Heather Jo Flores
Writer, Founder, Permaculture Women's Guild, Food Not Lawns, Free Permaculture Project Heather Jo Flores (she/her) is a Gen-X Chicana writer, farmer, musician, artist, educator and introvert. Over the last 30 years, she has held leadership roles in dozens of environmental and humanitarian projects, of her own making as well as in collaboration with groups like Greenpeace, Earth First, Food not Bombs, and Oregon Council for the Humanities.
About this speaker
Heather Jo Flores is a Gen-X Chicana writer, farmer, musician, artist, educator and introvert. Over the last 30 years, she has held leadership roles in dozens of environmental and humanitarian projects, of her own making as well as in collaboration with groups like Greenpeace, Earth First, Food not Bombs, and Oregon Council for the Humanities.
Back in 1999, she founded the original chapter of Food Not Lawns, in Eugene, Oregon. Seven years and many gardens later, she wrote Food Not Lawns, How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community, which was published by Chelsea Green Publishing Company in 2006 and spawned an International movement. She founded Permaculture Women’s Guild in 2017 and started the #freepermaculture project in 2018.