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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] organic courses in India
  • Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:24:27 -0700


Beautiful, Ken. I located a link for that
http://www.navdanya.org/earth-university/courses-in-2011

Interesting. So much going on I can't begin to keep up. And so much of it
happens in places we never hear of. But there's hope with the Internet.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 3/11/2011 at 1:10 PM Ken Hargesheimer wrote:

>The following are courses taking place at the Bija Vidyapeeth Center,
>founded by Dr. Vandana Shiva.  Described by author Barbara Kingsolver as
>"a small, green Eden framed against the startling blue backdrop of the
>Himalyas," the courses at this organic farm include topics such as
>sustainable farming, herbal medicines, seed saving, and more.March 15 -
>19, 2011
>Grandmothers University: Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and
>Sustainable Living
>Invited Resource Persons – Dr. Mohini Giri, Ms. Vidya Rao, Ms. S.
>Jalaja, Dr. Mira Shiva, Ms. Jayashree Saha, Ms. Vimla Bahuguna, Dr.
>Vandana Shiva, Ms. Maya Goburdhun
>This year the Grandmothers’ University celebrates Bhoomi through a
>Trangenerational dialogue between grandmothers, mothers and daughters,
>which centers around the Rights of Mother Earth, the gifts of Mother-Earth
>and the Earth and her elements in our Body. These three themes will be
>explored across three days through the art of storytelling, music, pottery
>and transgenerational sharing of knowledge.Food is one of the most
>precious gifts Mother Earth unfailingly offers to us.   As she feeds us
>we too must remember to give back to her and help her renew her fertility
>in various ways including composting.  Down the generations women have
>evolved a food wisdom which enables them to prepare nutritious food that
>not only enhances health but also promotes well-being.  This wisdom is
>based on an intimate knowledge of seasonality and locality.Across
>cultures the Earth has been a metaphor of the Body, more  
>specifically the feminine body. In
> indigenous systems of health care such as Ayurveda, the earth elements
>are also the body elements; ecological balance and health are thus
>intimately interconnected.March 26-27, 2011
>Slow Weekend at Navdanya : Kanak (Wheat and associated crops of the
>“rabi” season)
>The Slow Weekend timed with the harvest of wheat will give the
>participants an opportunity to unwind while they join in harvesting 150
>varieties of wheat, 15 varieties of barley and other associated crops.
>They also learn about organic farming. In addition the participants will
>get an opportunity to learn organic recipes based on the “rabi” crops
>– wheat, oat, barley, mustard, chickpea and freshly harvested
>vegetables.April 7 – 9, 2011
>Cultivating the Future: Organic Farming as a solution to farmers’
>suicide, hunger and climate change
>Resource Persons – Navdanya 
>India is facing a triple crisis related to food. 200,000 farmers have
>committed suicide in the last decade. India is now the capital of hunger
>and every 4th Indian is hungry. Chemical industrial monocultures are
>failing with climate instability. Because of repeated drought the chemical
>rice farming in Eastern India in 2009-2010 has become vulnerable,
>threatening the food security of some of the poorest regions.The course
>will address organic solutions to the triple crisis both at the scientific
>and at the practical level.July 2-3, 2011
>Slow Weekend at Navdanya :  Aamrapalli (Mango Festival)The Slow Weekend
>timed with the ripening of mangoes will provide an opportunity to
>participants to spend time in the peace of the mango orchard at
>Navdanya’s organic farm and relishing and tasting different varieties of
>Mangoes. They will taste the difference between the langda, dusheri,
>chausa, kalmi, hazari, safeda, ram kela, tota puri and fagli. In addition
>to the tasting, participants will have an opportunity to learn recipes of
>mango dishes.October 3 – 5, 2011
>Bhoomi and the Gift of Food - Building Earth Democracy and Food Justice
>As the assault on the Earth increases and the threat to human survival
>intensifies, new paradigms and movements for Earth Democracy and defense
>of the rights of Mother Earth are emerging. Simultaneously the growing
>food crisis and hunger is demanding food justice so that the Right to Food
>of all can be ensured.The course will cover this emerging worldview and
>experiences and movement building for the defense of the earth and peoples
>right and explore how the Rights of Mother Earth and the rights of people
>are intimately connected especially in the context of food. The food web
>is infact the web of life. The ecological crisis and the food crisis are
>consequences of this web being destroyed and poisoned.The course will also
>take advantage of Navdanya Seed Bank and Organic Farm to show how
>protecting the earth and producing more food go hand in hand.Participants
>have the option of attending the Bhoomi – The Earth Festival on
>2nd October, 2011 in New
> Delhi.October 22 - 23, 2011
>Slow Weekend at Navdanya:  Akshat (Rice and associated crops of the
>“kharif” season)
>The Slow Weekend timed with the harvest of rice will give the participants
>an opportunity to unwind while they join in harvesting 600 varieties of
>rice, forgotten foods such as mandua (ragi) and jhangora, and other
>associated crops. They also learn about organic farming. In addition the
>participants will get an opportunity to learn organic recipes based on the
>“kharif” crops – rice, forgotten foods, dals and fresh seasonal
>vegetables.November 7 – 12, 2011
>The Ganga Yatra  : A journey to witness India’s Lifeline under Threat
>Invited Resource Persons – Mr. Sunderlal Bahuguna*, other members of
>Save the Ganga Movement, Navdanya team as well as local communities 
>Ganga is India’s lifeline spiritually, culturally and materially.
>However, this lifeline is today under serious threat. The building of dams
>and hydro electric projects and increasing pollution is destroying the
>Ganga. Save the Ganga Movements are emerging to create awareness on the
>threats to the Ganga and to find ways to protect the Ganga - our living
>heritage and life support.The Ganga Yatra will begin from Dehradun, travel
>through Tehri and Uttarkashi and end at Rishikesh with the Ganga
>Aarti. November 24 – December 4
>Gandhi and Globalisation
>Invited Resource Persons  – Mr. Satish Kumar, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Ms.
>Madhusuri Prakash, Aruna Roy, Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche*   
>The course on Gandhi and Globalization will address the multiple crisis
>that globalization has unleashed – the economic crisis, the ecological
>crisis and the political crisis. The economic crisis is now being felt
>worldwide including in prosperous Europe and USA. The high resource demand
>of globalization is creating resource wars across the planet – wars over
>land, wars over water, wars over seed and wars over food. This is
>increasing violence and militarization.Corporate globalization has also
>undermined representative democracy making States representative of
>corporate interest rather than public interest.Gandhi’s philosophy and
>politics is more relevant than ever before in finding ways to live
>peacefully, equitably and sustainably on this fragile planet. The course
>will explore the contemporary relevance of Gandhi’s key concepts of
>Swaraj, Swadeshi and Satyagraha.The course will show how Gandhi’s
>observation that the earth has enough for
> everyone’s needs and not for some peoples greed can be translated into
>emerging movements for the defense of the earth and people’s rights.For
>more information, or to register for classes, visit Navdanya's website





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