purpose
We restore relationships between ecosystems and communities through permaculture principles & shepherding.
earth benders, is a permaculture & shepherding cooperative.
We support our community in their gardens, through permaculture principles — connecting home and land as one cohesive system.
Social and environmental justice are deeply linked, so we tend both the land and the people on it: caring for gardens, grazing sheep to restore pasture, and holding space for grief. We're building toward a future of food access, ecological restoration, and community resilience.
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Bear | They/Them
permaculture engineer & co-founder
Bear, an earth activist born from the salt lake valley, is a shepherd who loves spending time in the pasture singing to their sheep. They have received their permaculture design certificate through OSU and is finishing their education through a PINA program called Earth Activist Training for Advanced PDC & Regenerative Land Management Diploma. Weaving community into ecosystems with permaculture, and art is their passion.
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Dawny | He/Him
co-founder
Dawny combines technology and nature to guide his work at earth benders, including community care, disability justice, & ancestral knowledge. He weaves our systems, finance, and operational needs into a functional ecosystem. Dawny is a down-to-earth shepherd that can often be found creating melodies with his guitar.