Mandalin Sattler
I am a permaculture designer, activist and herbalist focused on socio-ecological justice, localizing food systems & waste management redirection.
I have been working on permaculture systems in various bio-regions around the world for 12 years. I am a co-instructor with Oregon State University and have taught with Earth Activist Training in their PDC programs. Teaching online has allowed me to work with hundreds of students around the world to fulfill their PDC certification & site designs. I have thoroughly enjoyed helping support ethical permaculture system designs that intersect regenerative land management techniques and social permaculture practices. I currently live in Central Texas in an off-grid, upcycled school bus made by me with sustainable materials. I manage a micro permaculture garden on site that focuses on myco-remediation, soil building & herbal medicine.
Country: United States
Specialties
- Agroforestry
- Alternative Gardening Consultancy
- Biodiversity
- Broadscale Permaculture Design
- Building
- Community Gardens
- Cooperative
- Earthworks
- Ecological Restoration
- Ecovillage and Intentional Community Design
- Edible Landscapes
- Edible Landscaping
- Food Forest Design
- Food Forestry
- Greywater Recycling
- Indigenous Plant Selection
- infrastructure
- Living Permaculture Design
- Native Plants and Medicinal Herbs
- Natural Building
- Permaculture Education
- Permaculture Farming
- Permaculture Gardening
- Permaculture Science Research
- Small-scale Design and Gardening
Latest Project
My latest project is in Central Texas where I moved to 1.5 years ago. On site there was no top soil, heavy run off, flooding & multi decade land degradation. Over the past few seasons I have installed myco-berms and swales to slow, sink and spread the water which has helped to build incredible soil in a short amount of time. Going from exposed caliche limestone, to organic material rich soil has been a great experiment to see unfold here. We utilized a variety of techniques to create this soil. While working with local assets and connections, we seasonally collect manure, cardboard, leaves, spent myco-blocks from the local mushroom cultivars, woodchips & organic produce compost from the grocery stores to formulate a good blend of compostable materials that rapidly break down to support the creation of healthy soils. All of these materials would otherwise be considered waste and end up in landfill. The rapid remediation of this site is astounding. Focusing on water runoff, soil building & community collaboration has allowed for a huge diversity of medicinal, native and edible plants to be grown here. While building local connections, we are able to collaborate and lift each others network of regenerative projects up in a web of support. While not in Texas, I travel seasonally to support various land stewardship projects including forest & water protection movements, food systems gardens on The Standing Rock Nation & other important regenerative projects globally.
