I'm using Fundable.org to generate necessary funds to support the growth
of APPLE, Alliance for Post Petroleum Local Economics in Bloomington IN
which needs money to purchase items for a community-shared library of
educational materials (books, DVD's, movies), a new printer and office
supplies to generate promotional materials (flyers, posters,
advertising) for events (workshops / trainings, film festivals,
conferences, slide shows), and a digital projector for these events. See
<http://www.relocalize.net/groups/applebloomington> for an introduction
to our work and / or to become a member.
Our focus is to generate educational events to support local citizens in
localizing their food needs by supporting, or becoming, well-trained
food growers, especially of perennial food plants. We will offer
training in Urban Farming, Urban Orcharding, and Urban Forestry. As a
community we can be more resilient in the face of rising fuel and
production costs, become less dependent on long-distance transport, and
reduce our need to earn by being local producers of goods and services.
Overall we aim to help our community reduce our dependence on fossil
fuel required for transportation by developing ride-sharing plans,
supporting the local bus service, shopping locally whenever possible,
inventorying local gardens and fruit trees to expand community
harvesting, develop more community gardens, work with nearby growers,
ranchers, etc. to source produce, eggs,and meat.
These actions will be magnified by cooperation with the members of
various community orgs who share similar goals like the Bloomington
Permaculture Guild, the Center for Sustainable Living, Bloomingfoods
Co-op, The Hoosier Environmental Council, The Slow Food Movement, City
of Bloomington Commission on Sustainability, Green Dove, The Local
Growers Guild, Bloomington Organic Growers Assoc, Heartwood Forest
Alliance, and others. My Fundable.org username is KDJ
--
Keith Johnson
"Be fruitful and mulch apply."
Permaculture Activist Magazine
PO Box 5516, Bloomington, IN 47408
(812) 335-0383 http://www.permacultureactivist.net
also Patterns for Abundance Design & Consulting
also Association for Regenerative Culture
also APPLE-Bloomington (Alliance for a Post-Petroleum Local Economy) It's a
small world after oil. http://www.relocalize.net/groups/applebloomington
also Bloomington Permaculture Guild
[permaculture] Help APPLE* bloom. (*Alliance for Post Petroleum Local Economics),
Keith Johnson, 12/11/2006