Summary: Greetings Permaculture Podcast listeners, I talked to Jay Ma and Ra about the 2012 Northern California Permaculture Convergence, it is happening the weekend after next and if you are going I will see you there! For more information listen to the podcast!! Then head on over to the website to read up and purchase your tickets. The harvest mooon special on tickets ends tomorrow night. http://permacultureconvergence.com/ "Event Description: The Northern California Permaculture Convergence (formerly the Bay Area Regional Permaculture Convergence) is an annual event which brings together permaculture designers, sustainability enthusiasts, and communities in Northern California, the West Coast, and beyond for a weekend of intensive focus on a common goal: to design sustainable habitats, in accordance with nature, for humans, plants, animals, our greater bioregion, and the Earth at large. Practitioners across a wide-spectrum of skill-sets exchange ideas through concurrent workshops and discussions ranging from organic agriculture and wildcrafting to natural building and appropriate technologies; from environmental remediation and disaster preparedness to community dynamics and global justice. In addition to a plethora of workshops and amazing speakers on a diversity of topics, there will also dedicated areas for skill sharing, collaborative discussions, children's activities, educational displays, and specialist vendors. Participants will have opportunities to socialize, network, and connect with others in this field through meals and the activities listed above. Hosting Site Details - Green Friends Farm / M.A. Center: The beautiful 180 acre grounds of the Green Friends Farm are becoming a demonstration educational hub of leading permaculture, holistic management, and regenerative design practices. GreenFriends Farm began as a challenge to plant a thousand fruit trees on the overgrazed land of a former cattle ranch west of Oakland, California. Now, half way to meeting that number, it has become an educational center for cutting edge agriculture, a destination for enjoying nature, and a vibrant spot for volunteers of all ages and backgrounds. The site is also home to the M.A. Center - the U.S. headquarters of international humanitarian India Saint - Amma. www.embracingtheworld.org. Broadacre Permaculture Demonstration - Site Projects Include: 500 plus tree orchard and food forest Dynamic watershed restoration Broadacre land contouring water infiltration Keyline patterning ploughing Native reforestation agroforestry Holistically managed grazing Soil food web management Solar energy Community garden orchards Sustainability spirituality programs As always thank you for listening and supporting permaculture podcast dot org, Ryan Unmack read more
