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Our Mission

We are a collaborative nonprofit network
empowering communities to create resilient futures
through education, demonstration,
right-livelihood, and shared infrastructure.

Our Method

We break down barriers to permaculture education by offering donation-based, hybrid classes with flexible timelines. Our comprehensive training equips students with the skills to design and implement regenerative solutions. Graduates collaborate to establish local permaculture demonstration sites—living hubs of inspiration where communities co-create sustainable solutions to adapt to climate change. Together, we cultivate resilient, interconnected communities at a human-tribal scale.

Our Hope

Hope is rooted in our capacity and readiness to act. With every moment and each breath, we possess the power to transform. Finding an uplifting and motivating community liberates us to shift our paradigm. Our hope reserves a place for you as a permaculture practitioner, educator, and leader in sustainability within your community.

Our Vision

We envision a world where nature is cherished, and communities unite to steward thriving local ecosystems. Guided by permaculture education, we aim for a future where diversity flourishes, and people work together to cultivate resilience, abundance, and harmony with the Earth.

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Our Leadership

Susan Krings
Susan Krings President
Susan founded DiHG Eco-Prise in 2020. She brings her vision of comprehensive solutions to social and environmental equity. She is instrumental in organizational direction and programming that guides meaningful action while steadfastly holding the intention for a sustainable, resilient and regenerative future.
Cynthia Morris-Sotelo
Cynthia Morris-Sotelo Vice President
Cynthia joined DiHG in 2022. She brings her leadership skills as a business executive and dedicated community volunteer. She is instrumental in organizational strategy and development, stewarding our mission with consistent and empowering action.
Christy Gray
Christy Gray Chief Financial Officer
Christy joined DiHG in 2022. She brings her leaderships skills as a business owner, farmer and devoted community volunteer. She is instrumental in development and financial strategy that transparently ensures our collective resources ethically serve our local community members in the spirit of earth care, people care and fair share.
Linda Glaccum
Linda Glaccum Secretary
Linda joined DiHG in 2022. She brings her leadership skills as an educator, homesteader and committed community volunteer. She is instrumental in documenting our organizational actions and witnessing our pursuit of social and ecological principles.
Vanessa Encinias
Vanessa Encinias Board Member
Vanessa Joined DiHG in 2022. She brings her experience as an educator and community volunteer. She is instrumental in inspiring and leading us in service and hope for our transition aged youth, (TAY).
Rose Morisoli
Rose Morisoli Board Member
Rose joined DiHG in 2022. She brings her experience as an educator and community volunteer. She is instrumental in inspiring and leading us in service and respect for our older adults.
Buddy
Buddy Knoles Board Member
Buddy joined DiHG in 2024. He brings his experience as a U.S. Army veteran and community volunteer. He is instrumental in inspiring and leading us in service and gratitude to our military veterans.
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Ana Cristina Lee Escudero Board Member
Cristina Joined DiHG in 2022. She brings her experience as an educator and community volunteer. She is instrumental in inspiring and leading us in service and hope for our underserved Latinx students.

Our Ethics

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Earth Care
  • Partnering with Nature
  • Environmental Stewardship
  • Ecological Restoration
People Care
  • Equity
  • Justice
  • Inclusion
Fair Share
  • Food
  • Habitat
  • Stability

Our Philosophy

Everything gardens. Squirrels sow the seeds of forests. Wolves move the hooved ones through the prairies while big cats shepherd the grazers across savannas, maintaining the balance of nature. Soil dwellers enrich and aerate the earth, making it receptive to rain. Nature is a vast, intelligent collective composed of innumerable life forms. We belong to this family of life, serving and sharing in the stewardship of our planet. Each being plays a crucial role; our task is to rediscover our part in Earth's conservation and renewal. Our significance is equal to all life; we are all interlinked and reliant on one another. Let us embrace our vast family, navigate life ethically, and when our journey ends, return our bodies to the soil to nourish new life.

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Our Pledge

We pledge to honor and act on permaculture ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share.

We have solutions for adapting to anthropogenic climate change.

We value all species and their important position in nature's resilient network.

We live in partnership with nature and all living things.

We share education, inspiration and skills with our communities.

Our regenerative actions allow remaining species to live.