Permaculture Action Network

Minneapolis Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia
2018-11-18 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | Waite House
Minneapolis Permaculture Action Day
on the Solidarity Tour with Rising Appalachia Music
Join 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.
Waite House | Sunday Nov. 18 | 10-5
2323 11th Ave S | Minneapolis, MN
We 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.
More 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!
Special 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!
The theme for the day will be Food Security & Community Activation.
These are public and family-friendly events.

New Orleans Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia
2018-12-08 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | Grow On Urban Farm, 2358 Urquhart St, New Orleans, LA, 70117, United States
Join us for the southernmost stop on the Permaculture Action Network’s Solidarity Tour with Rising Appalachia.
Show up in support of Food Sovereignty & Security and Alternative Economies
Grow On Urban Farms – 2358 Urquhart Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
December 8th, 2018 10 AM – 5 PM CST
Projects will include :
– Rebuilding Outdoor Community Kitchen
– Installing a Rain Garden
– Planting Fruit Trees and Other Perennials
– Turning and Sifting Compost
– Building a 2nd Story for Shipping Containers
– Clearing and Re-Beautifying Adjoining Lot
*SCHEDULE*

10:00am Welcome to Arrive!
10:30am Opening Circle (Land & Peoples’ Acknowledgement
11:00am Pecan Milk Making Workshop w/ Stan
11:30am GroundWork NOLA’s Youth Green Team present on rain gardens
12:00pm Letter Writing to Incarcerated Folks & Seed Packet Stuffing w/ Solitary Gardens
12:30pm Free Feral music (30 minute set)
1:00pm Jambalaya and Lunch Spread open up (free!)
1:15pm Lydia Violet music (45 minutes)
1:00pm Native Plant Walk or Fire Cider Making w/ Rachel Reeves
1:30pm Decolonizing the History of New Orleans & Indigenous Histories
2:00pm Food Apartheid and the History of Southern Crops w/ Jamal from SUA
2:30pm Twanz DJ set
3:00pm MadeGroceries live hip-hop set
3:30pm Zero Waste Workshop w/ Corinne from Pussy PowerHouse
4:00pm Mushroom Growing Workshop demonstration w/ All You Need Institute
5:00pm Clean up and get ready for community Art Walk

A 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!
Big thanks to The Daily Beet, Bayou Vegan Cafe, Kebab NOLA, and The Joint for gifting healthy food to the action day!

Sneak peak of some of the workshops:
SOLITARY GARDENS in coming through hosting letter writing to incarcerated folks, and stuffing seed packets for their anti-oppression/ abolitionist toolkit.
Groundwork New Orleans‘s Youth Green Team will be leading a workshop and project install of a rain garden and stormwater management system.
Pecan milk workshop – harvesting, shelling, blending all on site!
All You Need Institute – Mushroom Growing Workshop at 4!
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Sneak peak of some of the music to look forward to: (schedule coming soon)
MadeGroceries a loved, local hip-hop crew performing at 3!
Lydia Violet Harutoonian…. and more!
Invite your friends and get the latest updates on the facebook event page here.

Rising Appalachia's show is on December 6th, at 8pm at One Eyed Jacks! Here is their show info: https://www.facebook.com/events/243145779880306/

Nashville Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia
2018-12-09 10:00 - 18:00 UTC | Brooklyn Heights Community Garden, 1830 Haynes Street, Nashville, TN, 37207, United States
Join us in Nashville (snow or shine!) for the penultimate Permaculture Action Day on the Solidarity Tour w/ Rising Appalachia!!
Sunday, December 9th 10am-5pm before the Rising Appalachia show that evening at Mercy Lounge
Brooklyn Heights Community Garden is located at 1831 Haynes Street, Nashville, TN 37207
We’re delighted to be working again in community with Ms. Pearl at Brooklyn Heights Community Garden on several projects including:

the builds of several sheds into tiny homes
building new raised beds
maintaining trees planted two years ago
building a fire pit
and much more.

A full day of community networking, projects, workshops, skill-shares, a meal for the people prepared by the people and live music!
This is a free, family-friendly event. Come as you are, bring your people.
In the words of the beautiful Ms. Pearl:
“Nurturing the earth is in turn nurturing yourself which in turn makes you more peaceful… we need to know how to live together”
Music
DJ Nexus
Ed Haggard and the Love Drums
Chrissy Kirkwood/Hayes Hornish/Amber Riley
Sasha Hana
Diatom Deli
Iyen Friersen
Sunny Saint James
Irene Tidwell
Workshops
Emergent Design: Principles and Practices for Designing Everyday Life w/ Jennifer J Morgan
Composting with Soldier Flies w/ Hayes Hornish
Vegan Cooking & Veganism w/ Mic True
Herbal Tinctures w/ Charles White
Forestry with Hand Tools w/ Jonathan Ramirez
Biodynamic Farmer w/ Michael Holt
Childrens’ Workshops with Curriculum from Myra Makes
A rolling lunch will be spread out around noon!
Invite your friends and get the latest updates on the facebook event page here.
Brooklyn 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.
This 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.

Atlanta Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia
2018-12-12 10:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Urban Sprouts Farm, 2200 Reynolds Dr SW, Atlanta, GA, 30316
Urban Sprout Farms is located at 2200 Reynolds DR SW, Atlanta, GA 30315
The 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!
Hands-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.
SCHEDULE (Main Stage)
10AM-11:45AM-Community Outreach in Polar Rock
11:00 AM Paul Knight
12:00PM Opening Circle with Everarde Calk, Marc Ganesha Deva Pimsler and Bhava Devi Mobley
12:45M Yoga with Rayfield Lewis
1:15PM Atlanta Director of Urban Agriculture Mario Cambardella
2:00 PM Afrosonic Liberation with June Moon
3:00 PM LIFEFIRE9
4:00 PM Lydia Violet Music
5:00 PM Rising Appalachia Music
5:45 PM Indee Killed the Pop Star
6:30 PM SurprisinglySimple
Market Schedule
1:00 PM Lunch Served
1:45 PM Positive Mental Outlook with Quentin Fielder
2:05 PM Z Ronald Alexander Quarles III and Soil Building
3:00 PM Nuri Icgoren Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
3:30 PM Chris Lemons, President Peoplestown Neighborhood Association
Invite your friends and get the updated details on the facebook event page here.

Permaculture Action Day w/ Lead to Life | Oakland, CA
2019-01-20 10:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sogorea Te’ Land Trust & Planting Justice Nursery, 319 105th Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94603, United States
at the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust and Planting Justice Nursery
Sunday, January 20th, 2019 ⋅ 10am-5:30pm ⋅ 319 105th Avenue, Oakland, CA
Oakland Permaculture Action Day w/ Lead to Life at Sogorea Te’ Land Trust and Planting Justice Nursery
Date: Sunday, January 20th, 2019
Time: 10am-5pm
Location: 319 105th Avenue, Oakland, CA – the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust and Planting Justice Nursery

*SCHEDULE*
9:00am: Early Set Up (message us if you want to assist)
10:00am: Public Welcome to Arrive
10:15am: Healing Space Opens for Body Work & Other Modalities (continues until 2pm)
10:30am! Opening Circle & Invocation w/ Corrina Gould & Sogorea Te’
11:00am: Hands-On Projects Begin (continue all day)
11:30am: DJ AjGod (sound system by SPAZ)
11:45am: Pizza-Making at the Earthen Oven (continues all day)
12:00pm: Shuumi Means A Gift: Reparations on Ohlone Land w/ Ariel Lucky
12:15pm: Seed Ball Making w/ Seth Peterson [in the Youth Space]
12:30pm: Gates, Locks, Security: A Locksmithing Skill-Share with Dietrich Torres
1:00pm: Shared Meal is Presented (continues all day)
1:15pm: Lydia Violet and the Bones: Iranian-American Roots Music (sound by SPAZ & Thrive)
1:45pm: Environmental Racism & Monsanto: Getting It Out of Oakland, Alameda County, California, the USA, and the World w/ Diane Williams
2:00pm: 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)
2:15pm: Spiritual Justice Tools: Clearing Your Energy Fields w/ Adorable [in the healing space]
3:00pm: From the Roots to the Branches: a workshop on Restorative Justice & Circles w/ Malachi Scott
3:00pm: Surprise DJ Set
3:30pm: Jasmine Fuego musical performance
4:00pm: Desirae Harp: musical performance from Wappo song carrier
4:30pm: THRIVE Choir
5:00pm: Closing Ceremony

Lead 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.
The 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.

Sogorea 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.
Planting 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.
Lead 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.
This 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.
For 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.
This 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.

This event is free and open to all!
Bring your friends and come prepared to learn new skills, build food-producing systems, and have a dirty, good time!!
RSVP: 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.
More Info:
This 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.

Permaculture Action Course at Seven Springs Holistic Retreat Center | TN
2019-04-01 12:00 - 2019-04-07 16:00 (America/New_York) | Seven Springs Holistic Retreat Center, Sweet Hollow, TN, United States
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.
This 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.

​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!
Register by contacting Seven Springs Holistic Retreat Center.

​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.
With 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.
You will learn:
– permaculture design processes and principles
– rainwater harvesting and earthworks
– permaculture landscape design and food forestry
– natural building and appropriate technology
– social transformation and community organizing methods
– ​practical tools and techniques for regenerating ecology

The Retreat Center: Lodging, Organic Food, and Pristine Nature
Three 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.

About the Facilitators…
Joana 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. ​

Ryan 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. ​

Michael 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. ​

Joana 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.

Leah 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.

What you’ll get out of this course..​

A 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.
Both 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
Facilitation 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.

Registration Fees
– $100 OFF Early Bird any tier (sign up before March 1st)
– $850 Camping (registrations after March 1st)
– $950 Shared Yurt
– $1,150 Private Yurt
Bring a friend! Sign up a friend by referral and receive a $50 discount off your registration fee.
The 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).
Register by contacting Seven Springs Holistic Retreat Center.
Get updates and follow along on the course facebook event page.

Have questions? Get in touch! Write to RyanRising@PermacultureAction.org

Born Botanical Permaculture Action Day w/ Bassnectar & Michael Franti
2019-06-08 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Majestic View Farm, 7080 Independence St, Arvada, CO, 80004, United States
BORN BOTANICAL
Permaculture Action Day
with Bassnectar and Michael Franti
at Frontline Farming’s new 2-acre site
Majestic View Farm
Park at the church
7080 Independence St.,
Arvada, CO 80004
Saturday, June 8, 2019
10am-5pm
Following Bassnectar Freestyle Sessions night 1 at 1STBANK CENTER; and Michael Franti & Spearhead at Red Rocks
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we’re gathering the day after these concerts to take action together.

Frontline Farming operates a multi-plot farm sustainably growing organic, nutrient-rich food for people of all income levels in the Denver area.
The 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.
Frontline 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.
Read about Majestic View Farm and Frontline Farming at the link.
Together with Be Interactive
we 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.
Workshops ● Music ● Food
Youth Activities ● Art ● Community Building
*This is NOT a Bassnectar or Michael Franti performance.
This IS a day of hands-on projects, urban farming, workshops, music, community-building, and regenerative action following the Friday night shows at other locations.
HANDS-ON PROJECTS

Installing drip irrigation
Installing a compost system
Digging farm beds for veggies
Building a produce wash station
Brewing and applying compost tea
Planting fruit trees and other plants
Painting educational signage for the farm
Transplanting tomatoes, peppers, and other seedlings
Shaping earthworks to redirect rainwater for irrigation

Workshops
Dynamics of Privilege, Oppression and Liberation in the Food Movement with Michelle and Ramon Gabrieloff-Parish
Speaking to Seeds for the Next Seven Generations with Shannon Francis
The Rebel and the Bull: Astrological Timing and Scaling of the Food Movement with Ramon Gabrieloff-Parish
Build Your Own Dreams: Regenerative Life Design w/ Mike Wird
Yoga with the Satya Yoga Cooperative at 9am

Wild Plant Romp: an Edible & Medicinal Herb Walk w/ Manda Pendleton
Music

FelixFast4Ward
Digital Vagabond & Lostinsound Residents
Sky Society
Mike Wird
TWANZ

Food and Beverages:
We 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.

What to Bring:
Close-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.
Have 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?
Email us at Contact@PermacultureAction.org
Share and invite your friends here and to the facebook event page.
SCHEDULE

Children’s Area by Myra Makes
Children’s Area by Myra Makes
Parents 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.
10:45am Kids area opens
11-11:15am Kid’s area opening circle
11:15-12pm Making seed bombs with Caleb Gruber
12-2pm Instrument garden & music lessons
by Forward Momentum Productions and BoredomFighters
1-1:30pm Scavenger hunt
1:30-2pm Yoga with Katie Lamonte
2-3pm Making self-sustaining terrariums with Mike Spade
3-3:15pm Closing circle for kids area
3:15-4pm Open play, cleanup begins
4:00pm Breakdown; families can participate in the plant walk at this time.
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9am: Both Support for Set Up and Yoga Class Participants Welcome to Arrive
10am: Everyone Else Welcome to Arrive
10:15am: Opening Circle: Orientation to Site and Hands-on Projects
11am: Hands-On Projects Begin and Continue All Day
12:30pm: Lunch Spread Presented
Born Botanical Workshop Hub
9-10am Yoga w/ Satya Yoga Collective
1:30-3:00pm Dynamics of Privilege, Oppression and Liberation in the Food Movement w/ Michelle Gabrieloff-Parish and Ramon Parish
3:00-4:00pm Build Your Own Dreams: Regenerative Life Design w/ Mike Wird
4-5pm. Wild Plant Romp: an Edible & Medicinal Herb Walk w/ Manda Pendleton

Skin on the Drum Workshop Hub
2pm-3:30pm: Speaking to Seeds for the Next Seven Generations with Shannon Francis
3:30-5pm The Rebel and the Bull: Astrological Timing and Scaling of the Food Movement w/ Ramon Gabrieloff-Parish

Frontline is Everywhere Stage by PK Sound
11:00am: TWANZ
12:00pm: Digital Vagabond & Lostinsound Residents
2pm: Mike Wird
2:30pm: SkySociety
3:30: Felix Fast4Ward
4:15pm: TBD

Sonic Bloom Permaculture Academy: a pre-festival Permaculture Action Course
2019-06-16 15:00 - 2019-06-19 21:00 UTC | Hummingbird Ranch, Spanish Peaks Country, CO, United States
The Permaculture Academy
before Sonic Bloom Festival
June 16th (afternoon arrival) – June 19th, 2019
For 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.
“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
Visit the Sonic Bloom Website to register in advance.

Learn the Concepts of Permaculture

Permaculture design processes and principles
Rainwater harvesting and earthworks
Permaculture landscape design and food forestry
Natural building and appropriate technology
Social transformation and community organizing methods
​Practical tools and techniques for regenerating ecology

$366 enrollment fee

Academy students can look forward to lots of perks with their enrollment fee including…

21+ hours of world class educational experience
2 healthy, organic meals per day (brunch and dinner)
Yoga class every morning
Connections with like minded people
Be among the first people on site
First priority shaded and creekside camping
Free time in pristine Colorado nature
Festival car camping included
Academy/Festival combo tickets available

About the Facilitators
Ryan 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.

Mike Wird
Michael 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.
Mike 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.
Mike 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
Stephanie Syson

Stephanie, 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.
Sign up at https://sonicbloomfestival.com/academy/permaculture/

Sonic Bloom Permaculture Action Day 2019
2019-06-20 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | BUS – Building United Society, 126 North Polk Avenue, Walsenburg, CA, 81089, United States
SONIC BLOOM
Permaculture Action Day
at BUS – Building United Society
126 North Polk Avenue
Walsenburg, CO 81089
Thursday, June 20, 2019
10am-5pm
BUS is a late 1800s school building being converted into a community center with free housing & food for people working the District ONE Farms.
Hands-On Projects ● Workshops ● Music
Food ● Art ● Community Building
You will receive a pass for expedited entry to the festival after the action day.
www.PermacultureAction.org
Contact@PermacultureAction.org

For the fifth year in a row we mobilize the energy of the SONIC BLOOM Festival community into the nearby town of Walsenburg where District O.N.E. is Organizing New Economy. “Local food is the first economy of any society.” – districtone.org
This year, we expand the District ONE project beyond its farms and pay-what-you-can farm-to-table restaurant to the BUS, inspired by the philosophy of contributionism – a collective gift-economy of stewarding common space and projects together.
The BUS – Building United Society – is a late 1800s school building being converted into a place where food and housing is provided in reciprocity for work on the District ONE Farms growing organic, nutrient-rich food for the community.
Over the last 4 years we’ve watched the farms grow with trees, greenhouses, edible perennials, composting systems, murals, rainwater catchment, medicinal herbs, earthworks, mushrooms, vegetables, and other useful plants. This year, join us to demonstrate that permaculture is not just about farms and gardens – it’s about housing, community, economy, energy, the built environment, and how we organize our lives in relationship to the ecosystems around us and one another.
SCHEDULE
10am Everyone Welcome to Arrive!!
10:30am Opening Circle & Water Ceremony w/ Michael Alcazar, Angelique Rodriguez & Susana Sandoval
11:15am Hands-On Projects Begin (and continue all day!)
11:30am Mushroom Cultivation workshop w/ Navona Gallegos & Wildcat
12pm Lunch Spread Shared
12:30pm Plants for People & Pollinators workshop w/ Courtney Cosgriff of Honeybee Herbals
1pm JaJa DJ Set
1:30pm Growing and Using Medicinal Herbs workshop w/ Stephanie Syson
2pm Sonic Warrior live set
2:30pm Off-Grid Solar demo w/ Brittany Heller and Jim Payne
3pm Leyla Daze live set
4pm Mike Wird hip-hop set
WORKSHOPS
Mushroom Cultivation w/ Navona Gallegos & Wildcat

Plants For People And Pollinators w/ Courtney Cosgriff
Join Courtney Cosgriff of Honeybee Herbals for a discussion on just what’s happening to our precious honeybees and many of our pollinators and how we can utilize medicinal herbs to not only support them but our own health as well. Planting forage for pollinators and designing gardens to support them is unbelievably crucial to their conservation, and we get the added benefit of utilizing many of these plants to support our own health and well being.
Growing and Using Medicinal Herbs w/ Stephanie Syson
Off-Grid Solar demo with Brittany Heller & Jim Payne

MUSIC
Mike Wird hip-hop set
Leyla Daze live set
Sonic Warrior live set
JaJa DJ Set
Hands-On Projects
Building Earth-Tire Wall “Climate Battery” for Greenhouse
Installing Fencing for Chicken Run around Coop
Constructing Solar Closet
Mounting Solar Panels
Planting Edible, Medicinal, & Support Species to Build Soil
We need your support for this one! Have electrical skills? Construction tools? Building materials? Paint for murals? Bring them down!
Get in touch! Email us – Contact@PermacultureAction.org
We’ll be mounting and installing solar, fixing plumbing, constructing a chicken coop, building a greenhouse, painting stairs, planting, repairing, and beautifying.
Music and Workshop Schedule to be announced soon!
Bring a potluck to add to the lunch spread. Wear close toed shoes. Bring a refillable water bottle, and even dishware if you like. We’ll wrap up just in time to guarantee you quick and easeful entry to festival – we’ve got you covered!

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Leave A Positive Trace Permaculture Action Day with Burning Man
2019-06-22 10:00 - 19:00 UTC | Hoover Elementary School Garden, 890 Brockhurst St., Oakland, CA, 94608, United States
Leave a Positive Trace
Permaculture Action Day with Burning Man
Saturday, June 22nd, 2019
10am-7pm
Hoover Elementary School Garden
890 Brockhurst St, Oakland, CA

In conjunction with a global day of action to leave a positive trace – a call-out to the Burning Man community around the world to act on the principles of Participation and Communal Effort on this solstice anniversary of the first Burning Man in 1986.

SCHEDULE
10:00am Everyone Welcome to Arrive
10:30am Opening Circle
11:00am Projects Begin (and continue all day!)
11am-12pm DJ AjGod
12-1pm Water Harvesting Design Principles workshop w/ Brennan Blazer Bird
12-12:15pm MC Memesis (Rmndo)
12:15-1pm Gamelan X live performance
1-2pm People’s Community Medics Disaster Preparedness Training
1:15-1:35 pm Monkey Chant w/ Gamelan X (on the lawn)
1:15-2pm Lydia Violet live performance
1:30pm Lunch Spread presented by The Qwitchen (rolling all day)
2-3pm Community Assembly on the Equitable Climate Action Plan w/ the Oakland Climate Action Coalition
2-2:45pm M’ster Lewis (GODMODE) hip-hop set
2:45-4:15pm DJ Kream (Oakhella)
3-4pm Gardening On A Budget workshop w/ Khadija Khansia
3:30pm Organic Ice Cream shared!
4:15-5pm Gabe Zapata DJ Set
4-5pm The Colors of Us: A Natural Dyeing Skillshare w/ Grace Sullivan
5-6pm Mike Unaverz DJ set
5-6pm Building an Ecological Society Against All Odds: Lessons from Rojava, self-administered northeast Syria
6:00pm Community Healing and Blessing w/ Adorable
6:15pm Open Decks
7:00pm End of Day < 3
Throughout the Day
Remixed Ink live screen printing (bring clothes to print on)
Flow Play w/ Cindy Sparks and Lane Lilliquist
ArtIsMobilus collaborative mural
The Barnacle Boat art car
Arts & crafts with Sketchy Camp
UNAVERZ audio
Potstickers by Camp Porta (yum!)
Hoover Elementary School hosts one of the most immersive and ecologically designed school gardens in the Bay Area. For the last three years, kindergarten through 5th grade students have had the joy of play and class time in this nature-based learning environment—caring for the chickens, saving seeds, identifying edible and medicinal plants, building soil, and crafting.

Join Burning Man Community Events, Burners Without Borders, Permaculture Action Network, and a Bay Area network of facilitators and artists for a day of music, workshops, food, performances, and HANDS-ON PROJECTS:

Rainwater Catchment Earthworks
Building a Cob / Adobe Wall
Creating a Wishing Well
Building Edging for Garden Beds
Weeding, Planting, and Mulching
Building Natural Benches for Students & Crossing Guards
MOOP (Matter Out of Place) Clean Up
Painting Educational Signage
Extending the Chicken Run off the Coop
Installing Solar Panels on the Outdoor Kitchen

Music and Performances
Mike Unaverz DJ set
M’ster Lewis
Gabe Zapata
Bijou of OAKHELLA DJ Set
Gamelan X live performance
DJ AjGod
Lydia Violet live performance
– MC Memesis (Rmndo)
Workshops

Building an Ecological Society Against All Odds: Lessons from Rojava, self-administered northeast Syria
Water Harvesting Design Principles w/ Brennan Blazer Bird of SolutionCraft
Gardening On A Budget w/ Khadija Khansia
Community Assembly on the Equitable Climate Action Plan with Oakland Climate Action Coalition
People’s Community Medics Disaster Preparedness Training with Sharena Thomas (workshop sponsored by the NorCal Resilience Network with a grant from Burners Without Borders)
The Colors of Us: A Natural Dying Skillshare w/ Grace
Spiritual Justice Tools: Clearing Your Energy Fields w/ Adorable
Monkey Chant w/ Gamelan X

Art, Theme Camps, and More
Remixed Ink live screen printing project
(bring clothes to print on)
Flow Play w/ Cindy Sparks and Lane Lilliquist
ArtIsMobilus collaborative mural painting
Barnacle Boat art car
Arts & crafts with Sketchy Camp
UNAVERZ audio
Potstickers by Camp Porta (yum!)

A Free, Nutrient-Rich Meal
Feel Free to Bring Potluck Items to Add to the Rolling Meal throughout the Day
Organic, Local Ice-Cream provided by Three Twins!
This is a free and family-friendly event designed with you in mind.
A Day to inspire one another, build relationships & community, and take collective action.
Facebook Event Page
There is no need to RSVP. However, if you have an inquiry or particular way you want to participate or support, email actionday@burningman.org ~ You can also RSVP here to receive updates.

Permaculture Action Day at Clear Creek Community Food Forest
2019-06-29 10:00 - 18:00 UTC | Clear Creek SchoolHouse, 1882 Hammonds Fork Rd, Disputanta, KY, 40456, United States
Join us for a day full of live music, hands-on projects, workshops, skillshares and delicious local food!

We will be working/playing in a four year old food forest — bring tools, bring a food dish, come learn about the system, plant/eat some food and meet new people.

“We see this food forest as a pragmatic model that serves as a community learning/experimenting area while providing food, medicine and Abundance. This space is a working model for how other low-maintenance, long-visioning systems similar in nature could be communally designed and implemented. We see this space as a sanctuary for humans and wildlife. As we continue to work in this space, we develop relationships with the native plants, people and climate, creating a sense of home place. This is an open community space where we share labor, experiences and skills together which leads to resilience. Additionally, this land serves as a propagation resource for the community, where herbs, seeds and cultivars of trees can be propagated for future food-focused projects. This project serves as a community resource for food, medicine, spiritual growth, community involvement, learning, sharing of skills and access to land in an economically impoverished region.

– Written in 2015 as part of the design process –

Projects, workshops/skillshares and music TBD

Rolling potluck lunch starting at 1pm

This Permaculture Action Day is in partnership with Burners Without Borders and is made possible, in part, by a Southeastern Leadership Civic Ignition Grant.

Everyone is welcome to this free, family-friendly event.

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Permaculture Action Day w/ Moon Hooch Denver
2019-07-13 09:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | Seeds of Power Unity Farm, 3551 Humboldt Street, Denver, CO, United States
Come out to Seeds of Power Unity Farm with the Permaculture Action Network and touring musicians Moon Hooch for a Permaculture Action Day.
This free and public event will be on July 13th, 2019 from 9 AM – 7 PM at the three Seeds of Power Farm sites in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver.
Our newest collaborators, touring musicians in the band Moon Hooch, will be showing up on the Action Day to get their hands in the dirt. Be sure to check out their performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on July 12th.
There will be hands-on projects to aid the Seeds of Power Unity Farm, including building and maintaining vital infrastructure for the farm sites, planting garden beds, and more.
We’ll have workshops and skillshares from local presenters, community-centered networking, food, and music.
The Permaculture Action Day will conclude with a shared meal, ingredients cultivated at Seeds of Power and prepared by Beverly Grant, the farmer behind it all. Food and entertainment from 4-7PM at the Dahlia Campus, 3401 Eudora St, Denver, CO 80207.
This project is a collaboration between Seeds of Power Unity Farm, a Denver based, black-led farm in the Five Points neighborhood, and Permaculture Action Network, a collective of regional teams across the US that mobilize thousands of people to take direct action on regenerative projects by collaborating with performing artists and cultural events.

Restoring Paradise: Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia
2019-10-13 10:00 - 18:00 UTC | Norton Buffalo Hall, 5704 Chapel Dr, Paradise, CA, 95969, United States
Restoring Paradise: A Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia & other artists TBA
Join Camp Fire Restoration Project and Permaculture Action Network for a free, family-friendly day of hands-on action to plant and build new gardens and infrastructure at the Paradise Community Guilds in Paradise, CA.
Projects and workshops will be offered by local and regional experts and enthusiasts alongside music, food, and community building activities (check back soon for schedule announcements).
Norton Buffalo Hall, the home of Paradise Community Guilds, burned to the ground in the Camp Fire of 2018. The Guilds hosts multiple community gardens, open mic nights, potlucks, workshops, concerts, and classes, “fostering community by nurturing creativity, practicing stewardship of Nature, and promoting values of sustainability.”
Rising Appalachia will be sounding the call to action at their Northern California concerts in Arcata, Petaluma, Nevada City, and Berkeley, and will be joining us on-the-ground. Lukas Nelson and other artists will similarly be calling the Northern California community to action at concerts and performances in the weeks before the action day.
This action day is part of a larger 10-day camp to restore land, homes, and common spaces around Butte County affected by the Camp Fire, read below for more information.
Please feel free to bring tools, work gloves, and potluck items to share, but do not feel obligated! Bringing a water bottle, and even reusable dishware if you have it is, is wise.
Invite your friends and click interested/going for updates on the facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/3017733424966084/

Fall Campout
*Camping from Oct 11-20th will be hosted at the Concow Campground, with projects and events happening throughout Butte County Oct 11th-20th.
Everyone is invited to camp and learn techniques that can be used in other communities affected by natural disaster and ecosystem degradation. There is a reciprocity request of 1.5 hours of work within the campground for each day of camping.
Learn more at http://campfirerestorationproject.org/camp-paradise/.

L.A. Permaculture Action Day at GrowGood
2019-10-20 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | GrowGood, 5600 Mansfield, Bell, CA, 90201, United States
Permaculture Action Day
Sunday, October 20th, 2019 10am – 5pm
A day of hands-on projects to grow food, hope, and community with the Bell Shelter.
Workshops, Music, Food, and Building Relationships.

GrowGood has been working in partnership with The Salvation Army since 2011 to transform and maintain a 1.5-acre parcel of land adjacent to the Bell Homeless Shelter into an urban farm. The Bell Shelter is one of the largest houseless shelters west of the Mississippi, operating a comprehensive program that offers transitional care for up to 500 houseless people at a time including women and veterans.

GrowGood’s no-till, regenerative urban farm provides the Shelter’s kitchen with substantial quantities of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables as well as therapeutic activities and employment opportunities for residents.
This is a free, family-friendly day of action to build infrastructure and plant trees and other edible/beneficial species at GrowGood! Please feel free to bring tools, work gloves, and potluck items to share, but do not feel obligated! Bring a water bottle, and even reusable dishware if you’re able.

PROJECTS
Planting Native Species (more than 100 plants!)
Building a Wheelchair Accessible Pathway through the farm
Building Wheelchair Accessible Garden Beds
Clearing a Zone for the Compost Digester
Saving Seed & Drying Herbs
Building Rainwater Storing Garden Beds
Mulching and Tending the Farm

WORKSHOPS
Soil Health with Kiss The Ground
Join Kiss the Ground for an interactive soil demonstration that will look at the interaction between agriculture, soil health, and water runoff. Starting with a meditation on a seed we’ll move through comparing degraded and healthy soils and end with an orientation to the basics of our Soil Advocacy classes.
Seed Bombs with Mama Sunshine
Learn how to use your inner rebel for good. By planting wild flower seed bombs you can beautify eye sores in the neighborhood, give food to pollinators and encourage positive change in your communities. Bee a honey, plant a garden.
Soil Regeneration w/ Kiss The Ground
Yael of Kiss The Ground brings her expertise to this workshop on regenerating degraded soils into healthy, living soil that supports the ecological health and human communities.
Vote With Your Dollar: A dialogue between Conscious Capitalism and the Solidarity Economy
w/ Ernesto Borges & Ryan Rising
Join Ernesto Borges of the tri and Ryan Rising of Permaculture Action Network for an exploration of the frameworks of Conscious Capitalism and the Solidarity Economy. By bringing these two strategies in conversation with one another we seek to collectively learn practical tools for transitioning away from the extractive economy and toward just and regenerative relationships with one another and our ecosystem.
MUSIC
DJ Sets by Ernaste (EPHCTO) and Sky Society
Live performances by Whitney Lyman, Cappy Franti (son of Michael Franti), Aste Mari, and Nación Ekeko

Month of Events
This Fall 2019 Guayakí Yerba Mate heads to Los Angeles for the month of October. Their time will be spent producing music events, community gatherings, interactive art experiences, and action days – all focused on social and environmental work supporting the regenerative movement.
Together we will mobilize people from the Come To Life: Wisdome.LA event with musicians Tuxedo and Nacion Ekeko on Saturday, October 19th, to the Permaculture Action Day at GrowGood the day following the concert The Main Squeeze and Rising Appalachia will similarly sound the call to action at their shows in LA on Oct 12th and 15th.
*Directions to the farm:
Go south on the 5, exit 129 (Atlantic/Eastern). Turn left on Eastern Blvd. Then turn right onto Mansfield (you’ll pass Washington and Bandini and Rickenbacker avenues).
On Mansfield, pass straight through two stop signs and continue west. For reference, at the second stop sign, there is a new apartment complex on the left. The farm is just west of that also on the left. There is a fenced parking area and you can park there or anywhere on the street. If you pass a cluster of homes on the left, you have gone too far.
*The Farm is across the street from the Mansfield entrance to the Bell Shelter.
Click going/interested on the facebook event page, invite your friends, and look for updates in the discussion section at
https://www.facebook.com/events/531225717632722/

Nashville Permaculture Action Day w/ members of Rising Appalachia, November 11 2019
2019-11-11 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | Two Rivers Park, 3136 McGavock Pk, Nashville, TN, United States
In collaboration with Deep Tropics Festival, Rising Appalachia and GROW Enrichment, we are hosting the third Permaculture Action Day in Nashville in three years!
Permaculture Action Network, along with Deep Culture, Rising Appalachia and GROW Enrichment, are happy to present the Nashville Permaculture Action Day on 11/11 at GROW Enrichment!
What Is It?
This is the third Permaculture Action Day in Nashville in three years!
It will be a day of music, workshops, skillshares, and connecting with our community, all while working on projects together to enhance and beautify the land. This event is free for all, so be sure to invite your friends, family, church group, professional community, and anyone you enjoy spending time with to share a day of growing and strengthening community resilience with us. Please come ready to have fun, make friends, & get lots done!
Food & Drink:
We are glad to offer delicious food created by Souls United and an herbal tea lounge and elixir bar with Infinitea and Tria Prima to keep you nourished.
Please RSVP here so we can have a good estimate of how many people to expect to have enough food:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0WoVDl3wsnqgXVEjlpZtuov84asga2hvTB9dlVRKale_Thg/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1
Music:
Laura Reed: https://www.facebook.com/laurareedmusic/
Magic of Science and Friends: https://www.facebook.com/magicofsciencemusic/
Drum Circle Improv with Rhythm Bird: https://m.facebook.com/Rhythm-Bird-317231875658885/
Foundation: https://www.facebook.com/foundation615/
FULL SCHEDULE

Earth Guardians:
In order to minimize waste, we ask that you bring your own reusable cup, dish and eating utensils. We will have a sanitary wash station set up for everyone to handle their own clean up after eating.
We’ll also have recycling & composting stations setup around the site so please dispose properly. Thanks!
Parking:
Parking will be in nearby lots that are only a short walk away from the event location. More info on this will be coming soon. When you first arrive onsite, please visit the welcome & orientation area to receive basic information about the schedule and layout of the day, tips on radical self-care, information about on-site medics, and more.
Opening:
Our opening circle will begin at 10:30 AM. This will be the best time to see the faces of all of the facilitators, project and workshop leads, medics, etc. After this time, people will move into hands on projects, workshops, dancing, socializing and all that goodness. Please be empowered to ask one of our organizers if you need to find someone or something.
Closing:
We will end the day at 5 PM and ask that you stay to help clean up and break down if you like.
Generous Partners & Sponsors:
A day like this is only made possible by our wonderful group of partners and sponsors. Thank you so much!
Partners:
Rising Appalachia
Deep Culture
Permaculture Action Network
Grow Enrichment
Greenwood Nurseries
Nashville Foodscapes
Spiral Ridge Permaculture
Tria Prima
Infinitea
Ozark Mountain Permaculture
Sunrise Movement Nashville
Tennessee Women in Green
Souls United
Urban Ecovillage
Hip Donelson
Two Rivers Middle School
Nashville Metro Parks Dept.
Your Green Homestead
Sponsors:
Deep Tropics
Gardens of Babylon
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2347268158726560/
https://www.growenrichment.org
Info on host site: GROW Enrichment is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization based in Nashville, TN. As a community development partner, GROW seeks to increase sustainable land use in the urban setting. Through a partnership with Metro Nashville Parks Department, GROW operates a large project site at Two Rivers Park where we are applying permaculture methodology to engage the public in the process of restoring an urban green space. Our goal is to engage people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities as we teach restorative land management through hands-on experiences. Whether you attend an organized program with us, participate in a volunteer event, tour the site with a group, or meet us by chance while you are out enjoying the green-way; we hope you will find inspiration for your own ecological journey when you visit GROW!

New Orleans Permaculture Action Day w/ Moon Hooch
2020-02-09 10:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | CO
Join us to welcome in the new decade by taking direct action to build community resilience, showing up in solidarity with an incredible local project!
Come for Yoga, Hands-on Projects, Workshops, Food, Music, Massage and Community at Gloria’s Garden in New Orleans!
Themes include rainwater harvesting, flood mitigation, food access, food justice, cooking skills and plant knowledge.
This is a free, family-friendly, day of action to build and plant new community spaces and infrastructure at Gloria’s Garden in the historic Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans. Hear from Miss Gloria here
Moon Hooch will be sounding the call to action at their New Orleans show on 2/8/2020 at One Eyed Jacks.
Please feel free to bring tools, work gloves, and potluck items to share, but do not feel obligated! Bringing a water bottle and reusable dishware if possible.
MORE INFO & RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/515180712452064/

Sonic Bloom Action Day at Aztlan Cultural Center
2022-06-16 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | Aztlan Cultural Center, 7102 CR 620, Gardner, CO, 81040, United States
You are invited to come to the action day before Sonic Bloom sets off on Thursday, June 16th!
DRIVING DIRECTIONS UPDATED AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
Follow for updates on the facebook event page!
This year’s Permaculture Action Day will be at Aztlan Cultural Center, Sonic Bloom’s neighbor and an indigenous cultural center and site of weekly free ceremonies and the Sun Dance. Aztlan is Apache and Aztec, indigenous held land, and welcomes all people to its ceremony.
As we dance and connect in our own special way, we invite you to stand in solidarity with our indigenous neighbors who are holding their own connection to the land, spirit, and each other.
This action day will focus on:

harvesting willow to make a sweat lodge frame
harvesting tepee poles from the forest and the land
roofing the ceremonial arbor for the Sun Dance

as well as:

applying compost tea and natural fertilizers
inoculating mushroom logs for edible Oyster cultivation
clearing the forest and gathering ceremony wood
cleaning and tending to the land and trash removal
repairing the roof and walls of the medicine hut
organizing and bear proofing the community kitchen
restoring the creek from blockages and debris

If we are able to collect the resources, we are also trying to:

building a bath house or other water systems on site
refurbishing the greenhouse and fundraising a well

This action day is an extension of our past years’ work at the region’s high school, community gardens, and community centers, and is an attempt at creating greater food sovereignty in the region while supporting our indigenous neighbors in fostering greater connectivity to the land. Projects are aimed at ecosystem restoration and creating a more sustainable life in Huerfano.
In addition to the hands-on projects listed above we will host a number of workshops at the action day, accompanied by musical performances and a community meal for our attendees.
Attending the action day is free, as always. We’re grateful for your presence and solidarity.
Feel concerned about getting a spot to camp?
We understand those attending the action day on Thursday risk getting into the festival later than others. We have you covered!   Get in touch at @PermacultureAction on instagram or email SonicBloomAction@gmail.com and we’ll work to ensure you a camping space and swift entry.
Music by Bloomurian, Mike Wird, Ryan Sorrell, Phazer & More
What to bring?
Bring a water bottle, close toed shoes and work gloves if you have them, any tools you think may be supportive (shovels, drills, etc.) and feel free to bring food or drinks to share.
When to arrive?
Arrive between 9 and 10am if possible. You’re welcome to get there any time. We end at 4pm and will all head back over to the festival for when music and programming really gets started.
Where to go?
Aztlan Cultural Center is located at:  7102 CR 620 Gardner, CO 81040
Apple Maps or Google Maps will bring you directly to the site. Directions at bottom of this page,
Want to get involved?
If you want to lead a project, support with material contributions, teach, or play music at the action day, please get in touch with us. Instagram is the easiest way to make initial contact with our organizers (@PermacultureAction) or you can email us at SonicBloomAction@gmail.com
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
From the 25 take Exit 56. Exit 56 takes you onto Red Rock Road/610. Follow this until it dead ends. At the dead end, turn right onto 69.
Take the 69 more than 10 miles until you see the turn for CR 620 marked by a green road sign and make a right onto the 620. (There’s a patch of ground as you come off the 69 that is a great place to park and carpool into the action day site if you want to squad up.)
When you see a cemetery, stay left. Keep straight (do not turn when you see the CR 623 sign at the triangle. You’re continuing forward there and to the right of the triangle.)
Less than a quarter mile past the cemetery you will see a gate; turn left through the Lazy S Ranch signed gate.
Go past the Lazy S Ranch, passing with it on your right until you see a church on your left. Shortly after the church you will see a red truck. Make that next right – you will see action day signs with arrows from there.

A day of action at a local indigenous community site building a community kitchen and restoring stream and forest ecosystems.
2023-06-14 11:00 - 2023-06-15 15:00 UTC | Aztlan Cultural Center, 7102 CR 620, Gardner, CO, 81040, United States
Music * Food * Hands-on Projects * Workshops * Taking Action

Logistics:
Address: 7102 CR 620 Gardner, CO 81040.
Join Sonic Bloom and the Permaculture Action Network at the Aztlan Cultural Center both Wednesday and Thursday this year before the festival kicks off on Thursday evening for action days.

June 14th and 15th we’re inviting all attendees of Sonic Bloom, alongside the general public, to come to Aztlan Cultural Center in Gardner, Colorado starting at 11am Wednesday, June 14th. We know it’s been a challenge in past years to have the action day on Thursday while festival gates are opening, so this year we’re welcoming people to come Wednesday and to stay overnight.

Action Day participants will be welcome to stay overnight in your own camping setup at Aztlan Cultural Center and join for evening sweat lodge ceremony after Wednesday’s day of action, and either continue working with us on the land at Aztlan Thursday, or head to the Sonic Bloom site as early as 10am for early entry alongside VAP package holders.

Many of us will continue to work with the land and the community on Thursday morning and early afternoon, and any of those who arrived Wednesday and slept over after sweat lodge are welcome to continue with working and building with us, as well as anyone who is able to only arrive Thursday morning and stay for the day.

By 4pm Thursday, June 15th, we will all have moved over to Sonic Bloom for the festival and to hold space in the workshop hub.

Action Day:
Aztlan Cultural Center is located 40 minutes drive from Hummingbird Ranch and is one of Sonic Bloom’s closest community project neighbors. The center hosts weekly ceremonies and an annual Sun Dance on indigenous held land while welcoming all people to its free ceremonies.

As we dance and connect in our own special way, we invite you to stand in solidarity with our indigenous neighbors who are holding their own connection to the land, spirit, and each other.

Last year, we rebuilt the ceremonial arbor used for Sun Dance, trimmed trees and cut firewood for ceremony – aiding the forest ecosystem adjacent the stream, and worked on the gardens. We brewed and sprayed compost tea, and took all festival food scraps to build compost piles.

This year, we will be rebuilding parts of the community kitchen that supports the ceremonies, continuing our tree work and work with the stream-adjacent forest ecosystem, and looking at installing a new water catchment tank and pumping system, alongside other ecological projects.

Music:
We’re always joined by a sound system, DJ’s and performing artists to accompany the day’s projects. Working alongside friends to build, plant, and grow while DJs play to the atmosphere. It’s a beautiful experience and we’re excited for you to join. We’ve had some headlining artists play in the past and you never know who might show up to accompany a day of action with song and rhythm. If you want to play, get in touch with us. We welcome it!

Food:
We’ll have community meals to share with folks throughout the event. However, it will be greatly supportive if you can bring something to share. Potluck style with us baselining some meals will make sure everyone’s fed and nourished. Bringing water and hydrating drinks, fruit, and snacks is encouraged and appreciated.

What To Bring:
In addition to some food and water if you want to contribute to potluck style meals and offerings, bring tools if you can – basic construction tools; close-toed shoes, a water bottle to stay hydrated, and, if you’re camping overnight, your tent, headlamp, and other camping gear. This is a rural site so come prepared.
