About.

Dr. Colette Von Hanna views the world from a unique perspective. Her passion for theology, art, justice, design, and ecology meet in unique ways to transform spaces to honor nature and history.

Being a fourth-generation organic gardener, a Texas Master Naturalist, and a Socio-Ecological Theologian, Dr. Von Hanna transforms spaces into working food forests and organic gardens. Whether you are a homeowner, a church, a non-profit, or a business, she bridges over 25 years of experience in land and food justice with Earth Care and permaculture principles that promote water conservation, night sky preservation, and also attract native pollinators.

Yet Dr. Von Hanna's consulting goes much deeper than growing food and healing the land, she also dives into the root causes of hunger, poverty, lack of access, and historical traumas that pervade the world. Colette works with communities on land and food justice issues while navigating the challenging discomfort that awareness and healing brings. She has learned the hard way when organizations have pushed back on being honest about their complicity in systemic inequities, and has learned through trial and error in teaching people and organizations how to honor the land and God in a more excellent way.

Her specialties, experience, and extensive education are in systemic policy, social work, food sovereignty, ecological theology, land remediation, and the international food trade. Her teaching, lectures, workshops, and keynotes cover topics such as:

+ Food apartheid and the basics of food and land injustice;

+ The necessity of urban gardens combat inequity and shine a light on neighborhood   sufficiency and healing;

+ Land theft and the historical trauma of BIPOC communities;

+ Night sky preservation and the importance/strageties for combating light pollution to benefit citizens, support the health of insects and other species, and plant production;

+ Analyzing the church's call to feed the hungry and the Judeo-Christian understanding of plant and animal sentience amid ecosystem degradation and political segregation;

+ The root causes of hunger and poverty and how local and national policies / practices have scaffolded inequity;

+ And navigating complex political viewpoints in southern, white churches to bring awareness, understanding, and accountability in an increasingly polarized climate.

Dr. Colette Von Hanna is available for speaking engagements and workshops. Reach out on the Contact portion of the website for availability.