Tour Managers/Guides
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Aspen Madrone, SEBASTOPOL & SONOMAAspen is a water ecologist, farmer, chef, entrepreneur, homesteader and health enthusiast who shares permaculture principles, explains watershed health, and facilitates an understanding of the full spectrum of agro ecology. Her food-as-medicine tour shows how what we eat can also help heal our bodies. Aspen’s farm-to-orchard tour gives people a chance to experience an apple cider pressing. Aspen also:
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Constance Washburn, Marin & SonomaConstance has more than 35 years of experience designing and directing educational outreach programs and is a graduate of the Ecology of Leadership and Permaculture Design programs at the Regenerative Design Institute. For 18 years, she served as Education Director at the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) and Marin Organic which reached more than 5,000 people a year. These programs included farm tours, talks, art shows, volunteer and teacher trainings, as well as the Farm Field Studies program, which brought more than 2,000 students out to farms. Constance also:
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Anne Freiwald, BOARD MEMBERFounder - https://www.rehydratetheearth.com/vital-cycles
Anne has a passion for work that brings individuals and communities together to creatively address issues of social justice, personal and community health, and regenerative life practices. She has 30 years combined experience in the non-profit realm working as a program manager, researcher, and educator creating experiential learning opportunities and programs for youth and adults across disciplines from all aspects of personal health, to permaculture and food justice. She is the co-founder and facilitator for Vital Cycles: Creating Personal and Planetary Resilience, which offers a year-long dual certificate in Permaculture Design and Personal Ecology and permaculture design consulting. She holds a Master of Public Health as well as certifications in Permaculture Design, Mental Health First Aid, Diversity and Inclusivity, and Digital Education. These days she is most likely spotted in her garden where she grows an abundance of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. She is thrilled to be part of the Bay Area Green Tours team! |
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Peter Ruddock, San Francisco, South Bay & San Mateo CoastPeter is a food systems advocate, working for change through education, local economy and policy. His tours of the Central Valley, Brentwood, the South Bay and the San Mateo Coast, highlight people and programs who are at the forefront of these changes, showing the great work they are doing, and what they would like to do in the future, while not forgetting to celebrate and enjoy our food, from farm to table. Peter also:
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Leah Dockstader, EAST BAYLeah has led programming for Bay Area Green Tours, featuring leaders across various sectors of sustainability, such as food justice, green building, renewable energy, waste and water. She also serves as a contractor for administrative assistance and event management, with clients such as Sustainable Apparel Coalition, Pure Water, and Global Inheritance and manages yoga and wellness programming for Wild-soul and Yogascapes. Leah also:
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Lowell Downey, Napa, Sonoma & Mendocino Lowell Downey tells stories of world culture and the environment through his photographic and poetic lenses. A principal of Art & Clarity, an international green photography and video company, Lowell is an active member of the Napa Valley environmental and educational community and is documenting the changes of the Napa River. He serves on the board of the nonprofit ICARE (Institute for Conservation, Advocacy, Research and Education) whose mission is to restore and conserve the biological ecosystem of the Napa watershed where he has a close working relationship with local farmers and vintners in the Napa Valley. Lowell also:
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Susan Silber, EAST BAYSusan Silber grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and Orange County where she had healthy doses of nature through frequent trips all over the United States. She has merged her twin passions of education and the environment through various jobs as a naturalist and program coordinator, including an adventurous two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica. Susan's work as a community organizer has been inspired by 350.org, the Transition Town movement and permaculture principles. Susan also:
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Jessie FloJessie Flo has been working with organic food and farmers in the Bay Area since 2007. She is a farm-to-table chef, a large scale event manager, a storyteller and a surfer. Her work in organic farming spans from cooking small farm dinners, to creating entire residential food programs, to producing the 1,700 person conference EcoFarm in Pacific Grove. Jessie currently resides in San Francisco, where she freelances her skills as a chef, most often on Pie Ranch, and as an event manager, annually with Dreamforce. Jessie also:
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Afiba Johnson, EAST BAYGrowing up in Jamaica, Afiba was exposed to all the natural resources and cultures the island had to offer. His love of food and his upbringing is what has inspired him to become a Chef. Moving to the United States has taken his culinary journey to the next level, with an ability to work with renown chefs all over the world. Afiba has hosted countless pop-ups and supper clubs, and is always learning and growing, bringing people together as a kind of spiritual experience. Afiba looks forward to sharing the love and his experience to empower people and build communities though sustainable food.
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