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The Story of our World
Humans have had some impact on nearly every nook and cranny of the Earth. News outlets and science point to the fact that we are creating an ecological crisis. Indigenous wisdom and land stewardship across the world is being undone by capitalism, colonization and greed.
We are a powerful species with the power to change the land and consciousness. Instead of seeing ourselves as destructive, what if we could be the change for a much better world?
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What if we could adapt and work with our lands, building a world that we belong to?
Permaculture honors and speaks to this question; it is a whole systems design method and practice informed by indigenous wisdom, to bring people and land into communion. It is the essential work of our time.
Humans as Aspiring Keystone Species
Keystone Species: a species whose gifts within its ecosystem are so integral, that without them, the rest falls.
Our purpose: We believe that the highest outcome of land stewardship is that we may be a collective benefit working in harmony with the rest of the Natural world in all our actions, for all our relations. In choosing to be a steward who regenerates lands rather than degrading it, you become apart of being a collective Keystone in the arch.
"Life creates conditions conducive to life." - Janine Benyus
Our Team
Gabriel Yetnikoff
Owner/Principal
Gabriel Yetnikoff grew up in San Rafael and graduated from San Diego State University with a B.A. in Sustainability. Upon graduation, he traveled in Central America for 7 months, volunteering on community-based projects, learning Spanish and putting Permaculture to practice. He has been designing native gardens for several years and is always learning more.
He currently works for the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center as a Project Coordinator, working to create a bilingual educational community garden space. He was a gardener and rainwater/irrigation assistant with his mentor Chris Morales of Resilience Land Tending and works with Charlotte Torgovitsky of Home Ground Habitats, a beautiful demonstration garden and nursery. He is a member of the California Native Plant Society (CNPS).
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He is most interested in cultivating resilience through land stewardship, and finds that tending a garden is one of the best ways to do that. In his free time, he finds joy in sharing meals with loved ones, playing sports, exploring and learning about plants.