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The Carbon Farming Solution
With Eric Toensmeier
 
A Live Stream, Interactive Webinar Event on the SBCC Campus
with participating students, faculty, & the public invited
 
 Including a panel of key community members
 

Sunday, April 30, 2017,  6- 8:30pm
 
Admission $5, Students Free (with current i.d.)
 
Location: Auditorium/BC Forum Fe Bland, Santa Barbara City College (West 
Campus)
800 Block of Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA
 
 
If every farmer in the USA practiced Carbon Farming, in less than 10 years,
 we would sequester ALL the CARBON that has been emitted since the Industrial 
Age
Joel Salatin, POLYFACE Farm
 
As the climate crisis heats up, agriculture is in the hot seat, not only as a 
contributor to climate change, but also as a potential solution. Eric 
Toensmeier has spent the last several years tracking both, and put much of 
what he learned in his seminal book, The Carbon Farming Solution.
Join us on Sunday, April 30th for a unique live interactive webinar on the 
SBCC Campus, as Eric Toensmeier discusses the potential of Carbon Farming, 
one of the best and most doable solutions for the Climate crisis, with an 
audience of students, faculty and the general public.  

Carbon is a naturally occurring chemical compound vital to life, that 
provides soil its fertility and water holding capacity, but since the 
industrial revolution and the advent of modern farming practices, too much 
carbon has been released into the atmosphere causing climate disruption.

According to Toensmeier, Carbon farming is a suite of practices that 
sequester excess atmospheric carbon while producing food and other necessary 
goods.  While doing so they often provide increased yields and ecosystem 
benefits.  The event will explore the global context,  but also focus on 
practices suited to California, including annual cropping, tree 
intercropping, grazing, silvopasture, perennial crops, and rainwater 
harvesting.  Collectively carbon farming practices are a critical component 
of climate change mitigation, an effort that requires a speedy transformation 
of virtually every sector of our civilization.
 
Eric Toensmeier is a lecturer at Yale University, a senior fellow with 
Project Drawdown, and the author of several books on Permaculture.  
Toensmeier is also the author of The Carbon Farming Solution: A Global 
Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate 
Change Mitigation and Food Security.

Toensmeier will be joined by a panel of Santa Barbara community members, who 
with a diverse audience of faculty, students and general public, will pose 
questions specific to our region.  Hunter Francis, Director of the Cal 
Poly/San Luis Obispo Center for Sustainability, will be the panel moderator. 
The event takes place on Sunday, April 30, 2017, 6- 8:30pm, at the Fe 
Bland/BC Forum, SBCC West Campus, 800 Block of Cliff Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 
93109.  No reservations required.  Parking is free on the West Campus on 
Sundays.  For more info contact Margie@sbpermacuture.org, 
www.sbpermaculture.org; 805-962-2571.
 
 
Event Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/219678348511640/ 
 
SBCC Campus Map: http://sbcc.edu/map/map.php?loc=CC

Event Sponsored by:
 
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network & the SBCC Environmental Horticulture Dept.
 www.sbpermaculture.org
 
Cosponsors:  Community Environment Council, CAFES Center for Sustainability 
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara Food Alliance, Quail Springs 
Permaculture & Orella Ranch
 
 
 
Learn more:


Articles referring to Carbon Farming:

Californias Grand Plan to Fight Climate Change on the Farm California/ 
lawmakers move toward paying farmers to adopt climate-smart practices.  
http://civileats.com/2016/02/02/californias-grand-plan-to-fight-climate-change-on-the-farm-jerry-brown/
 

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
 

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
 


Permaculture RESOURCES:

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
 

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

Articles referring to Carbon Farming:

Californias Grand Plan to Fight Climate Change on the Farm California/ 
lawmakers move toward paying farmers to adopt climate-smart practices. 
http://civileats.com/2016/02/02/californias-grand-plan-to-fight-climate-change-on-the-farm-jerry-brown/
 

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
 

Resilient Agriculture  Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate, by 
Laura Lengnick:
http://www.newsociety.com/Books/R/Resilient-Agriculture 

Radio Interview Episode 16, COP21 Insights from the Paris Climate Conference 
with Albert Bates:
http://realeyeshomestead.com/permaculture-realized-podcast-episode-16-cop21-insights-from-the-paris-climate-conference-with-albert-bates
 

POLYFACES FILM trailer: http://www.polyfaces.com
Documentary showcasing the work of Joel Salatin & the renowned Polyface Farm 
in Virginia.