[Videos] Social Justice & Permaculture + How Your Grandparents Survived The Depression
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[Video] Pandora Thomas on Reconnecting Communities of Color to the Earth
Enjoy this inspiring TED Talk from Permaculture School advisor Pandora Thomas on reconnecting communities of color to the earth. #earthseed #reconnect #inspire Pandora Thomas is a passionate global citizen who works as a teacher, writer, designer and speaker. Her writing includes “Shades of Green” for individuals wanting to teach green building to youth. Pandora co-founded Earthseed Consulting LLC, a holistic consulting firm whose work expands the opportunities for sustainable living for diverse communities. Her current projects include the Black Permaculture Network, Pathways to Resilience – a permaculture and social entrepreneur training program for men returning home after incarceration – and working with Toyota to design the Toyota Green Initiative, which supports African Americans in understanding the benefits of adopting sustainable lifestyles.
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[Video] Keeping Up With The Harvest: A Good Problem To Have! With Professor Will Hooker
This short glimpse into the urban permaculture garden of Permaculture School advisor Will Hooker will show you what is possible with permaculture, even on a small urban lot. Professor Hooker has been teaching permaculture & small-scale landscape design in the NC State University Department of Horticulture since 1979. He received his PDC from Chuck Marsh and Peter Bane at Earthaven Ecovillage in 1994. He cultivates an urban permaculture homestead that is featured on the cover of the second edition of Toby Hemenway’s Gaia’s Garden.
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[Resilient Living] How Did Grandma Survive The Great Depression? Traditional skills!
Many of us have grandparents who farmed, homesteaded, or gardened. They grew up learning the skills of resilient living because they often didn't have a grocery store down the street. They knew how to put up food, make their own medicine, and identify the wild edible plants that grew where they lived. Somewhere along the way, as people moved from farms to cities, these skills and the knowledge embedded with them got lost - now it's our generation's turn to rediscover them.
Are you ready to step into your resilient life and experience living in community? Would you like to dive into a transformative program where you can explore your role in creating the more beautiful world your heart knows is possible? Are you yearning to learn hands-on skills that you can really use? We invite you...to connect with the land, your natural instincts, and a group of passionate peers and practitioners in the oldest mountains on the planet. Explore your purpose and path in the world at the Resilient Living School. Gain earth- and heart-based living skills. Learn to grow food, harvest from the wild, make medicine, go within, connect with others, and much more. Take the next steps toward your resilient life.
NOTE: The fee for the Resilient Living School was just lowered to make it even more accessible. For details sign up at www.ashevillage.org/resilient-living-school.
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[Permaculture School] This year at Earthaven Ecovillage, June 15 - Sept 9, 2016
Permaculture School: Design Ecology & Living Skills, a year-long ecological learning journey designed for people who want to build skills, knowledge, and experience to successfully manifest your Permaculture projects, pathways, and careers. Includes Permaculture Design Certification + a 3-month residency.
Dates: This yearlong program runs June 2016 through May 2017.
The 3-month residency portion of the School is June 15 - September 9, 2016
New Location: In 2016 the Permaculture School will begin with a 3-month residency based at Earthaven Ecovillage, a 21-year-old intentional community near Asheville, NC whose foundation and development has been built on permaculture principles and design. The Earthaven community is dedicated to caring for people and the Earth by practicing and demonstrating a holistic, sustainable culture.
Permaculture School is a yearlong program that includes:
• 3-month residency, June 15 to September 9, 2016 — at Earthaven Ecovillage
• 450 hours of engaged learning during the 3-month residency — details here
• 2 monthly mentorship calls for 9 months, Sept 2016 – May 2017 — from any location
• 12 month dedication to your pathway, project and career goals — from any location
• [FREE BONUS] 9-month online botany course with rolling start date — from any location
Learning Tracks: Dive deep into gaining skills and knowledge in Design Systems & Projects + Organic Cultivation + Generative Foodsheds + Food As Medicine + Herbal Medicine & Botany + Eco & Natural Building + Renewable Energy + Wise Water Practices + Personal Growth & Communication + Vision & Career Development
All Details & Registration: www.thepermacultureschool.org.
We have already received many inquiries and expect to fill quickly.
The first three people to sign up will receive a significant discount!
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[Community Learning Opportunities] International American Ginseng Expo + Ashevile Bioneers Resilient Communities Network Event
Bioneers Asheville, NC: Resilient Communities Network Event Nov. 13
Lenoir-Rhyne University is proud to present the 2015 Asheville Bioneers Conference,
A Resilient Communities Network Event on three evenings in November. The event
will weave in "beamed in" speeches from the National 2015 Bioneers Conference
and feature discussions with local panels. Ashevillage director, Janell Kapoor, spoke last week on the Local Adaptation and Resilience panel. Last night's topic was Food, Race & Justice, and this Friday's
topic is Climate Change. Presenters include The Climate Listening Project, Pisgah View Community Peace Garden, and many more local organizations. All dates are free and open to the public. Click here for details.
International American Ginseng Expo
December 4-5, 2015 at UNC Asheville
The North Carolina Natural Products Association is once again hosting its International American Ginseng Expo on December 4th and 5th. Speakers include growers, wild-harvesters, researchers, herbalists, botanists, regulatory officials on the state and national level, academics, conservationists, and private sector business leaders. The program includes award-winning speakers with intimate knowledge of American ginseng’s historical narrative and current topics in scientific research, conservation, business and marketing of ginseng, with some select sessions on other forest botanicals.
Click here for details.
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Work trade positions available: Details & application are here.
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LIVE AT THE SANCTUARY
Come stay this winter at Ashevillage Sanctuary LLC, a few blocks from downtown Asheville, NC. Contact Quinn for details: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS
RESILIENT LIVING SCHOOL 2016 >> Sign up now & save! Early Bird rate ends November 30th
Are you ready to step into your resilient life and experience a living community? Would you like to dive into a transformative program where you can explore your role in creating the more beautiful world your heart knows is possible? Are you yearning to learn hands-on skills that you can really use? We invite you... to come connect with the land, your natural instincts, and a group of passionate peers and practitioners in the oldest mountains on the planet. Explore your purpose and path in the world while living in community. Gain earth- and heart-based living skills. Learn to grow food, harvest from the wild, make medicine, go within, connect with others, and much more! Take the next steps toward your resilient life.
>> Sign up now & save! Early Bird rate ends November 30th.
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RESILIENT LIVING WORKSHOP 2016
"After a week at Ashevillage’s Resilient Living workshop, I am a changed person. Having been a New Yorker for the past 16 years, I came in with very little knowledge about the field of permaculture, much less any knowledge about growing my own vegetables or living anywhere other than in the thickest of grids. I expected to gain an introduction to permaculture and some skills to get me started, but I didn’t expect to have such a joyful, tearful, heart warming mind and soul shift." ~Gracie, workshop participant
This 5-day workshop is an introduction to the skills you’ll need to create a resilient life. Dig deep into what it takes to build and maintain a vibrant homestead. Learn from Asheville’s top teachers, gardeners, fermenters, healers, and botanists how to create a thriving, regenerative ecosystem in community or at home. Learn about homesteading, gardening, foraging, fermenting, food preservation, herbal medicine making & more. If you are an aspiring urban homesteader, naturalist, local food activist, health professional, or hungry student, you will gain life-long wisdom in this week-long immersion. If you care about sustainability, why not go one step further?
>> Sign up now & save! Early Bird rate ends November 30th.
Dates & Location: April 4-8, 2016; Asheville, NC. Details & Registration: www.ashevillage.org/RLW
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COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS
FARM SANCTUARY FOR SALE
Our dear friend is selling her breathtaking nature sanctuary near Asheville. Surrounded by national forest and adjacent to the Appalachian Trail, this is a self-sufficient farm/retreat dream for an environmentally conscious buyer. Click here for the details! #dreamfarm #homestead #sanctuary
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THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
View sponsorship opportunities here.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago, the second best time is now.
- Chinese proverb
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