Education

As an Educational Center for Urban Sustainability, we especially encourage visits from school and youth groups. We can accommodate large groups and provide hands-on learning experiences.

Members of the Rhizome Collective are available to give presentations or participate in panel discussions on a variety of topics, including the Rhizome Collective and each of the organizations and projects that operate out of the space.

Available Speakers:

Scott Kellogg

Scott is a co-founder of the Rhizome Collective and a Director of the Rhizosphere Educational Center. A certified permaculture teacher, his years of practical experience with various sustainable systems include the creation of those described in the virtual tour section of this website. In order to be widely accessible, Scotts classes are taught with flexible structures and at minimal cost. The emphasis of the classes is the cross-section between sustainability and activism, with a focus on creating decentralized infrastructures that grant people and communities greater self-reliance and self-governance.

Stacy Pettigrew

One of the co-founders of the Rhizome Collective, Stacy is currently the Program Coordinator. She graduated from the University at Albany as the departmental valedictorian, receiving an honors degree in Political Economy. She has served as a human rights observer in the conflict zones of Chiapas, Mexico, and trained human rights observers with the International Network for Human Rights in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. In addition to her activities with the Rhizome Collective, Stacy is a journalist and producer with WINGS: Womens International News Gathering Service. She is available to speak on the theory behind, story and practice of the Rhizome Collective, collectivism and consensus, urban sustainability, and the international political economy. She has compiled a reader on the Middle East, the war in Afghanistan, the war at home, and oil and war, and an in-depth zine on the military-industrial complex Merchants of Death. Both are available to order on a sliding scale basis.