Rhonda Baird

"What is going on in the world? What can I do about it?"

I grew up close to the Earth among an extended family that relied on the forests and lakes to provide when factories were closed or times were tough. I balance learning, practice, and creativity.

• Co-originated Indiana Forest Alliance and served as its executive director for two years a decade later.
• Community organized and offered support in: south-side Chicago, Milwaukee, labor, domestic violence, and homelessness
• Studied American History--Labor and Social Reform Movements as well as South Asian Religions and Gender Studies
• Teaching and practicing Permaculture Design since 2005; adjunct faculty at Indiana University since January 2018.
• Homeschooled my kids through elementary school and tended a permaculture system (to this day)
• Studied at the Tracker School, Art of Mentoring, and other Nature Connection programs
• Served on the editorial guild for Permaculture Design magazine from 2008-2021; served as senior editor from 2017-2021
• Studied and practice sociocracy through Sociocracy for All Network, participate in the permaculture circle for SoFAN; serve as its Operational Leader
• Co-originated the Great Rivers and Lakes Permaculture Institute and supported diploma design and field advising for the Permaculture Institute of North America