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["Mitch Triplett" <mtriplett@bctonline.com>]

Hey Toby.

Had a chance to watch/listen over the weekend.  Great presentation.  This
summer, I'm hosting a tour of our property for a group of small woodland
owners - mostly older, mostly conservative, many of whom groan each time
someone says "sustainable".  In addition to discussing our views of
'sustainable forestry', I'd like to do short bit on permaculture & maybe
plant some seeds in some minds.  I'd like your permission to steal your bit
about 'unpacking sustainable' and destructive/regenerative practices, with
due credit of course.

What do you think?

On another note - Your tongue-in-cheek remark about classifying oaks as
invasive got a laugh.  A few times over the last year or so, I've described
our desire to 'preserve' our few acres of oaks and have pointed out that as
far as meeting our goals are concerned, the Doug-fir that are encroaching
(and will keep working to encroach) could be called an 'invasive' species.
Try selling that one to a bunch of woodland owners & loggers.

Cheers.

Mitch Triplett
Tri-Pearl Family Forest
Member - CCFFA/OSWA & OTFS
Associate Member - FSC

-----Original Message-----
From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Toby Hemenway
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 8:48 AM
To: permaculture
Subject: [permaculture] Permaculture and Civilization talk

Tripp has asked a while ago if any of my talks on my Eastern USA visits 
would be recorded. The "How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the 
Planet but not Civilization" talk I did at Duke U last week was filmed 
with very nice production values (the slides were all dubbed in), all in 
one piece, at this link:

http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/hemenway/index.html

and the dean of Duke's Environmental School did a shockingly flattering 
blog post on my talk, for those who just want a quick synopsis. It's at

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=permaculture-forever-sustai
nability

I'll be in New England next week, and hope to meet more of you.

Toby
http://patternliteracy.com

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