permaculture

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson <lakinroe@silcom.com>]

Contact: Margie Bushman
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571, email: margie@sbpermaculture.org

SANTA BARBARA PERMACULTURE NETWORK
Presents:
Permaculture & Sustainable Aid for the 21st Century:
How to Change the Paradigm of Emergency Disaster Relief & Development
to a Model of Life Affirming Assistance

3 Day Conference
Evening Lecture with Geoff Lawton, Friday, June 30
Workshop July 1 & July 2, 2006
Santa Barbara City College West Campus, Fe Bland Auditorium

        As Americans we have often thought of emergency disaster relief in 
terms of sending aid to other countries, after Hurricane Katrina we also 
see a need to know how to respond in a better way to our own natural 
disasters.  Natural disasters, wars, famines, how does the human family 
respond to each other's needs during these overwhelmingly stressful times? 
What new models can we create to assist each other better?

        Join renowned permaculture teachers and designers Geoff Lawton, 
Nadia Abu Yahia, and international aid worker Andrew Jones, on July 1 and 
July 2, 2006, as they share their experiences working around the globe in 
recent disaster zones and longer term refugee camps, existing from 
circumstances the world may have already forgotten.

        The model of aid permaculture has to offer is vastly different 
from conventional aid, it includes long term development, land care 
strategies, and allies itself strongly with the eco-village movement, which 
incorporates ecological design and natural building techniques for even 
temporary structures.   Permaculture recognizes that most people have an 
innate need to help when disaster strikes, and a huge cost to cultures if 
systems aren't designed with viable ways to both assist and be assisted 
whenever a need might arise.

        Permaculture is a design system based on ecological principles for 
creating sustainable human environments, and is one of the most holistic, 
integrated systems analysis and design methodologies found in the 
world.  Originally coined from the words PERMAnent agriCULTURE, it has 
evolved to one of permanent or sustainable culture with consciously 
designed landscapes that mimic the patterns of nature.

        Geoff Lawton is the Director of the Permaculture Research 
Institute in Australia, assuming the position from Permaculture founder 
Bill Mollison.  Lawton has worked for clients that include communities, 
governments, aid organizations, non-government organizations and 
multi-national companies. Lawton has served clients in 17 different 
countries, including Jordan, Iraq, Egypt , USA, Mexico, Macedonia,Vietnam, 
Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, England, Denmark, Australia and the 
South Pacific. A recent project in Jordan is documented on a video called 
Greening the Desert available for viewing on his website 
(www.permaculture.org.au).

        Nadia Abu Yahia (Lawton) was born in the Dead Sea Valley in 
Jordan. She learned traditional ways of land use from her father, an expert 
farmer and herbal healer of Palestinian, Bedouin descent. She later went on 
to complete her permaculture diploma in design, education and site 
development and has recently become a registered permaculture teacher.

        Andrew Jones has 10 years of international experience in emergency 
response, post conflict
development and rehabilitation, working extensively for CARE International, 
the United Nations, and various NGO's such as SurfAid International.  Jones 
is a board member of the Permaculture Research Institute in Australia and 
Director of the consulting firm, Full Circle (www.fullcirclellc.com). He 
has worked in the Middle East, South Pacific, Asia, Europe and the United 
States, most recently in Indonesia in a post-tsunami recovery context.

        The conference takes place at the Santa Barbara City College West 
Campus, Fe Bland Auditorium, 721 Cliff Drive.  The lecture is on Friday, 
June 30, 7pm, cost $15.  Workshop, Saturday, July 1, 9-5pm, and Sunday, 
July 2, 9-4pm.  Workshop cost is $120 with pre-registration, $140 at the 
door, Students $100. The Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, SBCC 
Environmental Studies Program, Nutiva, and Hopedance Media sponsor the 
event. For more info and registration, contact: Santa Barbara Permaculture 
Network, margie@sbpermaculture.org; 805-962-2571; www.sbpermaculture.org .



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QUOTES:

"Aid is a necessary but delicate affair; some forms of aid can produce
dependency, facilitate further inequities in a society, destroy or impair
cultural values, decrease the yields of the environment, upset balance
nutritional habits, or actually destroy sustainable local ecologies or
agricultural systems."
Bill Mollison Permaculture Design Manual

"Overseas experience has shown that every dollar spent on disaster 
mitigation helps to save three dollars in later disaster response and 
recovery. Indonesian experience shows a bigger ratio of around 7 to 1. 
Overseas experience has also shown that it takes a community between four 
to twenty years to recover from a major disaster, depending largely on its 
level of preparedness."
Yayasan Indonesian Development of Education and Permaculture Community 
Based Disaster Management (CBDM) Kit
www.idepfoundation.org

"War is a serious destroyer of sustainability and social coherence, and the 
genocide which followed the war in Cambodia further reduced sustainability. 
Bombing destroyed natural resources, cultivated areas and cultural heritage. .
War also reduces the ability of a country to withstand undesirable foreign 
influences....Foreign and disinterested world monetary organizations direct 
fiscal policy and reconstruction with no regard to sustainable outcomes, 
and blame the country for its poverty or inability to cope with their 
decisions. Sustainability finds itself in crisis and crisis requires relief."
Sustainability in a Worn Torn Nation, Permaculture Projects in Cambodia, 
Rosemary Morrow , Hopedance Magazine www.hopedance.org

"In the aid context when things are really rough you get the sense that 
despair is almost a luxury that you can't afford because certainly the 
people around you for the most part are not wallowing in self-pity. They're 
getting on with their lives and doing their best. It's remarkable and 
humbling to work with people who are the focus of natural disasters or war 
and conflict because what you often see is an extremely high degree of 
dignity".
Andrew Jones Unpublished Interview for Permaculture & Sustainable Aid for 
the 21st Century Conference


"I think the paradigm of aid and development is going to change drastically 
in the 21st century, because it needs to. Partly what we're dealing with, 
the reality of aid and development as it's currently practiced in broad 
senses is partly a result of having these massive global imbalances in 
wealth distribution, technological resources, and trade benefits. "
Andrew Jones Unpublished Interview for Permaculture & Sustainable Aid for 
the 21st Century Conference


"So I think that homegrown aid and regionally-based aid and networks 
between people are going to be the things that really grow and thrive as 
we're coming into a network age. I think that the ability for people to 
connect and work together as equals is of huge importance because that's 
actually going to be the most effective way of working with folks who are 
in situations of stress and facing challenges. "
Andrew Jones Unpublished Interview for Permaculture & Sustainable Aid for 
the 21st Century Conference

Co-Sponsors :
SBCC Environmental Horticulture Dept, Environmental Studies Program, Santa 
Barbara City College;Nutiva; Hopedance Media and Santa Barbara Permaculture 
Network.

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List of Public Events for Geoff and Nadia Lawton and Andrew Jones in USA :

June 18,19,20,21,22,23, Programs in Minneapolis, Minnesota with Geoff and 
Nadia Lawton
Contact Guy Trombley <trom0003@umn.edu>,

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Tuesday June 27th 6-9 PM Lecture and Powerpoint with Geoff Lawton
Santa Monica Public Library, The Auditorium Donation $10-$15
1343 6th street Santa Monica, CA 90401 Phone at library 310 458 8600 
www.smpl.org
The library is located on Santa Monica Blvd. at 6th street in Downtown 
Santa Monica. Ample parking, entrance on 6th street.
Contact David Kahn <info@sustainablehabitats.org> 1-323-667-1330

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Fri June 30 7pm Permaculture & Sustainable Aid for the 21st Century Lecture 
with Australian Geoff Lawton $15
How to change the paradigm of emergency disaster relief and development to 
a model of life affirming assistance.
Fe Bland Auditorium, Business Communication Forum, Santa Barbara City 
College, West Campus 721 Cliff Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93109-2394
For more info and registration Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 
margie@sbpermaculture.org 805-962-2571
www.sbpermaculture.org

Sat & Sun July 1 & 2, 9-5pm Permaculture & Sustainable Aid for the 21st 
Century Workshop
How to change the paradigm of emergency disaster relief and development to 
a model of life affirming assistance.
With Geoff Lawton, Nadia Lawton, and Andrew Jones including Panels 
discussions on Rebuilding Local Economies with Fair Trade Companies and 
Local Residents who went to help in New Orleans and more
Cost $160 Two Days , $90 per day or (Payments before June 1 - $120) Student 
$120
Fe Bland Auditorium, Business Communication Forum Santa Barbara City 
College, West Campus 721 Cliff Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93109-2394
For more info and registration Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 
margie@sbpermaculture.org 805-962-2571
www.sbpermaculture.org

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July 1 -6; Permaculture Design Course at the Portland Permaculture Institute.
Introduction to Permaculture, Healthy Soil, Water Collection and Greywater, 
Permaculture Food Production.
Geoff Lawton on July 3, 4, and 5. co teaching with Toby Hemenway, Pam 
Leitch, Joe Leitch and Karen Tillou.
$50 per day includes lunch. www.portlandpermaculture.com 
pam@portlandpermaculture.com 503.293.8004
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SFBG Urban Permaculture Design Certification Course July 7 - 9, July 14 - 
16, Aug 11 - 13, Aug 18 - 20
July 7-9 Geoff Lawton with Kat Steele Fred Bove' and Kevin Bayuk
Saturday July 8 7:30-9:30 Geoff and Nadia Lawton, Evening SOULutionary 
Programs www.soulutioneers.org/
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society Ninth Ave at Lincoln Way San 
Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 661-1316, ext 354 , contact Kat Steele <kat@steelemoon.com>
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July 10 10th 7:30 - 9 Lecture with Geoff Lawton Santa Rosa California
New College 99 6th Street Santa Rosa
Contact Joseph Kennedy livingearth62@hotmail.com,jkennedy@sonic.net
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