Suburban Permaculture
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This curriculum vitae will provide a schematic look at Jan Spencer and Suburban Permaculture.

Education
BA Geography, North Texas State University [Now known as The University of North Texas]  1974
Permaculture Design Course 1991, Austin, Texas; Instructor Patricia Du Bois
Fourteen years of applied research and development to a quarter acre suburban property, Eugene, Oregon

Writing
Six guest opinions for the Eugene Register Guard, Blog on this website, Various magazine articles.  Blog for Mother Earth News
Writing a book - Notes From The Suburban Frontier link to draft preface.  Here is a link to the most recent guest opinion in the Eugene Register Guard, August, 2015.

Posters
Designed and produced a set of three educational posters. 1] Transforming A Suburban Property, 2] Creating  A Safer, More Secure and Healthier Neighborhood, 3] Front Yard Gardens, A Simple Act, Impressive Benefits.

Speaking
University of Oregon, Lane Community College, Northwestern University, Evergreen State University, University of Utah, Kansas University, Clark College, Long Island Post University, Yale University, University of Rhode Island, MIT, Green Mountain College, Rochester Institute of Technology, Eugene Good Earth Home Show, Northwest Regional Permaculture Convergences, SAGE Conference, U of Oregon Environmental Law Conference, Eco Cities World Summit, San Francisco.  Presentations - Towns and cities.  Washington - Seattle, Olympia, Port Townsend, Spokane, Okanagon; Oregon - Portland, Salem, Roseburg, Oakridge, Coos Bay, Medford, Ashland, Bend; California - Chico, Sacramento, Davis, San Juan, Visalia, Ventura/Oxnard, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa; Austin, Tx; Boston, Mass; Worcester, Mass; Lawrence, Kansas; Salt Lake City, Utah.

Community Service
Ten years board member River Road Community Organization; Over 1000 people hosted for educational visits to this property, Citizen Liaison with City of Eugene for the River Road Filbert Grove, Organized over 20 Green Bike Tours all over Eugene, Metropolitan Policy Council Citizens Advisory Committee; Speaking Tours - Oregon, Washington State, Northeast US, California. Coordinator for the 2015 Northwest Permauclture Convergence in Eugene, August 28 - 30.  Here is a link to a slide show of the 2015 NW Permaculture Convergence.

Arrests
Three times - Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Glen Rose, Texas; Pentagon, Washington, DC; Umdloti Beach, South Africa

Travel
Countries visited - Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, New Zealand, England, Holland, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia, Israel, Turkey, Italy, Austria, France, Spain, Canary Islands, Morocco, Belgium, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, Tanzania.  Bike tours - France, Corsica, Sardegna, Amalfi Coast, Sicilia, Mainland Italy, Austria, Samos

Surfing
Texas, New Zealand, Holland, Corsica, South Africa, Canary Islands, Baja California, California, Florida

Interests
Social, economic, cultural alternatives to the mainstream; Food production and storage; Home Economics; Geography; Natural Phenomena; Italian language and culture; Wave Surfing; Bike Riding; Vernacular Architecture; History of Suburbia

Life Experience
Two years rural alternative community, Boxley, Arkansas; Low budget travel out of the country total 5 years; 14 years transforming a suburban property; Mural artist

References
Ravi Logan, Teresa Damron, Jon Belcher,,,,,,




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