Ben Berkman-Pride Design Consulting.-- Twice certified Permaculture Designer, Tropical Systems via GREEENPIECE, Malanda Australia and Temperate Systems, TIERRA LEARNING CENTER, Leavenworth WA. From a degree in Art and Anthropology / Human Ecology, I got involved with the CENTER FOR REGENRATIVE STUDIES Masters Program at Cal Poly Pomona studying Regenerative Systems and Sustainable Design, GIS and CAD. Since leaving academia my travels and interests have led me to work with such Natural Building schools as CALEARTH, ESCUELA DE BARRO, Coro Venezuela., TERRA FIRMA RAMMED EARTH HOMES, New Zealand and the EOS INSTITUTE/ PERMACULTURE GUILD OF SOUTHERN CAL. I have been allotted the opportunity to investigate alternative currency systems like L.E.T.S. in Australia and New Zealand and similar systems in AUROVILLE INTL ECO-VILLAGE in India. More recently working as Land Manager for Tierra Learning Center in Leavenworth Wa, I orchestrated the development TLC ORGANIC FARM and CSA, worked on WASTE VEGIE OIL conversions /BIODIESEL and coordinated a whole systems facilities management plan and Permaculture Design for the 350 acre retreat center. I have had the honor of working with long time P/C teachers MICHAEL PILARSKI , BRUCE HILL, PENNY LIVINGSTON, DR. BILL ROLEY, and other P/C teachers from around the globe. I currently reside in the Center of the Universe, Seattle where I do Landscape Design and Landscape Construction Management. I am inspired by the challenges of applying Permaculture principles to the means and methodologies of conventional development in the built environment; The Science, the engineering and the technical challenges of Permaculture for the People.