permaculture

[Allan Balliett <igg@igg.com>]

Global Gardener: Permaculture with Bill Mollison.

"Probably the next best thing to taking a class with Mollison 
himself." Earthworks Magazine

BILL MOLLISON is a practical visionary. For nearly two decades he has 
traveled the globe spreading the word about permaculture, the method 
of sustainable agriculture that he devised. Permaculture weaves 
together microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soils, 
water management and human needs into intricately connected 
productive communities. Mollison has proved that even in the most 
difficult conditions permaculture empowers people to turn wastelands 
into food forests.

GLOBAL GARDENER is a series of four   programs on one tape. Each 
episode looks at examples in different bioregions:

IN THE TROPICS - Mollison introduces the basic principles, and shows 
results in Australia, India, and Zimbabwe.

ARID LANDS - Reversing desertification in Arizona, Botswana and Australia.

COOL CLIMATES - Europe, Tasmania, and the San Juan Islands in Washington 
State.

URBAN - New York City and Harare, Zimbabwe
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This series on human-scale sustainable agriculture, inspired by 
Howard Shapiro's groundbreaking  book, GARDENING FOR THE FUTURE OF 
THE EARTH, continues at the Blue Ridge Center in Purcellville, VA 
(www.brces.org), Thursday evenings at 7pm. We're in the trailer again 
this week. the program is presented by the Blue Ridge Center 
internship program. Call or email Allan Balliett to reserve a chair: 
540 668 6165 or aballiett@brces.org

SERIES SCHEDULE
April 25 - Rudolf Steiner and Biodynamic Agriculture - Video: Alex 
Podolinsky in Australia

May 2 - Alan Chadwick and French Intensive Biodynamic Gardening - 
Video: Garden Song

May 9 - John Jeavons - Biointensive Gardening - Video: Circle of Plenty

May 16 - Masanobu Fukuoka - One Straw Revolution/Nature Gardening - 
Video: The Close to Nature Garden

May 23 - Bill Mollison - Permaculture - Video: World Gardener

May 30 - Elaine Ingham - The Soil Foodweb - Video: Life in the Soil

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Plan now to attend the 2002 Mid-Atlantic Biodynamic Food and Farming 
Conference October 4-6 at the Blue Ridge Center, 2002 in Neersville, 
VA. Featured  speakers include Howard Shapiro, Glen Atkinson, Elaine 
Ingham, Hugh Lovel, Hugh Courtney, James Demeo, Jerry Brunetti, Will 
Winter, and, of course, Mark Shepard. For more info, see 
www.gardeningforthefuture.com (under preparation) or contact Allan 
Balliett at igg@igg.com or 540 668 6165