insightful. 


    orgs

    • Hyphae 
      • Engineering consulting studio in the SF area that engages in case by case architectural and research projects to promote wellbeing and ecological harmony
    • Center for Urban Pedagogy
      • Organization with designers, artists, and teachers that create programming for youth and offer training grounded in justice and community engagement for designers.
    • Great Weaving Game
      • Reflection and community exercise rooted in weaving, introspection, spirituality, celebration, analysis of systems we live in, and cultivating an imagination of the future. AKA “The Great Unraveling” and “The Great Turning”, terms coined by Joanna Macy. 
    • Work that Reconnects
      • Community, resource, conversation, and course for introspection, learning what is sacred to us, and what change we’d like to see in the world. Rooted in Joanna Macy’s teachings of systems thinking
    • Lo-TEK Design Movement
      • Designer Julia Watson and entrepreneur/teacher Melissa Hunter learn from indigenous people and understand nature-based technologies like teracces, root bridges, aquaculture, etc... across mountains, forests, desert, and wetland ecosystems. 

    media

    • Podcast/Music
      • Upstream: Podcast on Political Theory and Economy (but it’s much more than that, truly)
      • Deep Listening by Pauline Oliveros. Tedtalk explains her philosophy, and album is beyond words