E. Christopher Mare
1205 B Lenora Court
Bellingham, WA
98225
(360) 752-1310
e-mail: ecmare@villagedesign.org

CURRICULUM VITAE__________________________________

FORMAL EDUCATION:

• Autumn 99-Present: Antioch University Seattle; Masters in Whole Systems Design; presently organizing a final Graduate Design Project

• Autumn 94-Spring 99: Western Washington University; Fairhaven College – Self-designed B.A. entitled “Village Design: Ekistics for the 21st Century”

• Winter 82: Chapman College: Orange, CA – 4 credits earned in a “Creative Writing” class aboard an aircraft carrier

• Winter 80-Spring 81: US Navy; Memphis and Jacksonville – Advanced Electronics Program including Advanced First-Term Avionics

• Autumn 77: University of California at Irvine; Physical Sciences (Pre-engineering) major – no credit earned

• Autumn 74-Spring 77: Edison High School; Huntington Beach, CA
  

PERMACULTURE RELATED EDUCATION:

• Spring 98: Advanced Permaculture Design Course; La Rochelle, France – no certificate offered

• Spring 97: Village Design course; The Farm, Tennessee – offered by the Ecovillage Training Center

• Participant: Village Design workshop; Rosneath Farm, W.A.

• Participant: The Sixth International Permaculture Conference Perth, W.A.

• Village Design course; Crystal Waters – offered by the Global Ecovillage Network

• Autumn 96: Permaculture Design Course; Crystal Waters, Australia – certificate received

• Month-long Intern: Permaculture Institute of Ireland

• Winter 96: Participant: “Experience Week” and “Living in Community” programs at Findhorn, Scotland

• Spring 95: Segments of a Permaculture Design Course; Happy Valley, Fairhaven – no certificate offered

• Spring 93: Permaculture Design Course; Happy Valley, Fairhaven – certificate received
  

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Spring 01': Conceived, designed, and presented a 3-credit Ecovillage Design class; Fairhaven College

• Spring 98: “Introduction to Organic Astrology” presentation – Moulin Du Bonheur Ecological Design School; La Rochelle, France

• Spring 97: Facilitate “Group Manifestation” group ISP, Fairhaven College – rewarded when CoHousing group bought land

• Autumn 95: Facilitator during transition to “Applied Human Ecology” class

• Winter 95-Spring 95: Co-facilitate “Organic Gardening” class; Fairhaven College
  

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Winter 02' - Present: Establish an educational non-profit called Village Design Institute; work in progress

• Summer 02' - Present: Establish a business called Paradise Designs, creating meditative healing spaces

• Autumn 94' - Summer 01': Full-time student; Independent Landscaping and Gardening

• Spring 93' - Autumn 93': Filaree Farm, organic garlic harvesting, processing, and planting

• Winter 90-Winter 92: Assumed many positions on factory trawlers in Alaska, including: ‘lead man’, assistant cook, assistant engineer, wheel-watch, ‘grunt’, etc.

• Summer 87-Spring 89: Electronic Assembly and Technician – Particle Measuring Systems; Boulder, CO

• Winter 87-Spring 87: Salesman – International Trade and Exchange (ITEX) Corp.; Denver, CO

• Autumn 85-Summer 86: Field Service Technician; Laser Densitometers and Microtomes – LKB Bromma, Sweden – based out of my home in Walnut Creek, CA

• Autumn 84-Summer 85: Field Service Technician; Photocopiers and Business Machines, Wood Business Products; West Palm Beach, FL

• Autumn 79-Spring 84: Avionics Technician and Second-Class Petty Officer; US Navy – USS Enterprise; Bremerton, WA and Alameda, CA

AWARDS:

• Spring 99: United States Achievement Academy - All-American Scholar Award

• Winter 77: Who’s Who American High School Students

• Spring 77: State Scholarship – University of California at Irvine

• Winter 85: Outstanding Achievement Award – Wood Business Products

PUBLICATIONS:

• Autumn 00: Communities magazine published an article they asked me to write that ended up being called “Designing My Own Education for the Ecovillage Millennium”, describing my self-designed educational experience at Fairhaven College

• Winter 99: I produced a portfolio: “Village Design: Ekistics for the 21st Century”; two copies were purchased by River Oak properties

• Winter 98 & Spring 02: Interviewed on a KUGS environmental issues program hosted by Fairhaven alum Todd Burley, from which a transcript was made
  

COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS:

• Winter 94-Summer 94: Board of Directors and Building Manager – Community Cultural Project of Tonasket

• Summer 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99: Back stage crew – Roots Mountain Reggae

• Spring 99, 00: Set up crew – Earth Day Festival in the Outback

• Autumn 98-Spring 99: President – Sustainable Futures Club; WWU

• Winter 98-Spring 99: Member of “Rehiring, Tenure, and Promotion” Committee; Fairhaven College

• Spring 98-Summer98: Charter Member - Bellingham CoHousing

• Winter 01- Member Unitarian Fellowship – Bellingham

• Winter 01- Member Outback Advisory Board, WWU