Over 100 volunteers came out on a sunny spring weekend to support a school almost lost to one of the biggest fires in California history. Read their story below.
“I think one of our greatest mistakes is seeing ourselves separate from nature and that nature is somewhere “out there.” Unfortunately, it is events like the Camp Fire that remind us this is not the case. It is time to fit ourselves back into nature appropriately.”Matthew Trumm, coordinator of the Camp Fire Restoration Project
Nearly 100 people gathered at Pine Ridge Elementary School during our Spring Camp Weekend on April 27th, 2019 to install a permaculture demonstration site. Pictured – Garden School Coordinator Mandy Kling, Principal Talin Tamzarian and Matthew Trumm, CFRP Founder. Photo Credit: April Mangino
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ne Camp, we are facilitating a system that stacks functions to influence change and create synergy as quickly as possible. Our Mobile Unit goes with us to the demonstration site where we work, easily accessible to meet the needs of where we serve and can be available for rent to property owners interested in hosting their own ecosystem restoration groups.
Our mobile camp infrastructure built by our experts to serve 100 campers today includes three dry composting toilets, an outdoor heated shower, water filtration system and outdoor kitchen and sink – all low-cost appropriate technologies
easy to build. Teams design systems as needed and run additional areas for kids, communal space and wellness/healing for massage, movement, medicine and compassionate listening.