The foundation of all design is water. Water is life. The understanding of the synergy of water and land is to remember when you move earth you have to think like water. Where is water coming from? Where does water want to go? Watershed thinking helps us observe the pattern of water and see the dynamics of these two as living systems.
Here in this presentation we will explore the interconnectedness of our relationship with land and water. The origin of all relationship is reciprocity.
Anniema Antepara
Anniema lives in Dobbins CA and stewards 5 acres of the ancestral Home Land of the Nisenan Nation in the Northern Yuba River Watershed. Her farm, Pa’ Madia Tierra is named in honor of the duality of Mama Earth and Papa Sky and in reverence to the native plant Madia Elegans.The land is being cultivated as a living classroom, rooted in honoring ancestral-land care practices and deepening spiritual connection.
Anniema Antepara is a co-creator of R.O.O.T.S. (Reclaiming Origins of Traditional Sustainability), a BIPOC Permaculture Design Course located at Soul Flower Farm in El Sobrante, CA. R.O.O.T.S. emphasizes Ancestral and Indigenous origins of design methodology, integrating spiritual and physical concepts.
Anniema is an instructor at Occidental and Arts Ecology Center in Sonoma County, CA. She teaches in the permaculture design course called the Resilient Community Design (RCD) Program. She focuses on whole system design in particular to water retention and restoration systems.
Anniema has her own company, Edge of Resilience, which focuses on water restoration and whole system design. Her work spans out to regenerative landscaping, ecological design, water infiltration, soil fertility, compost building, food forest, agroforestry, and plant propagation. Her personal focus includes, seed and food sovereignty, spiritual ecology and ancestral medicine. She consults, designs, implements and maintains according to the seasons. She has more than 15 years of experience in regenerative farming.
Anniema holds multiple PDC certifications including OAEC, Ecological Landscape Immersion Course, Practical Permaculture and Earth Activist Training. In addition, she holds a Permaculture Teacher Certification, multiple Herbalist Certifications and a Watershed Management Design Certification.
Anniema is passionate about being in the role of facilitator and educator. She believes that knowledge is meant to be shared. As a teacher and a lifelong student, she seeks every opportunity to learn
