permaculture

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

ENGAGE! INVIGORATE! REGENERATE!

HOW:    Presentation by Geoff and Nadia Lawton on Greening the Jordan Desert
        Introduction to Permaculture Across Borders
        (www.permacultureacrossborders.org)

WHEN:   Sunday, May 6, 2007, 11 am-1pm

WHERE:  6th Street Community Center, 638 East 6th Street (bet Ave's B and C)

VIA:   (1) F train to 2nd Avenue (1st Avenue/Houston) walk north to 6th
       Street East; (2) Any train to 14th Street; (3) M9 or M14 bus east to
       6th Street

COST: Any donation welcome*
      * funds raised will be matched up to $1,000 to support Jordan
        Permaculture Project

CONTACT:  Jan Smart smartjuanita@earthlink.net

SPONSORS: Permaculture Across Borders;
          Tri-State Food Not Lawns; Neighborhood Energy Network

Celebrate with us as we launch Permaculture Across Borders (PAB) a
globally-focused permaculture non-profit.  PAB¹s aim is to provide technical
expertise to further the practice of sustainable and integrated practices
that create permanent abundance. We commit to using local knowledge,  to
connecting people to resources, and to training teachers and leaders of
regenerative development in their communities and countries. We commit to
listening to and giving you a place to share your knowledge.

Working with the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia, PAB¹s first
large-scale project will more fully develop the Dead Sea Valley Project
profiled in ŒGreening the Desert¹ (view the video at www.pri.org.au) by
expanding the design and implementation of a locally-adapted education and
demonstration center. The initial Jordan Project proved the amazing
regenerative impacts of permaculture design in the poorest of salted soil
and arid conditions. As the vegetation matured and flourished, the now
heralded desalting of the soil occurred. Building on this successful
ecological model, in March 2007 a new site in the Jordan Valley was chosen
to establish a demonstration center to provide access to the community for
permaculture educational opportunities.
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Geoff Lawton,  recognized as one of the world's foremost experts in
permaculture, provides consulting, designing, teaching and project
implementation for clients that include private individuals, groups,
communities, governments, aid organizations, NGO¹s and multi-national
companies. He has served clients in 17 different countries, including
Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, US , Mexico, Macedonia, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Brazil,
Ecuador, Peru, England, Denmark, Australia, and the South Pacific.