Founder, Creative Facilitator, Mentor, Educator, Guide:
Jessi Rubin (Yepeth Perla) is a restoration ecologist, naturalist, earth-tender, mentor, wilderness guide, environmental scientist, seasoned educator, permaculture practitioner, herbalist, & Kohenet with 2 Masters: in Environmental Studies from Antioch NE and Plant Soil Science from UVM. She has 24 years of Torah journeying, ethical rewilding, and wilderness guiding experience in various bioregions, ecosystems, and communities. She walks a deeply rooted Jewish path which bridges the spectrum from Chassidic to Renewal. She helped co-found Living Tree Alliance, a Jewish intentional community in Vermont. She founded and nurtures an ecological resilience service called MycoEvolve which is a DBA of Roots and Trails which she has been offering for the past 13 years. She is dedicated to holistic mentoring, socio-ecological rehabilitation, wildlife conservation, decolonization, cultural revolution, ancestral revitilization, community collaboration, joy cultivation, compassion nurturing, and planetary healing.
Jessi Rubin (Yepeth Perla) is a restoration ecologist, naturalist, earth-tender, mentor, wilderness guide, environmental scientist, seasoned educator, permaculture practitioner, herbalist, & Kohenet with 2 Masters: in Environmental Studies from Antioch NE and Plant Soil Science from UVM. She has 24 years of Torah journeying, ethical rewilding, and wilderness guiding experience in various bioregions, ecosystems, and communities. She walks a deeply rooted Jewish path which bridges the spectrum from Chassidic to Renewal. She helped co-found Living Tree Alliance, a Jewish intentional community in Vermont. She founded and nurtures an ecological resilience service called MycoEvolve which is a DBA of Roots and Trails which she has been offering for the past 13 years. She is dedicated to holistic mentoring, socio-ecological rehabilitation, wildlife conservation, decolonization, cultural revolution, ancestral revitilization, community collaboration, joy cultivation, compassion nurturing, and planetary healing.
We have collaborated with wonderful team members such as Ada Morse, Lindsay Foreman, Rabbi Jan Salzman, Kohenet Rabbi Jill Hammer, Rabbi Aaron Philmus, Diana Clark, Elliot Cluba, Rabbi Tobie Weisman, Rabbi Howard Cohen, and Beth Weintraub. We work with various folks from L'Chaim Collective, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Temple Sinai, Beth Jacob Synagogue, Congregation Ruach HaMaQom, the Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, Living Tree Alliance, the Kohenet Institute, Wilderness Torah, and the Jewish Communities of Vermont. Please reach out if you are interested in teaming.
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