Lisa Fernandes organizes the 1400+ member Portland Maine Permaculture group and is the Director of its non-profit home, The Resilience Hub. She is a trained facilitator and permaculture designer who believes that the strategies of resilience-building, re-skilling and re-localization are among the best we have for navigating future challenges. Lisa sits on the board of the Permaculture Institute of the Northeast.

Lisa also helps coordinate the Eat Local Foods Coalition and is part of the Maine Food Strategy team. She sits at the Sustain Southern Maine table and the Portland Mayor's Initiative for Healthy Sustainable Food Systems. She is also active in the Cape Farm Alliance, Slow Food Portland, Portland Food Coop, Hour Exchange Portland and is a Master Food Preserver and Master Composter.

Lisa attended Boston College (undergrad) and The Evergreen State College (grad) and has worked in the public, private and non-profit sectors, including a stint owning a software design firm with more than 100 client companies across the region.

Lisa and her family are actively converting their 1/3 acre property into a demonstration site for resilient and abundant "post-carbon" living. She is currently working on a book titled "ReVillage: Turning the Neighborhoods We Have into the Villages We'll Need."

Email Lisa to request training, design, speaking or facilitation services.

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