permaculture

[Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

Peak Oil Prep: Prepare for Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic 
Collapse 
<http://astore.amazon.com/booksptp-20/detail/0965900045/105-6154186-7665265>

"A summary of the many ideas floating around, with the theme of 
individuals preparing themselves for peak oil and similar events. Author 
Mick Winter takes a reasonable, moderate tone in presenting the 
information and references. The book would be most useful for newcomers 
to the field and might make a good textbook for a short course."
The list below (don't know if the table will transmit) is part of the 
list of contents of this book (with additions) which could be the start 
of the curriculum generation process:

*Essentials*

Air
Health
Water
Shelter
Food
Clothing
        

* Community*

Education
Localize
Media
Meeting Together
Neighborhood
Suburbia        

* Food*

Community Gardens
Compost
Cooking
Food Storage
Gardening
Local Food
Specialty Foods
Sprouting
        

* Utilities*

Cooling
Lighting
Heating
Power

*People*

Family
Kids
Pets
Population      

*Home

*

Bathroom
Household
Kitchen
Laundry Room
Sanitation
Shelter
Yard    

* Transport

*

Cars
Transportation
Bicycles
Carts
Animals
        

* Money/Finance

*

Barter
Expenses and Income
Local Business
Local Currency


http://vensol.blogspot.com/2007/12/cuba-australia-permaculture-exchange.html

Peak Oil Survival: Preparation for Life After Gridcrash By Aric McBay 
<http://astore.amazon.com/booksptp-20/detail/1592281273/105-6154186-7665265>
Oil and energy are not limitless resources, and someday the supply will 
be depleted. Peak Oil Survival shows readers how to plan for the future: 
how to survive and thrive when the food, transport, and energy 
industries sputter out. Author Aric McBay gives an essential crash 
course complete with clear, simple instructions and easy-to-read 
diagrams. Peak Oil Survival will explain how people can protect their 
families and strengthen their communities in the event of a crisis - and 
live comfortably off the grid.

See Robert Waldrop's Pathways to Local Food Systems 
<http://www.communitysolution.org/05conf/docs/waldrop.pdf>

Scan the abstracts for the upcoming Ecocity World Summit 
<http://www.ecocityworldsummit.org/abstracts_full.htm> in SF in April.

I'm thinking of titles for such a course (and I will likely use this one 
for a class locally)
Food For All, For Now and Forever: A Crash Course in Post-Crash Food 
Production


Michael Pilarski wrote:
> PERMACULTURE PREPARATION FOR TRAINING OF EMERGENCY FOOD PRODUCTION
>
> Permaculture, train-the-trainers programs for crash food production in 
> emergency situations.
>
> I am looking for a curriculum for a permaculture, train-the-trainers 
> program for crash-course, intensive, food production in urban areas. Not 
> a whole permaculture design course, but rather a practical how-to grow 
> food in small spaces with little resources.  Specifically in a way which 
> empowers the person to go out and train others.
>
> I am proposing that some Northwest permaculture people put their heads 
> together and come up with a curriculum that suits the Northwest situation.
>
> Where else has this been done?  Cuba, Zimbabwe, India?  This is a common 
> way that agriculture dissemination happens in Africa and the Two Thirds 
> World. Most likely that is what they did in Cuba during the Special Period.
>
> Who knows how much time we have before the "shit hits the fan". Now 
> would be a good time to put something together.  What are the best 
> models we can look at? Grow Biointensive trainings? LEISA?
>
> Thanks for any ideas, leads or offers of collaboration.
>
> Michael Pilarski
> Friends of the Trees Society
> michael@friendsofthetrees.ne

--
Keith Johnson
"Be fruitful and mulch apply."
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also Patterns for Abundance Design & Consulting
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also Association for Regenerative Culture
http://www.ARCulture.org
also APPLE-Bloomington (Alliance for a Post-Petroleum Local Economy) It's a 
small world after oil.
http://www.relocalize.net/groups/applebloomington
also Bloomington Permaculture Guild
http://my.calendars.net/bloomingtonpccal/
and: http://bloomingtonpermacultureguild.blogspot.com/
also: Bioregional Congress
http://www.bioregional-congress.org