Scotty Guzman

Scotty is Permatours’ President. He 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 Maine-based compost cooperative – Diggers Dirt – which focuses on diverting organic material from the waste stream. Diggers has worm bins and bulk compost piles which convert ‘trash’ to treasure! In an effort to increase compost awareness, Diggers builds community gardens and food forests, and offers education at events and festivals. 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.