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[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <lakinroe@silcom.com>]

This Week: Live Interview with Darren Doherty  Fri. Oct 5,  9 -10am 2007

On Friday, Oct 5  at 9:00-10 am  PST

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Join Darren Doherty www.permaculture.biz  and 
Jill Cloutier of Sustainable World Radio 
www.kcsb.org  as he talks about Keyline Design

BELOW UPCOMING KEYLINE AND PERMACULTURE COURSES 
ON CALIFORNIA & VERMONT & TUCSON


What is biological wealth?  Healthy forests, 
fertile soils, abundant waterways and seas---has 
any great nation been built without these?  As we 
degrade and treat them as throw-aways can we 
expect a prosperous future for our families and 
children?  Is a sustainable system for 
agriculture possible that enhances rather than 
depletes our natural environment?

        Keyline Design is a complete design 
system for landscapes.  It is applicable to both 
rural and urban designs. It is a unique 
combination of water conservation and soil 
building, with great appeal to both farmers and 
ranchers, as it has the ability to build and 
regenerate degraded soils rapidly, and sees the 
use of grazing animals as beneficial to this process.

        Keyline systems were developed in 
Australia during the 1950’s by P.A Yeomans 
(www.yeomansplow.com.au) as a response to 
increasing desertification and erosion he 
observed on the Australian landscape as it 
related to agriculture.  His book Water For Every 
Farm, A Keyline Plan is an important work 
describing a set of principles and techniques 
based on a holistic approach that works with 
natural patterns to restore and increase the 
depth and fertility of the soil, while increasing 
its water holding capabilities.  Yeomans realized 
that conventional agriculture totally ignored the 
biological aspects of the soil.  He created a 
“sustainable agriculture” system before the term 
was coined, and for the first time in human 
history, methods were developed that could 
produce rich fertile soils in relatively short 
periods.  A permanent and lasting agriculture 
Yeomans believed, must materially and financially 
benefit the farmer, and benefit the land and soil.

        Keyline Design integrates terraces, 
ponds, tree plantings on contour, and a special 
cultivation technique using the Keyline plow, to 
infiltrate water into the soil efficiently and 
hold it on the land as long as possible. Water 
harvesting strategies employed by Keyline Design 
provide drought-proofing for farms with very low 
maintenance using gravity fed irrigation systems, 
with a huge reduction in water lost to 
evaporation. In contrast, up to 80% of water is 
lost to evaporation using conventional overhead 
sprinklers.  Farms using Keyline Design have 
amazing records of deepening the topsoil by 3-6” 
in 3 years, in contrast to nature’s process, 
which can take hundreds or thousands of years.

        The term Keyline comes from the 
reference to a “keypoint” on the watershed, which 
is the interface between collection and 
distribution of water on the landscape, where 
ridge meets the valley.  Keyline is a philosophy 
and technique that doesn’t pit the needs of 
farmers against environmentalists trying to 
protect wildlife and fish habitat, and with 
carbon sequestering techniques used, helps to 
address aspects of global warming and climate change.

        Darren Doherty is an Australian Keyline 
Designer, Developer & Manager and Australian 
Approved Keyline Design™ Farm Planning 
Consultant, and recipient of Whole Farm Planning 
Certificate ~ Train the Trainer(University of 
Melbourne 1995).  He has designed and developed 
over 1100 properties across four continents 
working most recently in Vietnam, on land 
projects for Mars Inc, owners of Seeds of Change. 
His remaining time is spent managing a working 
research & demonstration farm in Southern Victoria, Australia.


 Darren Doherty Courses USA Fall 2007

Please find following the listing of Keyline & Permaculture Courses I
will be working on this Fall across the USA. For more detailed
information please contact the respective convenors listed. For those
interested in convening further courses please contact me at
darren@permaculture.biz - we have openings over November thru to early
March 2008 when we head back to Australia for the Australian
Permaculture Convergence.

Sat, Oct 13
Permaculture Tea and Talk, 5:30  Ojai, California, USA
Eart Play 501 E Ojai Ave , at Fox Street (next to Sea Fresh)
October 13th in Ojai ­  - contact Kolmi -
info@quailsprings.org for bookings and info

Mon, Oct 15 -- Sat, Oct 27
Quail Springs PDC - Cuyama, California, USA
2nd Quail Springs PDC, Cuyama, California. Contact Kolmi -
info@quailsprings.org for bookings and info.
USD$1200 by August 15th - USD$1350 by September 15th
USD$1450 for payment after September 15th with a
USD$400 non-refundable deposit and balance due by Oct 8th
Payment plans and Barter considered on
case-by-case basis. Work-trade in kitchen during
the course is available for those not seeking certification.

Mon. Oct 22, 6:30 pm Water for Every Farm FREE TALK
Montgomery Hall at New Cuyama Recreation Center
Highway 166 in New Cuyama
Contact contact Kolmi -info@quailsprings.org, www.quailsprings.org

Mon, Oct 29 -- Tue, Oct 30
Vermont KDC, Swanton, Vermont, USA
2 day Vermont KDC @ Swanton, Vermont. Contact Abe Collins for bookings
and more information -  abe@carbonfarmersofamerica.com

Fri, Nov 2 -- Sun, Nov 4
Marin KDC, Marin County, California, USA
2 day Marin KDC, Marin County, California (Bay Area), Contact Penny
Livingston-Stark for more details - penny@regenerativedesign.org

Tue, Nov 6 -- Wed, Nov 7
Earthflow Design KDC, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
2 day Earthflow Design KDC, Arroyo Grande, California, USA. Contact
Larry Santoyo for bookings and information - santoyo@earthflow.com

Thurs Nov 8 7pm  Keyline Design and Sustainable Agriculture
Santa Barbara Downtown Library Donation $5
Contact Margie Bushman margie@sbpermaculture.org ,www.sbpermaculture.org


Fri, Nov 9 -- Sat, Nov 10
KDC Orella Ranch, Goleta, California, USA
2 day KDC Orella Ranch, Goleta, California - USD$250 - Contact Guner
bookings and more information: heidi tautrim <gunerandheidi@yahoo.com>

Fri, Nov 16 -- Sat, Nov 17
KDC Tuscon, Arizona, USA
2 day Tuscon, Arizona - USD$250 - contact Brad Lancaster at
http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/ for more information and bookings

Nov 30-Dec 1
KDC Big Sur, California, USA
2 day KDC Big Sur, California, USA - USD$250 - contact Benjamin Fahrer for
bookings and information - benja77@earthlink.net


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Hooroo,
Darren J. Doherty
www.permaculture.biz

US Cell: +1 805 455.8914
Yahoo Voice Phone: +1 310 237 6970
Skype: permaculture.biz

WORLD TOUR 2007/8
North America/Europe
Permaculture Design Certificate Course (72hours)
Keyline Design Course (2days)