Jay Markert

Earning his first Permaculture Design Certificate in 2001, Jay started his degree program in performing Arts Production Management at Naropa University, received a B.S. through New College of California in Culture, Ecology, and Sustainable Community in 2005. He is a two-time graduate of Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness training through the Regenerative Design Institute.

Supporting EW's Pulse of the Movement Webcasts, The Global Summit, and 7SS Education Programs, Jay works with holistic educators, businesses, communities and institutions organizing, and promoting trainings, and initiatives for personal, ecological and social transformation in the Unites States and internationally.

Jay is the founder of Living Mandala, fire walk instructor (through Sundoor International), and a seasoned producer of educational programs, retreats, workshops, conferences and community development projects, with Regenerative Design Institute, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Gaia University, Omega Institute, Harmony Festival, and many others. He is the lead producer of the Northern California Building Resilient Communities Convergence, the largest permaculture event in North America.