Josie, originally from the Midwest, traveled to Reno, NV to participate in the Americorp program and ended up making Northern Nevada her new home. After Americorp she went on to found a non-profit called Urban Roots. Now working as a Montessori teacher, she looks back and shares the story of how she took her university education, Americorp training, and Permaculture training and used it to create something wonderful to share and inspire a love of organic, sustainable farming with children in the community.
Casey Shiver has been a member of the Buy Nothing Project’s Central Reno group for a couple of years now and started volunteering as...
William Wildcat Coakee is the founder and Executive Director of Mother Tree Food & Forest, drawing upon a rich background that began in the...
Lauren Winters West is the Founder and Chief Expert Organizer at Next Highest Good. As far back as she can remember, Lauren has enjoyed...