Santa Barbara Permaculture Network celebrates its 6th Annual Eco Hero Award, a community event that honors those making significant and positive change in the world for more than 30 years. This year we honor Brock Dolman & Kate Lundquist who will join us in person at the event.

Brock Dolman & Kate Lundquist are transformative advocates and activists for beavers, salmons & the watersheds they inhabit. Co-directors of the WATER Institute at the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC) they have launched an extraordinarily effective—movement that has engaged individuals, communities, and policymakers, changing hearts & minds about how to coexist with the natural world.

Water is the basis of all life, and in their Basins of Relations Citizens Guide to Protecting Our Watersheds, they note “Now and, in the future, nothing is, or will be, more valuable than pristine watersheds.” Nature based solutions are what they propose, informing and educating in a clear and entertaining style.