A HUB FOR REGENERATIVE LIVING,
CULTURAL INNOVATION AND
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
"There are no unsacred places;
there are only sacred places
and desecrated places.”
- Wendell Berry
At Landwell we recognize the inherent sanctity of land and community, and as a hub for regenerative living, cultural innovation, and community resilience we understand the profound significance of place.
Here we explore how places can become more liberated—healthier, happier, equitable, and ultimately, revitalized.
The organizations and programs within this hub embody our shared values of integrative living, social and ecological responsibility, and the transformative power of creative expression.
SHARING OUR GIFTS,
TENDING OUR ECOSYSTEM
Whether through regenerative farming, learning initiatives, music and art, cultural renewal and healing, ethical land practices, or consent education, each entity contributes to a shared narrative of creativity, resilience, and a profound connection to the community and the environment.
The overarching theme is one of cultivating a positive impact on individuals, communities, and the world at large, creating a dynamic and cultural landscape that honors the sacredness of place.
PROGRAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS
LED BY LANDWELL RESIDENTS
HeartSeed Farm
HeartSeed believes it is important to model a regenerative food system rooted in honoring the relationship between the domestic and the wild. Nestled in a fertile valley, HeartSeed provides a bounty of diverse annual and perennial food and medicine crops for the benefit of Landwell residents and the local community. At HeartSeed Farm, the spirit of community and cultivation intertwines, bringing together volunteers from the local community and students from the BeeHive Land-Based Learning Center to assist in farming endeavors.
Through the collaborative efforts of dedicated volunteers and enthusiastic learners, HeartSeed Farm becomes a living embodiment of sustainable agriculture, education, and shared experiences. The HeartSeed Farm is led by Landwell residents, Max Kee, Liyanna Bea and Susan Amato.
Center for Ethical Land Transition
The Center for Ethical Land Transition is a non-profit committed to deepening our relationship with land. Drawing on the experiences of working in conventional real estate, land justice, and living and working in community, the Center for Ethical Land Transition explores ways to decommodify, re-matriate, and increase accessibility to land for BIPOC communities. Our programs offer land transition facilitation, solidarity-based agency, educational materials, and the transition of projects into self-governed stewardship trusts. Join us in the collective pursuit of ethical land practices and justice. The Center for Ethical Land Transition is led by Landwell resident, Cassandra Ferrrera.
BeeHive Land-Based Learning Center
The BeeHive Land-Based Learning Center takes place here at Landwell. We are committed to instilling Earth stewardship, climate resiliency, and a love of learning in children. Our homeschool enrichment program, influenced by Waldorf philosophies, offers a structured yet flexible schedule. Set against the backdrop of a thriving farm and wilderness alongside Jonive creek, children discover a safe and joyful space for holistic growth—physically, emotionally, intellectually, and socially. BeeHive blends structured learning with hands-on experiences, nurturing a lifelong love of learning in a dynamic and supportive community. The BeeHive is led by Landwell resident, Stephanie Elliott.
MaMuse
MaMuse is a musical tune-up for the heart.
For 15 years Sarah and Karisha have been enlivening communities wherever they go, engaging audiences to become part of the magic by inspiring them to sing along.
These two women have performed and shared stages at festivals and concert halls around the country with many distinguished artists. In 2012 they won Prairie Home Companion’s duet competition and have gone on to win songwriting competitions and receive honors through invitations to be keynote performers at conferences such as Bioneers and the Collective Trauma Summit. Many of their songs including “We Shall Be Known” and “Hallelujah” have sprouted wings and are being sung by well renowned choirs, birthing mothers, and at bedsides of the dying all over the world. With 7 albums and a new album scheduled to release in 2024, they deliver a vast repertoire of Soul-filled Folk Music.
SoundWell Studio
SoundWell Studio is a recording studio and creative digital laboratory. Dedicated to serving as the "Thumping Amplifier of the People," our mission is to share songs and stories of evolution, justice, and regeneration, fostering community through the transformative power of music and art. Beyond traditional recording spaces, we host artists-in-residence, creating a dynamic environment for collaboration.
SoundWell produces leading edge music and sound design centered on change making content, including multi-cultural, cross genre content from Gospel/Folk, Electronic remixes and West African fusion. . SoundWell’s core team is lead by Landwell’s Patrick Numair, artists-in-residence Sarah Nutting and Karisha Longaker (MaMuse), and Feeling Parade’s Scott Ferreter.
Prison Dancer: The Musical
Prison Dancer: The Musical is an award-winning, Broadway-bound stage musical and transmedia experience that spans multiple platforms, as an interactive musical web series, a performative cinema experience, and a musical stage production. Prison Dancer: The Musical was created and written by Romeo Candido and Landwell resident Carmen De Jesus, and is one of the first original Filipino musicals with an all Filipino creators, creative team, and cast. Hailed by critics as a “rehabilitating tale of humanity,” Prison Dancer not only illuminates the humanity of people lost in the carceral system, but also the celebration of queer love and the power of art, dance and community to help us access joy and liberation to overcome addiction.
The School of Consent
The School of Consent is a globally recognized learning resource for consent education, providing training and educational workshops for the public and professionals, offering tools to support empowerment, safety, and connection.
The School of Consent holds the legacy of delivering the pioneering relational framework The Wheel of Consent®, created by Dr. Betty Martin. Landwell resident, Carmen De Jesus, helped to establish the School in 2018 and presents this liberation work through a lens of decolonizing the body, cultivating resilience through boundaries and pleasure activism, and reclaiming agency, choice and sovereignty.
Alive Inside
Alive Inside is an event program dedicated to creatively engaging prison communities in conversations about mortality. Developed by San Francisco Bay Area-based YG2D, in collaboration with nationwide prison health and wellness programs, Alive Inside offers a safe and powerful communal listening experience. Featuring words and music from Bay Area artists, it explores our shared mortal experience within the prison context, providing space for grieving, bereaving, and honoring what's lost and loved. Alive Inside encourages individuals to be fully alive where they are and with what they have. Join us in inspiring life and fostering connections in prison communities.
Songs for Life
Songs for Life is a non-profit program that connects professional musician volunteers with hospice patients, so that musicians may offer the immensely healing power of music to patients and their communities as they approach the threshold of death. Volunteers visit ongoingly, getting to know the patient, deeply connecting to their stories, and playing the songs that they love. In addition to offering music and companionship, volunteers often write original songs, instrumental or with lyrics, inspired by and in honor of the life of the patient. The program is designed to help create meaning, connection, and offer a musical holding that has the power to remind us we are not alone. Songs for Life is led by Landwell resident, Miriam Bolender.