Upcoming Events
Holistic MycoRenewal:
Building a Web of Connection During Crises
With Maya Elson
Recording of this Online Workshop available HERE
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Please consider supporting this mycoremediation movement with a sliding scale donations of $5.00 or above
Fungi and humans have a long history of symbioses, and the social and environmental crises of our time create opportunity and urgency to build that relationship. Mycopermaculture, Mycomimicry, and MycoPsychology challenge the notion of humanity’s separation from, and superiority to, all other beings, and can guide us towards a harmonious relationship with Fungi and the web of life. Diverse processes and interactions with the Fungal Realm may facilitate synergistic interconnections, and provide conceptual and tangible tools to decompose capitalism and remediate both our inner and outer landscapes.
This seminar will provide theoretical and practical frameworks for collaborating with our fungal allies, both at home and within our communities.
Maya Elson will leverage real-world examples, including CoRenewal’s efforts to explore Fungal communities within an oil-contaminated region of Ecuador and research into post-fire restoration in California using belowground microorganisms, such as plant-supporting mycorrhizal fungi. In this online seminar, Maya will explore basic Fungal Biology, as well as cover techniques for mushroom cultivation, biofiltration, and bioremediation with Fungi and bacteria.
This seminar seeks to empower people interested in working with Fungi to rejuvenate or decontaminate soil and water. Maya’s unique perspective invites participants to broaden their awareness of the Fungal realm to promote harmonious interactions and support integrated approaches moving forward.
This seminar will provide theoretical and practical frameworks for collaborating with our fungal allies, both at home and within our communities.
Maya Elson will leverage real-world examples, including CoRenewal’s efforts to explore Fungal communities within an oil-contaminated region of Ecuador and research into post-fire restoration in California using belowground microorganisms, such as plant-supporting mycorrhizal fungi. In this online seminar, Maya will explore basic Fungal Biology, as well as cover techniques for mushroom cultivation, biofiltration, and bioremediation with Fungi and bacteria.
This seminar seeks to empower people interested in working with Fungi to rejuvenate or decontaminate soil and water. Maya’s unique perspective invites participants to broaden their awareness of the Fungal realm to promote harmonious interactions and support integrated approaches moving forward.
Maya Elson is a teacher, naturalist, mycologist, organizer and lover of the wild. As the Executive Director of CoRenewal, she is dedicated to enacting effective and just solutions to environmental and social crises by working in collaboration with fungi. As one of the founding members of the Radical Mycology network, she’s worked on various fungal cultivation and educational projects in Olympia, WA and the San Francisco Bay area. She’s worked as a campaign organizer with a number of climate justice and wilderness defense struggles over many years. Maya is the founder of Wild Child Santa Cruz, a nature immersion program for homeschoolers. As an instructor of Mycopermaculture, Fungal Biology, Mycorenewal and Mushroom Identification for both adults and children, she has experience writing curriculum and giving mycology-related workshops. She is currently studying Ecopsychology, leading mushroom hunts with ForageSF, leading rites of passage programs with Gaia Passages, and raising an enchanted child.