Emily Brady
visionary Founder- Ecological place maker & artist
Emily lives in New Jersey and enjoys communing with nature to inspire her artwork, ecological designs, and creative writing. She also loves playing music, expressive movement, and crafting nourishing foods & remedies from the wild.
Emily believes in honoring the common ground by making nature’s beauty and nurturance accessible to many, and building thriving ecologies that support all life.
Her dream is to co-create a sanctuary for community to flourish in harmony with Earth.
Emily created Earthen Origins to encourage the symbiosis of humans and nature through ecological design, wildcrafted arts, and creative storytelling. We foster kindred relationships with the living planet.
Education:
Emily studied for 3 years at Rutgers University (2010 -2013) - Visual Arts, Landscape Architecture, and Environmental Science
Assisted in herbal remedy making and attended many foraging and wildcrafting classes. (2013 - present), with Return to Nature, NJ.
Natural Building Week Long Intensive (2015) - workshops on cob, natural plasters, straw bale, green roofs, cob oven building, and basic carpentry skills. location: Ashevillage Permaculture School- Asheville, NC
Resilient Living Week Long Intensive (2016) - workshops on natural building, permaculture, herbalism, fermentation, foraging, gardening and mushroom cultivation. location: Ashevillage Permaculture School - Asheville, NC
Season long Permaculture Training and Work Exchange program (2016) - exploring perennial food systems, design, nature awareness studies, land stewardship, harvest and preparation of medicinal herbs. - location: Fields Without Fences, NJ
Volunteer at Osa Conservation Projects (2017) - worked along side scientists and ecologists for a week + to study old growth rainforests, sea turtle nesting sites, primates and large cats. Worked on forest restoration plots, vanilla farming, and assisting with sea turtle conservation. location: Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Paititi Form and Formless Retreat (2019) - participated in multiple Amazonian breath work & cacao ceremonies, daily qi gong, meditation, music, & integrative arts. location: Catskills, NY
High Desert Odyssey with The School of Forest Medicine (2019) - a week long quest into the High Desert of Oregon for healing, spiritual earthwork, and communing with plant allies. location: Southeast Oregon Desert
Ecological Intelligence Mentorship with The School of Forest Medicine (2019 - present) - 6+ month online mentorship program, exploring the transformational healing potentials of plants, and creative process work with Earth Allies.
Botanical Allies for Becoming Better Humans with The School of Forest Medicine (2020) - an in depth study of PNW Native Plants and Trees, their psycho-spiritual and physical importance.
Susquehanna Sustainability and Urban Edge Farm 3-month in person Permaculture Design Course graduate. (2021)
Emily’s recent work with like-hearted people has included native garden design & build, managing nursery projects, organic + regenerative farming, creating wildcrafted earth arts, and facilitating workshops to connect people with nature.
