Changing the World for Real: Awakening students’ will for Biodynamic Agriculture

Teachers of biodynamic agriculture have a calling to spread this method and worldview to wider circles and in particular to the next generation of biodynamic practitioners. However, reaching new people and inspiring them is not always easy. Teachers of biodynamic agriculture face many questions and challenges:

→ How to pass on the often complex spiritual ideas of biodynamic agriculture?

→ How to keep students motivated and engaged in their own learning?

Changing the World for Real: Awakening students’ will for Biodynamic Agriculture

Teachers of biodynamic agriculture have a calling to spread this method and worldview to wider circles and in particular to the next generation of biodynamic practitioners. However, reaching new people and inspiring them is not always easy. Teachers of biodynamic agriculture face many questions and challenges:

→ How to pass on the often complex spiritual ideas of biodynamic agriculture?

→ How to keep students motivated and engaged in their own learning?

Changing the World for Real: Awakening students’ will for Biodynamic Agriculture

Teachers of biodynamic agriculture have a calling to spread this method and worldview to wider circles and in particular to the next generation of biodynamic practitioners. However, reaching new people and inspiring them is not always easy. Teachers of biodynamic agriculture face many questions and challenges:

→ How to pass on the often complex spiritual ideas of biodynamic agriculture?

→ How to keep students motivated and engaged in their own learning?

Changing the World for Real: Awakening students’ will for Biodynamic Agriculture

Teachers of biodynamic agriculture have a calling to spread this method and worldview to wider circles and in particular to the next generation of biodynamic practitioners. However, reaching new people and inspiring them is not always easy. Teachers of biodynamic agriculture face many questions and challenges:

→ How to pass on the often complex spiritual ideas of biodynamic agriculture?

→ How to keep students motivated and engaged in their own learning?

Regenerative Transitions & Biodynamics: Smart Farming that Aligns Mission-Driven Work with Ecological and Social Vitality

Date & Time

May 22, 2025 01:00 PM (Eastern Time) 

We are part of a living Earth-Community, diverse in its ways of being and knowing. This community encompasses a multitude of life forms, each possessing unique forms of agency, sentience, intelligence, and communication.

Biomimicry is an integral approach that allows us to harness nature’s time-tested strategies to support thriving populations of local honeybees. By observing and emulating the natural processes and adaptations of wild honeybees, we can develop more effective and sustainable conservation practices. This nature-inspired approach helps us create environments and management techniques that align with the bees’ innate behaviors and needs, fostering resilience and ecological balance.

The LocApiary Program is a watershed-centric ecological restoration initiative fostering self-sustaining networks of wild, unmanaged honeybee populations within local ecosystems. It aims to conserve locally adapted genetic stock and reduce the spread of pests and pathogens associated with industrial beekeeping.

What fascinates us about the image of a wild honey bee nest in an old oak tree?  This course welcomes participants into the community of free-living honeybees and self-willed ecological processes as a new foundation for reframing apiculture. We will explore new thinking in conservation, approaches for climate change adaptation, and learn about innovative practices that promote self sustaining populations of honeybees. We will explore interdependent environments, learn about apian agencies, and will examine novel frameworks for health and core principles of ‘wilding’.

Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems

CSU Chico's Regenerative AgricultureTechnical Assistance Provider

Faculty: Dr. Cindy Prescott

Course Dates:

Four weeks, Spring 2025 Dates: April 8-May 2,

Live Online

Discussions: Fridays 12pm - 1pm PS