permaculture

["Kelly Finigan" <kfinigan@telus.net>]

I live in downtown Calgary, Alberta and am also new to the list.

Bow Chinook bioregion, characterised by the Bow River drainage basin and
Chinook winds (warm winds from the Rocky mountains to the west). Calgary is
situated at boundary of shortgrass prairie and aspen parkland. USDA climate
zone 3, average precip = 18 inches, often 12 inches or less,average ET 25
inches.

I have been focussing my work on urban issues (community gardens, intensive
urban / balcony / driveway / front lawn gardens, energy & water efficiency,
perennial plants for this region, forest gardens, water catchment, renewable
power) and working with industrial (e.g. oil sands) clients to improve their
efficiency. Trained and worked as a civil engineer (structures, water,
waste, hydrology) about 12 years before learning about PC.

would love to connect with others in cold, low water regions!

ciao,
Kelly

Kelly Finigan, M.Sc. P.Eng., Permaculture Designer
Essential Elements Inc.
744 - 4 Street NW       Calgary, Alberta, Canada         T2N 1P2
1-403-283-7270           fax 283-9783     kfinigan@telus.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Treesa Jane Rogerson" <treemail@cruzio.com>
To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 2:06 AM
Subject: [permaculture] where you from?


> IS anyone interested in disclosing their bioregion, so we (I) can see
where
> we are all from, and how that might open some discussion.
>
> A thought, I am still new.
>
> Me, living in Central California, Santa Cruz County.
>
>
> Treesa Rogerson, M.A.
>
> Lands Alive : Ecology By Design
>
> treemail@yahoo.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
> To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>; <market-farming@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:22 PM
> Subject: [permaculture] [Fwd: A possible read?]
>
>
> > Subject: A possible read?
> > Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 20:55:27 -0500
> > From: Mike Miller <mmiller@PCSIA.NET>
> > To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU
> >
> > This came across the net and may be of interest to farmers.  Mike Miller
> >
> > http://www.gristmagazine.com/books/books102102.asp?source=daily
> >
> > A review of The Farm as Natural Habitat
> >
> >    by Jonna Higgins-Freese
> >
> >     21 Oct 2002
> >
> > You'll have to forgive the staid title: Right from the start, The Farm
as
> > Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems with Ecosystems is thoroughly
> > Midwestern in tone -- reserved, practical, and down-to-earth. Edited by
> > long-time sustainable-agriculture advocates Dana and Laura Jackson, a
> > mother-daughter team, the essays collected here describe farming
practices
> > that mimic and protect natural systems. But if the voice is mild, the
> message
> > is urgent: Environmentalists must build ties with farmers if we are to
> grow
> > food without destroying topsoil, poisoning our air and water, and
killing
> > wildlife.   snip
> >
> > Jonna Higgins-Freese educates faith groups about the environment,
> mobilizing
> > them to address issues including climate change and pesticide use, and
> > encouraging people to pursue lives of voluntary simplicity. Her work is
> based
> > at Prairiewoods: Franciscan Spirituality Center in Hiawatha, Iowa. She
is
> a
> > fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program.
> >
> >
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