International Permaculture Day

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May 042012

Happy International Permaculture Day 2012! www.permacultureday.info

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International Permaculture Day – is a day where a range of Permaculture events occur across Australia and around the globe. All activities are held on Sunday May 6 unless specified otherwise.

All of us would acknowledge our own work as modest; it is the totality of such modest work that is impressive. Great changes are taking place. Why not join us in the making of a better future.
Ingenio Patet Campus. The field lies open to the intellect.

Bill Mollison
2 May 2012

Steve Cran Green Warrior

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May 022012

Steve Cran – Green Warrior Permaculture, more at PermacultureAid.org

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Ukiah High School Permaculture Aquaponics

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Apr 292012

Max Meyers on Permaculture Aquaponics

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Max Meyers with Mendocino Ecological Learning Center and Nor Cal Aquaponics being interviewed by Lindsay Hassett about the Aquaponics project taking place at Ukiah High School.

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Maximillian Meyers, Founder of Mendocino Ecological Learning Center takes you on a tour of the Bradford Homestead in Willits, CA. He talks about rainwater harvesting and demonstrates how their water system works.

Riparian indigenous management practices

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Apr 262012
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Efforts to bring out the food forest latent in a riparian aspen area at Woodbine Ecology Center in Colorado. Clearing and pruning to combat effects of fire suppression, introduction of useful native species. Inspired by indigenous management practices of the region.

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University Permaculture Honored at White House

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Mar 232012

The White House honors five young leaders as Champions of Change for outstanding leadership on their college campuses, chosen by the public for their projects that embody the President’s goal to win the future. March 15, 2012. Source: Umass Permaculture.com

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Regenerative Agriculture

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Mar 052012

Regenerative Agriculture: Increase top soil: Sequester CO2. Create healthier food. Rebuild communities.
 Source: Living Web Films

For more on Regenerative Agriculture and Darren J Doherty

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Many advanced civilizations vanished because they did not take care of their soil. This film is about a new, progressive, and advanced practice of agriculture, that will regenerate the soil. With Regenerative Agriculture we create healthier food, build communities, and most importantly increase the top soil. Top soil, the skin of the earth, is where the life of the plant exists, and that is where our food comes from.

Top soil sequesters CO2, turning a poison (in atmosphere) to food. According to many scientists, ranchers, and environmentalists worldwide, if we increase the top soil by 1.6%, the top soil sequesters so much CO2 that the amount of CO2 in atmosphere goes back to the amount before the industrial revolution in less than 10 years. The film documents different methods of advanced practices including water management through keyline design, the reintroduction of animals in to landscape, fertility management, and relocalization.

Shot on three continents in some of the most beautiful farms on the planet, featuring interviews with some of the most incredible scientist, farmers, environmentalist, and visiting amazing organizations like Earth Island Institute, Orella Ranch Stewardship,… A full 2nd production team is in Pre-Production in amazing farms near Caspian Sea, including my sister Talieh Sefidkoohi as the 2nd Director and my niece and nephews, Azi, Mamali, and Reza. Mr. James Arnold Taylor, Obi-Wan Kenobi’s (Star Wars) voice over talent has also shown interest. The Voice over you hear in this trailer is also the voice of Mr. James Arnold Taylor.

Vote UMass Permaculture to the White House

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Feb 292012

Vote here! http://campuschallenge.uservoice.com/forums/148562-campus-champions-of-change-challenge

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The UMass Amherst Permaculture Committee, a student group that I am working with, received some incredible news this week! We received a call from The White House and we’ve been notified that we’re selected as 1 of 15 finalists (out of 1000+ applications!) for the Campus Champions of Change Challenge! This means we are in the final round, and the general public is now voting for which teams will get A TRIP TO THE WHITE HOUSE and also be featured on MTV’s program “The Deans List” which has over 9 million viewers.

We have only 1 week to tally as many votes as we can – voting ends Saturday, March 3 at midnight est (New York time!) Here’s a short description about our student group, and instructions for how to vote: https://campuschallenge.uservoice.com/forums/148562-campus-champions-of-chang…

“UMass Amherst Permaculture is a student group that educates the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus and the local community about ecological permaculture solutions by demonstrating edible perennial landscapes that are highly productive, low maintenance, environmentally sustainable, and socially responsible!”

How to vote (it takes 30 seconds and you just need an e-mail address!):

Simply follow this link below and click vote (all 3 of your votes, if you choose!) for “UMASS Amherst Permaculture Initiative”! All you need is an e-mail address!

Please share this with others! Some examples for how to do this are: Post the link on your Facebook wall / Twitter feed so others in your network will also vote! Forward this e-mail / link to your friends, family, listservs, Facebook groups, etc! Ask them to vote and share it with others as well.

Text for a Facebook Post:

Please take 30 seconds and vote (all 3 votes, if you feel inspired!) to help my friends earn a trip to The White House! They are changing the world through permaculture gardens at UMass Amherst.
http://campuschallenge.uservoice.com/forums/148562-campus-champions-of-change-challenge

In summary, we feel that this is such an amazing opportunity to bring huge amounts of positive light to UMass Permaculture on the international stage – to further promote UMass Amherst as a leader in creating the environmentally and socially-just food system and world that we all want to see. Please vote for UMass Amherst Permaculture Initiative and you’ll be sending a clear message that this project is something we want to see more support for. Thank you so much, everyone. We could be at the White House on March 15 with your help!

How to Run a Permablitz

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Feb 282012

Adam from Permablitz Melbourne shows Sydney how its done!

Adam Grubb founded Permablitz as part of a crew of Melbourne permaculturalists in 2006. Since then, Melbourne Permblitz has delivered many, many successful permablitzes in the greater Melbourne area, and the concept of Permablitz has spread to Sydney, Adelaide, Alice Springs, Darwin, Canberra, Tasmania, Bega, the Sunshine Coast, California, Montreal, Istanbul and Uganda.

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So what is a Permablitz?

Permablitz (noun): An informal gathering involving a day on which a group of at least two people come together to achieve the following:

- create or add to edible gardens where someone lives
- share skills related to permaculture and sustainable living
- build community networks
- have fun

Permablitzes are free events, open to the public, with free workshops, shared food, where you get some exercise and have a wonderful time. To be defined as a permablitz each event must also be preceded by a permaculture design by a designer with a Permaculture Design Certificate.

The network runs on reciprocity, and in order to qualify for a permablitz you usually need to come to “3 or so” first, although there can be exceptions in this case.

Many thanks to Milkwood for putting on this great free event!
Filmed at Alexandria Park Community Center
Mon, 16 Jan, 2012

Vote 1 Permaculture President in Whitehouse

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Feb 282012

The UMass Amherst Permaculture student committee, of which I am a member, received some incredible news this week! We’ve been selected as 1 of 15 finalists (out of 1000+ applications!) for the Campus Champions of Change Challenge, a national award hosted by none other than the White House! This means we are in the final round, and the general public is now voting for which teams will get A TRIP TO THE WHITE HOUSE and also be featured on MTV’s program “The Deans List.”

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http://campuschallenge.uservoice.com/forums/148562-campus-champions-of-change-challenge

We have only 1 week to tally as many votes as we can — voting ends Saturday, March 3 at 11:59PM est (New York time!) Here’s a short description about our student group, and instructions for how to vote:

“UMass Amherst Permaculture is a student group that educates the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus and the local community about ecological permaculture solutions by demonstrating edible perennial landscapes that are highly productive, low maintenance, environmentally sustainable, and socially responsible!”

How to vote, and sharing the link with others!:
1) Simply click the link below and vote (all 3 of your votes!) for “UMASS Amherst Permaculture Initiative”!
2) Share the ‘example text’ below on your Facebook wall / Twitter feed so others in your network will also vote!
3) Post this message to Facebook groups and other online networks that you belong to!
4) Forward this in an e-mail to your friends, family, listservs, etc! Ask them to vote and share it with others as well.

Facebook/Twitter example text with link!: Please vote to bring permaculture to the White House and to millions of individuals! We need your help more than ever! http://campuschallenge.uservoice.com/forums/148562-campus-champions-of-change-challenge

In summary, we feel that this is such an amazing opportunity to bring huge amounts of positive light to permaculture on the international stage — to further promote the environmentally and socially-just food system and world that we all want to see. And showing it to literally millions and millions of individuals! Thank you so so much, everyone. We could be at the White House on March 15 with your help!

Signed,
the UMass Permaculture Committee

Visit www.UMassPermaculture.com

Integrated Landscape and Ecological Agriculture with Biodiversity International

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Feb 262012

Bioversity anthropologist, Pablo Eyzaguirre, talks about the potential of integrated agricultural landscape approaches to reconcile the objectives of agricultural production and nature conservation.

Source: Bioversity International

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He also speaks about how Bioversity International is contributing its knowledge gained from working with smallholder farmers around the world to an international effort to help find solutions, at a time when a consensus is emerging that many our current food system approaches are unsustainable.

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