WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

The Art of Living Green: Introduction to Sustainable Living

This workshop will take you through inspiring and eye-opening journey through lecture, discussion, and awareness exercises that will empower you to incorporate sustainability into all aspects of your life.  If you want to know what you can do today to green your home, business, and lifestyle that will make a difference (and fit within your schedule and financial capacity), this workshop will help you to define goals and clarify next steps.  Topics that will be included are: Radical Recycling; Organic Agriculture (the real deal); Holy Water and How to Treat It; the Non-Toxic Home; and Energy Efficiency (it’s easier than you think!).

The Sustainable Kitchen:  Cooking for Personal and Planetary Health

In this workshop, we will explore the relationship between personal and planetary health in the kitchen.  You will learn how to make your shopping, cooking, and eating practices more eco-friendly.  Drawing from years of experience as an organic farmer, a monk/cook at the Zen Monastery Peace Center, and a green consultant, Deborah will take you on a journey that will change the way you cook, eat, and experience food in your daily life. 

Breathe Easy: Creating a Non-Toxic Home from the Inside Out

Experience a healthy, non-toxic life, starting from within your own home, body, and lifestyle.  Topics will include indoor air quality, learning how to address the most dangerous toxins that exist in our homes and learning how to create a safe, healthy, healing home for yourself and your loved ones.

How to Live Water-Wise

This workshop offers an informative, interactive, and eye-opening exploration of WATER.  We will explore our existing water use and habits and learn new ways to approach how to live water-wise in Los Angeles.  Topics we will address are:

• Personal Health and Water Use

• Conservation for Homes and Businesses

• Water-Wise Landscaping

Energy Efficiency: It's Easier Than You Think

This workshop teaches the practice of energy consrvation in our day to day lives as an expression of our reverence for life.  You will learn the ins and outs of energy conservation and appropriate energy sources for city living, as well as learn how saving energy and saving money go hand in hand.   Together we will explore the relationship between our lifestyle, our personal health, and environmental health in regards to ENERGY.

Organic Backyard Gardening

This is a hands-on workshop series that teaches the fundamentals of organic backyard gardening.  We will cover:  how to create healthy soil, bed preparation, crop rotation, companion planting, integrated pest management, permaculture design, and more!  This workshop is useful for both beginners and old-time gardeners.

Composting 101: Carrot Tops, Castings, and Creative Re-Use

This workshop offers a down-to-earth approach to understanding the A to Z of how to compost in your own backyard.

From Doom and Gloom to Bloom: Transforming Environmental Despair into Compassionate Action

Through awareness exercises, writing, and group discussion, sustainability coach Deborah Tull will help us to move through and beyond the despair, anxiety, and overwhelm so many people experience about the state of the earth.  We will learn tools for cultivating self-acceptance and compassionate action, which enables us to be peaceful AND powerful amidst the challenges we face.