Ryan Rising is a community organizer and permaculture educator based out of the San Francisco Bay Area who most recently organized and facilitated the Permaculture Action Tour with music producer The Polish Ambassador in the fall of 2014. Ryan focuses on creating community access to land for local food growing and regenerative living – connecting people to take action and transition to a resilient way of life.

Ryan has taught numerous courses and workshops, including the Elemental Alchemy Permaculture Intensive before Symbiosis Gathering in 2013 and a month-long Gaia Education certified Eco-Village Design training this past winter in Nicaragua. A certified permaculture designer with a degree in Peace and Social Justice Studies, he also co-founded a regenerative, productive urban farm in the east bay and now organizes with the Omni Commons – a community organizing space and education center in Oakland, CA.