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Subject: [permaculture] Ecology of Transformation: UPDATED (date & format)
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:31:24 -0500
Ecology of Transformation
June 18 - 21
SEEDS Festival, Plainfield, MA
:: Sustainable Landscape, Mycoscaping, & Liberation Ecology
With Rafter Sass & Skott Kellog
Full Workshop: $270 - $320
Day Rate: $75 - 85
Thursday Afternoon: $35
NEW 4-DAY Format with Daily Drop-ins, Thursday - Saturday
This four-day participatory workshop offers the tools to start
reclaiming ecological and social health - all the way from broad
strategies to specific techniques. It combines the mushroom
permaculture of the Mycoscaping Intensive, the technology skills of
the Sustainable Landscape, building aquacultures + compost teas, and
the social project design tools of Liberation Ecology. You can come
for the whole 4 days, or drop-in Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON ::: 2:30-6PM
Introduction to Permaculture, Introduction to Mycoscaping, and a
Mushroom Walk on the Land.
Permaculture works to create sustainable, labor-saving ways of meeting
all our needs for food, shelter, and infrastructure. As both a design
science and a global movement, it is accessible to ordinary folks AND
scientifically grounded. Permaculture is a powerful toolbox for
individuals and communities to take charge of their livelihoods and
their ecological impacts. This workshop will introduce participants to
the history, ethics, principles and principles of permaculture - and
the strategies, and techniques we need to create harmonious
relationships with the environment and everything we do.
FRIDAY ::: 11:30 – 6
MYCOSCAPING: Mushrooms in the Permaculture Landscape
Mushrooms everywhere! Food, medicine, bioremediation, and more - fungi
have a crucial role to play in creating healthy and abundant
landscapes. Come explore the world of wild and cultivated fungi
through a holistic permaculture lens. Includes lots of hands-on!
SATURDAY ::: 11:30 - 6
THE SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE: Aquatic Polycultures and Bio Brews
(FOR WEB)
We will overview sustainable technologies and then focus on making
aquacultures and compost teas. We will build a pond that will be
stacked with anarray of aquafic plants and animals for making food,
fuel, and fertilizer. We will also brew compost tea: a liquid culture
of beneficial microorganisms that can be applied as a fertilizer to
crops or be used to remediate contaminated soils.