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  • From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Permaculturist on Vt Public Television!
  • Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:02:25 -0600

Anyway to see these on the web?


On Nov 20, 2007, at 11:44 AM, Keith Johnson wrote:

VPT’s ReGeneration Returns, Adds Two New Programs

Amid grim environmental news, there is hope and helpful advice in
Vermont Public Television’s four-part series "ReGeneration With Claude
William

Genest." Two programs that aired last spring and two new programs
combine inspiration with practical ideas for sustainability.

In the first two programs, which will re-air Nov. 6 and 13 at 9 pm,
environmental activist Genest visits pioneering Vermont business
leaders, farmers and eco-designers in the forefront of using
environmentally friendly practices.

The two new programs, airing November 20th and 27th at 9 pm, feature
ways to sustain the planet that begin at home. The November 20th program
finds Genest at his old farmhouse in Isle La Motte, Vermont, showing how
he is using permaculture (permanent agriculture) to transform his land
from lawn to a "multi-yielding food forest" with profitable food, fiber,
fuel, forage and habitat, along with beauty and fun. In one segment of
the program, Genest visits Elmore Roots nursery in Wolcott, where owner
David Fried shows off a variety of food-bearing shrubs and trees,
including kiwis, that homeowners can incorporate into a sustainable
design. A privacy fence made up of various food-bearing plants is one of
his innovations.

On November 27th, Genest assembles a team of Vermont eco-visionaries,
landscape designers, energy experts and architects to explore
eco-friendly ideas

around the home. He tours several design projects around the state and
gets a glimpse of the "green sustainable future." Bill Maclay of William
Maclay Architects & Planners in Waitsfield, Ben Graham of Natural
Design/Build in Plainfield and Amy Seidl of LivingFuture in Huntington
offer practical solutions on renewable energy, home design and natural
buildings. Laurie Smith and Rita Frederick of Shelburne give Genest a
look at their straw-bale house.

Each program has a repeat broadcast the following Wednesday at 7:30 pm.

Although he acknowledges the challenges facing people who are looking
for ways to counter environmental problems of crisis proportion, Genest
is optimistic in celebrating the visionaries, the designers and the
everyday people who, as he says, "are moving us from ‘something must be
done to something we can do’."

Producers of "ReGeneration" are Claude William Genest and Vic Guadagno
Executive producer is Enzo Di Maio. Production funding is provided by
USDA Rural Development.





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