permaculture

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

An Evening Gathering to Support 
the 2nd Annual International
Soil Not Oil Conference
Thurs, July 21, 7:30pm, Free
At the Farmer & the Cook Restaurant 
339 W El Roblar Dr, Ojai (Meiners Oak) CA 93023

Short films about Soil & Carbon Farming including
excerpts from The Seeds of Vandana Shiva documentary film

The solution to climate change & the solution to poverty are the same”. 
Vandana Shiva

             Join us on Thursday July 21st when local groups will come 
together in Ojai, CA to support both the Soil Not Oil international campaign 
& the upcoming second annual Soil Not Oil conference happening in August with 
an evening gathering of film & discussion. Camilla Becket will be in 
attendance sharing excerpts from her film The Seeds of Vandana, with other 
short films on soils & carbon farming also included. 


             In 2015 the first Soil Not Oil conference was held in Northern 
California with the intent of supporting the Soil Not Oil international 
campaign launched
by brilliant Indian scientist, activist, & author Vandana Shiva one of the 
founders of Regenerative International , whose work and foundation Navadany 
was among the first to connect the dots between climate change and the 
disastrous soil practices of industrial agriculture. 


              Local Ojai filmmaker Camilla Becket lovingly documented the 
work of Vandana Shiva & the Soil Not Oil campaign in the soon to be released 
documentary Seeds of Vandana.  


              Because our lives are entirely dependent on the health of our 
soils, the Soil Not Oil Campaign demands the care and regeneration of soils 
worldwide. We emphasize that extensive restructuring of land management 
practices, especially agriculture, is key to combating climate change, 
restoring water cycles, stopping ocean acidification, re-establishing 
biodiversity, improving food production, and revitalizing local economies 
across the planet. 

            Furthermore, we recognize that rapidly accelerating human-caused 
climate change is an imminent threat to urgent action to halt the reckless 
and expanding fossil fuel industry, which pollutes the ecosystems we depend 
on and drives climate change, threatening to destabilize our biosphere on a 
global scale. The Soil Not Oil Campaign's call for integrated action on 
sustainable practices in all areas of human endeavor is essential to ensuring 
a safe and healthy world for generations to come.

              Restoring Global Soil Quality Is One Of The Best Things We Can 
Do For Climate Change: Little known climate change fact: Just the first meter 
of soil contains as much carbon as the entire atmosphere. And there's 
potential to soak up much 

            The event takes place on Thursday July 21 , 7:30- 9pm, at the 
Farmer & the Cook Restaurant 339 W El Roblar Dr, Ojai (Meiners Oak) CA 93023
More info: margie@sbpermaculture.org, 805-962-2571, Facebook Event Page 
http://www.facebook.com/events/1733416276947943/ 
Event Co-sponsors Becket Films, Farmer & the Cook, Santa Barbara Permaculture 
Network, & the Center for Regenerative Agriculture, East End Eden 
Permaculture Farm


MORE INFO:

2nd International Soil Not Oil conference in Richmond, California, August 5 & 
6, 2016. http://soilnotoilcoalition.org/
Soil Not Oil Pledge http://soilnotoilcoalition.org/soil-not-oil-pledge/

Reasons to attend the 2nd Soil Not Oil Conference 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FjPQGcraZQ

Clips from The Seeds of Vandana Shiva Documentary 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcaFM6rjp7Q and Film website 
http://vandanashivamovie.com/


The California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN):
A coalition of sustainable agriculture and farmer leaders that advances 
agricultural solutions to climate change. Agriculture can play a unique role 
in responding to the climate crisis by producing renewable energy, 
sequestering carbon and reducing greenhouse gas emissions while securing our 
food system for generations to come.
http://calclimateag.org/

“4 per 1,000” Initiative:
The “4 per 1,000” Initiative wants to demonstrate that agriculture can 
provide practical solutions to the challenge of climate disruption, while 
also meeting that posed by food security through the use of farming methods 
that match local conditions: e.g. agroecology, agroforestry, conservation 
agriculture, landscape management.http://4p1000.org/understand 

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

BOOK/Soil Not Oil Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis Author: 
Vandana Shiva 
https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/soil-not-oil/

Restoring Global Soil Quality Is One Of The Best Things We Can Do For Climate 
Change:
Little known climate change fact: Just the first meter of soil contains as 
much carbon as the entire atmosphere. And there's potential to soak up much 
more.http://www.fastcoexist.com/3052240/restoring-global-soil-quality-is-one-of-the-best-things-we-can-do-for-climate-change

Agriculture and Climate Change Article by Bill Ostrander  rancher and 
unsuccessful candidate for 24th Congressional District seat  (Central and 
South Coast California)
Agriculture creates more than 20 percent of our carbon footprint and 
approximately 35 percent of the planet's greenhouse gas emissions. 
http://www.ostranderforcongress.com/climate-change