Michael Stusser

Michael Stusser attended UC Santa Cruz in the '60s where he studied with master horticulturist Alan Chadwick. For the following 10 years he helped found three garden training centers still in operation today including Camp Joy Gardens in Boulder Creek, the Farallones institute in Occidental, (now OAEC) and the Agroecology program at UC Santa Cruz.

Following studies in Japan he created Osmosis, a day spa featuring a detoxifying compost bath. His first plunge into the Cedar Enzyme Bath was a life-changing healing and spiritual event that convinced him that it was his mission to bring it back to the US. Soon after returning from Japan he built a prototype 400-square-foot facility in a Sebastopol backyard out of recycled wood from a chicken coop.

Recently he has begun the Green Spa Network dedicated to bring sustainable design and operating practices to the spa industry and to promote the natural connections between personal well being, economic sustainability and the health of the planet.

For more information on Michael, please visit www.greenspanetwork.org