E. Christopher Mare
1205-B Lenora Court
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 752-1310
email:
ecmare@villagedesign.org
Permaculture Design Experience:
- Certified PDC at the Donovan Farm, Bellingham, Spring 1993; Instructors
Larry Santoyo and Simon Henderson
- Certified PDC at Crystal Waters, Maleny, Queensland, Autumn 1996; Instructors
Max Lindegger and Frances Lang
- ½ Course (no certificate), La Rochelle, France, Spring 1998; Instructor
Penny Livingston
- Permaculture implementation project at Donovan Farm, Winter 1995 – Autumn
1997; resulting in purchase of property by a CoHousing Group
- Permaculture Demonstration Site at Outback Farm, Fairhaven College,
WWU;
maintained and enhanced since 1999
- Urban Permaculture community experiment at the Oasis, Happy Valley, Bellingham,
2001-2002
- Attendee at the Sixth International Permaculture Conference, Perth, Western
Australia, Autumn 1996
- Participant in initial groundwork at the establishment of the Permaculture
Institute of Ireland, Winter 1996
- Long time member of Bellingham Permaculture Club; numerous projects
- Worked on a cob cottage project at Huehuecoyotl, Tepotzlan, Mexico, Winter
1999
- Worked on a straw-bale house project at Rosneath Farm, Western Australia,
Autumn 1996
Ecovillage Design Experience:
- Village Design Course at Crystal Waters, Autumn 1996; presented by the Global
Ecovillage Network
- Ecovillage Design Course at the Farm, Tennessee, Spring 1997; presented by
Albert Bates, Peter Bane, et. al
- Village Design Course at the Farm Tennessee, Spring 2003; presented by Albert
Bates, et. al
- Ecovillage Design Practicum at Rosneath Farm, Dunsborough, Western Australia,
Autumn 1996
- Ecological Design School, La Rochelle, France, Spring 1998; offered by Phil
Hawes, chief architect for Biosphere II
- Participant in “Experience Week” and “Living in Community” programs at
Findhorn,
Scotland, Winter 1996
- Study of traditional villages in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico, Winter 1999
- Designed the world’s first ever B.A. degree devoted to “Ecovillage Design,”
as featured in an article in Communities magazine, Autumn 2000
Teaching Experience:
- Conceive, design, and present two-week residential course by the name “Fundamentals
of Village Design” at Pragtri Farm, Summer 2003; a project of the newly-formed
Village Design Institute
- Conceive, design, and present “Ecovillage Design” class, Fairhaven College,
WWU, Spring 2001
- Designer and facilitator for “Group Manifestation” class, Fairhaven College,
WWU, Spring 1997
- Facilitator for “Applied Human Ecology” class, Fairhaven College, WWU –
Winter, Spring, Autumn 1995