(TEK) Traditional Ecological Knowledge 

40 years:  Green Architectural Design, Construction and Project Management

Low Impact Development

International Author, Speaker & Consultant

Earth Steward Apprenticeship Programs ©

Healing the pain of disconnection

 Learn how to create Sanctuary in every environment!

                 *Create beautiful and safer Sacred spaces with:

                 *Traditional and natural design,

                  *Feng Shui/ Gaiamancy™

                  *Permaculture

                  *Green~Safer Interior and Exterior material solutions.

 

I’ve spent decades creating, designing and construction management for residential, commercial and industrial buildings.  These creations have provided supportive, beautiful, balanced space and sanctuary for their residents.

In the  70’s & 80’s’s  I came across the first books on Permaculture while living on a farm and remodeling buildings for home and businesses.  And never stopped incorporating permaculture into my Designs.

As a successful business woman, entrepreneur, returning to college in 1983 as a single mom,  was a challenge.

I made this choice after experiencing a serious chemical poisoning while building my own home, badly damaging my lungs. And at that point, I made a commitment to keep this from happening to other people in their homes and work spaces. This included the many workers in construction trades who had high rates of cancer from construction materials.

Having been around design and construction , as early as 3 years old watching intently my dad build onto our home, this was a natural path to follow.

And as early as 7 years old, my dad took me to construction sites on weekends. I would roller skate in big empty industrial buildings or play with plans he gave me to re-draw.  He taught me how to do his books at 11. As a teenager I started working at my Dad’s Development Corp. under the architect, helping to design residential, commercial and industrial buildings.

It became a Passion, while at University of Oregon’s School of Architecture, researching and provide the safest, most beautiful and supportive spaces for my clients.

Bringing Feng Shui into my designs, came from a Chi-Gong instructor 1989. Balancing, harmonizing and optimizing good design as essential to physical well being & health as important as it is to the body. It made perfect sense to me to bring this practice  into my designs and buildings.

I spent years researching safer, less toxic materials and building products and construction methods to incorporate in all building projects. I created a school of GREEN Design, sustainable materials and building design, grey water systems, composting toilets, water catchment and permaculture , active and passive solar design Low Impact Development that I oversaw and taught at for 12 years.

Years later, after cancer and recovery, I added TEK (Traditional Ecological Knowledge), to provide the best, most complete offerings for my students and clients.

Harbor View Green Industrial/Commercial project. Solar designed less  toxic materials throughout the building process.

                       

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