A visionary, inspirer, nutritionist, alchemist, crafter, chef, and enthusiastic team player, Curt has an ever evolving set of trades - anything he can get his hands on. He enjoys engaging with others, usually amidst deep life conversations, sharing and cultivating knowledge & passion to create community connection. Living on the land at 3ndless 3arth as a caretaker, he is usually found in the kitchen cooking and preserving food, tending to the animals, in the garden with dirty hands or in the forest foraging for wild foods and medicines. He loves being active - working hard on the land, involved in movement practices such as yoga and Qi gong, rock climbing, hiking, and playing frisbee and basketball.
Curt has an 3ndless curiosity of understanding social permaculture values and applying it to the structure of 3ndless 3arth 3covillage. He has spent over 8 years cultivating community & land-based relationship skills through his involvement in university collaborations at DePauw University in Indiana, obtaining a PDC (Permaculture Design Certification) and a Forest Garden Design Intensive at Heartwood Institute in Humboldt, traveling abroad to engage within intentional communities and intimate gatherings, as well as living a minimalist lifestyle for years to develop a sense of resourcefulness, personal serenity, and a deep relationship with the natural world.
Creator of New Earth Alchemy, Curt is captivated in creating fermented foods, wild herbal tonics, alchemical elixirs, and consulting with others regarding their health, nutrition and lifestyle choices. He demonstrates his dedication to land stewardship, community development and food resiliency through his involvement in both 3ndless 3arth 3covillage as well as the Mountain Ranch Youth Alliance & Resource Center. He is committed to these two nonprofit organizations determined to support the larger community towards its goal of self-resiliency, land restoration and a regenerative culture.
Current Pursuits:
Garden Days at 333 (weekly volunteer gardening days to create an abundant garden and to connect as community)
Co-creating a resilient, local men’s group that gathers bi-weekly
Implementing a commercial kitchen at the Mountain Ranch Youth Alliance & Resource Center (MRYA)
Organizing Events, Fundraisers, and Community Markets at MRYA
Personal Landscape Projects in the Area & Community Based Land Projects, including a 4 acre heritage Apple orchard in West Point
Future Projects:
Assisting with food forestry design and forest garden projects at 333
Assisting in evaluating, designing and maintaining additional livestock systems at 333 (including goats, sheep and a llama or donkey)
Co-creating a community café to supply locally sourced nutrition and hand-crafted products, to provide holistic workshops and provide a space for community connection & healthy collaboration