Meet The Team

We've been on our own journey to get the knowledge, skills, and experience to share with you. Let us help guide your journey. 

Rhonda
Rhonda Baird

Lead Designer and Educator

Corbin
Corbin Baird

Design and Implementation

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About the Lead, Rhonda

  • Experience
    Rhonda Baird has been practicing permaculture design and working as a facilitator for learners of all ages for the past 15 years. She weaves together threads from community organizing, gender studies, parenting/homeschooling, culture-change perspectives, foraging and homesteading in all of her projects.
  • Education and Journey

    Rhonda Baird’s education includes: graduate work as a Eugene V. Debs Fellow in the American History program at Indiana State University, South Asian Religions at Indiana University, Diplomas in Education and Site Design from the Permaculture Institute of North America, Certificate in EcoSocial Design at Gaia University, Certified Facilitator through Sociocracy For All, and various classes with nature connection schools and at the Tracker School with Tom Brown, Jr.


  • Current Projects
    Current projects include: Sheltering Hills Design, LLC (owner/lead); Permaculture Design magazine (senior editor – on hiatus through 2021); Touch the Earth (facilitated project); Adjunct Faculty, Indiana University; Organizational Development at Sociocracy for All; Field Advisor, Permaculture Institute of North America and with the Regenerative Land Management program.

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