permaculture

[Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

Eleventh Annual Permaculture Summer Gathering

August 6th through 8th, 2004 Earthaven Ecovillage 
<http://www.earthaven.org/> near Black Mountain, NC

You are invited to a gathering of permaculture activists, natural 
builders, organic growers, medicine makers,and cultural evolutionaries. 
Recharge your spirit in the company of your tribal sisters and brothers 
in the rich forested valleys of the Southern Appalachian Bioregion.

Some of the Events: Bioregional Organizing - Slides - Organic Gourmet 
Cookery - Plant and Seed Exchange - Barter Exchange - Permaculture 
Classes - Plant Walks - Display Booths - Earthaven Tours - Open Space 
Process - Storytelling - Saturday Night Extravaganza - Kids Activities - 
Creative Merrymaking
Affinity Circles: Making a Living on the Land - Permaculture - 
Alternative Economics - Natural Building - Organic Growing - 
Eco-spirituality - Community Building - Integrated Agriculture- Creating 
Sacred Space - Community Health

Cost: $100 for 3 days
after July 15th, price is $115
Includes 2 nights camping and 7 hearty vegetarian meals

Pre-gathering Workshops Include:

Aug 4 & 5, Wild and Fermented Foods with Sandor Katz and Frank Cook - 
$160. Runs from 10AM on Wednesday to 4PM on Thursday. Price includes 
tuition, hand-outs, camping, and 4 meals.
Explore the permaculture edges of fermented and foraged food. In this 
intensive two-day workshop we'll get hands-on experience wildcrafting, 
weed eating, and fermenting many different things, including herbal 
elixir meads, tempeh, kefir, idli, sourdough, amazake, sauerkraut, 
kimchi, miso, and injera. Join renowned plant teacher Frank Cook, and 
Sandor Ellix Katz, author of Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, 
and Craft of Live-Culture Foods, for this culinary multi-cultural 
extravaganza..

Aug 5, Introduction to Permaculture with John (Otter) McBride and Winn 
Mallard - $60. Runs from 10-4 on Thursday and includes tuition, 
hand-outs, and lunch.
Whether youâEUR^(TM)re an old hand at Permaculture or this is your first 
dip, Otter John and Winn will be offering up a fresh perspective on the 
foundations of sustainability. Be prepared to participate! The vision of 
cooperative culture can be accessed through the _expression of our 
creative arts. We will be co-creating a somewhat cacophonic 
cross-cultural collaboration connecting us to our own collective 
consciousness communally. Join us for a day of enlightening and 
experiential cultural _expression.


     For more information on the 11th Permaculture Gathering, reply to
     this email, phone (828) 669-7552, or click to register on our
     webpage
     <http://www.earthaven.org/culture/Eventdetails/pcgathering.htm>!

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Keith Johnson
Permaculture Activist Magazine
PO Box 1209
Black Mountain, NC 28711
(828)669-6336

also Patterns for Abundance Design & Consulting
Culture's Edge at Earthaven Ecovillage
http://www.permacultureactivist.net
http://www.earthaven.org
http://www.bioregionalcongress.org