Sustainable Infrastructure
Sustainable Infrastructure
May 22nd to June 26th 2025
Learn the fundamentals of homestead and farm scale energy, waste management and natural building systems. This class will provide the technical know-how so you can more effectively manage your space for better resilience and long term sustainability.
About this Course?
Managing land ecologically is a resource-intense activity which requires finding a balance between consumption, ecological impact, and financial solvency. This course will provide practical answers on balancing these often complex and sometimes competing needs. Sustainable Infrastructure centers student understanding on the fundamentals of farm and ranch scale energy systems, material choices, and waste management. We will explore how to design, maintain and manage energy systems, integrate cyclic waste management strategies, and evaluate and find low-impact materials for landed projects.
Students will gain tools and strategies for designing and managing the inputs and waste streams for their specific locations and situations.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Through presentations, exercises, and activities, students will learn to:
- Evaluate the needs and yields of a property
- Loop waste streams back into feedstocks
- Incorporate recyclable products
- Minimize the use of non-reusable materials
By the end of the course, students will know how to:
- Identify appropriate renewable energy systems for their specific situations
- Manage waste streams as a resource
- Design infrastructure with reduced waste and more significant reuse potential
All are welcome. There are no prerequisites to this course.
Class Schedule
Questions?
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YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY
Sustainable Infrastructure is a required course for the Regenerative Land Management diploma.
MEET YOUR TEACHER
Charles Williams, Lead Instructor
As Earth Activist Training’s program director and senior instructor, Charles has spent the past twenty five years teaching and implementing permaculture. Charles comes to Earth Activist Training through a love of the wild, faith that healthy communities can solve complex problems, and a belief that working with one’s hands is sacred work.
Over the past two decades, he has stewarded many pieces of land throughout the United States, including Diana’s Grove in Missouri, Farm & Wilderness summer camp in Vermont, and Starhawk’s Golden Rabbit Ranch in California. His approach simultaneously promotes the preservation of wild spaces, and conservation of the domestic.
His deep respect for and relationship with the divine in nature informs all he does, integrating spiritual practices with land management. Charles also understands the need for healthy community and knows that skilled human implementation is an essential part of any design. In these challenging times, he finds hope for the future through the interlocking, symbiotic relationship of spirit, community, and action.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
COURSE INFORMATION
- Location: Virtual
- Dates: May 22th to June 26th, 2025 (6 weeks)
- Timing: Thursday 6:00-7:00 pm PST
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- Taught by Charles Williams, program director and lead instructor for Earth Activist Training
- Each week has 1 hour of live and 1 hour of recorded instruction.
- All live sessions are recorded and closed captioned.
- Access to resources, documentation and recorded class content for one year after course finishes.
PAYMENT
We are dedicated to making our courses as accessible as possible by offering:
- Earlybird tuition: $280!
- Full certificate tuition: $300-$350
- Four part payment plans: $75 at registration with 3 monthly payments of $75
- Alumni tuition: $100 to retake this course
- Diversity scholarships available: See below.
- Group Discounts: See below.
- All amounts are in US dollars.
- See below for details.
SCHOLARSHIPS & DISCOUNTS
- Group discounts and Diversity Scholarships available? Yes!
- Keep reading below.
QUESTIONS?
We are here for you. Reach us at: support@earthactivisttraining.org
FUNDING YOUR EDUCATION
Payment options
Diversity Scholarships
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REGISTRATION
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Speaker
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Charles Williams