Marco has been practicing and teaching permaculture and sustainable living skills for over twenty years in diverse climates from the Andes to the Hawaiian islands. Originally trained by the founder of Permaculture, Bill Mollison, Marco’s teaching style moves away from the lecture format and emphasizes getting people’s hands in the Earth.
Marco is the founder of the Mandala Integrative Medicine Clinic and a renowned acupuncturist and herbalist who grows many of the herbs used in his practice. His vision is a melding of ecological sustainability and nature-based health care where our personal healing and our land stewardship are deeply intertwined. Marco has been an active creator of new permaculture curriculum for the last fifteen years. He pioneered “Permaculture through the Seasons” course with Sandy Cruz and with the template of an 8 month permaculture course, he successfully planted seeds for a robust permaculture community in the Front Range of Colorado. Marco created the permaculture curriculum for the Environmental Studies department at Naropa University in 2006. He is deeply passionate and committed to teaching a new generation of grassroots activists and healers to show up with their deepest gift and fullest presence to help regenerate the relationship between people and the Earth.
Marco has been an active creator of new permaculture curriculum for the last fifteen years. He pioneered “Permaculture through the Seasons” course with Sandy Cruz and with the template of an 8 month permaculture course, he successfully planted seeds for a robust permaculture community in the Front Range of Colorado. Marco created the permaculture curriculum for the Environmental Studies department at Naropa University in 2006. He is deeply passionate and committed to teaching a new generation of grassroots activists and healers to show up with their deepest gift and fullest presence to help regenerate the relationship between people and the Earth. His current projects include facilitating community health at the Integral Center, bringing a new hexagonal bee hive design to commercial production and creating new permaculture workshops around livelihood and currency.