permaculture

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

https://www.facebook.com/events/1113606562029227/

SBCC Environmental Horticulture Dept &
the SBCC Permaculture Design Course Presents 

Permaculture & the Climate Crisis: Science, Politics, & Practice
with Dr Rafter Sass Ferguson
of Liberation Ecology

Friday, May 6, 2016
7:30 - 9 pm, FREE
Event Location: SBCC Fe Bland Auditorium/BC Forum, West Campus

~Permaculture is a design system based on ecological principles for creating 
sustainable human environments ~

COP21 proved conclusively that our institutions are not equipped to handle 
the enormous climate crisis that is facing humanity and our planet on their 
own. We need grassroots movements to drive needed transformation - to both 
demonstrate alternatives to the status quo and demand that governments, NGOs, 
and business get on board and work as allies, for the changes that are so 
desperately needed.

Permaculture is an international grassroots movement that has dramatically 
transformed lives and landscapes on every inhabited continent. In suburban 
edible landscapes, on sprawling midwestern farms, as well as for 
resource-poor subsistence producers from El Salvador to Malawi to Nepal.

Permaculture has proven that it has a toolbox of concepts and practices that 
can be applied virtually anywhere. With its beginning days in the 1970s, to 
continue to evolve and engage the world as it is now permaculture may have to 
go through some transformations of it own, as we work to understand its 
strengths and its current limitations. This talk will address emerging 
perspectives and recent scientific research on permaculture, where we need to 
go, and how we can get there.

Dr. Rafter Sass Ferguson of the University of LisbonRafter Sass Ferguson is a 
Research Fellow at the Center for Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental 
Change at the University of Lisbon, where he is part of the project Bottom-up 
Climate Adaptation Strategies Towards a Sustainable Europe. His dissertation 
research produced the first papers on permaculture to appear in major 
scientific journals Ferguson received his PhD in Crop Sciences from the 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015. He has been involved with 
permaculture as student, educator, and scholar since 2003, and in 2005 
developed the Liberation Ecology workshop, a curriculum that helps 
participants develop strategies for integrating social justice and 
sustainability goals. 

The event will be a local celebration of the 7th International Permaculture 
Day  May 2016

The event takes place on Friday, May 6, 7:30-9pm, at the Fe Bland 
Auditorium/BC Forum, on the SBCC West Campus, 800 block of Cliff Drive, Santa 
Barbara, CA 93109. The event is FREE, no reservations are required. More 
Info: Daniel Parra Hensel: daparrahense@pipeline.sbcc.edu 



Hosted by the SBCC Environmental Horticulture Department
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1113606562029227/

Event Co-Sponsors: Quail Springs, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Casitas 
Valley Farm, & Liberation Ecology 

SBCC Campus Map:
http://www.sbcc.edu/security/files/sbcc_campusmap.pdf

ADDITIONAL INFO

Liberation Ecology 
http://liberationecology.org/

7th International Permaculture Day May 2016 
A a day of celebration and action for permaculture around the world.
http://permacultureday.org

Episode 1301: Interview Permaculture Farms with Rafter Sass Ferguson
http://www.thepermaculturepodcast.com/2013/rafter/

Rafter Sass-Ferguson Interview on What is Permaculture? By 21st Century 
Permaculture Radio
https://www.mixcloud.com/21stCenturyPermaculture/2nd-aug-2015/

The Paris Climate Change Agreement COP21 A Guide to its Purpose and Structure 
http://newsroom.unfccc.int/paris-agreement/the-paris-climate-change-agreement-and-associated-decisions-a-guide-to-its-purpose-and-structure/

BOOK/Permaculture and Climate Change Adaptation Inspiring Ecological, Social, 
Economic and Cultural Responses for Resilience and Transformation ; by By Dr. 
Thomas Henfrey and Dr. Gil Penha-Lopes
https://www.chelseagreen.com/permaculture-subject/permaculture-and-climate-change-adaptation
 

BOOK/The Carbon Farming Solution
A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices 
for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security
By Eric Toensmeier Foreword by Dr. Hans Herren  
http://www.chelseagreen.com/the-carbon-farming-solution

LIFE AFTER OIL Issue 77 YES MAGAZINE  Spring 2016
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/life-after-oil/peek-inside