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