Shane Brill '03 M'11
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- Alumni House
Office Hours
By appointment.
Fields
Ecological design, fermentation, nutritional therapy, permaculture, wild foods.
Shane is a permaculturist, wellness advocate, and educator.
Education
- FNTP, Nutritional Therapy Association, 2021
- MA, ϲʿ, 2011
- BA, ϲʿ, 2003
Professional Work
In the role of Lifelong Learning and Communications Coordinator, Shane Brill ’03 M’11 brings expertise in the intersection between food, health, and environment to celebrate ϲʿ’s role in the cultivation of vibrant human beings. As a , he teaches classes and workshops for the campus community and manages the ϲʿ Academy of Lifelong Learning, channeling a background in education and ecological programming. He supports programs to bridge institutional values that connect current students with alumni and community members.
Shane is the permaculture educator at ϲʿ. He can often be found digging in the campus garden and leading workshops and talks on fermentation, foraging, ecological design, and food literacy. He advises internships and projects conducted by students relating to environmental literature and film, ethnobotany, food justice, composting, and horticulture.
At ϲʿ, Shane guides campus sustainability efforts and promotes individual and institutional practices relating to regenerative living. He connects health and nutrition, waste reduction, energy conservation, fiscal responsibility, diversity and inclusion, and food literacy and access. He supports environmental initiatives in Chestertown and manages an urban homestead as a wildlife sanctuary with a variety of edible and medicinal plants.
Talks and Workshops
- Beekeeping: Colony Installation, Hive Maintenance, Honey Extraction, Swarm Capture
- Brain Food for Kids: Enhancing the Gut-Brain Connection to Support Mood, Learning, and Attention
- Enhance Sleep and Metabolism
- Fermentation Fundamentals
- Foods and Lifestyle to Prevent Chronic Disease
- Landscaping with Edible Native Plants
- Natural Pest Prevention: Ecological Tactics for Healthy Landscapes
- Optimize Your Health
- Permaculture 101
- Rediscovering Food
- Seasonal Foraging
- Sustainable Human Energy
- Urban Homesteading
- Wild, Fermented, and Traditional Foods
- Wild Foods in Native and Novel Ecosystems
- Zero Waste Community Visioning
Selected Publications
- “Wild May,” ϲʿ Magazine (Summer 2018).
- “Sophie, We Hardly Knew Ye,” ϲʿ Magazine (Spring 2017).
- “Urban Homesteader,” ϲʿ Magazine (Spring 2014).
In the News
- "Vogel's Return to Roots, Growing Lucky Pick Farm," Kent County News (7/25/24)
- "Garden potluck unites residents and students in environmental efforts," Kent County News (5/2/24)
- "'Surrender to the Wild' shares author," Kent County News (5/2/24)
- “Food Connection” Shore Magazine (7/1/21).
- “'We Love This Place' panel series concludes with conversation on environmental stewardship” The Elm (12/23/20).
- “Galena resident promotes sustainable community” Kent County News (7/23/20).
- “Learning to Return to Our Food Roots” Shore Home and Garden Magazine (10/01/18).
- “ϲʿ is Maryland’s First Bee Campus USA,” Chestertown Spy (4/10/18).
- “Medieval Dinner Coming to WC, May Day Tradition” The Elm (2/22/18).
- “What are weeds to some, it seems, can be food for others,” Kent County News (9/9/17).