permaculture

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

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network presents:


 Growing Nourishing & Just Relationships with Permaculture
Talk & Book Signing with Starhawk

Sunday, October 2, 7-9pm, 2016
Admission - $10/$5 students

Location: Santa Barbara City College Fe Bland Auditorium/BC Forum
 SBCC West Campus, 800 Block Cliff Drive



Small groups of like-minded people can revitalize a town, plan our transition 
to a new, locally-focused economy and technology, and change the world. They 
can be exciting, nurturing, empowering places to be. And they can also 
founder on the rocks of conflict and poor communication.

Patrick Whitefield called permaculture "The art of designing beneficial 
relationships".  In this evening talk, Starhawk (www.starhawk.org 
<http://www.starhawk.org/> )  explores how permaculture principles and 
ethics­--along with insights from her many decades of experience in small 
groups of many kinds­--can help us navigate conflict, communicate more 
clearly, and create empowering groups and effective organizations.

With earlier books exploring earth-based spirituality, Starhawk later merged 
with permaculture, and began teaching Earth Activist Trainings in Northern 
California with permaculture teacher Penny Livingston and others.  In this 
way she brought a valuable contribution to permaculture---which values 
observation of nature before design above all things---by demonstrating how 
ritual, around the cycles and rhythms of the earth, can help hone our 
observation skills. 

Starhawk is the author of 13 books, including, Earth Path: Grounding Your 
Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature;  The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for 
Collaborative Groups, and her latest novel, City of Refuge. A leading voice 
in the earth-based spirituality movement for many years, she is a 
permaculture designer and teacher and directs Earth Activist Training, 
teaching ecological design grounded in spirit and with a focus on organizing, 
activism and social permaculture.



The event takes place on Sunday, October 2, 2016, 7- 9pm, at the Santa 
Barbara City College Fe Bland Auditorium/BC Forum, SBCC West Campus, 800 
Block Cliff Drive, 93109. Books will be available for purchase & signing by 
the author.  Admission $10 general/$5 students.  No reservations required. 
For more info contact 805-962-2571   Margie@sbpermaculture.org 
<mailto:Margie@sbpermaculture.org> .  See below for upcoming workshop 
intensive with Starhawk & Pandora Thomas. 

SBPN  FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE https://www.facebook.com/events/1656422604686345/ 
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1656422604686345/>

SBCC Campus Map: (parking available on West Campus after 6pm)
http://www.sbcc.edu/security/files/sbcc_campusmap.pdf


 <http://www.sbcc.edu/security/files/sbcc_campusmap.pdf>Event Co-Sponsors:
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Quail Springs Permaculture, SBCC 
Environmental Horticulture Dept/Permaculture Design Course





More Info:


A short video of Starhawk talking about her upcoming Social Permaculture 
Course at Quail Springs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC3PM1WLo-g

 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC3PM1WLo-g>SOCIAL PERMACULTURE INTENSIVE 
at Quail Springs Permaculture (near Ojai, CA)
with Pandora Thomas & Starhawk
SEPT. 28 – OCT. 2, 2016 

Quail Springs Permaculture: 
http://www.quailsprings.org/programs/permaculture/social-permaculture
 <http://www.quailsprings.org/programs/permaculture/social-permaculture>How 
can permaculture principles bring people together to co-create and empower 
one another to transform patterns of unjust power into healing, nurturing and 
inspirational collaborative experiences?

Starhawk's New Fiction Book: 
"City of Refuge.The Sequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing City of Refuge" follows 
the struggles, the sacrifices, and the victories of the peaceful warriors 
from Califa as they endeavor to construct a haven in the parched and war-torn 
South lands. Can magic, healing and love overcome the violence of a cruel and 
despotic regime?   http://starhawk.org



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