Creating Sustainable Living Systems & Communities

Designers, Consultants & Educators:

Richard Rico Zook

Permaculture designer, teacher, consultant, planner and land restoration expert. Mr. Zook is uniquely equipped and experienced to create designs and projects that engender efficient and productive relationships between people and nature. Land Manager for the Lama Foundation, a spiritual community and retreat center in Taos, New Mexico, since 2004, Mr. Zook has concentrated half of each year on building bridges, exchange and relationships with NGOs and communities in India using permaculture as common language and solutions-oriented methodology. The results of his more than two decades of work have been empowering to communities on two continents, restorative of natural habitats and ecosystems, and inspiring to environmentalists, his students and colleagues.

Mehrunisa Malik

Born in Pakistan, Mehru has been living in the San Francisco bay area for the last twenty years. Studied international economics in college and then moved her educational focus towards sustainable sciences and permaculture. Using the ecologically sound and holistic approach to design, Mehru has been involved with several permaculture courses and projects in the last couple of years. She has learned under a few of the finest educators; Benjamin Fahrer, Katherine Steele, Brock Dolman at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, and internationally recognized Geoff and Nadia Lawton. She has recently involved herself with international permaculture work in India, apprenticing with Richard Rico Zook, and initiating projects in Pakistan.