The People
Behind the Work
Driven by a shared belief that healing our relationship with the natural world is one of the most important things we can do.
Kimberly Calvert
Kimberly Calvert is a filmmaker, storyteller, and entrepreneur whose work is rooted in a deep curiosity about what it means to be human — and how we find our way back into relationship with the natural world.
She spent 18 years at Apple, where she built a foundation in creative leadership and bringing ideas to life with clarity, precision, and impact. She later wrote, directed, and produced Forgotten Flavors, an award-winning documentary that reflects her distinct approach to storytelling — one that prioritizes emotional truth, honesty, and a deeply human perspective.
Outside of her professional work, she is an avid gardener, forager, and wilderness explorer. Much of her lens is shaped through lived experience — time spent working with the land, observing natural systems, and reconnecting to the rhythms that have long guided human life.
She brings a rare combination of vision, intuition, and grounded practice to her role as founder, with a commitment to creating work that is not only compelling, but deeply felt.
Dr. Christy Garner
Dr. Christy Garner is a healer, educator, and steward of the land whose work bridges human wellbeing and the natural world. As the founder of Perma Gardens, she cultivates living ecosystems that nourish both the earth and the people who tend them.
Over the past decade, she has supported thousands of individuals — many with highly sensitive nervous systems — through challenges such as anxiety, ADHD, addiction, and autism. Her work focuses on simple, effective shifts that allow the body to restore itself and create lasting change.
Dr. Christy received her doctorate in chiropractic from Northwestern Health Sciences University and has continued her studies in epigenetics, exploring how we can shape our health beyond genetic inheritance. At the core of her work is a commitment to reconnection — helping people return to their innate ability to heal, to each other, and to the limitless healing power of the Earth.
On the board of Our Living Earth, she brings a generous spirit and a grounded, lived understanding of what it means to care for both people and planet.
