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Mission:

To empower students of all ages and backgrounds with knowledge, skills and inspiration essential to cultivating ecological and social health.

Vision:

We envision an equitable global community that shares the bounty of this living planet and the responsibility to tend to its health. We believe the most effective way to foster positive change is through our relationships, both with one another and our ecologies.

Solidarity:

In order to fulfill our mission, we must continue to actively work in dismantling the social and ecological imbalances forced upon communities of color in our immediate and greater communities.

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Why Natural Building is Important for Our Future

Ancient building methods can help solve today’s climate crisis, the lack of access to housing, and the dangers we face from wildfires.

Cultivating Connection through Quail Springs and the Online PDC

A former Quail Springs Work Trader and Online PDC participant shares her journey from a Permaculture Student to a Permaculture Teacher!

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💦 On November 18th, Quail Springs had the honor

💦 On November 18th, Quail Springs had the honor to host engaged Cuyama Valley residents, dedicated Cuyama groundwater advocates, and a member of Greywater Action for our inaugural Groundwater Forum.💧 We had a full day of discussing the numerous water issues Cuyama is facing, from groundwater adjudication to an incoming 170% price hike in water rates for residents of New Cuyama. The day of all-things-local-water included a tour of our greywater systems from Rachel Higgins, our Director of Facilities and Infrastructure, and a visit to our life-giving spring with Brenton Kelly, our Watershed Steward, to witness the ongoing riparian restoration Quail Springs has nurtured. This kind of community dialogue is necessary to uplift the groundwater water issues facing Cuyama’s critically overdrafted basin. We support the growing Cuyama Valley coalition of water stewards who are engaged in a grassroots effort to empower Cuyamans with the knowledge and confidence to participate in this critical fight for our shared water. We are incredibly grateful to @thefundforsantabarbara for including Quail Springs in their 2023 Spring grant cycle and financially supporting our mission of educating and empowering students of all ages and backgrounds, starting right here in the rural valley we call home. Stay posted for a copy of our new local water publication and part two–a Cuyama Greywater Workshop coming soon this Spring! We also rely on the continual support from individual donors to make this education and advocacy work happen. Please consider donating to us today! You can find the donate link in our link in bio, or go to www.quailsprings.org/donate #wateradvocacy #cuyamavalley #quailsprings #groundwater

🍂 It's Giving Tuesday! We're calling in your su

🍂 It's Giving Tuesday! We're calling in your support for us to keep sharing the bounty of this earth! 🎑 Your support has the power to change California’s future. This may sound like an exaggeration, but Quail Springs’ water advocacy work is making waves like never before! Our humble example of spring regeneration and our commitment to actively combat unfair groundwater extraction are being shared far and wide. News outlets such as the LA Times (the front page story!), Forbes Magazine, The Guardian, and public radio are reporting on the groundwater issues of our region because what happens in the Cuyama Valley will affect what happens across the state and even across the West. It will affect all of us. Together, we stand at the forefront, confronting and overcoming the threats posed by unjust water usage. Join us in the demands for sustainable water management and in the sharing and teaching of regenerative stewardship practices. Every contribution becomes a powerful force for positive change against environmental injustice! Your generosity is the cornerstone of our success, and we are ever grateful for your support. Head over to our link in b!o or donate at www.quailsprings.org/donate #givingtuesday #quailsprings #quailspringspermaculture #waterrights #wateradvocacy #sustainableliving

For many of us, today is a National Day of Mournin

For many of us, today is a National Day of Mourning. We ask you to take time to learn why, listen to Indigenous Voices, and recognize the ancestral lands you are on. 📖 A Thanksgiving Message from 7 Amazing Native Americans
“...to celebrate and re-tell the imagined story of Thanksgiving feels more than ironic, it feels wrong. It feels like I’m condoning the ongoing injustice in our communities, abandoning the fight to protect the sacred, encouraging indigenous erasure.” -Matika Wilbur @project_562 📖 No Thanks: How Thanksgiving Narratives Erase the Genocide of Native Peoples
“Thanksgiving erases the genocide, sexual violence, land fraud and hate that defined early colonial histories and that continue to define US-Native relations.” -Joanne Barker @truthout 📖 4 Reasons to Rethink Your November
“What most people in this country know—or think they know—about Native Americans is rooted in myths, stereotypes and half-truths. Information they have received since birth from movies, television, the media and school lessons has created a false narrative (or commonly accepted story) about historic and contemporary Native Americans and tribes.” @fndi303

Our natural building director, Sasha Rabin, @earth

Our natural building director, Sasha Rabin, @earthenshelter is part of this amazing online natural building mastermind course @buildoutsidethebox .
Use code COB100 for $100 discount.
Link in story. ➡️Build Outside the Box- Another round of registration is now open, through the 27th!
This course is a collaboration with 12 instructors, all experts in their fields, offering a bigger picture overview of natural building methods, and looking at pros and cons of various systems. What natural building technique is best for your location and site? There is no one solution, or best option. Every location has it’s own set of unique opportunities and challenges that help shape what is best for that particular location.
Methods covered include #adobe, #cob (which we are teaching), #rammedearth, #earthbag, #tirewalls, #strawbale, #lightstrawclay, #hempcrete, #aircrete and more.
Link in bio for more information.
Use code COB100 for a $100 discount!
#earthenbuilding #earthenbuildings #cobbuilding #cobhouse #naturalbuilding #naturalbuildings #firesafehousing #nontoxic #beyondcarbonneutral #sustainablebuilding #housingcrisis #climatecrisis #buildingscience #greenbuilding #sustainablearchitecture #greenarchitecture #cob #strawbalebuilding #aircrete #hempcrete #adobe #rammedearth #lightstrawclay #earthbag #superadobe #tinyhouse #tinyhousedesign

💐THANK YOU🌾 to our dear community for coming

💐THANK YOU🌾 to our dear community for coming out to support Quail Springs at our fundraiser last weekend. It was a lovely day of connection and celebration. 🎉 Our highlight was the opportunity to uplift @standwithcuyama in their fight against corporate greed and extractive agriculture. Join us in boycotting carrots, and if you haven’t already, sign their petition - link in bio. Thank you to @freedom4youthorg for serving up delicious tacos. Y’all were a hit! Thank you to our incredible partnering environmental organizations. Many connections were made in support of our common work. And a massive thank you to @patagoniavta for hosting and supporting our work. Can’t wait to have y’all out to visit soon! We are well on our way to meeting our fundraising goal of $112,140, but we still have $54,608 to go! Your donation supports us to:
💦 advocate for water rights in Cuyama
🌿 share our permaculture demonstration site with the public
🤸 host a life-changing work trade program
🛖 advocate for sustainable, fire resistant natural building If you connect with our work, please consider donating at quailsprings.org/donate or Venmo @quail_springs. Any amount makes a difference! #quailsprings #quailspringspermaculture #sustainableliving #fundraising #wateradvocacy #cuyamavalley

Come see us TODAY at Patagonia Ventura for our fal

Come see us TODAY at Patagonia Ventura for our fall fundraiser, Unite for Water Rights! There will be FREE food, drinks, kids activities, 10 tabling partners, gift giveaways, and did we mention baby lamb and goats?! We’re excited to see you! Thank you to our environmental justice tabling partners:
@tierra_sol_ojai
@the_ojai_c.r.e.w
@lpforestwatch
@slobeaverbrigade
@blueskycenter
@wildernessyouthproject
@venturawild
@vbgventura
@rcacorg
@standwithcuyama Thank you to our 2023 funding organizations:
@santabarbarafoundation
@thefundforsantabarbara
@patagoniavta
University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program

💧💧💧💧💧💧 Just a little bit of the

💧💧💧💧💧💧 Just a little bit of the magic we will be be bringing from the dusty canyons of Quail Springs out to the grounds of @patagoniavta this Saturday, 11am to 4pm! Some baby goats, some face painting clowns, some banjo picking boot stomping muddy daughters singing, and some good times. There is a lot happening all across California and the world with water access and resource extraction. This Saturday we will be sharing about what our community is facing with water rights in the Cuyama Valley and how Quail Springs is working to contribute our share in amplifying sustainable and equitable policy and practices for a different future. Join us this Saturday to 💧Unite for Water Rights 💧
Our intention is to gather in joy to share story about what we have been working on at Quail Springs and the long road ahead of our work with water advocacy and contributing our skills towards community resilience. More details and RSVP for the event in our Link in Bio 🔗

We are grief stricken by the lives lost to ongoing

We are grief stricken by the lives lost to ongoing violence in Gaza. As an organization based in the United States–a nation that endorses and funds this violence–we have a responsibility to speak out against the genocide and dismissal of humanitarian law being committed in our name, with our tax dollars. The people of Gaza are cut off from water, food, electricity, safe refuge, communications, and aid from neighboring allies as they are violently forced from their homes. We condemn violence against all civilians. We contribute our voices to a call for a ceasefire immediately. We stand with the people of Palestine. May the land and the people be freed of oppression. May the seeds, ancient olive trees, and children sing long and loud. Cover: Burning Olive Tree by Hamde Abu Rahma, Palestinian photojournalist and activist

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