permaculture

[rafter sass <rafter@liberationecology.org>]

Ecology of Transformation
June 18 - 21
SEEDS Festival, Plainfield, MA

:: Sustainable Landscape, Mycoscaping, & Liberation Ecology
With Rafter Sass & Skott Kellog
Full Workshop: $270 - $320
Day Rate: $75 - 85
Thursday Afternoon: $35

NEW 4-DAY Format with Daily Drop-ins, Thursday - Saturday

This four-day participatory workshop offers the tools to start  
reclaiming ecological and social health - all the way from broad  
strategies to specific techniques. It combines the mushroom  
permaculture of the Mycoscaping Intensive, the technology skills of  
the Sustainable Landscape, building aquacultures + compost teas, and  
the social project design tools of Liberation Ecology. You can come  
for the whole 4 days, or drop-in Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON ::: 2:30-6PM
Introduction to Permaculture, Introduction to Mycoscaping, and a  
Mushroom Walk on the Land.

Permaculture works to create sustainable, labor-saving ways of meeting  
all our needs for food, shelter, and infrastructure. As both a design  
science and a global movement, it is accessible to ordinary folks AND  
scientifically grounded. Permaculture is a powerful toolbox for  
individuals and communities to take charge of their livelihoods and  
their ecological impacts. This workshop will introduce participants to  
the history, ethics, principles and principles of permaculture - and  
the strategies, and techniques we need to create harmonious  
relationships with the environment and everything we do.

DAILY MORNING TRACK ::: 9:30 – 11am
LIBERATION ECOLOGY (For full-time workshop participants only)

FRIDAY :::  11:30 – 6
MYCOSCAPING: Mushrooms in the Permaculture Landscape

Mushrooms everywhere! Food, medicine, bioremediation, and more - fungi  
have a crucial role to play in creating healthy and abundant  
landscapes. Come explore the world of wild and cultivated fungi  
through a holistic permaculture lens. Includes lots of hands-on!

SATURDAY ::: 11:30  - 6
THE SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE: Aquatic Polycultures and Bio Brews

(FOR WEB)
We will overview sustainable technologies and then focus on making  
aquacultures and compost teas. We will build a pond that will be  
stacked with anarray of aquafic plants and animals for making food,  
fuel, and fertilizer. We will also brew compost tea: a liquid culture  
of beneficial microorganisms that can be applied as a fertilizer to  
crops or be used to remediate contaminated soils.

SUNDAY ::: 9:30 - 1
Liberation Ecology and Mycoscaping Wrap-Up (for full-time participants  
only)