OUR PARTNERS
Our intention in weaving the web that is the Integra Collective is and has always been to stay true to our name. We aim to integrate our diverse experiences across the globe working with sustainable farms, intentional communities, herbalists, activists, artists and healers into a collective that is actively regenerating the human-earth relationship.
These are some of the partners that we are proud to work with and weave into our collective. We’ve listed direct ways to get involved with these incredible organizations and folks doing the good work.
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La Iguana Chocolate
La Iguana Chocolate is a small Costa Rican family run cacao farm and chocolate company. La Iguana grows cacao and makes chocolate on their farm in Mastatal, Costa Rica. They are cacao farmers turned chocolate makers.
La Iguana farms in harmony with nature. They make craft chocolate. LA IGUANA IS FARM TO BAR
How do I get involved?
Take a tour of La Iguana’s cacao farm and small-scale chocolate production facility in Mastatal, Costa Rica. They encourage hands-on participation and taste testing throughout!
Shop La Iguana’s small-batch products at their farm shop in Mastatal
Take a bean to bar or orchard establishment course at La Iguana
Follow La Iguana on Instagram
Kis Botanicals
KIS Botanicals is a locally owned, indigenous-inspired, artisanal herbal company that produces herbal products and hosts a variety of learning and healing opportunities. Kis integrates tradition, fun, food, plants, medicine, and ancestral knowledge to keep their community's story alive and connect visitors back to the jungle.
Kis strives to reawaken our ancestral knowledge and at the same time creates products that aid in the wellbeing of their community and visitors alike. They want to provide access to herbal products while promoting the conservation and preservation of the culture and medicinal plant tradition within the community.
How do I get involved?
Attend the Integra Collective Convergence in Mastatal, Costa Rica where we partner with Kis Botanicals to bring you elemental herbal medicine education
Sign up for Kis Botanicals’ annual “Discovering the Elements” course in Mastatal, Costa Rica
Take a day-course with Kis Botanicals in Mastatal and explore topics like indigenous agriculture, herbal medicine making, food as medicine, and more!
Work with Kealy Rudersorf, Kis Botanicals co-founder and gifted intuitive and energy healer, one-on-one for an energy healing session
Follow Kis Botanicals on Instagram
The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
The Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC) is an 80-acre research, demonstration, education, advocacy and community-organizing center in West Sonoma County, California that develops strategies for regional-scale community resilience and the restoration of biological and cultural diversity.
How do I get involved?
OAEC regularly hosts a garden volunteer day in their abundant perennial and annual gardens
Every year, OAEC offers residential internships in their administrative office, facilities team, and garden team
Take a hybrid online/in-person Permaculture Design Course with OAEC’s world-renowned teachers
Sign up for their newsletter
The Eco-Institute
The Eco-Institute at Pickards Mountain is an Earth sanctuary and learning community dedicated to healing the human-Earth relationship. Their educational farm resides on 28 acres in the Piedmont of North Carolina, eight miles west of Chapel Hill. As an organization and community, they are crafting a new story through community resilience, spiritual ecology and permaculture.
How do I get involved?
Apply for the Rising Earth Immersion, a semester-long permaculture education program for ages 18-28
Sign up for their newsletter in the website’s footer
Follow the Eco Institute on Instagram and Facebook