Harmonic Ecological Design, LLC

Harmonic Ecological Design combines its significant in house resources with a range of consultants and partners at the top of their fields, with our aim to always provide the highest quality service on every project. Our primary Associates are:

Sam D. Knowlton, Lead Project Manager and Designer: Sam is an ecological designer based in Santa Fe, NM and the lead project developer at HED. Sam practices and teaches permaculture in the Southwest U.S. and throughout Latin America, and is a part of the teaching team at The Permaculture Institute of the USA. His work has included, among others, a masterplan for an organic farm in the Southwest United States, whole systems designs for two educational centers, and a community based reforestation and agroforesty project in Central America. As a designer, teacher and collaborator, Sam inspires people to better understand and appreciate our role as stewards, demonstrating how nature’s synergies can be employed to create highly productive systems.

David Bronfman: David has three years of permaculture experience and is a certified green builder. In addition to his work in the US, David has also worked as an advisor to the IPA permaculture institute in Manaus, Brazil and the OPA permaculture institute in Salvador, Brazil. He was the Assistant Director for the 8th International Permaculture Conference focused on Greening the International Economy. David received his B.A. with honors from Brown University.

Arina Pittman: Arina is teacher and sustainability practitioner at Lots of Life in One Place Permaculture Farm. She holds Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture from UNM. Her experiences include writing for Edible Santa Fe and Sun News, and design & master planning work on permaculture projects ranging from back yards to farms and educational centers. In addition to land design Arina teaches dryland gardening, food forestry, food preservation and other applied aspects of permaculture.