On this episode of Doomer Optimism, Tres Crow (@dogeatcrow) and Dr. Ashley Colby (@RizomaSchool) managed an international three-way call with Sean Dixon-Sullivan (@NextSuccession), the luminary behind Contour Lines. This discussion focused mostly on the importance and purpose behind permaculture, agroforestry, and the work Sean is doing in Guatemala.

About Sean Dixon-Sullivan
Sean is the founder of Contour Lines, a non-profit dedicated to transitioning rural communities to regenerative land uses. Through working grants to farmers, they help set up communities with reliable, sustainable sources of nutritious food, and the knowledge to steward the land.

About Dr. Ashley Colby
Ashley is an Environmental Sociologist who studied at Washington State University, the department that founded the subdiscipline. She's interested in and passionate about the myriad creative ways in which people are forming new social worlds in resistance to the failures of late capitalism and resultant climate disasters. I am a qualitative researcher so I tend to focus on the informal spaces of innovation. She's the founder of Rizoma Field School and Rizoma Foundation.

About Tres Crow
Tres is making the world a greener place one urban space at a time with my friends Roots Down. He's a storyteller and marketing dude. He loves natural urbanism and climate justice.