This is a shout out to the folks who attended the Cascadia Ecofair. I was speaking there on Appropriate Technology … and showed a number of videos I mistakenly said were online to view if you couldn’t see them at the event. Sorry to lead you down a garden path… fortunately the google gods at YouTube are now cooperating.
I have since been online while touring Lost Valley and managed to get them all uploaded for you as promised. All the links to the videos are now available at Sunnjohn.com. Enjoy… and don’t forget to rate them. The more folks that do, the more folks will want to watch and spread the good news of Permaculture…
Fall Ecology and Harvest: An Intergenerational Exploration
October 13-14, 2007 (Saturday-Sunday)
at Lost Valley Educational Center, 81868 Lost Valley Lane, Dexter, OR 97431
(541) 937-2567 x116, nature AT lostvalley.org
updated event details: www.lostvalley.org/fallecology
brochure: www.lostvalley.org/files/Fall%20Ecology%20and%20Harvest%20brochure.pdf
poster: www.lostvalley.org/files/Fall%20Ecology%20and%20Harvest%20poster.pdf
registration form: www.lostvalley.org/fallecology/registration
Cosponsored by Lost Valley Nature Center and NextGEN (the youth branch of the Global Ecovillage Network), this event will focus on fall ecology, indigenous tradition, and the harvest season here in the western Cascade foothills. We’ll explore what is happening on the land at this time of year, and how we humans can harvest the bounty from our gardens, farms, orchards, and from the wild. We’ll learn about the ways of the Kalapuya who preceded us here, as well as sustainable food growing and preservation, resource stewardship, ecological restoration, and traditional seasonal celebrations. We’ll bring together people ages 12 through 112 to explore how we can learn from one another and pass ecological wisdom and insights back and forth between generations. We’ll also learn about school gardens, mushrooms, lichens, and mosses, building community, ecovillages, and more.
Presenters:
• Esther Stutzman (Kalapuyan storyteller)
• Bill Burwell (Kalapuya researcher)
• Jude Hobbs (Permaculture teacher and designer, Agroecology Northwest)
• Jerry Hall (ethnobotanist, Lane Community College)
• Jen Anonia (Food for Lane County Gardens Program Manager)
• Heiko Koester (Permacultural landscaper, Eugene Permaculture Guild)
• Sharon Blick (former director, School Garden Project)
• Rick Valley (Lost Valley land steward, Permaculture teacher and designer)
• Alison Rosenblatt (NextGEN–Global Ecovillage Network)
• Tammy Davis (mycologist, Lost Valley Educational Center)
• Tobias Policha (ethnobotanist, Institute of Contemporary Ethnobotany)
• Sarah Kleeger and Andrew Still (Seed Ambassadors Project)
• Dave Kofranek (lichenologist)
• Dharmika Henschel (ethnobotanist/musician)
• and more.
Early conference registration fee (until Sept. 15), including four organic vegetarian meals, is $95 for students ages 12 and above, $125 for non-students. Regular fees are $105 for students, $135 for non-students. Overnight lodging is also available. A limited number of work-trade opportunities and scholarships are available; please inquire.
We are looking to hire a part time Kitchen Coordinator for our small alternative high school. Hours are Monday-Friday 11:00-2:00 (or something close to that), $10 per hour. Duties include cleaning up morning mess, setting up for lunch, picking up and serving lunch (it is prepared at Churchill High School), cleaning up lunch, shopping occasionally for breakfast items and class projects, logging temperatures and lunch counts, and for general kitchen upkeep. We are a fun place to work, but it is 60 high school students and teachers, so patience is a good thing! A food handlers card is required (but can test after hired) and transportation for food pick up is necessary. (car or bike with trailer will work). Please email Yancey at info@wellspringsfriends.org if you are interested. Thanks! Work starts on September 5!
An integrated, hands-on education in sustainable practices in an indigenous environment consists of two main components, each three weeks long, designed to be taken as a series or separately:
Extended Permaculture Design Certificate Program with focus on Practical Watershed Restoration, Food Forests and Gardens August 17 - September 7, 2007
August 17 - September 7, 2007 $1500 early bird registration ends July 15, thereafter $1625. Last day to register is August 12
August 17 - September 7, 2007 $1500 early bird registration ends July 15, thereafter $1625. Last day to register is August 12 This is a three-week long extensive hands-on training program with tri-fold focus on Practical Watershed Restoration, Food Forests and Garden Design for Self-Sufficiency. Presented by the Permaculture Drylands Institute and Scott Pittman. For information on this component, contact Arina at info@permaculture.org, or see www.permaculture.org
Natural Building/Appropriate Technology September 8 – September 28, 2007 September 8 – September 28, 2007 $1700 early bird registration ends August 10, thereafter $1825. Last day to register is September 1
September 8 – September 28, 2007 $1700 early bird registration ends August 10, thereafter $1825. Last day to register is September 1 In this three week course, class participants will gain a basic knowledge of natural building and appropriate technology and how it is integrated into an indigenous environment. All the major building components from the foundation to the roof will be covered. Students will also learn about solar design and the use of renewable energy for heating water and generating electricity. Presented by Worlds Hands Project. For information on this component, contact info@worldhandsproject.org, or see www.worldhandsproject.org
