Becoming an Ecotoner: A Walk-and-Talk for Fire-Impacted Neighbors

Reimagining Altadena Together After The Eaton Fire 

Join Poly/Ana and Studio Petrichor for a free community walk-and-talk in Altadena on Saturday, February 14th—an immersive, on-the-ground experience designed to help fire-impacted residents start rebuilding with clarity, confidence, and ecological intelligence.

🌱 What You’ll Learn

Your guides, Leigh Adams and Shawn Maestretti, will walk with you through the neighborhood and a couple of local properties while sharing:

• Why to read the land after a fire

• Where water wants to move—and why to design with it

• Why to begin regenerating soil, habitat, and resilience

• Why to collaborate with Nature as a partner in protection

• Why to reimagine your home landscape as part of the larger ecosystem

This event is a living, breathing opportunity to learn, observe, and ask questions in real time—right where the lessons are happening.

🌍 Altadena Is an Ecotone. What is an Ecotoner?

An Ecotoner is someone who lives in and stewards the threshold between two ecosystems—someone who embraces the responsibility, wisdom, and creativity required to live in harmony with a dynamic edge environment.

To be an Ecotoner is to work with Nature’s intelligence, not against it. This gathering is designed to help you remember that role—and step into it with support, community, and the land itself as your guide.