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Brooke of Cosmic Earth Wellness is an Artisan, Yoga Teacher, Meditative Sound Facilitator, Life Counselor who lives in the magical land Vermont. She often is Vending her Wall Weavings, Pottery and other handmade items as well as curating Sound Bath Experiences at Events, Festivals & Gatherings. Her passions also include Herbalism & Tea, Permaculture / Connection to Nature & the Beyond.
At It Takes A Village Festival, Brooke will offer a sound healing and meditation session.
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Sydney Greenley-Kois is a fashion designer and entrepreneur who is passionate about the use of sustainable materials and dyes as well as sustainable production in the fashion industry. Her brand Crvftswomxn is based out of Easthampton Massachusetts and focuses on small batch slow fashion made from organic materials which Sydney hand dyes with natural pigments extracted from plants. Each piece is designed and made by hand in her studio and is one of a kind. Sydney seeks to break the mold in the fashion industry through her methods of production and the materials that she uses. She offers quality in construction and design through her clothing that is not seen in fast fashion. She has been working with plant dyes for over 10 years and her love affair with natural pigments started when she was studying fashion design at Mass Art and designed an entire collection out of fabric she dyed herself. Sydney also works as a designer for the brand Beautiful Genius and used to be a custom bag designer for the reputable messenger bag brand Chrome Industries.
At It Takes A Village Festival, Sydney will be leading a workshop on dyeing natural fibers with plants.
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Recent graduate from Vermont law school, Ansley is interested in the regenerative movement across the board - “in order to have a regenerative planet, we need regenerative people.” From nervous system regulation and dance to contract law, find her driving factor being her love for Mother Earth and the pleasure of being alive.
At It Takes A Village Festival, Ansley will be offering a community foot washing ceremony, she’ll be leading a singing circle, and she’ll also offer a workshop on somatic movement.
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“Shamanism for the People is a collective of friends with diverse backgrounds and talents, who united in the Summer of 2020 in service to community.
With a shared goal of holding sacred space for vulnerability and intimacy to emerge, SFTP creates ceremonial circles and environments in which all beings may feel safe to express from the heart.
As a group of Space Holders studied in various disciplines and practices, this collective aspires to weave ancient healing arts through each facilitation, with hopes of inspiring intentional ceremonial living for all.”
At It Takes A Village Festival, Shamanism For The People will lead an epic cacao ceremony where attendees will be able to pick their own adventure as far as how they wish to enjoy the medicine of the cacao.
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We are not separate from each other, nor from our natural world. Perhaps the greatest illusion is the 'assumption of separation'. Actionably addressing this illusion is perhaps the simplest, most important task. To reenter a natural condition as participants within thriving, balanced ecosystems, we are being called to STEWARD rather than extract for perceived personal gain within a system that no longer serves or functions according to a thrive pattern.
I have committed to stewardship within my own lifetime as a natural course probably arising through the resounding ‘No’ during the second year of a six year stint with the US military in 1981. What was at the time a recognition of what didn’t fit has ripened through a lifetime of freedom-loving entrepreneurship into a ripe, juicy fruit by many inputs. This fruit, by Stewards and gardens, carries my personal signal by permaculture, natural farming, art and poetry.
At It Takes A Village Festival, Tina will lead a workshop on Natural Farming, and she’ll also be bringing her goats for people to enjoy.
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In the 1970s, Terry Mollner, Ed.D., was an organizer of a group of leaders from around the US that wrote one of the first sets of social screens for investing. In 1982, Wayne Silby, a member of that group, & he were the founders of the first family of socially responsible mutual funds, the Calvert Funds. Today it has $33 billion under management and is one of the largest families of ESG funds.
He also took the lead to create Calvert Impact Capital, Calvert’s foundation, that has raised nearly $3 billion at low interest rates and loan it at slightly higher interest rates to reduce poverty around the world. In 2000, he facilitated having Ben & Jerry’s bought by Unilever. He negotiated a contract with its board that allowed it to remain an independent company, the board be self-perpetuating with him on it, & a contract that obligates Unilever to allow Ben & Jerry’s to spend forever the same percent of the annual budget on social activism as of the year bought. The board is responsible for monitoring this agreement, with freedom to take any position on social issues. It is the only socially responsible company to secure these agreements when bought by a multinational company. He has since retired from all three of these boards to focus on building Trust Funds for All Children, Inc. (TFAC), a program where family members & friends can contribute as little as $11 a month until a child is 20 years old that will provide a monthly distribution their entire adult life. When elderly, it will be the equivalent, or more than, a monthly US Social Security check. In exchange, the remainder upon death is used to begin trust funds for poor children around the world. The money grows without taxation their entire lives. This is best for the child & best for the world. Terry is also a founder & Chair of Stakeholders Capital, Inc., a socially responsible asset management firm in Massachusetts & California. Since 1972, he is the founder & chair of TFAC, until recently named Trusteeship Institute, Inc., which has supported him in the development of these & many other projects.
His latest books, available on Amazon, are Common Good Capitalism Is Inevitable, Common Good Nation, Our Mutual Blind Spot, & in a month, Sensation of Oneness: Cooperation for Maturation, Not Competition, Is the Fundamental Process in Nature & We Can Experience It as a Sensation.
At It Takes A Village Festival Terry Mollner will speak on how we can create economic systems based in love and agreements.
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Syd has over 5 years of experience producing & hosting events that invite authentic connection and self expression. Her focus areas have been healing retreats & experiences that feature visual, healing, & performing artists as well as local producers, vendors, & practitioners.
Through Permatours, Syd has supported the production over 40+ learn-by-doing experiences focused on permaculture & sustainable construction.
Syd organizes online Q&As & marketing collateral to drive in-person & digital support to hubs around the world that provide space for education & community building.
Lastly, Syd is a representative of Seeds cryptocurrency which funded Permatours in 2021. With enthusiasm, Syd educates on the power of crypto & NFTs & supports people with leveraging this emerging technology to heal the earth & drive social impact.
At It Takes A Village Festival Sydney will lead a workshop on co-creating regenerative economies using Web3 or blockchain-based technology. She’ll also lead the mandala making ceremony followed by a singing circle.
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Jessica Mortell
Jessica is a loving and nurturing leader and facilitator building bridges and magnetizing community. She holds spaces for people to practice radical self love and authenticity. Her warm heart, accepting and loving presence invites you to relax into your truth, and be celebrated exactly where and how you are. As an event producer, facilitator, healer, tantrika, and coach, Jessica loves supporting her clients to discover new things about themselves, release and heal traumas, and develop relationship and communication skills for a happier, healthier, and more fulfilling life.
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Darren J. Glenn is a Trinidadian-born, American intersectional environmentalist, racial justice and LGBTQ+ rights advocate, and librarian based in the New York City area. Born in his parents’ hometown in 1988, Darren immigrated to the United States in 1993, and grew up in Queens, NY, and then Long Island. While pursuing higher education, he developed a passion for social justice. After receiving a Master’s Degree in Library Science at Syracuse University, Darren was able to live in Germany and Mexico developing his language and transnational resource mobilization skills.
He resettled in the Greater New York area in 2016 and became a volunteer at the NY-based LGBTQ+ advocacy non-profit the Caribbean Equality Project. He took on the role of organization’s Programs Director in 2018, developing his skills and his passion for grant writing, program design, and community organizing. In 2020, he and his brother ultimately co-founded their own non-profit in Trinidad and Tobago, the Glenn Family Foundation, to address critical social, economic, and environmental issues throughout the Caribbean. In addition to his roles at the Glenn Family Foundation and Caribbean Equality Project, Glenn now serves as a volunteer for Permatours and the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island’s Creation Care Ministry, as well as works as a public librarian in Brooklyn, NY.
At It Takes A Village Darren will be speaking on “Greening the 21st Century.”
Learn more here.
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John is an internationally recognized thought leader and speaker who educates on living more holistically and building healthier homes with natural materials, including agricultural hemp. He is a product developer for building materials using more natural materials. John creates experiences centered around building with hemp for better health, comfort and efficiency. “We not only build houses using hemp, we connect people.” John Patterson
John is also the founder of Tiny Hemp Homes, whose mission is to encourage healthier, more comfortable and efficient homes, work and play places through cultivating a more natural built environment. “Through mindfully crafted multiple day experiences we aim to connect people from around the globe to initiate significant global transformation for the better of the people and the planet. We encourage people to have a deeper relationship with mother earth and fellow inhabitants leading a more vibrant and sustainable life.”
A carpenter and furniture designer by trade he has been researching sustainable living methods since the 70's. In 1997 John designed and built his own off-the-grid home complete with its own solar-based electricity plant. John is currently helping several groups plan and design holistic, self-reliant and affordable living communities.
John speaks about improved building systems, getting permission to build, land use restrictions, holistic income opportunities, community gardens, problem solving, preparedness and more affordable living. He also teaches about the benefits of cannabidiol, hemp foods and nutrition, and the many other uses and applications of bio-based materials and how industrial hemp is bringing back family farms around the globe.
At It Takes A Village Festival John will lead a workshop on building with hempcrete.
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Jess is a multifaceted movement facilitator with a passion for helping people have fun, relax, and feel connected to their bodies. They are a 200 hour registered yoga teacher and prefer to teach a slow flow style of yoga, allowing people time to really feel into each pose and stay connected to breath. Jess combines yoga asana with playful, dance-like intuitive movement to create experiences that help you either energize or relax your body depending on the intention of the particular practice. You can expect to move through asanas slowly and sometimes to shake out sticky energy with silly, bouncy movements.
At It Takes A Village Festival Jess will be leading a yoga class on Sunday evening, followed by Acro Yoga.
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Bear and Aidale are plant people. After battling years long illnesses and dealing with trauma that life can bring they both found the beginning of their healing journey started with a deepening relationship with plants and plant medicine. They run a nonprofit called Ancient Healing Paths whose mission is to provide free educational workshops on deeply connected living and to facilitate free access to alternative healing modalities. They are passionate about educating people around connected ways of living and love to help people find their own path to healing, health, and abundance.
At It Takes A Village Festival, Bear & Aidale will lead a mushroom and plant foraging walk and they will also teach on natural medicine making.
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Scotty is passionate about reshaping our relationships: with the land, with each other & with the cycles of energy that drive society. This has manifested in community organizing, inner healing work, spiritual inquiry, permaculture design, alternative energy science, bicycle magic & at the heart of it all: Compost! Scotty’s been collecting compost, leading soil workshops, & helping people set up home scale worm bins & compost systems for the past 10 years. Although, there was a distinct moment on June 30th 2016 when it became clear all in an instant that he was meant to work with the trash. Scotty was appointed as one of Swami Mommy’s garbologists at the national rainbow gathering in Oregon, to preach the gospel of the 7 chakras of garbage yoga & implore gatherers to take up the sacred task of sorting our trash into the 7 sacred elements of garbage yoga (compost corresponding to the heart chakra).
Now, Scotty is a member of a compost cooperative – Diggers Dirt – based in Maine and designed to divert organic material from the waste stream. Diggers have worm bins and bulk compost piles to convert this ‘trash’ to treasure! In an effort to increase compost awareness, Diggers will be setting up community gardens, public food forests, informational YouTube series and educational worm bins in schools. This is all part of a big picture plan to dream for how we can bring harmony to strained relationships with the earth on a global scale.
At It Takes A Village Festival Scotty will lead an acro yoga class and also speak on soil science with his business partner from Diggers Co-op, Dominic.
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Shannon Dooling is a certified 200-hour yoga teacher, Reiki Master, herbalist, aromatherapist, fermenting queen, homesteader, and plant whisperer. She's passionate about growing healthy food, building community, and teaching resilience. Shannon's yoga journey started in 2010 with a hot and sweaty Bikram class, and since then, she has explored various styles of yoga before completing her 200-hour Ashtanga teacher training in 2015. For Shannon, yoga is a spiritual practice that has helped her heal deep-rooted trauma and find a sense of purpose and connection. She's a proud mama of a 51-acre oasis, where she blends teas, ferments things, and inspires others to live their authentic truths. Shannon creates a safe space for students to explore spiritual growth and emotional healing, weaving mindfulness and attention to breath throughout her classes. Come as you are, and awaken your wild heart.
At It Takes A Village Festival, Shannon will lead goat yoga on Sunday morning.
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Dominic believes one of the most potent approaches to removing carbon from the atmosphere is to sink it into the soil. Carbon drawdown is a major focus of his work with Diggers Cooperative. Dominic sees agriculture reform, waterway restoration, and Land Back as the best ways to secure a healthy future in the face of climate change. Similarly, worker cooperatives will secure the future of our economy. Maine can be a leader in these efforts and Dominic is adding his effort through Diggers Cooperative. Dominic is a graduate of the Soil Food Web School and is also studying the benefits of Korean Natural Farming.
At It Takes A Village Festival, Dominic will speak with Scotty of Diggers Compost Co-op on Soil Science.
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Pat is a permaculturist at heart, deeply committed to aligning regenerative economies into land regeneration, food systems and community living. As CFO of Blacksheep Regenerative Resource Management, he has years of experience weaving new models into currently existing structures as to the bridge the gap now. He believe the security from this interweaving will enhance our capacity and resources for developing the new structures of a regenerative culture built from the bottom up.
Pat is fueled through the creative process of developing community gardens with the intention to bring ourselves into deeper relationship with ourselves, others and the natural world
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John Howard is a visual media artist who specializes in creating media for environmentally and socially impactful businesses, as well as artists, creatives, and inspired people. Learn more here.
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Bliss, a carpenter-teacher with Haven Earth, will be assisting during the hempcrete build experience. Hailing from a long lineage of builders, including two Grandfathers, Bliss has been trained in timber frame construction, studied with bio-architect, Paul "River" Richardson and has a certification in hemp building. He is the proud owner/operator of Fernwood Construction where his latest project is an octagon hemp event space created for conscious gatherings.
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Galia has long been fascinated by trees and light and how they can play together. She loves painting the natural world using light to create whimsical spaces with adding vibrance and visibility. She strives to create immersive experiences that help people to feel embodied, present, safe and playful. She is co-lead for the Leave No Trace initiative for a Burning Man regional event. As a founding member of Permatours, she strives to leave a positive trace and is beyond thrilled to be coming back to co-create this event.
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Outdoor Rooms are the meeting place of art, science, history, community and outdoor recreation, and so, they have a wide appeal to many people of all ages. A custom net becomes a living piece, a web of life. Each rope and string representing a creature or creation all interacting with one another in a beautiful pattern of chaos, reminiscent of our own existences. changing shape as more people interact with it, stretching and warping as time passes. Each string in the web is supported by the other creatures around it, proving that there is immense strength when we work together. The web is brought to life by the trees it is strung in, as they are the foundation for life on earth. People connecting with each other, people connecting with art and music, people connecting with nature; connections are the root essence of the web of life. Through these connections the net becomes an ever growing symbol of life and the relationship between all things.
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Arantha Farrow has just returned from visiting her Father Akim in Zimbabwe in February and March 2023. This Summer 2023, she plans to raise 15k to renovate her family’s homestead which will make it livable for her Father, Akim and other community members. The homestead can serve as a place that Vermonters and other supporters can visit.
Arantha is a leader in Vermont’s music, herbal healing, arts, rocks, minerals and crystals industries. She owns a San Francisco trolley where she hosts concerts, houses a retail store that sells jewelry and instruments from Zimbabwe and holds special events. She’s always held the dream of connecting her life in Vermont with her Father's life, to help improve the livelihoods of the people, land, and culture of Zimbabwe. Akim’s community in Zimbabwe has been starving and this imbalance is exacerbated by the pandemic. This fundraising is something positive and hopeful that we can do in response.
At It Takes A Village Festival, Arantha will be setting up a plant music gallery and a sound healing space using her “music of the plants” machines.