Initiatives

jeffry Margret at the farmAs Common Grounders, we have engaged in many educational offerings, even before the inception of the Many Turtles Learning Collective.  Many of these offerings have been ongoing and  include  Racial Awareness and Reflection Group (weekly), Heart Share Connections (monthly), Golden Hour Yoga Magic (monthly), Community Building Blocks (monthly), Solstice, Equinox, and Wheel of the Year celebrations (seasonal) . Others listed below have been single or series events:

  • Cob and Straw Bale Building Workshops,
  • Permaculture, Biochar, Hugulkultur in Farming
  • Forest Bathing
  • Solar Kiln Building Workshops
  • Advanced Beginners Chainsaw Course
  • Compassionate Culture Workshops
  • Sociocracy Training Workshops
  • Prescribed Burn Training in the Field
  • Seedsaving Workshops
  • NonViolent Communication Dance Floors
  • What is Power? Workshops
  • How to become a “Localist” Workshop
  • Cooperative and Compassionate Culture Training
  • Racial Justice Training
  • Building Simple Structures in Farming
  • When ICE comes on your land: Rights Training

This year’s new, current, and upcoming (so far) include: 

  • Growing Mushrooms – Inoculation Workshops (Feb, 2026)
  • Song Circles (April, 2026)
  • Persimmon Grafting Workshop (April, 2026)
  • Land Learners Program (Spring/Summer, 2026)
  • Flower Essence and Meditation Workshop (June, 2026)
  • Land Learners Program (Summer/Fall, 2026)
  • Orientation to Plant Medicine (August 2026)
  • Plant Medicine Fall, 2026
  • Unisong Circle is October 3

 OF COURSE, MORE WILL BE OFFERED IN UPCOMING MONTHS AS WE CO-CREATE THEM!!