View this beautiful movie and Join a discussion afterwards with local water expert panelists.
November 14, 2025
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As part of Regenerate Whatcom’s continuing series of events focused on water and its role in our landscapes and how it binds together community and climate, Regenerate Whatcom is hosting a screening this movie.
“Water is Love” shares inspiring stories of regenerative ecosystem design to create water retention in communities and regions, touching on traditional ecological knowledge, how water makes climate and, the importance of restoring complete water cycles. This award-winning movie shows the beauty of the intact water cycle, its widespread degradation and, ultimately, the possibility of regeneration.
$5 – $10 Suggested donation. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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“Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration” follows a group of young people grappling with the climate crisis while we journey around the world to share inspiring stories of regenerative ecosystem design to create water retention in communities, villages, and regions.
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“How Water Makes Climate” is tailored for children and youth, making this essential content easily accessible and engaging for young and older audiences alike.
We touch upon traditional ecological knowledge, how water makes climate, and the importance of restoring complete water cycles.
Through inspiring stories from successful projects in India, Kenya, and Portugal, we aim to spark conversations and actions that contribute to a regenerative and resilient world. As we’re facing both the growing devastating impacts of climate disruption and the failure of governments to act, this film points to an often overlooked need and possibility: community-driven decentralized water management as a critical key for surviving – and thriving in — this century.
Visit the Water Is Love website to view the trailer and learn more.
Inspired by screenings, communities have fortified connections and coalitions that have already existed in their regions by coming together to watch the documentary.
This speaks to our intention of creating community and movement building. The documentary was never meant to just be consumed as a piece of media, but to be a tool to bring people together and care for our surroundings.
Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration won awards:
It is a huge gift to share climate content that opens people’s hearts and moves them into action, to see tears in people’s eyes when the lights come on after a screening, to see children’s faces light up with understanding and awe about how water moves and how it has a soul.
We love Spring and all the smells, colors and aliveness it brings.
In an effort to share this with all of you I will do a series of live video session as well as post some of my observations here for you to enjoy and ponder.
Despite the whole COVID event that is playing out, nature is abundant, resilient and relentless in her determination to move forward.
Here is a brief documentation of how a Permaculture designed system responded to a major flood event in Whatcom County. We got 10″ of rain in 48 hours starting on November 13. This is a quick look at how permaculture designed system at Inspiration Farm responded to this event.
Stay tuned to this site to learn more about Permaculture and how it can help you design a more resilient and abundant landscape in uncertain times.
News Flash!
We are planning a Hands On, In Person, Permaculture Design Certificate Course! Summer of 2022
Here is Geoff talking about it “Engaging in permaculture design feels natural to everyone because it’s based on nature itself.”
We will be teaching the system of Permaculture design here in the Pacific Northwest this Spring. As the global systems become more unstable, We invite you to join us on this amazing resilient journey!
Permaculture (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permacu…) integrates land, resources, people and the environment through mutually beneficial synergies – imitating the no waste, closed loop systems seen in diverse natural systems. Permaculture applies holistic solutions that are applicable in rural and urban contexts and at any scale. It is a multidisciplinary toolbox including agriculture, water harvesting and hydrology, energy, natural building, forestry, waste management, animal systems, aquaculture, appropriate technology, economics and community development.
Regenerative agricultural practices have enormous potential in stabilizing the climate. What will it take to implement these practices across the board?
Brian Kerkvliet – Transitional Farm Planning for Ecology – Global Earth Repair Conference 2019
Jun 20, 2019Global Earth Repair Conference. As a co-steward of Inspiration Farm for the past 25 + years, Brian Kerkvliet has a wide breadth of practical knowledge on how to partner with natural systems to bring forth stability and abundance.
People sometimes ask us “why do I need to get a PDC? I can just learn it from books and Youtube”
Some of the many reasons why you may want to get your PDC are:
You want the complete picture of permaculture
To get the full Permaculture experience with like minded people.
You want the hands on experiences and design practices
You like the accreditation and validation a certificate gives
You like the cohesiveness that a PDC immersion class offers
The reasons you need to get a PDC is to be legitimate using the word Permaculture in your professional practice.
If you want to teach classes on permaculture
If you want to run a business using Permaculture as a guiding force
If you aspire to teach a full PDC at some point
If you want to be a Permaculture consultant or designer for others
We LOVE the thought that some of our students will go on to become teachers. Whether it is short workshops or presentations or involved in full permaculture design courses.
