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END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20160313T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20161106T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20170312T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20171105T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20180311T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20181104T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190616T150000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190619T210000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095005 CREATED:20190424T102948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190526T132218Z UID:14885-1560697200-1560978000@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Sonic Bloom Permaculture Academy: a pre-festival Permaculture Action Course DESCRIPTION:The Permaculture Academy\nbefore Sonic Bloom Festival\nJune 16th (afternoon arrival) – June 19th\, 2019\nFor the third year\, Permaculture Action Network and Sonic Bloom invite you to spend the days before the festival learning practical skills for regenerating ecosystems and building community. Permaculture design mimics the patterns and principles at work in natural systems to create systems for living in symbiotic relationship with the earth and its ecosystems while cultivating food\, shelter\, medicine\, clean water\, biodiversity\, energy\, and community. \n“The Sonic Bloom Permaculture Academy allowed me to take time to observe our surroundings and notice patterns of interconnectedness. The course was informational about the ethics of stewardship and how we can reclaim our role as conscious co-creators.” – Sunshine Rose \nVisit the Sonic Bloom Website to register in advance. \n \n\nLearn the Concepts of Permaculture\n\nPermaculture design processes and principles\nRainwater harvesting and earthworks\nPermaculture landscape design and food forestry\nNatural building and appropriate technology\nSocial transformation and community organizing methods\n​Practical tools and techniques for regenerating ecology\n\n$366 enrollment fee\n\n\n\nAcademy students can look forward to lots of perks with their enrollment fee including…\n\n21+ hours of world class educational experience\n2 healthy\, organic meals per day (brunch and dinner)\nYoga class every morning\nConnections with like minded people\nBe among the first people on site\nFirst priority shaded and creekside camping\nFree time in pristine Colorado nature\nFestival car camping included\nAcademy/Festival combo tickets available\n\nAbout the Facilitators\nRyan Rising is a community organizer and permaculture educator based out of the San Francisco Bay Area\, and co-founder of the Permaculture Action Network. After a decade of local organizing around direct action\, food justice\, ecological design\, and community living\, Ryan organized the Permaculture Action Tour with music producer The Polish Ambassador in the fall of 2014. Ryan has since co-organized over 90 Permaculture Action Days throughout 26 US states\, bringing hundreds of people at a time to take hands-on action building greenhouses\, rainwater catchment systems\, gardens\, and regenerative systems at 80 different local community projects including public food forests\, urban farms\, and ecovillages. Ryan co-founded the Gill Tract Community Farm\, which produces tons of organic food annually that is distributed for free all around the Bay Area\, and the Omni Commons\, an urban commons and community center. \n  \nMike Wird \nMichael White aka Mike Wird is an advanced permaculture designer/consultant/teacher\, artist educator\, natural builder (as a certified Earthship Biotect) and is an educated real estate investor\, promoting environmental stewardship and financial literacy. His campaign ‘Build Your Own Dreams’ is designed to help people actively reach for their goals while having fun. \nMike shares his dedication to social and environmental justice through cultural arts and regenerative practices and has been actively cultivating community for over a decade as an Emcee\, Deejay & Hiphop Cultural Arts Ambassador\, raising awareness about social\, economic and ecological issues and their solutions. \nMike teaches courses in Eco-Social Design with Permaculture Action Network and offers advanced sessions in Colorado and New Mexico with his business Regenerative Adventures. Mike teaches Permaculture Design certificate courses with Family Tree Permaculture on the nature island of Dominica in the eastern Caribbean and on the festive island of Ibiza in the Mediterranean. For more info\, email mikewird@gmail.com \nStephanie Syson \n\n \nStephanie\, Co-Founder Biodynamic Botanicals\, has spent the past decade with her hands  and heart in the dirt growing and using the powerful herbs that create  vitality and wellness. Stephanie Syson has over 15 years of  experience in the herbal product industry as well as having over 18 years researching and practicing various forms of sustainable  farming across the United States and Latin America. She is a  Certified Permaculture Designer and educator in the fields of  Greenhouse Management\, Seed Saving and Herbalism. Stephanie  lectures across the United States on topics such as Public Food  Forests\, Seed Saving Libraries and Culinary and Medicinal Herb  Growing. She has presented at conferences such as the Boulder Bioneers and the North American Permaculture Convergence. Stephanie also works with groups of all ages to further their knowledge of these topics through regular public workshops held at the Basalt Regional Library\, a childhood education series held at the Basalt Middle School as well as teaching Permaculture Design Courses at Colorado Mountain College\, The Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute and the Denver Permaculture Guild.  She lectures for the Colorado Extension Service and co-hosts the Living Permaculture Show\, a monthly radio show on public radio KDNK. Stephanie is committed to community service through education and demonstration of herbal self-care and sustainable farming practices. She manages a public food forest in Basalt called the Basalt Food Park. \nSign up at https://sonicbloomfestival.com/academy/permaculture/ \n\n\n\n  URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/sonic-bloom-permaculture-academy-a-pre-festival-permaculture-action-course/ LOCATION:Hummingbird Ranch\, Spanish Peaks Country\, CO\, United States CATEGORIES:Action Course END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20190608T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20190608T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095005 CREATED:20190410T210022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190608T012343Z UID:14829-1559988000-1560013200@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Born Botanical Permaculture Action Day w/ Bassnectar & Michael Franti DESCRIPTION:BORN BOTANICAL\nPermaculture Action Day\nwith Bassnectar and Michael Franti \nat Frontline Farming’s new 2-acre site\nMajestic View Farm\nPark at the church\n7080 Independence St.\, \nArvada\, CO 80004 \nSaturday\, June 8\, 2019\n10am-5pm\nFollowing Bassnectar Freestyle Sessions night 1 at 1STBANK CENTER; and Michael Franti & Spearhead at Red Rocks\n~\nwe’re gathering the day after these concerts to take action together. \n \nFrontline Farming operates a multi-plot farm sustainably growing organic\, nutrient-rich food for people of all income levels in the Denver area. \nThe organization engages its communities by educating youth and neighbors on growing food and promoting healthy\, active lifestyles\, beautifying Denver neighborhoods with edible landscapes\, and reducing the distance from farm to plate. \nFrontline Farming has just gained access to a 2-acre farm within the Majestic View Nature Center. This is where we’ll show up in right relationship the day after the show to support the local organizers in transforming the land into a productive peri-urban farm. \nRead about Majestic View Farm and Frontline Farming at the link. \nTogether with Be Interactive \nwe will gather for a day of community action building raised beds\, transplanting seedlings and starts\, laying irrigation for the farm\, and installing a number of other regenerative farming systems. \nWorkshops  ● Music ● Food \nYouth Activities ● Art ● Community Building \n*This is NOT a Bassnectar or Michael Franti performance.\nThis IS a day of hands-on projects\, urban farming\, workshops\, music\, community-building\, and regenerative action following the Friday night shows at other locations. \nHANDS-ON PROJECTS \n\nInstalling drip irrigation\nInstalling a compost system\nDigging farm beds for veggies\nBuilding a produce wash station\nBrewing and applying compost tea\nPlanting fruit trees and other plants\nPainting educational signage for the farm\nTransplanting tomatoes\, peppers\, and other seedlings\nShaping earthworks to redirect rainwater for irrigation\n\nWorkshops \nDynamics of Privilege\, Oppression and Liberation in the Food Movement with Michelle and Ramon Gabrieloff-Parish \nSpeaking to Seeds for the Next Seven Generations with Shannon Francis \nThe Rebel and the Bull: Astrological Timing and Scaling of the Food Movement with Ramon Gabrieloff-Parish \nBuild Your Own Dreams: Regenerative Life Design w/ Mike Wird \nYoga with the Satya Yoga Cooperative at 9am \n\nWild Plant Romp: an Edible & Medicinal Herb Walk w/ Manda Pendleton \nMusic \n\n\nFelixFast4Ward \nDigital Vagabond & Lostinsound Residents \nSky Society \nMike Wird \nTWANZ \n\n\nFood and Beverages:\nWe will be sharing a mostly or completely organic\, nutrient-rich meal in the middle of the day. There will be vegetarian and vegan options. Bring your own dishware if you like. Also please feel free to bring potluck items to share\, but do not let that stop you from coming! There will be potable water on site (bring a refillable water bottle) as well as other snacks and beverages. \n\nWhat to Bring:\nClose-toed shoes. Gloves. Clothing to get dirty in. Humility. Love. Respect. Your friends. Your kids. Your friends’ kids. Dishware and cutlery for the potluck. Tools\, especially shovels. \nHave a lot of tools to lend? Want to support with food sourcing and preparation? Want to bring paint or other materials to support the projects? Have another inquiry or offer? \nEmail us at Contact@PermacultureAction.org \nShare and invite your friends here and to the facebook event page.\nSCHEDULE\n \nChildren’s Area by Myra Makes \nChildren’s Area by Myra Makes \nParents will be required to be with their kids while in the children’s area until adults’ workshops begin at 1:30\, at which point parents can sign their kids aged 4+ in/out of the kids area. \n10:45am    Kids area opens \n11-11:15am    Kid’s area opening circle \n11:15-12pm    Making seed bombs with Caleb Gruber \n12-2pm    Instrument garden & music lessons \nby Forward Momentum Productions and BoredomFighters \n1-1:30pm    Scavenger hunt \n1:30-2pm    Yoga with Katie Lamonte \n2-3pm        Making self-sustaining terrariums with Mike Spade \n3-3:15pm    Closing circle for kids area \n3:15-4pm     Open play\, cleanup begins \n4:00pm    Breakdown; families can participate in the plant walk at this time. \n——————————–\n9am:          Both Support for Set Up and Yoga Class Participants Welcome to Arrive\n10am:         Everyone Else Welcome to Arrive\n10:15am:   Opening Circle: Orientation to Site and Hands-on Projects\n11am:         Hands-On Projects Begin and Continue All Day\n12:30pm:    Lunch Spread Presented \nBorn Botanical Workshop Hub \n9-10am  Yoga w/ Satya Yoga Collective \n1:30-3:00pm   Dynamics of Privilege\, Oppression and Liberation in the Food Movement w/ Michelle Gabrieloff-Parish and Ramon Parish \n3:00-4:00pm    Build Your Own Dreams: Regenerative Life Design w/ Mike Wird \n4-5pm.   Wild Plant Romp: an Edible & Medicinal Herb Walk w/ Manda Pendleton \n \nSkin on the Drum Workshop Hub \n2pm-3:30pm:   Speaking to Seeds for the Next Seven Generations with Shannon Francis \n3:30-5pm    The Rebel and the Bull: Astrological Timing and Scaling of the Food Movement w/ Ramon Gabrieloff-Parish \n  \nFrontline is Everywhere Stage by PK Sound \n11:00am:     TWANZ \n12:00pm:     Digital Vagabond & Lostinsound Residents\n2pm:             Mike Wird \n2:30pm:     SkySociety \n3:30:         Felix Fast4Ward \n4:15pm:     TBD \n  \n  URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/denver-permaculture-action-day-w-bassnectar-and-michael-franti/ LOCATION:Majestic View Farm\, 7080 Independence St\, Arvada\, CO\, 80004\, United States CATEGORIES:Action Day END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190401T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190407T160000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095005 CREATED:20190108T213222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190119T190836Z UID:14188-1554120000-1554652800@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Permaculture Action Course at Seven Springs Holistic Retreat Center | TN DESCRIPTION:The Permaculture Action Course facilitates an educational experience in ecological design science\, community organizing\, and the many facets of permaculture\, teaching hands-on techniques and social tools that participants can use to catalyze long-term transformative impact on the land and in their communities. \nThis course is being offered to everyone who wants to learn more about regenerative design\, permaculture systems\, and community organizing. Beginners are welcome and will be taken through an introduction to permaculture design science and its many facets. Folks already involved or skilled in permaculture will learn advanced techniques and a plethora of tools and skills in regard to social permaculture\, alternative economies\, community building\, and action planning.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n​We make a special invitation to all those in the Mid-Appalachia BioRegion who want to up their organizing skills\, get involved with Permaculture Action Network\, and organize toward more Permaculture Action Days and regenerative community events in the region! \nRegister by contacting Seven Springs Holistic Retreat Center. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n​The Permaculture Action Course combines foundational theory with meaningful practical applications and hands-on experience\, introducing participants to the permaculture movement. This course will thoroughly educate on the ethics and design principles. as well as present theories and strategies of effective and direct community organizing. We’ll dive into social permaculture\, understanding the balance and function of ecological relationships as they apply to the collective energy of a group of people working towards a common goal. This method is practiced by the Permaculture Action Network through Permaculture Action Days\, catalyzing the energy at concerts and cultural events by mobilizing people to create real change with local grassroots projects that has directly affected over 11\,000 people in 25 different states. \nWith experienced practitioners in their respective fields teaching natural building\, regenerative agriculture\, social dynamics and more\, this course will leave you with the practical tools to actually start building the world you want to live in. The Permaculture Action Course combines a social transformation and action-focused curriculum with hands-on skills building to truly equip you with a well-rounded tool set for engaging with the land and the communities around you. \nYou will learn: \n– permaculture design processes and principles\n– rainwater harvesting and earthworks \n– permaculture landscape design and food forestry \n– natural building and appropriate technology\n– social transformation and community organizing methods\n– ​practical tools and techniques for regenerating ecology \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Retreat Center: Lodging\, Organic Food\, and Pristine Nature\nThree organic\, local meals a day and camping at the beautiful Seven Springs Holistic Retreat Center are included in your registration fee. Yoga classes will be offered throughout the week. Upgraded accommodations are also available including shared and private yurts. \n\nAbout the Facilitators…\nJoana Amorim\, Leah Van Winkle\, Michael Beck\, and Ryan Rising are all organizers with the Permaculture Action Network\, a collective that has mobilized over 12\,000 people to days of action building permaculture sites\, regenerative systems\, and community spaces across the continent. Joana\, Leah\, and Michael all organize with the Mid-Appalachian BioRegional Crew and are located in the Berea\, Kentucky area. Ryan organizes with the California BioRegional Crew of Permaculture Action Network and founded the organization in 2014. ​ \n\n\nRyan Rising is a community organizer and permaculture educator based out of the San Francisco Bay Area\, and co-founder of the Permaculture Action Network. After a decade of local organizing around direct action\, food justice\, ecological design\, and community living\, Ryan organized the Permaculture Action Tour with music producer The Polish Ambassador in the fall of 2014. Ryan has since co-organized over 80 Permaculture Action Days throughout 25 US states\, bringing hundreds of people at a time to build greenhouses\, rainwater catchment\, gardens\, and regenerative systems at 80 different local community projects including public food forests\, urban farms\, and ecovillages. Ryan co-founded the Gill Tract Community Farm\, which produces tons of organic food annually distributed for free all around the Bay Area\, and the Omni Commons\, an urban commons and community center. Ryan focuses on creating community access to land for local food growing and regenerative living\, connecting people to take direct action; and social permaculture—the ways we make decisions\, build resilience\, resolve conflicts\, and organize in community. ​\n  \n\n\nMichael Beck joins Permaculture Action Network as a steward of land in Kentucky\, natural builder\, aspiring young farmer\, and nature enthusiast. He is currently building an Appalachian-style log cabin with his partner and friend in Disputanta\, Kentucky. Co-founder of international natural building network\, thePOOSH.org\, as well as the more recent Hands On Earth Permaculture\, Michael has hosted and helped organize several Permaculture Action Days in Kentucky\, Tennessee\, California\, and Illinois. Michael’s current passion in the permaculture world is food forestry and edible landscaping design. He has been involved in many build projects and led several natural building workshops over the last six years. He took his Permaculture Design Course in Portugal with Doug Crouch of Treeyo Permaculture. ​ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoana Amorim immigrated about three years ago from her home country\, Portugal\, to Kentucky where she is currently starting a farm and homestead and building a traditional log house. She is the co-founder of Hands On Earth Permaculture\, focusing on natural building and food forestry. She is also a visual artist\, natural builder\, herbalist\, gardener\, chef\, and acrobat. Joana took her Permaculture Design Course in Portugal with Doug Crouch of TreeYo Permaculture in 2012\, a Social Permaculture Course in 2013\, and a Permaculture Teachers Training with Robina Mccurdy in 2014. She has been involved in intentional communities and has led several hands-on classes during Permaculture Design Courses at Terra Alta Educational center in Portugal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeah Van Winkle makes her home in the Appalachian foothills of central Kentucky\, where she grows food\, teaches yoga\, offers Thai Bodywork\, plays\, and explores! Rooted in land-based permaculture design\, her passion is to expand this holistic lens to facilitate nurturing social relationships in her community. Health is Leah’s main focus\, stemming from a belief that human health is interdependent on health of the land and harmony within the ecosystem we occupy. An avid student\, she is always seeking more opportunities to expand her knowledge\, having already trained with Starhawk and Pandora Thomas in Social Permaculture\, Doug Crouch of TreeYo Permaculture\, Susana Lein of Salamander Springs and Cliff Davis of Spiral Ridge. Her favorite things to grow are blueberries\, holy basil\, and mustard greens.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat you’ll get out of this course..​ \n\nA more holistic understanding of the important role humans play as a keystone species of Planet Earth\, including how we as a species can manifest positive change.\nBoth theory and hands-on skills in permaculture landscape design\, natural building\, organic food growing\, ecological literacy\, social permaculture\, forestry management\, self-resilience and much more\nFacilitation and community building skills that will empower you to create the world you want to see\, whether you’re starting in your own backyard or working to transition your whole region.\n\n\nRegistration Fees\n– $100 OFF Early Bird any tier (sign up before March 1st) \n– $850 Camping (registrations after March 1st)\n– $950 Shared Yurt\n– $1\,150 Private Yurt \nBring a friend! Sign up a friend by referral and receive a $50 discount off your registration fee. \nThe registration fee covers six days of facilitated education including design\, hands-on skills\, social permaculture\, and practical organizing and implementation trainings; three organic\, local meals per day; and accommodations (camping\, private yurt\, or shared yurt depending on your fee level choice). \nRegister by contacting Seven Springs Holistic Retreat Center.\nGet updates and follow along on the course facebook event page. \n\nHave questions? Get in touch! Write to RyanRising@PermacultureAction.org URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/permaculture-action-course/ LOCATION:Seven Springs Holistic Retreat Center\, Sweet Hollow\, TN\, United States CATEGORIES:Action Course ORGANIZER;CN="Permaculture Action Network":MAILTO:contact@permacultureaction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190120T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190120T173000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095005 CREATED:20181227T050301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190118T232843Z UID:14176-1547978400-1548005400@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Permaculture Action Day w/ Lead to Life | Oakland\, CA DESCRIPTION:at the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust and Planting Justice Nursery\nSunday\, January 20th\, 2019 ⋅ 10am-5:30pm ⋅ 319 105th Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\nOakland Permaculture Action Day w/ Lead to Life at Sogorea Te’ Land Trust and Planting Justice Nursery \nDate: Sunday\, January 20th\, 2019\nTime:  10am-5pm\nLocation: 319 105th Avenue\, Oakland\, CA – the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust and Planting Justice Nursery\n \n \n*SCHEDULE* \n9:00am:     Early Set Up (message us if you want to assist) \n10:00am:     Public Welcome to Arrive \n10:15am:     Healing Space Opens for Body Work & Other Modalities (continues until 2pm) \n10:30am!    Opening Circle & Invocation w/ Corrina Gould & Sogorea Te’ \n11:00am:     Hands-On Projects Begin (continue all day) \n11:30am:     DJ AjGod (sound system by SPAZ) \n11:45am:     Pizza-Making at the Earthen Oven (continues all day) \n12:00pm:     Shuumi Means A Gift: Reparations on Ohlone Land w/ Ariel Lucky \n12:15pm:     Seed Ball Making w/ Seth Peterson [in the Youth Space] \n12:30pm:     Gates\, Locks\, Security: A Locksmithing Skill-Share with Dietrich Torres \n1:00pm:     Shared Meal is Presented (continues all day) \n1:15pm:     Lydia Violet and the Bones: Iranian-American Roots Music (sound by SPAZ & Thrive) \n1:45pm:    Environmental Racism & Monsanto: Getting It Out of Oakland\, Alameda County\, California\, the USA\, and the World w/ Diane Williams \n2:00pm:     Evan Fraser of Dirtwire: A Solo Set of Global Instruments Including the Ngoni\, Kalimba\, Jaw Harp\, and a Looping Station (sound by SPAZ & Rock the Bike) \n2:15pm:     Spiritual Justice Tools: Clearing Your Energy Fields w/ Adorable [in the healing space] \n3:00pm:     From the Roots to the Branches: a workshop on Restorative Justice & Circles w/ Malachi Scott \n3:00pm:     Surprise DJ Set \n3:30pm:     Jasmine Fuego musical performance \n4:00pm:     Desirae Harp: musical performance from Wappo song carrier \n4:30pm:     THRIVE Choir \n5:00pm:     Closing Ceremony \n\nLead to Life & Permaculture Action Network invite you to the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust and Planting Justice Nursery in East Oakland for a Permaculture Action Day on Sunday\,  January 20th. This is a free\, family-friendly event filled with ecologically regenerative hands-on projects\, workshops & skill-shares\, music\, and a community meal. This is the sister event to this past April’s Lead to Life series in Atlanta\, Georgia\, where 50 guns were melted down into 50 shovels to plant 50 trees in honor of the 50 years since MLK’s assassination. We will use these shovels again this January 20th\, 2019\, to plant trees\, install regenerative systems\, and build ceremonial space. \nThe following day\, Monday\, January 21st\, we ground this same process in Oakland where we will melt guns into shovels after the People’s March to Reclaim the Radical Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.\n \nSogorea Te’ is an urban\, indigenous women-led organization that facilitates the return of Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone land in the San Francisco Bay Area to indigenous stewardship. The Sogorea Te’ Land Trust site at Planting Justice’s East Oakland Nursery is the first piece of land put into the community land trust\, and will be the site of the first ceremonial arbor built on Ohlone Land in 250 years. \nPlanting Justice facilitates permaculture designs and installations for homes around the Bay Area and regenerative educational programs\, hires formerly incarcerated folks at a family-supporting wage\, and now runs the largest organic fruit\, nut\, and berry nursery in California right out of a two-acre site in East Oakland. \nLead to Life is transforming weapons into shovels for tree planting ceremonies at sites that have been impacted by violence or carry spiritual significance. These guns\, donated from the public and collected from police departments\, are transformed by metalsmiths into shovels and tools that plant trees to memorialize loved ones\, and lands\, lost to violence. \nThis is Permaculture Action Network’s 92nd action day in which communities brought together through a cultural event are invited to direct their energy into hands-on projects that improve regenerative common spaces and bring forward a just and regenerative world. \nFor this occasion\, our partners RAWtools & James Brenner have forged a reimagined arsenal of garden tools made from weapons. Folks from across the East Bay are coming together to use these ceremonial tools towards two revolutionary land regeneration projects on 105th Ave in East Oakland. \nThis day will be an act of beloved community and grassroots liberation as part of Oakland’s annual weekend to reclaim the radical legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.. To honor the vision of Dr. King\, the work of people across Oakland\, the significance of the Jewish tradition of Tu Bishvat\, and the indigenous stewardship of these lands\, we will work with our hands in the soil to decompose colonialism. We will live into a practice of land reparations\, through supporting the return of Ohlone ancestral homelands. \n \n  \n  \nThis event is free and open to all! \nBring your friends and come prepared to learn new skills\, build food-producing systems\, and have a dirty\, good time!! \nRSVP:  Register here – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lead-to-life-reclaim-radical-king-weekend-tickets-54007880023 – to receive up-to-date information on the event location and logistics. \nMore Info: \nThis ceremony is part of Lead to Life’s Time for Healing Justice taking place January – April 2019. Click here for information and registration for our other events including our Gun-To-Shovels ceremony and upcoming April Tree Planting Ceremonies. \n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/oakland-permaculture-action-day-w-lead-to-life/ LOCATION:Sogorea Te’ Land Trust & Planting Justice Nursery\, 319 105th Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94603\, United States CATEGORIES:Action Day END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181212T200000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095005 CREATED:20181122T160702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T051140Z UID:14138-1544608800-1544644800@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Atlanta Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia DESCRIPTION:Urban Sprout Farms is located at 2200 Reynolds DR SW\, Atlanta\, GA 30315\nThe Rising Appalachia Solidarity Tour comes home to Atlanta to celebrate community and ecological stewardship at Urban Sprout Farms\, December 12th from 10am-8pm.  Join local organizers\, artists\, activists\, and entrepreneurs who are reshaping the planet for a more just future. We’ll be building a roof for the stage\, erecting a walk-in cold storage\, installing a mandala garden\, and enjoying a diverse array of musicians and presenters.  Speakers include City of Atlanta Director of Urban Agriculture Mario Cambardella\, local spiritual teachers\, and local farmers! \nHands-on projects\, workshops\, and skill shares focusing on access to local\, healthy food choices\, affordable housing strategies\, and creative space for people of all backgrounds will accompany a day of music\, food\, and hands-on action. \nSCHEDULE (Main Stage)\n10AM-11:45AM-Community Outreach in Polar Rock\n11:00 AM Paul Knight\n12:00PM Opening Circle with Everarde Calk\, Marc Ganesha Deva Pimsler and Bhava Devi Mobley\n12:45M Yoga with Rayfield Lewis\n1:15PM Atlanta Director of Urban Agriculture Mario Cambardella\n2:00 PM Afrosonic Liberation with June Moon\n3:00 PM LIFEFIRE9\n4:00 PM Lydia Violet Music\n5:00 PM Rising Appalachia Music\n5:45 PM Indee Killed the Pop Star\n6:30 PM SurprisinglySimple \nMarket Schedule\n1:00 PM Lunch Served\n1:45 PM Positive Mental Outlook with Quentin Fielder\n2:05 PM Z Ronald Alexander Quarles III and Soil Building\n3:00 PM Nuri Icgoren Cryptocurrency and Blockchain\n3:30 PM Chris Lemons\, President Peoplestown Neighborhood Association \nInvite your friends and get the updated details on the facebook event page here. URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/atlanta-permaculture-action-day/ LOCATION:Urban Sprouts Farm\, 2200 Reynolds Dr SW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30316 CATEGORIES:Action Day END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181209T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181209T180000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095005 CREATED:20181122T161310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T051239Z UID:14139-1544349600-1544378400@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Nashville Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia DESCRIPTION:Join us in Nashville (snow or shine!) for the penultimate Permaculture Action Day on the Solidarity Tour w/ Rising Appalachia!!\nSunday\, December 9th 10am-5pm before the Rising Appalachia show that evening at Mercy Lounge \nBrooklyn Heights Community Garden is located at 1831 Haynes Street\, Nashville\, TN 37207 \nWe’re delighted to be working again in community with Ms. Pearl at Brooklyn Heights Community Garden on several projects including: \n\nthe builds of several sheds into tiny homes\nbuilding new raised beds\nmaintaining trees planted two years ago\nbuilding a fire pit\nand much more.\n\nA full day of community networking\, projects\, workshops\, skill-shares\, a meal for the people prepared by the people and live music! \nThis is a free\, family-friendly event. Come as you are\, bring your people. \nIn the words of the beautiful Ms. Pearl:\n“Nurturing the earth is in turn nurturing yourself which in turn makes you more peaceful… we need to know how to live together” \nMusic \nDJ Nexus\nEd Haggard and the Love Drums\nChrissy Kirkwood/Hayes Hornish/Amber Riley\nSasha Hana\nDiatom Deli\nIyen Friersen\nSunny Saint James\nIrene Tidwell \nWorkshops \nEmergent Design: Principles and Practices for Designing Everyday Life w/ Jennifer J Morgan\nComposting with Soldier Flies w/ Hayes Hornish\nVegan Cooking & Veganism w/ Mic True\nHerbal Tinctures w/ Charles White\nForestry with Hand Tools w/ Jonathan Ramirez\nBiodynamic Farmer w/ Michael Holt\nChildrens’ Workshops with Curriculum from Myra Makes \nA rolling lunch will be spread out around noon! \nInvite your friends and get the latest updates on the facebook event page here.\nBrooklyn Heights Community Garden in north Nashville\, part of the Scruggs Brooklyn Heights Community\, was our first Nashville action day site back in April\, 2017 and we are very excited to return. \nThis is our second PAD at this site\, the first one last April 2017. The mission of the garden is to bring awareness to the need for growing healthy food and living healthier lives. It is a civic space where people share labor\, nourish relationships\, and connect to our shared natural environment. BHCG fuels\, heals and provides aesthetic pleasure to the neighborhood\, many of whom are elderly and on fixed incomes. BHCG provides these elders\, important people in the community\, healthy fruit\, vegetables and herbs grown locally on-site. URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/nashville-permaculture-action-day-w-rising-appalachia-2/ LOCATION:Brooklyn Heights Community Garden\, 1830 Haynes Street\, Nashville\, TN\, 37207\, United States CATEGORIES:Action Day END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181208T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181208T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095005 CREATED:20181101T220753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T032655Z UID:14100-1544263200-1544288400@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:New Orleans Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia DESCRIPTION:Join us for the southernmost stop on the Permaculture Action Network’s Solidarity Tour with Rising Appalachia.  \nShow up in support of Food Sovereignty & Security and Alternative Economies \nGrow On Urban Farms – 2358 Urquhart Street\, New Orleans\, Louisiana \nDecember 8th\, 2018 10 AM – 5 PM  CST \nProjects will include : \n– Rebuilding Outdoor Community Kitchen\n– Installing a Rain Garden\n– Planting Fruit Trees and Other Perennials\n– Turning and Sifting Compost\n– Building a 2nd Story for Shipping Containers\n– Clearing and Re-Beautifying Adjoining Lot \n*SCHEDULE*\n \n10:00am    Welcome to Arrive!\n10:30am     Opening Circle (Land & Peoples’ Acknowledgement\n11:00am      Pecan Milk Making Workshop w/ Stan\n11:30am       GroundWork NOLA’s Youth Green Team present on rain gardens\n12:00pm      Letter Writing to Incarcerated Folks & Seed Packet Stuffing w/ Solitary Gardens\n12:30pm      Free Feral music (30 minute set)\n1:00pm        Jambalaya and Lunch Spread open up (free!)\n1:15pm        Lydia Violet music (45 minutes)\n1:00pm      Native Plant Walk or Fire Cider Making w/ Rachel Reeves\n1:30pm      Decolonizing the History of New Orleans & Indigenous Histories\n2:00pm      Food Apartheid and the History of Southern Crops w/ Jamal from SUA\n2:30pm     Twanz DJ set\n3:00pm      MadeGroceries live hip-hop set\n3:30pm      Zero Waste Workshop w/ Corinne from Pussy PowerHouse\n4:00pm     Mushroom Growing Workshop demonstration w/ All You Need Institute\n5:00pm     Clean up and get ready for community Art Walk\n \nA jambalaya and lunch spread will be offered at 1pm (free!); feel free to bring something to add to the potluck! Feel free to bring tools\, work gloves\, and other offerings as well!\nBig thanks to The Daily Beet\, Bayou Vegan Cafe\, Kebab NOLA\, and The Joint for gifting healthy food to the action day! \n \nSneak peak of some of the workshops: \nSOLITARY GARDENS in coming through hosting letter writing to incarcerated folks\, and stuffing seed packets for their anti-oppression/ abolitionist toolkit. \nGroundwork New Orleans‘s Youth Green Team will be leading a workshop and project install of a rain garden and stormwater management system. \nPecan milk workshop – harvesting\, shelling\, blending all on site! \nAll You Need Institute – Mushroom Growing Workshop at 4!\n—————————————————————-\nSneak peak of some of the music to look forward to: (schedule coming soon) \nMadeGroceries a loved\, local hip-hop crew performing at 3! \nLydia Violet Harutoonian…. and more! \nInvite your friends and get the latest updates on the facebook event page here. \n\nRising Appalachia's show is on December 6th\, at 8pm at One Eyed Jacks! Here is their show info: https://www.facebook.com/events/243145779880306/ URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/new-orleans-permaculture-action-day-w-rising-appalachia/ LOCATION:Grow On Urban Farm\, 2358 Urquhart St\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70117\, United States CATEGORIES:Action Day ORGANIZER;CN="Grow On":MAILTO:leahvanwinkle@permacultureaction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181118T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181118T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095005 CREATED:20181101T234051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181101T234051Z UID:14124-1542535200-1542560400@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Minneapolis Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia DESCRIPTION:Minneapolis Permaculture Action Day\non the Solidarity Tour with Rising Appalachia Music \nJoin us on the day after Rising Appalachia’s Minneapolis show for a day full of family-friendly\, hands-on permaculture learning\, workshops\, skillshares\, food for the people\, and live entertainment. \nWaite House | Sunday Nov. 18 | 10-5\n2323 11th Ave S | Minneapolis\, MN \nWe will be working on many indoor projects (so come despite the weather!) including installation of an aquaponics system\, a vermiculture system build\, a collaborative mural painting\, and the construction of a potted plant wall for indoor growing. \nMore details including full action day schedule\, special guests\, hands-on projects\, all to be announced soon. Get in touch with us to contribute or help facilitate! \nSpecial guests will include indigenous rights group Honor the Earth and recording artist Amber Lily with more TBA. A local medicine man will be doing a workshop on herbal medicines and a local permaculture farm will be hosting a hands-on fermentation workshop! \nThe theme for the day will be Food Security & Community Activation. \nThese are public and family-friendly events. URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/minneapolis-permaculture-action-day-w-rising-appalachia/ LOCATION:Waite House ORGANIZER;CN="Permaculture Action Network":MAILTO:contact@permacultureaction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181115T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181116T220000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095005 CREATED:20181101T224447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181106T211511Z UID:14108-1542276000-1542405600@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Chicago Permaculture Action Days w/ Rising Appalachia (2 sites) DESCRIPTION:South Side Permaculture Action Days\non the Solidarity Tour with Rising Appalachia \nTwo days of action Thursday and Friday following Rising Appalachia’s show on Wednesday\, November 14th: \nTHURSDAY Nov. 15 | 10-5\niGrow Peace House and Urban Farm\n6402 S Honore St\nChicago\, IL \nHip-Hop for Kids\nFarm Projects\nLights of Belonging – Creating Community\nFacilitated workshops on topics of Shifting the Narrative of relationships in the community\nFree Lunch lovingly prepared by local volunteers \nFRIDAY Nov. 16 | 10-6 w/ Afterparty\nThe Breathing Room\n1434 W. 51st St.\nChicago\, IL \nCold Frame construction\nWater Collecting Farmstand Construction\nFacilitated workshops on Police Accountability\nAfter Party at the Let Us Breathe Collective \nA call to join a resiliency movement for either or both days of hands-on projects to benefit these community supporting spaces. \nFree food and music \nSkill up in carpentry\, garden design\, community organizing\, processing through the arts\, direct action\, and more. \nFree workshops\, local perspectives\, youth programming\, resource awareness\, art\, movement\, and tools for keeping our communities safe and resilient. \nThese are public and family-friendly events. \nInvite your friends on the facebook event page here! URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/chicago-permaculture-action-days-w-rising-appalachia-2-sites/ LOCATION:iGrow ORGANIZER;CN="Permaculture Action Network":MAILTO:contact@permacultureaction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181110T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181110T223000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095005 CREATED:20181101T220504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181109T032925Z UID:14095-1541844000-1541889000@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Detroit Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia & Concert DESCRIPTION:Detroit Permaculture Action Day with Rising Appalachia\nat Spirit Farm\, an 11-year strong urban farm in North Corktown\nfollowed by a benefit concert with: \nMembers of Rising Appalachia\, David Brown Solos & Remixes\, Peace to Mateo feat. Nuntheless (live)\, CoveLove DJ set \nThe action day is absolutely free! Suggested donation for benefit concert $20. \nBy-donation tickets for the benefit concert available here:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/benefit-concert-for-spirit-farm-w-members-of-rising-appalachia-more-suggested-donation-20-tickets-51939963830 \nFrom 10am-6pm the Action Day will include hands-on projects\, workshops\, local perspectives\, community resources\, and next steps for addressing Food\, Water\, Housing\, and Land Security. \nWorkshops and panel discussions will explore ways the system is operating that create dependence; building awareness on ways to regain autonomy and provide for oneself; and community resources for folks directly affected by symptoms of gentrification. \nWe will be focusing on building a water catchment system for the farm with practical skills like post setting\, framing\, light roofing\, and guttering. \nWe will also get some practice in small-scale framing to construct a pig house. These are great projects for folks of any skill level\, and will leave you with some practical takeaways. \nGet your build and your farm on in the D. \nA community resiliency event with a rolling lunch lovingly provided by local volunteers. \nCome as you are\, bring your people. \nSpirit Farm | Saturday Nov. 10 | 10am-10pm\n1519 Martin Luther King | Detroit\, Mich \nInvite your friends to the facebook event page here. \nSchedule \n10:00am    Meet and Greet\, Check-in\, Hands-On Projects Begin \n11:00am     Opening Circle \n11:45am      Wild Edible Plant Walk \n12:00pm     Rolling Lunch spread out \n12:45pm      Panel Discussion on Community Security \n2:00pm       Blockchain and Government w/ Ingrid LaFleur \n3:15pm        Land and Housing Security w/ Michele Oberholtzer \n3:45pm       Resilience Yoga \n4:00pm      How to Play Adapt: A Permaculture Board Game w/ Bridget O’Brien \n4:15pm       Water Security Workshop w/ Reybekah Larson \n5:00pm      Health and Wellness Security w/ Afrosonic Liberation Sessions \n5:30pm      Pink Flamingo Slanging Farm-to-Table Dinner \n6:00pm      Social Permaculture Mixer \n7:00pm      Benefit Concert w/ Members of Rising Appalachia\, CASTANEA\, Peace to Mateo\, DJ Cove Love \n10:30pm    Show Ends \nInvite your friends to the facebook event page here. URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/detroit-permaculture-action-day-w-rising-appalachia-concert/ LOCATION:Spirit of Hope Community Center and Spirit Farm\, 1519 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd\, Detroit\, MI\, 48208\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Permaculture Action Network":MAILTO:contact@permacultureaction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180615T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180617T183000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095005 CREATED:20180509T081227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180608T071329Z UID:13948-1529056800-1529260200@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Permaculture Action Hub @ Sonic Bloom Festival DESCRIPTION:Find the Permaculture Action Hub at Sonic Bloom Festival for three days of workshops\, skill-shares\, and discussions on regenerating ecological systems\, community organizing\, and building a more just and sustainable world. \n \nWorkshop Descriptions (Partial)\nLogistics of Liberation: Permaculture and Power w/ Ryan Rising\n \nWhat is it really going to take to liberate ourselves from the exploitative\, extractive systems we are living within? How can we re-inhabit space\, and see that re-inhabiting of space as one of the most revolutionary acts we can take? How can we interact with the material infrastructure of our world to collectively slow and stop the mechanisms of ecological devastation and human harm? Power is logistic. \nSocial Permaculture and Community Action w/ Ryan Rising \n \nHow can the lens of permaculture—the mimicking of nature’s patterns and principles—inform the way we design both the ecological systems of food\, water\, and shelter that give us life\, and the social systems of how we make decisions\, come together as people\, and build resilient communities? How can we take effective action to create viable life-affirming alternatives to the extractive and exploitative systems that we seek to replace? Ryan Rising of the Permaculture Action Network will start this session with an introduction to permaculture design and lead into a conversation that takes its application beyond forest gardens\, rainwater catchment systems\, and natural building to how we can cultivate effective collaborative groups and communities capable of taking action towards realizing a more just and regenerative world. Ryan will also touch on the work of the Permaculture Action Network over the last four years of organizing over 84 Permaculture Action Days across the country after concerts and before music festivals where hundreds gather to directly implement regenerative systems in their communities. Step into this in-depth session on ecological design\, regenerative living systems\, how to take direct action for a just and sustainable world\, forming healthy collaborative groups\, and community organizing. \nIntro to Biodynamics & Homeopathy w/ Stone Hunter \nStudy the Science of the Spirit and the Alchemy of Biodynamics. Learn about living architecture designing therapeutic homes\, efforts being made to clean the waters\, air and land through homeopathic potencies\, and how we can work physically and spiritually to enliven ourselves and our communities. \nMedicine Wheel: An Indigenous Presentation w/ Scott Barta\n \nMedicine Wheel: an indignenous presentation on the four food groups\, four seasons\, and four cycles of life. \nThe Solar Revolution & How to Get Involved w/ Brittney Heller & Jim Payne \nSolar is getting cheaper by day\, even with the current administration’s opposition. Distributed energy sources are the way to a more democratic and equitable future for people and the planet. Come learn about trends happening in the renewable industry as well as ways to get involved. \nSoil Microecology & Compost Tea w/ Ryan Bruno \nCome learn about how microbes\, in their many uses and applications\, can enrich the health of your garden. We will cover the basics of making bokashi\, compost tea as well as other hands-on techniques that you can use to turn “waste” into magic! \nInternational Carnival Games w/ Robin Eden & Crew \nA mini-workshop series of eight games that have action and intellectual content. Catch us on Thursday and Friday 4-6pm outside the Permaculture Action Hub. \nThe Physics of Relationship: Drawing on Patterns from Nature w/ Eliot Kersgaard \nDrawing on the rules and patterns of nature to better understand the structures and dynamics of relationships\, from cell to society. An exploration of how fractal patterns and entropy create the dynamic structures of our internal and external worlds. \nHigh Altitude Permaculture & Sustainable Farm Living w/ Blaise Terrebonne \nTips for newcomers farming at higher elevation in rocky mountains. How to tailor your daily life to maintain a sustainable farm and tune your land into a more sustainable creation. \n  \n \n  URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/permaculture-action-hub-sonic-bloom-festival-2/ LOCATION:Hummingbird Ranch\, Spanish Peaks Country\, CO\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20180614T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20180614T163000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20180509T075515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180613T233115Z UID:13935-1528970400-1528993800@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Sonic Bloom Permaculture Action Day 2018 DESCRIPTION:Hands-On Projects\, Music\, Food\, & Community Action \n\n\nbefore SONIC BLOOM 2018  begins \n\n\non Thursday\, June 14th\, 10am – 4pm \n\n\nat District ONE Farm @ John Mall High School\n\n\n355 W. Pine St.\, Walsenburg\, CO\n\n\nOn the day Sonic Bloom Festival begins\, before the evening performances spark off the weekend\, we will gather at District ONE Farms in nearby Walsenburg to take action for a brighter future. Music\, hands-on projects\, workshops\, food\, and community has been the best way to start Sonic Bloom for the last three years in a row; and this year we want to share it with you. \nHands-On Projects include:\n– Planting Trees & Perennial Guilds on the Swales\n– Chicken Tractor Build\n– Planting Herbs & Flowers\n– Mushroom Inoculation\n– Building Compost & Resource Bins\n– Applying Compost Tea\n– Building Tire Foundation of Greenhouse at High School\n– Installing Insulation & Water Barrels in Greenhouse\n– Constructing Barrelponics System\n– Building Wicking Beds for Greenhouse\n– Painting Rain Barrels \n  \n  \n*SCHEDULE*\n10:00am Welcome to Arrive; Yoga w/ Yogardener\n10:30am Opening Circle\, and Ceremony w/ Scott Barta\n11:00am Hands-On Projects Begin!\n11:30am Sound System Starts Up w/ Sonic Warrior Music\n12:00pm All-Day Lunch Spread\n12:30pm Fruit Tree Grafting Demonstration w/ Vanessa Harmony \n1:00pm JaJa DJ Set\n2:00pm Sonic Warrior DJ Set (Live Mixing)\n2:30pm Biodynamics Application Hands-On Workshop w/ Stone Hunter\n3:00pm Live Performance by Mike Wird\n4:00pm Wrap Up at the Farm and head to Hummingbird Ranch \n*WORKSHOPS* \nBiodynamics Application Hands-On Workshop w/ Stone Hunter:  In this hands on workshop we will work with understanding how and when to use the Biodynamic Preparations. We will stir and apply these therapeutic treatments on the land \nGrafting Demonstration w/ Vanessa Harmony: Vanessa Harmony is an arborist and permaculturist working at Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute. In this workshop\, Vanessa will use “dummy” root stock and scionwood to teach folks how to graft fruit trees. \nOpening Ceremony w/ Scott Barta: Six Direction (4 directions plus GrandFather Sky and GrandMother Earth) exercise with Sage smudge\, hand drum\, song\, and a big Round Dance. \n*MUSIC* \n– Ja Ja DJ Set – https://soundcloud.com/jaklava\n– Sonic Warrior music – https://soundcloud.com/ryansorrell\n– Performance by Mike Wird – http://mikewird.com/media/ \n  \n      \n    \nInvite your friends to the Facebook Event Page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/163281871018925/ \nCome throw down your skills\, energy\, plants\, and labor to make the community farm a thriving\, productive model of the new just economy we’re stepping into. \nDistrict ONE Farms provides their produce to a pay-what-you-can\, farm-to-table restaurant in downtown Walsenburg. We’ll enjoy a meal there together after working on projects at the farms and before heading in to Sonic Bloom to get down for the weekend. \n  URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/sonicbloomactionday2018/ LOCATION:District ONE Farm at Fiesta Park\, Fiesta Park @ Russell St. \, Walsenburg\, Colorado\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.permacultureaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/SonicBloo18_ActionDayFlyer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180524 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180529 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20180522T174603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180522T174603Z UID:13970-1527127200-1527472799@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Permaculture Action Hub Schedule @ Summer Camp Music Festival 2018 DESCRIPTION:  \nAll events at location: @ SOULPATCH in the Permaculture Action Hub \nThursday\, May 24\n4:15 PM – 5:45 PM\nDocumentary Screening of Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective\nInhabit explores the many environmental issues facing us today and examines solutions that are being applied using the ecological design process called ‘Permaculture’. Permaculture is a design lens that uses the principles found in ecosystems to help shift our impact from destructive to regenerative. Focused mostly on the Northeastern and Midwestern regions of the United States\, Inhabit provides an intimate look at permaculture peoples and practices ranging from rural\, suburban\, and urban landscapes. \nFriday\, May 25\n10:00 AM – 11:00 AM\nPlant Propagation: How to Make Plant Babies w/ Joana Amorim\nJoin us in the SOULPATCH gardens for a hands-on workshop to propagate plants by cutting and grow new plants from seed. We’ll make seedlings and little plant starts from the mother plants here in the garden that will then live at the nearby Seven Circles Heritage Center\, a local Native American community space and the site of our annual Summer Camp Permaculture Action Day. \nFriday\, May 25\n11:15 AM – 12:15 PM\nYoga for Anatomical Empowerment w/ Leah Van Winkle\nIn this workshop\, I offer a guided yoga practice as a framework for coming to deeply understand one’s body. Specifically\, the class focuses on really feeling into what your body needs\, and what to do with that information. All of this placed within a context of learning to use our bodies well no matter what situation we find ourselves in\, particularly to learn proper body mechanics in manual labor contexts. I seek to share proper movement patterns\, informed by your own experience of your body\, for moving safely and effectively through this world! \nFriday\, May 25\n12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\nEmpowered to Organize for Change w/ Noor Us-Sabah\nThere’s more to community change than politicians and voting. How can we use our own unique set of skills for the movement and not get burnt out? Join Noor for a workshop and discussion about strategies to self-organize and collaborate with others to serve your local community. From public art to redistributing the heady ground-score you don’t really need\, we’ll be looking at diverse examples of successful and inclusive D.I.Y. community organizing. \nFriday\, May 25\n1:45 PM – 2:45 PM\nAttracting Pollinators & Beneficial Insects to Your Garden w/ Chris Enroth\nEnlist some natural predators in your fight to save your garden. After attending this program\, participants will have fundamental knowledge to identify which insects can help them control pest populations and how to attract the good guys to your garden. Get hands-on and make some seedballs with native wildflower seeds to grow pollinator attractors everywhere! \nFriday\, May 25\n3:00 PM – 4:00 PM\nSOULPATCH Natural Building Systems w/ Michael Beck\nThis workshop is an interactive walk through of the natural-built structures of SOULPATCH. From cob ovens to willow benders\, thatch roofs to wattle and daub\, we will be learning together some valuable techniques for building with natural materials. \nFriday\, May 25\n4:15 PM – 5:15 PM\nIntro to Herbalism and Medicine Making w/ Nicole Klinge\nNicole has been a practicing plant healer for over 10 years. After attending an extensive clinical herbalism program she has been educating others on the profound healing that plants can bring. Part of this work is finding the jewels in local weeds\, endangered plant conservation\, and reconnecting the the spirit of nature. Her mission is to connect people back to the earth through plant healing. \nFriday\, May 25\n4:15 PM – 5:15 PM\nUrban Permaculture: Whole Systems & Viable Farms w/ Keith Morris\nThink you need a ‘farm’ to grow food? Think again! When it comes to ecological health and food production in today’s cities\, there’s very little we might want to “sustain”. As urban populations continue to grow worldwide amidst the convergent crises of energy depletion\, climate change\, and economic ‘uncertainty\,’ it’s critical we redesign our cities to provide for more of their residents’ needs. This workshop focuses on practical skills usable by urban communities to achieve greater local access to and control over life’s essential resources. The workshop will introduce simple and affordable techniques for soil building\, bioremediation\, rainwater harvesting\, intensive food production\, micro-livestock and aquaculture\, small scale autonomous energy production\, DIY air purification\, and other infrastructure retrofits. We’ll look to existing urban farms\, “urban homesteads\,” and other examples of urban permaculture to explore the ways we can design and establish our homes and communities as ‘human ecosystems’ that are not only less fuel reliant\, but also beautiful\, productive\, ecologically regenerative\, and wholly nourishing. \nSaturday\, May 26\n10:00 AM – 11:00 AM\nGrow Your Own Gourmet Mushrooms w/ Jason Alberts\nLearn how to use simple low tech methods to grow your own gourmet mushrooms! Jason will be able to get you set up to grow at home in an hour with common and available materials as well as resources to take your growing to the next level! \nSaturday\, May 26\n11:15 AM – 12:15 PM\nUrban Residential Landscaping for the Sustainable Home w/ Parker Ameel\nToday\, 80% of the population in the United States live in Urban Environments. Let’s learn how to make the best of ours. This course is intended to give you the DIY confidence to turn your urban environment into a sustainable\, native\, and edible landscape. The course will cover topics including: Water Management\, Waste Management and Food Production while simultaneously considering Budget\, Space\, and Scalability. \nSaturday\, May 26\n12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\n#HustleBetter: Making the Most Out of Nothing w/ Eliot Snaith\nLet’s have a different conversation about economy – one where we can go beyond surviving to thriving. From paradigm shifts to practical business model development worksheets! This workshop has something for everyone: from landowners to the unemployed\, and everything in between and beyond. Eliot Snaith is a Social Permaculture Nerd: mixing social science and humor to help folks design healthier\, happier social ecosystems. \nSaturday\, May 26\n1:45 PM – 2:45PM\nRegenerative Economics & Local Solutions for the Great Lakes BioRegion w/ Rowan Green\nHear a solutions-oriented perspective on issues facing the Great Lakes BioRegion from a community organizer who has transformed problems around policy agenda\, development projects\, and existing infrastructure into an opportunity for environmental sustainability\, social equity\, and affluence for all. A discussion on moving forward together will follow. \nSaturday\, May 26\n3:00 PM – 4:00 PM\nLogistics of Liberation: Permaculture & Power w/ Ryan Rising\nWhat are logistics in the context of the extractive economy? How do materials flow through the industrial economic system? How can we reinhabit space and create autonomous communities worth living in? What does a just transition to a regenerative world look like? How can we get there? Come explore these questions in a poignant talk that gets to the heart of the matter. \nSaturday\, May 26\n4:15 PM – 5:15 PM\nRe-Imagining Healthcare w/ Sam Jackson\nCome join a collaborative and participatory discussion on re-defining\, re-imagining\, re-forming\, and re-creating a vision of Health Care. Bring your experience to the table and join others as we talk about what is real for us with the guidance of medical professional. \nSaturday\, May 26\n5:30 PM – 6:30 PM\nOrganizing with Purpose: Direct Action Crash Course w/ Kristoff\nHistory tells us that social and political change doesn’t come easy\, and no significant social movement has succeeded without direct action\, which is a fancy way of saying “breaking the law”. This workshop will examine the premise that extralegal (not fully legal) actions are a necessary component of permaculture and social justice frameworks\, and will examine some of the challenges in incorporating this kind of strategy into our work as change-makers. \nSunday\, May 27\n10:00 AM – 11:00 AM\nInteractive Intro to Beekeeping (See an Observation Hive!) w/ Tim Benedict & Sarah Wells\nCome join two perspectives\, both technical and sensitive\, to overview the basics of beekeeping. Explore the relationship of bees\, flowers\, pollination and honey production while diving into more nuance regarding hive health\, the state of bees and exciting research in our efforts to help rebalance one of nature’s most intimate processes. \nSunday\, May 27\n11:15 AM – 12:15 PM\nApplied Permaculture: 30 Acres in 5 Years w/ Kammer Moss\nKammer Moss is a certified permaculture designer and has been implementing learnings with his family’s 30-acre\, diverse system. The speed of their development and extensions into market gardens\, nurserying\, mushroom production\, micro greens business\, earthworks and terracing\, energy systems\, and more at scale have informed this conversation about how to get going with your big permaculture dreams. \nSunday\, May 27\n12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\nThe Role of Mushrooms in the Ecosystem & Intro to Mycoremediation w/ Tess Burzynski\nA biological primer for all things fungi — overview of the spore to fruit life-cycle\, food sources\, ecological relationships\, mycelium and a deeper dive into the promise of mycoremediation and its many solutions. Tess Burzynski is the founder\, head educator and cultivator at Fungi Freights Urban Farm and Environmental Studio. She works as an Environmental Project Manager and continues doing research with Mycoremediation in the city of Detroit. Throughout her studies she has learned the impact mycelium plays in the environment and how beneficial\, tenacious and magical it truly is. Through Fungi Freights\, her goal is to reunite mushrooms and (wo)mankind by educating Detroit and its surrounding neighbors about the benefits mushrooms have on health\, food scarcity and the environment. \nSunday\, May 27\n1:45 PM – 2:45 PM\nHow To Start an Eco-Community: Ground Up\, Scale Up\, or Transforming in Place w/ Christian Smith\nGet a good grounding in practical strategies and necessary steps to form your own ecological community. Whether you’re starting from bare land\, scaling up on a homestead\, or transitioning in place in rural\, suburban or city environments. Subjects: Food\, Water\, Energy\, Housing\, Financing and Government. \nSunday\, May 27\n3:00 PM – 4:00 PM\nSocial Permaculture: Applying Ecological Principles to Communities & Relationships w/ Ryan Rising\nHow can the lens of permaculture – the mimicking of nature’s patterns and principles – inform the way we design both the ecological systems of food\, water\, and shelter that give us life\, and the social systems of how we make decisions\, come together as people\, and build resilient communities? How can we take effective action to create viable life-affirming alternatives to the extractive and exploitative systems that we seek to replace. Ryan Rising of the Permaculture Action Network will start this session with an introduction to permaculture design and lead into a conversation that takes its application beyond forest gardens\, rainwater catchment systems\, and natural building to how we can cultivate effective collaborative groups and communities capable of taking action towards realizing a more just and regenerative world. \nSunday\, May 27\n4:15 PM – 5:15 PM\nRust Belt Restoration: Vacant Lots to Garden Plots w/ Carrie Lierl\nCome\, join urban permaculture practitioner\, Carrie Lierl\, for an optimistic discussion about the practical potential for community-led urban agriculture and permaculture projects! With an emphasis on the specific skill sets\, tools\, and foundational knowledge you may need to both successfully self-start and self-maintain your own urban agriculture or permaculture project\, Carrie will discuss some best practices and lessons learned from the shared experiences of herself and other urban permaculture practitioners who have set out to restore urban landscapes in the name of promoting sustainable food production\, ecological health\, and community solidarity. Some other central themes of this discussion will include: making things work within the system (while simultaneously working to change it!)\, generating value from waste materials\, and tapping into the productive potential of both micro-climates and social anomalies. \nSunday\, May 27\n5:30 PM – 6:30 PM\nDecolonizing Agriculture & Participatory Ecology w/ Keith Morris\nPermaculture is an evolving and expanding design system used to create agriculturally productive human habitat at scales varying from balconies to broad regions. As permaculture rapidly expands around the world\, the field is constantly evolving and taking new directions. We’ll discuss the history of permaculture and ecological design as we look to the sciences of ecology\, anthropology\, and evolution for inspiration and guidance to establish our homes\, gardens\, and communities as ‘human ecosystems’ that are beautiful\, productive\, ecologically regenerative\, less fuel reliant\, and more wholly nourishing. What is the potential for human beings as ‘Keystone Species’? How have we acted as such through history? We’ll explore the ways human beings have ‘co-created’ ecological communities in the past\, at present\, and our potential to do so more insightfully in the future. \n  URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/summercamphub/ LOCATION:CO CATEGORIES:Action Hub ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.permacultureaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/SummerCampActionHubSchedule18-wedit.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180523T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180523T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20180502T015758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180523T063819Z UID:13901-1527073200-1527094800@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Summer Camp Music Festival Permaculture Action Day w/ Beats Antique DESCRIPTION:  \nSeven Circles Native American Heritage Center  \n8817 West Southport Rd. – Edwards IL. 61528   \nWednesday\, May 23rd\, 2018 11am – 5pm \nCome to the third annual Permaculture Action Day at 7 Circles Native American Heritage Center the day before Summer Camp Music Festival opens its gates! \nJoin the local community for a full day of action\, workshops\, music\, and building ecologically regenerative systems that grow food and provide for human needs. Get your hands in the dirt creating Pollinator Gardens\, a Three Sisters Garden of corn\, beans\, and squash; an Ancestors Garden; and a Kitchen Garden. Plant trees\, drum\, and dance before Summer Camp! \n11:00am: Welcome to Arrive!\n11:30am: Opening Ceremony – Cherokee Water Ceremony & Pipe Blessing\n12:00pm: Plant Walk & Tour of 7 Circles w/ Jimmy Lakota\n12:30pm: Projects Begin!\n12:45pm: Sound System Starts Up: NDN CRATES on the 1s&2s\n1:00pm: Rolling Lunch Laid Out: Tamales w/ Emily’s Tattoo Tamales\n1:30pm: All-Day Gong Fu Cha tea ceremony w/ Alex Resch\n2:00pm Power\, Governance\, Decision Making\, & Facilitation Workshop w/ Ryan Rising & Noor Us-Sabah\n2:30pm All-Day Demonstration of an Observation Beekeeping w/ Tim Benedict & Sarah Wells\n2:45pm: Edible Weeds Workshop w/ Nicole Klinge\n3:00pm: s p e c i a l s e t\n3:30pm: Midwest Aquaponics Workshop w/ Casey Mulligan\n4:00pm: Three Sisters Companion Planting Workshop & Ceremony w/ Ryan & Jimmy\n5:00pm: Closing Ceremony\n5:30pm: Set Up to Camp Overnight before Summer Camp Music Festival begins\n***Please note\, anyone camping at Seven Circles must be on site by 1pm of the action day!\n7:00pm: BonFire in the Powwow Circle\nDusk: Eagle Ridge Drum Circle & Flow Arts Troupe \n*PROJECTS* \n– Memorial Garden Planting\n– Kitchen/Herb Garden Beds Build\n– Three Sisters Companion Planting\n– Pollinator & Insectary Planting\n– Greenhouse Build\n– Swale Food Forest Digging & Planting \n*FOOD* \nEmily’s Tattoo Tamales providing a diverse spread of handmade tamales.\nPlease bring a POTLUCK item if you want to contribute! \nFolks who wish to head to the region early to participate in the action day and want to camp at 7 Circles Wednesday night before Summer Camp open its gates on Thursday are welcome to. Please write to us at Contact@PermacultureAction.org and arrive by 1pm on the action day. \nClick ‘going\,’ share event and invite your friends on our facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/396491264156709/ URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/3rd-annual-summer-camp-action-day-seven-circles-heritage-center/ LOCATION:Seven Circles Heritage Center\, 8817 W Southport Rd\, Edwards\, IL\, 61528\, United States CATEGORIES:Action Day END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180514T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180520T233000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20180508T005758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180510T205237Z UID:13830-1526302800-1526859000@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Come to Life Permaculture Action Camp DESCRIPTION:The Come to Life Permaculture Action Camp in Johnson and Burlington\, VT combines a 4-day Permaculture Action Course\, Rising Appalachia’s Friday & Saturday night concerts at Higher Ground\, and a Permaculture Action Day w/ the band at Willow Crossing Farm. \n \nPermaculture Action Course: Monday\, May 14th – Friday\, May 18th \nwith Ryan Rising of Permaculture Action Network and Keith Morris of Prospect Rock Permaculture\, as well as some very special guest facilitators\, at Willow Crossing Farm in Johnson\, VT \nRising Appalachia\, Peia\, and Arouna Diarra at Higher Ground: Friday\, May 18th and Saturday\, May 19th in Burlington\, VT. \nPermaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia: Sunday\, May 20th at Willow Crossing Farm \nThe Permaculture Action Day itself on May 20th is free for all to attend\, as always! This is our 80th Permaculture Action Day  : ) \n  \n  \nRegister Here \nLocation \nThe Permaculture Action Course and Action Day will take place at the beautiful Willow Crossing Farm in Johnson\, Vermont. Nested along a flowing river and amongst a canopy of hundreds of useful fruit & nut trees\, Willow Crossing Farm is a working permaculture center for intensive food production and ecological education. \n  \n \nCourse Overview \nThe Permaculture Action Course will cover both ecological design science and regenerative earth-based practices\, as well as social permaculture and community building skills. Expanding upon the resolutely empowering tool of permaculture design\, the Permaculture Action Course is designed to send you back out into the world with the facilitation and organizing skills\, as well as the design and implementation skills\, to take agency in your life and bring about a more just and regenerative world for all. \nCourse Topics include: \n\n – Intro to Permaculture: Principles\, Ethics\, and Design\n – The Permaculture Design Process including Site Analysis & Assessment \n\n\n – Edible Forest Gardens & Food Forests \n – Disaster Preparedness and Relief \n\n – Rapid Deployment Compost Toilets \n – Water Filtration \n – Food Collection and Cooking \n\n\n – Direct Action and Community Mobilizations \n – Regenerating Land After Disasters \n – Social Permaculture & Alternative Economies \n – Facilitation & Decision Making \n – Organizing Action Days \n – Participatory Ecology \n – Tour of a Working Farm & Homestead\n\nFacilitators: \nRyan Rising is a community organizer and permaculture educator based out of the San Francisco Bay Area\, and co-founder of the Permaculture Action Network. After a decade of local organizing around direct action\, food justice\, ecological design\, and community living\, Ryan organized the Permaculture Action Tour with music producer The Polish Ambassador in the fall of 2014. Ryan has since co-organized over 80 Permaculture Action Days throughout 25 US states\, bringing hundreds of people at a time to build greenhouses\, rainwater catchment\, gardens\, and a diversity of regenerative systems at 80 different local\, community projects including public food forests\, urban farms\, and ecovillages. Ryan co-founded the Gill Tract Community Farm\, which produces tons of organic food annually that is distributed for free all around the Bay Area\, and the Omni Commons\, an urban commons and community center. \n  \nKeith Morris is the founder of Willow Crossing Farm and a Professor of Permaculture Design at the University of Vermont. As a grower\, builder\, and designer\, he has created ecologically regenerative and economically viable food systems in New Zealand\, Colorado\, Chile\, Argentina\, Mexico\, Quebec\, California\, New Mexico\, Arizona\, Nigeria\, Ghana\, Denmark\, and the Netherlands\, working regularly throughout New England and New York City. He has spent over 20 years developing permaculture farms\, towns\, schools\, indigenous spaces\, squats\, activist projects\, and solidarity actions with exploited populations. Keith helps growers and communities design appropriate infrastructure to make food systems more regenerative\, resilient\, and connected; and started the Permaculture Education programs at UVM\, Sterling College\, the Yestermorrow Design Build School\, Saint Michael’s College\, and Paul Smith’s College\, and with the USAID Farmer to Farmer Program. \nPermaculture Action Day Projects \nHands-on projects that you are invited to engage with on Sunday\, May 20th  include: \n\n – Building Raised Beds for Food and Herb Growing\n – Tree Planting for River Bank Stabilization and Food Production\n – Mushroom Inoculation \n – Fruit Tree Pruning & Care\n\nClick going and invite your friends on the facebook event page here. \nRegistration Fee (Register Here) \nRegistration for the Permaculture Action Camp is at a sliding scale of $350-900. Suggested tuition is $600; this covers three organic meals a day for four days; four full days of training in a beautiful yurt classroom (including an arrival day on Monday and a half day before departure on Friday)\, camping on site at Willow Crossing Farm\, and deep inclusion in the Permaculture Action Day w/Rising Appalachia as co-facilitators on Sunday\, May 20th. \nYour registration fee also includes concert tickets to Friday and Saturday night’s Rising Appalachia shows in Burlington! \nPlease keep in mind: $600 covers the real cost of your participation in the course. Paying at the high end of the sliding scale at $900 subsidizes others’ participation in the course who can’t afford to attend otherwise. Paying at the low end of the scale is welcome (we want your participation!)\, but please be aware that paying toward the middle range ensures that facilitators and cooks are compensated\, project materials are paid for\, and everyone involved is taken care of! \nFor an additional fee\, there is inside lodging available. Inquire at Keith@ProspectRock.org \nAdditional Airbnb Lodging is also available off-site at your own discretion. \n \nRegister Below\nTo inquire about the course\, registration\, or any other details please write to Contact@PermacultureAction.org \n  URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/ctcc/ LOCATION:Willow Crossing Farm\, 2780 VT Route 15 W\, Johnson\, Vermont\, 05656 ORGANIZER;CN="Permaculture Action Network":MAILTO:contact@permacultureaction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180407T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180407T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20180316T012706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180406T214527Z UID:13801-1523095200-1523120400@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Atlanta Permaculture Action Day w/ Lead to Life DESCRIPTION:Location Change!: Mena's Farm\, 544 Elmwood Rd NW\, Atlanta\, GA 30318\n\n\nJoin us for a Permaculture Action Day at Mena’s Farm\, an urban organic farm in Northwest Atlanta\, in collaboration with Lead to Life on Saturday\, April 7th from 10 am until 5 pm.  RAIN OR SHINE! \n \n  \nThis event is a collaboration between Permaculture Action Network and Lead to Life in honor of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination. \n\n \n\nWe will be commemorating 50 years since the day of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination with the King Center starting on April 4th and going through April 9th. Lead to Life will be melting down guns and turning them into shovels with which we’ll plant trees and garden beds throughout the city. 50 guns; 50 shovels; 50 trees. This will also be the beginning of Lead to Life’s 50 tree plantings throughout the weekend using shovels that will be caste from melted down guns at an alchemical ceremony in Atlanta just the night before.  \n \n  \nMena’s Farm is tended by Filomena Andrade\, a mother of three\, grandmother\, and lifetime farmer who arrived in Atlanta in 2007. She moved to Bankhead from Cape Verde\, West Africa. Her farm is a thriving paradise of plants she built by hand on a run-down street in the heart of Atlanta’s Bankhead neighborhood. \n  \nBring your friends and come prepared to learn new skills\, build food-producing systems\, and have a dirty\, good time. This event is FREE and all are welcome to attend! We’ll have community lunch and water available for everyone throughout the day\, but please bring a potluck dish or beverage to contribute if you like! Don’t forget your reusable dishware too! \n  \nMusic and workshops will be happening throughout the day. Raury invites you to Come To The Woods\, members of Rising Appalachia Music will be swinging through\, Mara Hruby is coming by sharing a few words on mental health\, empathy\, and kindness. Terrence is throwing down. We are blessed! \n  \nWe will be graced by Abbey of Gangstas to Growers to ground us with a few words on Food Justice\, Accountability\, and Community. You all better get ready to get your mushroom on… William Padilla Brown will be teaching a workshop on Low-Tech Mushroom-Cultivation. You all ready?! \n \n  \nProjects will include: \n\n planting fruit trees using shovels made from melted down weapons\n roofing and mending the chicken coop\n installing retaining walls\n fixing the greenhouse\n building raised garden beds \n installing rainwater storage barrels and irrigation\nweeding\, mulching and more!\n\n  \n  \nAfter opening in circle together\, we’ll get into the other hands-on projects for the day listed above. Around 1pm\, as hands-on projects continue to be worked on\, we’ll start the music and free workshops that you can join if you’re feeling it.    \n \n  \n\n\n\nPlease reach out to us if you want to get involved at Contact@PermacultureAction.org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Please Click “Going” and invite your friends on the facebook event page here.- share\, and invite your friends. Or check out the event on our website and send the link to your folks in and around Atlanta: https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/leadtolifeatlanta/\n\n\n\n \n\n\nPlease check out the full schedule and scope of Lead to Life’s Healing Justice Gathering in Atlanta at www.leadtolife.org/gatherings/\n\n\nPlease check out the full schedule and scope of Lead to Life’s Healing Justice Gathering in Atlanta at www.leadtolife.org/gatherings/ \n  URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/leadtolifeatlanta/ LOCATION:Mena’s Farm\, 544 Elmwood Rd NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30318\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180203 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20171211T005557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171215T184812Z UID:13639-1517450400-1517536799@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:More Action Days\, Course\, and Hubs || TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/events-coming-soon/ LOCATION:CO CATEGORIES:Action Day END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180112T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180114T130000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20171213T221836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171215T184756Z UID:13709-1515781800-1515934800@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Social Permaculture & Community Building Weekend || WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:Social Permaculture & Community Building \nWeekend Workshop at Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm \nFriday\, January 12 – Sunday\, January 14\, 2018\nTaught by Ryan Rising\, Swami Jnaneswariananda\, Colin Eldridge (Krishna Das)\nAs part of Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm’s series of monthly permaculture weekends\, Ryan Rising of Permaculture Action Network will be teaching sessions on social permaculture and community building alongside meditation\, yoga\, and further workshops taught by Swami Jnaneswariananda and Colin Eldridge (Krishna Das). \nPermaculture lays out a path for how we can approach our world under the current socio-political and economic climate to re-integrate ourselves into the ecological web of life and cultivate relationships of mutual aid and reciprocity with one another.  Sometimes the most direct way to challenge and alter the dominant systems that shape our lives is to directly approach how we create what we need and how we take care of one another. \nThis workshop will look beyond the ways we grow our food\, access water\, build shelter\, and tend to ecology to see how permaculture can also guide us in relating with one another and building community as we reclaim our lives and translate personal healing into collective healing.   \nWe’ll start with an introduction to permaculture design methods for reweaving ourselves into the natural world symbiotically\, and move toward applying the principles of permaculture communities\, relationships\, and the social realm. We’ll explore how we make decisions together as well as methods for conflict resolution and restorative justice. We’ll also look at alternative economies\, placemaking\, and collaborative group dynamics for liberatory communities. \nRead more and register here. \nSchedule\nFriday \nFriday Afternoon: Registration and Arrival\n6:00pm Dinner\n7:00pm Orientation welcome\n8:00pm Satsang: guided silent meditation\, chanting and lecture \nSaturday \n06:00am Morning Satsang\n08:00am Yoga class\n10:00am Brunch\n11:00am Workshop: Intro/Refresher on Permaculture Design\, Ethics\, Principles\, Framework\n12:00pm Workshop: Applying the Permaculture Principles to People & Communities\n01:00pm Break\n01:30pm Workshop: Asset Mapping Activity\n02:00pm Workshop: Alternative Economies\n02:30pm Workshop: Collaborative Group Dynamics\, Power & Decision Making\n4:00pm Yoga Class\n6:00pm Dinner\n8:00pm Evening Satsang \nSunday \n06:00am Morning Satsang\n08:00am Yoga Class\n10:00am Brunch\n11:00am Karma Yoga\n12:00pm Workshop: The Yoga of Social Permaculture \n01:00pm – 02:00pm Workshop: Building Spiritual Community \nRead more and register on Sivananda Yoga Farm’s website.  \n  \n  URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/social-permaculture-community-building-weekend-workshop/ LOCATION:CO CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171104T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171104T140000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20171017T003603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171030T035600Z UID:13604-1509789600-1509804000@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Santa Cruz Permaculture Action Day w/ Beats Antique DESCRIPTION:Join Beats Antique for a Permaculture Action Day at the Homeless Garden Project’s farm the Saturday after the Beats Antique @ The Catalyst Halloween show in Santa Cruz. \n\nWe’ll gather at the Homeless Garden Project Farm  on the corner of Shaffer Rd. & Delaware Ave. from 10am-2pm\, Saturday\, November 4th. Come enjoy a day of hands-on regenerative projects\, music\, shared food\, workshops\, and taking action as a community. \nProjects will include preparing the farm for winter and seeding winter cover crops\, identifying and removing noxious weeds\, mulching and beautifying paths and garden beds\, painting educational signage for the farm\, and making adobe bricks for a chicken hutch.  \n*Schedule*\n10am: Public Welcome to Arrive!\n10:30am: Opening Circle & Orientation; History of Homeless Garden Project\n11am: Break Into Project Groups\n11:15am How Farmers & Consumers Can Act Together to Protect Native\nBiodiversity w/ Jo Ann of Wild Farm Alliance\n12pm: Lunch Spread\n12pm: Music of Blooming Anahata\n12:20pm: Music of Dan Juan\n12:45pm Wild Pollinators Workshop w/ Sean & Drew of Project Pollinate\n1pm: Music of McCoy Tyler\n2pm: Closing Dance & Clean Up Farm! \n***All Day Offerings***\nCommunity Healing Clinic w. Levity Rising\nHerbal Tea Station\nSolar Charging Station\nSanta Cruz Permaculture Table w/ David Shaw \nHomeless Garden Project’s “Products Made With Love” will be available for purchase\, including beeswax candles\, strawberry jam\, and more than 40 other products\, all made by trainees in HGP’s transitional employment program. \nBring your friends and come prepared to learn new skills\, build food-producing systems\, and have a dirty\, good time. This event is free and all are welcome to attend! We’ll have a simple lunch spread and water/tea available for everyone throughout the day\, but please bring a potluck dish or beverage to contribute if you like! \n\nThis event is a collaboration between the Permaculture Action Network\, Homeless Garden Project\, and Beats Antique. Special thanks go out to Jill Angeline for the support to make this happen! \nClick ‘going\,’ share the event\, and invite your friends on our facebook event page.  URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/santa-cruz-permaculture-action-day-w-beats-antique/ LOCATION:Homeless Garden Project\, Shaffer Rd. & Delaware Ave\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171021T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171021T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20171020T205556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171020T205556Z UID:13621-1508572800-1508605200@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Seeds & Sounds Fest DESCRIPTION:Permaculture Action Network is happy to co-host the first SEEDS & SOUNDS FEST\, presented by SacredHeart Water & Promise of Peace Gardens – Uniting Dallas/Fort Worth Artists\, Musicians\, Gardeners and other Community Organizations to Create a Sustainable Food Source. \nGet connected on the Facebook event page here.   \nDallas\, Texas is one of the wealthiest cities in the United States. Yet\, nearly 500\,000 residents live in poverty. A large portion of Dallas is a food desert. A food desert is an urban area in which it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food. We would like to unite Dallas/Fort Worth artists\, musicians\, gardeners and other community organizations\, to create a sustainable food source to provide fresh\, healthy food for those of us in need.\n\nThe Plan: To create a permaculture-based\, low maintenance\, low-cost organic food source in Dallas\, Texas. We will simultaneously have a live music event and enhance this garden in one day. The labor will be voluntarily provided by the concert-goers and the musicians. \nLocation: The Emanuel P.O.P. Community Garden – 4319 San Jacinto St. Dallas\, TX 75204 \nDate: October 21\, 2017 8AM-5PM \nCost: FREE \nOutcome: Is a regenerative food and education resource within the Dallas community. Providing a location of nutrition\, education\, and awareness about our food sources and our community. Overall\, increasing the well being of the community through nutrition\, education and uniting as one to help the whole. \nAfter The Event: Promise of Peace Community Gardens will be in charge of maintenance and food distribution as they have on going systems in place. This location will primarily supply the Emanuel Church Food Pantry Program that currently services about 65 families in Old East Dallas. \nMusic Performances By:\nPositiveVibeTribeBand\nOneofus\nM Slago\nSniperShot\nCass Maenius\nSpaceBoiFresh\nSilassie \nLive Painting By:\nEder Tron\nKarla Ceballos \nZero Waste Workshop By: John Bushe of Zero Waste Advocacy iot \nSound Provided By: DM Event Production \nSpecial THANK YOU To Our Local Sponsors:\nHOLY Kombucha\nWhite Rock Coffee\nEcoDallas – Earth Friendly Tableware\nTom Thumb\nThe Home Depot\nNatural Grocers \n**We Still Need Donations For This Free Event!**\nPlease shoot us a message or email at SacredHeartWater@gmail.com If you would like to be involved in this event. We will need tools\, edible plants (berries\, fruit trees and herbs)\, construction supplies\, art supplies\, Food\, Water\, etc. Any help is appreciated! Thank You URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/seeds-sounds-fest/ LOCATION:CO END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170830T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170830T180000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20170830T124326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170830T124452Z UID:13593-1504087200-1504116000@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Berea Permaculture Action Day 3 DESCRIPTION:Micah Wiles of Cedar Creek Farm presenting on caring for trees. \nAlright y’all\, we’re back for the LAST installment of the 2017 Berea Permaculture Action Series! Join us the day after the Friends of Old Timey Music concert in Old Town Berea for a day full of permaculture and nature-based workshops\, skillshares and hands-on activities taking place at Glades Community Garden (530 Glades Rd\, Berea\, KY)\, FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! \nGlades Community Garden is a project started by a group of families in a low-income housing community in Berea who were looking to be more self-sustaining and to create economic opportunity. The garden has expanded in the year since its inception to include CSA\, sales to the Grow Appalachia Summer Feeding Project\, and educational opportunities for kids. We are so excited to have the opportunity to contribute to the long-term goals and visions of this amazing community garden! \nThis will be day three of a three day series\, each day focusing on different projects at the garden site\, intended to be both experiential and educational! \nActivities will include but are not limited to: \n-PLANT FOOD FOREST DEMONSTRATION SITE\n-WINTERIZE RAISED BEDS\n-PRUNING/PROPOGATING BLACKBERRIES\n-TUCK IN GARDEN BEDS \nWe’ll get as much done as we can – we need you to make it all happen! ALL PROJECTS BEGIN AROUND 10 AM AND ARE ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY! \n-SKILLSHARES\, WORKSHOPS AND LIVE MUSIC \n-WINTERIZING RAISED BEDS\n-HOMEMADE CIDER PRESS!\n-SEASON EXTENSION\n-END OF SEASON TOOL CARE\n-SCYTHING/WINTER COVER CROPS \nAND MUCH MORE! \nIf you would like to contribute a workshop or skillshare\, please contact Leah van Winkle (co-host to this event) in a private message. \nAustin Williams of Kentucky Heartwood during his Tree ID walk — these kids are getting their first ever taste of paw paw (Asimina Triloba)\, aka Indiana Banana. \nFOOD: If you can\, please bring a dish to share. This is a community event and food will be provided by the people for the people in the form of a rolling potluck. Please bring your own dish and eating utensils so we can a) avoid having tons of dishes to do afterwards and b) avoid contributing unnecessarily to the waste stream! \nPlease bring a water bottle to stay hydrated throughout the day. \nMUSIC: There will be local musicians playing throughout the day. If you would like to contribute music\, poetry\, spoken word or art\, please contact Leah (details above). \nWe’re looking forward to having the following talented artists perform! Stay tuned for the schedule : \nSARAH MARIE MILLER\nSEARRA JADE \nA huge thanks to all those contributing skills\, materials\, time\, energy\, donations\, and more: \nLevittAMP Berea Music Series\nFirst Friday Berea\nGrow Appalachia\nHabitat for Humanity\nPermaculture Action Network\nLazy Eight Stock Farm\nTyler Thompson Music\nSarah Miller Dulcimer\nGrow Appalachia\nHabitat for Humanity\nEngland’s Nursery\nPeaceful Heritage Permaculture Fruit Nursery\nGarver Farms\nNative Bagel Co\nSustainable Berea\nBerea College Greenhouses\nMary Moss Kniskern\nJane Post and Tim Hensley – Forest Retreats\nKelly’s Farm Stand Richmond\nThe Potting Shed\nHands On Earth Permaculture \nBe sure to check out the Levitt AMP Music Series the night before the action day — more information available at https://www.facebook.com/events/970714429737255/ \nFor more info about this event\, and the Permaculture Action Network in general\, check out our webpage at www.permacultureaction.org\nSee you all there! URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/berea-permaculture-action-day-3/ LOCATION:Glades Community Garden\, 530 Glades Rd\, Berea\, KY\, 40456\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Tennessee/Kentucky BioRegional Crew of the Permaculture Action Network":MAILTO:Contact@PermacultureAction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170825T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170826T193000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20170719T024256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170809T072459Z UID:13561-1503682200-1503775800@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Big Pine Paiute Permaculture Action Day #OnTheRoadToBurningMan DESCRIPTION:Big Pine Paiute Tribe’s Permaculture Action Day on the Road to Burning Man\nFriday\, August 25th 5:30pm – Saturday\, August 26th 7:30pm\n@ Big Pine Paiute Tribal Garden\n825 South Main Street\, Big Pine\, CA 93513 (garden just to North)\nJoin the Big Pine Paiute Tribe\, Burners Without Borders\, Permaculture Action Network\, and the Indigenous Farming Project for a Permaculture Action Day on the Road to Burning Man at the Big Pine Paiute Tribal Garden. The garden is a publicly-accessible demonstration project that features permaculture design\, perennial & annual plant cultivation\, and plants native to the Eastern Sierras. Everyone is welcome and this event is free to attend! Join us anytime after 5:30pm on Friday\, August 25th when the weekly farmers’ market opens to the community. You are welcome to camp overnight on the land with us\, and we will have food\, showers\, and other hospitality provided. We will work on hands-on projects all day Saturday\, August 26th while we share meals and story\, listen to live musical performances\, and participate in workshops and skillshares. \nThis permaculture food sovereignty project of the Big Pine Paiute Tribe is located along Highway 395 in Big Pine\, CA\, at the Big Pine Paiute Tribal Headquarters. We have designed this day to fall on a perfect midpoint for folks traveling to Burning Man’s Black Rock City from the Southwest of the United States\, especially Los Angeles and San Diego communities. Leave Friday evening and come camp with us\, or leave Saturday morning to come take action with us for a few hours before continuing your drive up to Black Rock City (gates open at 12:01am on Sunday and it’s a 5 hour drive from Big Pine up to Black Rock City). \nAction-Based Projects \nWe will be building a large greenhouse for winter growing and digging rainwater catchment earthworks & swales to catch and store rainwater in the soil. \nClick ‘Going’ on the event page\, post\, and invite your friends! URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/big-pine-paiute-permaculture-action-day-ontheroadtoburningman/ LOCATION:825 South Main Street\, Big Pine\, CA 93513 (garden just to North)\, 825 South Main Street\, Big Pine\, CA\, 93513\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170813T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170813T160000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20170629T235854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170809T074655Z UID:13519-1502618400-1502640000@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Cascade Permaculture Action Day: On the Road to Burning Man DESCRIPTION:Join Burners Without Borders and Permaculture Action Network for a Permaculture Day on the Road to Burning Man with Alleycat Acres and the Cascade People’s Center. One of the last green spaces in South Lake Union needs our help to rebuild raised beds\, paint a building\, and clean up the space. This will be a day of work\, play and learning. There will be free food and music throughout the day as we are all getting our hands in the dirt and collaborating together. \nThe People’s Center at Cascade Playground houses the Cascade Giving Garden and the offices for several of the YMCA’s youth programs. The goal of this space is to provide space for community engagement and community support. \nHELP US SHAPE THE DAY! We are looking for:\nMUSIC/MUSICIANS\nSet the tone for the day! \nARTISTS OR TEACHERS!!\nDo you have a skill or talent you want to share? Ever thought about running a workshop?\nAlso\, we are looking for an artist who would be interested in painting a mural. \nVOLUNTEERS\nWant to get your hands dirty? We’ll have the tools and facilitators! Come plug in – no experience necessary : ) \nSPONSORS\nDo you have cash\, construction materials\, or food you want to share to support our event? \nThe event will be open to all ages and there will be access to a play field to host classes or workshops. We want you to help shape this day. Please contact Rawr (llsabbotts@gmail.com) if you are interested in contributing in any way. \nIf we are able to find donations or raise funds\, we will also be able to build an enclosure for beehives and build more raised beds. \nThis is the facebook event page.   Click ‘going\,’ share event and invite your friends on our facebook event page URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/cascade-action-day-road-burning-man/ LOCATION:333 Pontius Ave N\, Seattle\, WA 98109\, 333 Pontius Ave N\, \, WA\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20170812T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20170812T180000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20170726T163435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170809T073352Z UID:13576-1502532000-1502560800@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Berea Permaculture Action Series\, Day 2 DESCRIPTION:Presenting\, the second installment of the Berea Permaculture Action Series! Join us the day after the Roots of a Rebellion and Jeff Richey Experience concert in Old Town Berea for a day full of permaculture and nature-based workshops\, skillshares and hands-on activities taking place at Glades Community Garden (530 Glades Rd\, Berea\, KY)\, FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! \nGlades Community Garden is a project started by a group of families in a low-income housing community in Berea who were looking to be more self-sustaining and to create economic opportunity. The garden has expanded in the year since its inception to include CSA\, sales to the Grow Appalachia Summer Feeding Project\, and educational opportunities for kids. We are so excited to have the opportunity to contribute to the long-term goals and visions of this amazing community garden! \nThis will be day two of a three day series\, each day focusing on different projects at the garden site\, intended to be both experiential and educational! \nActivities will include but are not limited to: \n-COMPOST BIN EXPANSION\n-INSTALLING RAISED BEDS\n-BASICS OF WATER MANAGEMENT\n-BUG HOTEL/BAT HOUSE\n-PAINTING & INSTALLING BEEHIVES\n-BUILDING VERTICAL GARDEN BEDS\n-FOOD FOREST PREP CONTINUED \nWe’ll get as much done as we can – we need you to make it all happen! \n-SKILLSHARES\, WORKSHOPS AND LIVE MUSIC ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY \n-Fermentation Basics with Rhett Kenny\n-Natural Pest Control with Kayla Preston\n-Compost Basics with Joana Amorim\n-Cover Cropping with Timothy Kercherville \nIf you would like to contribute a workshop or skillshare\, please contact Michael Beck at michaelbeck@permacultureactionnetwork.org \nFOOD: If you can\, please bring a dish to share. This is a community event and food will be provided by the people for the people in the form of a rolling potluck. Please bring your own dish and eating utensils so we can a) avoid having tons of dishes to do afterwards and b) avoid contributing unnecessarily to the waste stream! \nPlease bring a water bottle to stay hydrated throughout the day. \nMUSIC: There will be local musicians playing throughout the day. If you would like to contribute music\, poetry\, spoken word or art\, please contact Michael (details above). \nWe’re looking forward to having the following talented artists perform! Stay tuned for the schedule : \nSarah Marie Miller and Erin Grace \nA huge thanks to all those contributing skills\, materials\, time\, energy\, donations\, and more: \nLevittAMP Berea Music Series\nFirst Friday Berea\nGrow Appalachia\nHabitat for Humanity\nPermaculture Action Network\nLazy Eight Stock Farm\nTyler Thompson Music\nSarah Miller Dulcimer\nGrow Appalachia\nHabitat for Humanity\nNative Bagel Co\nSustainable Berea\nBerea College Greenhouses\nMary Moss Kniskern\nJane Post and Tim Hensley – Forest Retreats\nKelly’s Farm Stand Richmond\nThe Potting Shed\nEvan’s Tree Service \nHands On Earth Permaculture \nClick ‘going\,’ share event and invite your friends on our facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/449194292133360/ \nBe sure to check out the Levitt AMP Music Series the night before the action day — more information available at https://www.facebook.com/events/970714429737255/ \nSee you all there! URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/berea-permaculture-action-series-day-2/ LOCATION:Glades Community Garden\, 530 Glades Rd\, Berea\, KY\, 40456\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Tennessee/Kentucky BioRegional Crew of the Permaculture Action Network":MAILTO:Contact@PermacultureAction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170803T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170803T150000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20170602T063304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170703T213537Z UID:13464-1501750800-1501772400@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:ARISE Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia DESCRIPTION:Thursday August 3rd\, the day before ARISE begins\, 9am – 3 pm\n(Early Arrival campers will catch a special set with Rising Appalachia that evening)  \nCome to the festival site early Thursday morning before the early entry gates to ARISE open to take part in the third annual Permaculture Action Day at Sunrise Ranch! We’ll put a final lime plaster on the cob oven\, construct a timber-frame torii gateway at the North entrance to the food forest\, transplant seedlings into the herb garden\, inoculate the orchard with edible mushrooms\, and build benches\, tables\, and log seating so more people can observe and enjoy the edible forest garden. Rising Appalachia will be coming out and getting down with us. As always\, music\, food\, workshops\, and loved ones will abound. Everything is free. Come get dirty with us and learn some new skills. \nSunrise Ranch\, the host site of ARISE Music Festival\, is one of the oldest intentional communities in the country\, founded in 1945 and providing home to a multigenerational community of almost 100 people\, organic gardens\, and a holistically managed ranch. \nFor the last three years we’ve been building up the on-site food forest with stone pathways\, edible forest gardens\, rainwater harvesting earthworks\, an earthen oven\, and useful plant species. Join us in our third year of turning this site into a regenerative beehive of activity before the music and festivities begin. \nWhat To Bring\nBring close toed shoes and gloves\, a water bottle\, and your own dishware. Any tools\, extra gloves\, or beneficial materials you can bring will be a wonderful contribution as well.  Click ‘Going’ on the Facebook event page\, share\, and invite your friends to make this the biggest and most fun ARISE action day yet. \nARISE Permaculture Action Course!\nWant to really learn about permaculture design – the process by which we can recreate our systems for sustaining human life to care for the earth\, care for people\, and use the surplus to benefit all? Come to the three-day Permaculture Action Course July 31st through August 2nd onsite and learn the ins and outs of whole systems design\, regenerative agriculture\, water systems\, soils\, alternative energy\, natural building\, and creating healthy\, just communities. Get more info on the ARISE Festival Permaculture Action Course Webpage and invite your friends on the Facebook event page for the three-day Permaculture Action Course. URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/arise-permaculture-action-day/ LOCATION:sunrise ranch spiritual retreat and conference center\, 100 sunrise ranch road\, loveland\, Colorado\, 80538\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Permaculture Action Network":MAILTO:contact@permacultureaction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170731T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170803T153000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20170628T003538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170710T011401Z UID:13509-1501488000-1501774200@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:ARISE Permaculture Action Course DESCRIPTION:July 31st – August 3rd at Sunrise Ranch\, Loveland\, CO \nFor information on just the Permaculture Action Day on August 3rd click here\nYou can also learn more about the course on the ARISE website\nJoin Ryan Rising and Alexa Levy of Permaculture Action Network\, water systems expert & certified permaculture design teacher Avery Ellis\, Sunrise Ranch’s own permaculture designer Patrick Padden\, biodynamics practitioner Stone Hunter\, and other guest instructors for a detailed and holistic program that combines ecological design science\, community organizing with an action-based focus\, and the many facets of permaculture. \nWith a focus on catalyzing social transformation\, you will learn techniques for regenerating ecology and explore community building through action-oriented organizing. \nWith experts in their respective fields teaching Natural Building\, Rainwater Harvesting\, Earthworks\, Forest Gardening and more\, this course will leave you with the practical tools to actually start building the world you want to live in. This course will lead into an on-site Permaculture Action Day before the Arise Music Festival and will explore how large\, temporary human gatherings can catalyze long-term positive impact on the land. \n  \nCourse: Monday\, July 31st 8am\, to Wednesday\, August 2nd\n(Early arrival camping and dinner is available on the night of July 30th for an extra fee)\nAction Day: Thursday\, Aug 3rd \nThe course will include three days of full-on permaculture education and community building\, including:\n-permaculture design process\n-rainwater harvesting and earthworks\n-introduction to permaculture\n-natural building and appropriate technology\n-regenerative tools and techniques\n-permaculture gardening and food forestry\n-applying ecological principles\n-social permaculture\n-community organizing methods\n-soils and composting \nAttendance is limited to 30 participants! Secure your ticket today! \n  \nCost: $379           Register Here! \nTicket includes:\n-A three day permaculture intensive course followed by a Permaculture Action Day\, all on the festival site at Sunrise Ranch\n-Festival Early Arrival Access (with first choice of camping for the whole week)\n-Three organic meals per day\, Monday through Wednesday (breakfast included on Thursday\, Aug. 3\, but not on Monday\, July 31)\n-On-site camping \nArrival and check-in: 8-9 a.m. Monday\, July 31st (early arrival on July 30th is available for $75 extra). \nFirst session begins at 9:30 a.m. on Monday\, July 31st. \nAll participants in the Action Course and Action Day must depart the west side of the valley by 3 p.m. on Thursday\, Aug. 3\, and may enter the festival with an ARISE Festival wristband. \n  \nFor info on the Permaculture Action Day on August 3rd\, click here. \nRyan Rising \nRyan Rising is a community organizer and permaculture educator based out of the San Francisco Bay Area and co-founder of the Permaculture Action Network. After a decade of local organizing around direct action\, food justice\, ecological design and community space\, Ryan organized the Permaculture Action Tour for music producer The Polish Ambassador in the fall of 2014. The tour visited 32 cities across the country\, holding a Permaculture Action Day in each one and bringing together up to 400 people at a time to implement projects including public food forests\, edible gardens\, natural buildings\, urban farms\, and greenhouses. The tour was so effective in moving thousands of people into regenerative work and movement building for the just transition that an organization of local chapters throughout multiple bioregions\, the Permaculture Action Network\, arose from it. \nRyan focuses on creating community access to land for local food growing and regenerative living—connecting people to take direct action and transition to a resilient way of life; and social permaculture—the ways we make decisions\, build resilience\, resolve conflicts\, and organize in community. \nRyan has taught numerous courses and workshops\, including the Elemental Alchemy Permaculture Intensive before Symbiosis Gathering in 2013\, 2015\, and 2016\, Permaculture Design Courses across California and Tennessee\, a month-long Gaia Education certified Eco-Village Design training in Nicaragua\, and numerous Permaculture Action Courses and workshops. Ryan also sometimes guest teaches at University of San Francisco\, San Francisco State\, and Laney College. A certified permaculture designer with a degree in Peace and Social Justice Studies\, he also co-founded a regenerative\, productive urban farm in the East Bay and the Omni Commons—a community space and education center in Oakland\, CA. For more information on Ryan’s work\, see the Permaculture Action Network website. \nAvery Ellis\, Ecological Designer & Aquaponics Specialist\nAvery Ellis\, owner of Colorado Greywater\, is a sustainability specialist and ecological designer. He has a Masters degree in Ecological Design through SFIA and a BS in Biology & Sustainability through Stockton College. He is also a Certified Permaculture Designer and Teacher and a Certified Greywater Installer. Having spent many years pursuing his passion for sustainability\, he now focuses on designing ecosystems that serve humanity by mimicking natural processes. \nHis passion for Sustainable systems became a life direction after a semester abroad\, where he undertook an in-depth study of sustainability at an International Eco-village in Auroville\, India. In this intensive course\, he explored permaculture design\, renewable energy systems\, grey water treatment\, organic food production\, and sustainable building methods. Upon completion of his Bachelor of Science degree\, he continued to explore various aspects of sustainability while gaining experience in the field. He worked at an organic farm harvesting culinary herbs\, he spent a year as a solar installation specialist\, and he was a supervisor for a recycling company\, intent on net zero waste. \nWith all of these skills adding up to a cumulative understanding of sustainability\, he decided to continue his education at the San Francisco Institute of Architecture\, where he enrolled in a Masters of Ecological Design program. This course has been instrumental in his knowledge of sustainable and regenerative design. As a thesis\, he designed and built a small scale aquaponics system for his home\, as a model for home-scale food production. This system\, along with others he has designed and built\, produce organic vegetables and fish year round. As the field of aquaponics develops\, he invites each new system as a design challenge and as a sustainable solution for humanity. \nPatrick Padden\nPatrick Padden\, a graduate of Colorado State University\, studied natural systems building design in Namibia and urban food forest implementation in Johannesburg\, South Africa\, in 2007. In 2008\, Patrick obtained his permaculture teacher’s certificate from Sandy Cruz and Becky Elder of the Permaculture Institute. Patrick received his design certificate from the International Permaculture Design Course in Harare\, Zimbabwe\, and attended the International Permaculture Convergence in Malawi in 2009.\nPatrick is a practicing permaculturalist and permaculture educator and leads the Permaculture Design Certification Course. \nAlexa Levy\nAlexa Levy is an educator\, public school teacher\, permaculturist\, organizer\, and an artist. In various positions\, she has dedicated her life to working with underprivileged youth as a facilitator of learning\, offering them tools to becoming their best self. She started a Permaculture program at a Middle School in Oakland\, where together she and her students learn about growing food\, creating regenerative systems\, art\, current events\, social justice\, and practice restorative justice. She has been exploring alternative avenues of education in search of piecing together an “Educational Utopia” where justice and compassion are at the forefront. \nShe has taught in over seventy public schools\, knowing thousands of children by name in New York City\, and Oakland\, California. Alexa is a core member of the Permaculture Action Network\, a non-profit organization that mobilizes audiences from cultural events to take direct action at Permaculture Action Days\, as well as host courses and create educational hubs at events. She has been a part of creating the organizational development and structure\, as well as organizing Permaculture Action Days\, facilitating youth workshops\, and offering workshops in Permaculture Action Hubs at festivals. \nStone Hunter\nStone Hunter is a biodynamic farming practitioner and consultant at Sustainable Settings Ranch in Carbondale\, Colorado. Born and raised at Sunrise Ranch\, Stone attended River Song Waldorf School and later graduated from the International Baccalaureate program in Fort Collins\, Colorado. After attending Evergreen State College and working on permaculture-based projects in Costa Rica and Panama\, he began farming in 2013 at Happy Heart Farm in Fort Collins. \nIn 2015\, Stone began working at Sustainable Settings\, where he completed a two-year North American Biodynamic Apprenticeship Program training with experience in dairy cattle operations\, holistic grazing\, grain cultivation\, draft horse implementation\, stone masonry\, CSA gardening\, green construction\, natural beekeeping and more. Currently\, Stone works with Sustainable Settings emphasizing the application of biodynamic techniques and permaculture designs\, composting and livestock management\, while he also teaches gardening at the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork. URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/arise-permaculture-action-course/ LOCATION:sunrise ranch spiritual retreat and conference center\, 100 sunrise ranch road\, loveland\, Colorado\, 80538\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170726T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170731T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20170314T155307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170709T072523Z UID:13333-1501056000-1501520400@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Indigenous Wisdom and Permaculture Skills Convergence DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Wisdom and Permaculture Skills Convergence\nPre-Event On-Site Infrastructure Build: July 19 – 25\, 2017\nConvergence: July 26 8:00 Am – July 31\, 2017  5:00 pm\nPine Ridge Reservation\, South Dakota\n \nBuilding a just and regenerative world from the roots up!\n \nJoin the Oglala Lakota Cultural and Economic Revitalization Initiative and a team of incredible facilitators to co-create a gathering that is transformative – not just for the attendees but for the community and the land that supports it. A place for us to put our values into practice through permaculture design alongside experts\, where we can build a just and regenerative world from the roots up through art\, music\, and community. \nRead more at the IWPSConvergence webpage\, and reserve your spot here. \nCONVERGENCE GOALS\n1. Complete Lakota-initiated projects that increase food security\, build sustainable infrastructure\, and enhance economic opportunity on the Pine Ridge Reservation.\n2. Provide stipends (see: Community Stewards Stipend Program) for Pine Ridge residents to join as paid stewards and learn useful ecological design and construction skills.\n3. Attendees learn and practice permaculture design through hands-on workshops\, and leave the Convergence with a deeper understanding of natural building\, aquaponics\, traditional ecological knowledge\, and appropriate technologies. ALL projects were selected as beneficial by our Lakota partners.\n4. Create community through music\, skill shares\, and meals that are open to the Pine Ridge community. \n5. Build long-term relationships that support the resiliency of indigenous and Earth-centered networks. \nCONVERGENCE PROJECTS\nOpportunities to learn\, build\, and leave a positive impact\nNatural Building\nParticipants have the opportunity to help design the plans for a Permaculture Center made of cob\, under the guidance of renowned natural building teachers. Then we will start and finish a smaller project\, such as a chicken coop or oven together. Prepare for a cob-stomp dance party to music performers! If passionate about natural building\, attendees are invited to stay on the reservation after the end of the convergence to help complete a nearby Earthship. \nGrowing Food Security\nLearn about the unique challenges and solutions to growing food on the Great Plains. Work in OLCERI’s food forest\, now 5 years old. Together we will plant the site’s Community Garden\, and Walapini Greenhouse. Many infrastructure designs were created especially for the reservation and made of repurposed materials. \nMycology\nGrowing mushrooms low-tech and medicinals. Mushrooms are a fast-growing source of nutrition and medicine. Learn how to cultivate mushrooms in open air conditions. \nAppropriate Technologies\nAttendees will learn how to build and complete projects that will contribute to the self-sufficient sustainable practices of the tribe\, including:\n• Passive Solar Dehydrators\n• Rocket Stoves\n \nMeals\nNothing brings community together like a delicious\, nourishing meal. The outdoor kitchen will be serving 3 a day for all participants. The kitchen hosts a workshop on traditional foods for all who prepare and serve meals. Meals are hot and off the grid provided by the world’s largest solar oven\, on-site. \nSolutionCraft\nSolutionCraft is an ecological education kitchen classroom that highlights appropriate technology and ecological design. We will be highlighting the giant Villager sun oven\, solar parabolas\, rocket stoves\, efficient zero waste and dishwashing systems\, and other ecological technologies that can be used when designing a truly regenerative kitchen.\nRead more about SolutionCraft here. \nTea House\nEnjoy the company of other builders and visionaries in the tea yurt and join discussions on a variety of facilitated circle discussions. Open every evening. \nMusic\nWe will be moved to the musical tunes of local and indigenous performers including Calina Lawrence\, Tom and Emanuel Blackbear.\nAny interested performers please email pineridgepermaculuregathering@gmail.com \nWISHLIST\nWe encourage the sharing of skills and facilitators for evening talks and performances on direct action\, astronomy\, native resiliency groups\, theater\, and those with EMT skills. \nTEACHER BIOs\nBryan Deans\, natural building and Lakota ways\nBryan is the founder of OLCERI and host of the convergence. Bryan is an aerospace mechanic\, welder\, and veteran who is well-versed in ecological design and Lakota ways. For more on his work\, please see http://www.olceri.org/about-us \nKoreen Brennan\, food forestry\nKoreen has extensive experience in permaculture design and education. She has taught permaculture design at Pine Ridge since 2005. Her areas of expertise and passion are food forestry\, small farms and food security\, community building\, and regenerative economics. Specialties include soil building and remediation\, water catchment and use\, edible landscaping\, planning urban and rural integrated farming\, reducing energy needs\, and building more resilient finances and communities.  \nShe organized permaculture-style disaster relief for thousands of Haitians living in camps after the earthquake in 2010\, coordinated the formation of the Sustainable Urban Agriculture Coalition St Petersburg\, and is a founding co-organizer for the North American Permaculture Convergence. \nMichael Alcazar\, permaculture and direct action\nMichael is an Indigenous permaculturalist\, veteran\, artist\, designer\, builder\, outdoor experiential facilitator\, movement fundamental specialist\, and educator. He has a lifetime of experience in green building\, intentional design\, and has been an educator for almost three decades! He joins us from Denver\, CO where he is working on projects from sustainable policy and community garden organization. He is also involved in the Eco Village for Standing Rock ND\, sustainable housing and workshops for the Black Mesa Band of Navajo people\, and an organizer for 1 million trees 4 Haiti. He will be teaching on Indigenous Phenology\, Carbon Farming\, and the Perennial Economy.  \nPeter McCoy\, mycology and mycoremediation\nPeter McCoy is the co-founder of Radical Mycology\, a grassroots organization and movement that teaches the means to easily work with mushrooms and other fungi for personal\, societal\, and ecological resilience. For the last ten years\, Radical Mycology has provided free resources and held internationally attended conferences to share the science of mycology and the art of mushroom cultivation in a manner that is open-source\, practical\, and relevant for the modern world. Peter lives in Portland\, Oregon and he regularly teaches mycology-related courses around the world. \nMiguel Elliot\, natural building\nMiguel Elliott\, knighted as “Sir Cobalot” had been Cobbing full time for over 20 years. He is the owner of Living Earth Structures\, based in the Bay Area\, which specializes in leading workshops and projects at schools to build ovens\, benches and huts. He was part of the crew at Standing Rock to build the Strawbale School for the children of the camp. His latest design is the “Palletable Cobin” which is a quick\, durable\, well insulated structure made of pallets and cob. To see photos of his work\, you can visit his website. \nKevin Poor Bear\, live mural painter\nKevin Poor Bear of the Lakota Sioux Nation is a proud member of the Pine Ridge reservation\, an artist\, a husband\, and father\, and a bilateral amputee resulting from a brown recluse spider bite. \nKevin’s original hand painted pastels embody and preserve the Lakota history and culture. Like many of the Sioux people\, Kevin strives to preserve the history\, language\, and spiritual practices of his ancestors. \nTICKETS\nFree for Pine Ridge and other residents of reservations\n$300 – 500 sliding scale for Convergence July 26th – 31st. \n$150 for volunteers pre-event infrastructure build and convergence organizing roles\nPre-build volunteers are invited to join the week before the Convergence (July 19th – 26th) to set up infrastructure. Besides a discounted ticket\, volunteers will gain an intimate look at event production using permaculture design principles that uphold sustainability and transparency as the highest values. Volunteers will construct solar showers\, compost toilets\, shade structures\, and signage for the incoming gathering\, as well as get acquainted with the reservation through community outreach events. Positions to help organize the festival are needed. \nResidents interested in stewarding our designs at community impact centers throughout the reservation are invited to email us (pineridgepermaculturegathering@gmail.com) and connect with OLCERI to join the Convergence as a paid steward. \nReservation Community Resilience Programs attend free\nWe would like to serve as a platform for your organization or project. Please email to let us know how you’d like to join us. \nReserve your space and buy tickets here\nCan’t join us but want to support the project? Please donate. 100% of proceeds go to building project materials. \nFor questions\, comments\, or workshop/artists proposals\, contact:  pineridgepermaculturegathering@gmail.com \nStay connected and invite your friends at the Facebook event page here:  https://www.facebook.com/IWPSconvergence/ \nPermaculture Action Network is honored to be co-hosting this unique convergence and to be in solidarity with indigenous people whose lifeways we all benefit greatly in learning from and with all those living\, working\, and fighting to restore traditional lifeways that are regenerative and holistic. URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/indigenous-wisdom-permaculture-skills-convergence/ LOCATION:Pine Ridge Reservation\, South Dakota\, Pine Ridge Reservation\, SD\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170708T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170708T180000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20170628T003557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170704T082643Z UID:13510-1499504400-1499536800@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Berea Permaculture Action Series\, Day 1 DESCRIPTION:July 8 @ Glades Community Garden (530 Glades Rd\, Berea\, KY)\, 9am-6pm \nJoin us the day after Ben Sollee’s concert in Old Town Berea for a day full of permaculture and nature-based workshops\, skillshares and hands-on activities taking place at Glades Community Garden (530 Glades Rd\, Berea\, KY)\, FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! \n  \nGlades Community Garden is a project started by a group of families in a low-income housing community in Berea who were looking to be more self-sustaining and to create economic opportunity. The garden has expanded in the year since its inception to include CSA\, sales to the Grow Appalachia Summer Feeding Project\, and educational opportunities for kids. We are so excited to have the opportunity to contribute to the long-term goals and visions of this amazing community garden! \nThis will be day one of a three day series\, each day focusing on different projects at the garden site\, intended to be both experiential and educational! \n  \n  \nActivities will include but are not limited to: \n– YOGA @ 9am\n– BUILDING A COMPOST AREA\n-EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS FOR KIDS\n-VERMICULTURE BINS\n– CLEARING FOREST FOR A MUSHROOM GARDEN\n– FOOD FOREST DESIGN BASICS\n– WOOD CHIP MUSHROOM INOCULATION\n– MAGICAL KIDS FAIRY VILLAGE IN WOODS\n– PLANTING POLLINATOR GARDEN\n– BUG HOTEL BUILD \n-SKILLSHARES\, WORKSHOPS AND LIVE MUSIC ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY \nIf you would like to contribute a workshop or skillshare\, please contact Leah van Winkle (co-host to this event) in a private message. \nFOOD: If you can\, please bring a dish to share. This is a community event and food will be provided by the people for the people in the form of a rolling potluck. Please bring your own dish and eating utensils so we can a) avoid having tons of dishes to do afterwards and b) avoid contributing unnecessarily to the waste stream! \nPlease bring a water bottle to stay hydrated throughout the day. \nMUSIC: There will be local musicians playing throughout the day. If you would like to contribute music\, poetry\, spoken word or art\, please contact Leah (details above). \nA huge thanks to all those contributing skills\, materials\, time\, energy\, donations\, and more: \nLevittAMP Berea Music Series\nFirst Friday Berea\nGrow Appalachia\nHabitat for Humanity \nBe sure to check out the KICK-OFF event of this summer’s Levitt AMP Music Series the night before the action day — more information available at http://concerts.levittamp.org/ben_sollee \nMore info on the Facebook event page \nMore info on First Friday Berea page \nSee you all there! URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/berea-permaculture-action-series-day-1/ LOCATION:Glades Community Garden\, 530 Glades Rd\, Berea\, KY\, 40456\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Tennessee/Kentucky BioRegional Crew of the Permaculture Action Network":MAILTO:Contact@PermacultureAction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170615T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170615T160000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20170523T235353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170602T192827Z UID:13434-1497522600-1497542400@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Sonic Bloom Permaculture Action Day 2017 DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 15th ~ 10:30am-4pm\nDistrict ONE Farm\, Fiesta Park @ Russell St.\, Walsenburg\, CO \nJoin us on the opening day of SONIC BLOOM 2017 just before going through the gates for a Permaculture Action Day in the local community of Walsenburg. These festive convergences give us an incredible opportunity to connect\, learn\, and build together; and taking action in the local community where we’ll spend four days with one another gives us the chance to literally build the infrastructure of the better world we’re stepping into. \nDistrict ONE operates two community farms in Walsenburg that aim to grow and provide organic food to a farm-to-table\, pay-what-you-can restaurant in the downtown strip\, as well as to the local school cafeterias and directly to the people inhabiting the area. Huerfano County is both the second poorest county in the state as well as that with the worst food nutrition on record. We know that when we take agency over our own lives and regenerate the ecology around us\, we can provide an abundance of nutrient-rich food\, medicine\, building materials\, water\, and more for ourselves and our communities. \nProjects:\n– Build Garden and Farm Beds to Plant with Food \n– Install Drip Irrigation System\n– Make and Spread Compost Tea\n– Build a Simple Compost System\n– Paint Murals\n– Add Additional Rainwater Storage Tank \nWe’ll have food\, music\, workshops\, and conversation to share. We’ll also provide the tools and materials we need\, but please do bring additional tools if you can\, as well as work shoes\, gloves\, a water bottle\, and dishware. If you want to get down with planning the various projects\, collecting tools and materials leading up\, or adding something special to the action day\, get in touch with us at Contact@PermacultureAction.org \nWorkshops at the Permaculture Action Day:\n  \n– Political Empowerment & Proactive Health through Wildcrafting & Cultivating Herbal Medicine \nJoin Laura Shiels of The Growing Project & Herbalmagik for this action day-only skillshare on political empowerment through taking control of your own health\, nutrition and medicine. Laura will discuss collecting and using herbs yourself and teach a hands-on session for making health drink remedies with wild greens. \n – Making and Applying Compost Tea w/ Edaphic Solutions \n– Inoculating Mushrooms \n  \n**You do not HAVE to be attending the festival or the academy to participate. This event is free and open to everyone.** \nClick ‘Going’ on the Facebook event page\, invite your friends\, and follow the discussion thread for updates. \nCheck out our report back on last year’s Sonic Bloom Permaculture Action Day.\n*********** \nSonic Bloom Permaculture Academy\nJune 11th-14th on site at Hummingbird Ranch \nWant to really take a deep dive into permaculture\, ecological design\, community organizing\, social permaculture\, and get the 101 on soils\, compost\, the design process\, water systems\, alternative energy and appropriate technology\, perennial agriculture\, and more? Check out the Sonic Bloom Permaculture Academy with Ryan Rising\, Mike Wird\, Kendra Krueger\, and other Permaculture Action Network facilitators: http://sonicbloomfestival.com/academy/permaculture/ URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/sonic-bloom-permaculture-action-day-2017/ LOCATION:District ONE Farm at Fiesta Park\, Fiesta Park @ Russell St. \, Walsenburg\, Colorado\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170611T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170614T230000 DTSTAMP:20260515T095006 CREATED:20170429T235847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170525T004057Z UID:13412-1497204000-1497481200@www.permacultureaction.org SUMMARY:Sonic Bloom Academy: Permaculture Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three day Permaculture Action Course and Permaculture Action Day before Sonic Bloom Festival in Colorado this year\, the Sonic Bloom Permaculture Academy. \nJune 11-14\, Sonic Bloom Festival will be hosting their pre-festival Academy on the festival site\, the beautiful Hummingbird Ranch. Take a deep dive into permaculture design\, skills for ecological regeneration\, and the how to’s of organizing in community with skilled and experienced facilitators and like minds.  Get the details here. \nThe Permaculture Series\nPermaculture comes from the terms “permanent agriculture\,” or more broadly\, “permanent culture\,” and encompasses a design process by which humans can create relationships of mutual benefit with the natural world and with each other that provide for an abundance of human needs.  The tools and technologies of permaculture exhibit how humans can move away from an extractive\, exploitative paradigm with the earth and one another\, and towards systems of symbiosis\, ecological regeneration\, and community. \nGet your hands dirty.\n\nLearn the permaculture design process and ecological design principles.\nGain hands-on skills to directly transform the world around you.\nRelate to the earth symbiotically to create and gather your food\, shelter\, water and energy.\nGet training in community building and action planning for a better world.\nDig into practical tools for ecological regeneration with experienced practitioners.\n\n$366          *Enroll Here*\nAcademy students can look forward to a whole lot of perks with your admission fee including…\n\n21 class hours of world class educational experience\nConnections with like minded people\n2 healthy\, organic meals per day (brunch and dinner)\nBe the first people on site\nFirst priority shaded and creekside camping\n\nGet the details and sign up:   http://sonicbloomfestival.com/academy/permaculture/\nFacilitators\nLead facilitators for the full academy: Ryan Rising\, Kendra Krueger\, and Mike Wird (bios below)\nSpecial Guest Teachers include: Soils and composting experts Shelby Kaminski and Ryan Bruno\, permaculture landscaping business entrepreneur Erin Anderson\, and the Front Range BioRegional Crew of Permaculture Action Network \nRyan Rising is a community organizer and permaculture educator based out of the San Francisco Bay Area and co-founder of the Permaculture Action Network. After a decade of local organizing around direct action\, food justice\, ecological design and community space\, Ryan organized the Permaculture Action Tour for music producer The Polish Ambassador in the fall of 2014. The tour visited 32 cities across the country\, holding a Permaculture Action Day in each one and bringing together up to 400 people at a time to implement projects including public food forests\, edible gardens\, natural buildings\, urban farms\, and greenhouses. The tour was so effective in moving thousands of people into regenerative work and movement building for the just transition that an organization of local chapters throughout multiple bioregions\, the Permaculture Action Network\, arose from it. \n\nRyan focuses on creating community access to land for local food growing and regenerative living—connecting people to take direct action and transition to a resilient way of life; and social permaculture—the ways we make decisions\, build resilience\, resolve conflicts\, and organize in community. \nRyan has taught numerous courses and workshops\, including the Elemental Alchemy Permaculture Intensive before Symbiosis Gathering in 2013\, 2015\, and 2016\, Permaculture Design Courses across California and Tennessee\, a month-long Gaia Education certified Eco-Village Design training in Nicaragua\, and numerous Permaculture Action Courses and workshops. Ryan also sometimes guest teaches at University of San Francisco\, San Francisco State\, and Laney College. A certified permaculture designer with a degree in Peace and Social Justice Studies\, he also co-founded a regenerative\, productive urban farm in the East Bay and the Omni Commons—a community space and education center in Oakland\, CA.   \n  \nKendra Krueger is a scientist and community organizer who teaches how to use science as a tool for personal liberation and discovery. She uses techniques and concepts of social justice\, permaculture\, theater and movement to facilitate processes of inquiry\, discernment and design. In addition to leading scientific liberation workshops in the community and around the country\, she helps to run the Denver Permaculture Guild\, an eco-social justice community organization and is an adjunct professor at Naropa University\, a liberal arts buddhist college. She has worked and studied as an electrical engineer (BS Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\, MS University of Colorado Boulder) and has experience in community radio production\, journalism\, theater\, dance and music. She is originally from New York City’s Lower East Side and currently lives in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver\, Colorado. You can follow her work on facebook at 4Love+Science or on her website www.4loveandscience.com \n  \nMichael White aka Mike Wird is an advanced permaculture designer/consultant\, artist\, educator\, business owner\, and natural builder who shares his dedication to social and environmental justice through cultural arts and regenerative practices.  Mike has been actively building community for over 15 years as a cultural arts ambassador\, raising awareness about social\, financial\, and ecological issues and their solutions in our environments. Mike is Co-Founder of Regenerative Lifestyles LLC\, an education firm offering services and opportunities based around integrated living systems\, as well as the Center for Regenerative Living\, which aims to bring regenerative lifestyle practices to the urban core. In 2011\, Mike received his diploma in Earthship Biotecture\, and was certified in Permaculture Design\, studying with Adam Brock\, Toby Hemenway\, Larry Santoyo\, Penny Livingston\, Michael Becker\, Jerome Osentowski\, and others. In 2012\, Mike graduated from the Greater Good Academy\, a triple bottom line business school focusing on socially and ecologically responsible business practices and\, in 2013\, received his advanced permaculture design certificates.   \nIn 2014\, the City of Denver and Green For All\, a non-profit dedicated to creating a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty\, awarded Mike for his work within the hip hop arts and permaculture communities. Mike currently works toward youth empowerment through a creative education organization called Youth on Record in the Denver Public Schools and residential treatment centers. Mike’s company\, Regenerative Lifestyles\, also takes groups on special tours four times a year from Denver to Taos\, New Mexico\, to learn about integrated systems at The Greater World Community Earthship World Headquarters. \n  \nPermaculture Academy Curriculum Outline\nSunday\, June 11th: \n\nArrive\, Dinner\, and All Academy Orientation at 7pm\nPermaculture Academy Introductions & Orientation\n\nMonday\, June 12th: \n\nIntro to Permaculture\nReading the Landscape\nLearning from Nature – The Permaculture Design Principles\nDesign Methods and Process\nSite Analysis & Assessment\nWater Systems\n\nTuesday\, June 13th: \n\nPattern Thinking; Whole Systems Design; and Closed Loop Systems\nAppropriate Technology and Alternative Energy\nSocial Permaculture: Applying Ecological Principles to Communities\nUseful Plants and the Permaculture Garden\nZones\, Sectors\, and Drafting Designs\nPerennial Gardening and Food Forests\nUrban Permaculture\n\nWednesday\, June 14th: \n\nAlternative Economies and Asset Mapping\nSoils\, Compost\, and Organic Matter\nNatural Building\nPermaculture Design Charrette\nPermaculture Movement: Where To Go From Here\nCommunity Organizing 101\n\nThursday\, June 15th: \n\nPermaculture Action Day in Walsenburg at a food-justice focused local community farm and farm-to-table pay-what-you-can restaurant\n\nTestimonials\n“The Sonic Bloom Permaculture Academy allowed me to take time to observe our surroundings and notice patterns of interconnectedness. The course was informational about the ethics of stewardship and how we can reclaim our role as conscious co-creators.” \n\n  –  Sunshine Rose\, Sonic Bloom Permaculture Academy 2016 participant\n\n“I want to express some really deep rooted gratitude for the Sonic Bloom Permaculture Academy. Since completing the course\, the food forest I manage is going through it’s final round of design and trees are finally going in the ground\, I’m building bridges for the movement\, I started a permaculture design business\, and I’m being approached by so many businesses and families in my area asking to help them transition from traditional landscaping to edible and medicinal landscapes. I’ve done zero marketing—every single job I’ve taken has been word of mouth and I have more opportunities to do permaculture than I can in good conscience take on\, which has led to this big personal discussion about sustainable business models and creating meaningful employment for my permie friends. I cannot begin to express how very blessed I feel to be a part of such a movement. I’ve been feeling an overwhelming desire to reach out and thank the academy facilitators and other permaculture warriors who have helped elevate me to where I am now. Permaculture Action Days were such a catalyst for so much good in my life and I just want to say thank you.” \n\n  –  Erin Anderson\, Sonic Bloom Permaculture Academy 2016 participant \n\n“The Permaculture Action Network and Academy taps into that mystical festival magic that we are all searching for at these events and brings bits of that magic back to reality when we leave. Action days create excitement within communities that host events like Sonic Bloom by fostering connections between the festival goers and the locals\, and providing real life opportunities to heal ourselves by healing the earth.” \n        –   2016 Permaculture Academy participant \n  \nRegister Here and join us June 11th-15h at Hummingbird Ranch\n\nThe Permaculture Academy will end with a Permaculture Action Day that everyone is welcome to participate in\, regardless of whether you are attending the academy or even the festival\, on Thursday\, June 15th in the town of Walsenburg. Get the details here.\nRead about last year’s Permaculture Action Day before Sonic Bloom in our report backs section: Sonic Bloom Festival hosts Permaculture Action Day at local Walsenburg Community Farm \n  \n  URL:https://www.permacultureaction.org/event/sonic-bloom-academy-permaculture-series/ LOCATION:Hummingbird Ranch\, Spanish Peaks Country\, CO\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Permaculture Action Network":MAILTO:contact@permacultureaction.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR