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Permaculture and sustainable agriculture, lecture Thurs. June 26

When:

through Jun 27, 2008 7 - 9 PM

Details:

Permaculture Solutions Lecture Series presents:

 

“Permaculture Agriculture: Replacing the Myth of Scarcity with Visions of Abundance”

 

Thursday, 26 June 2008, 7 pm

 

15th Street Friends Meeting House
15 Rutherford Place, Manhattan
(15th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues)

 

suggested donation $5 

 

Sponsored by:
Neighborhood Energy Network     http://neighborhoodenergynetwork.org/
Tristate Food Not Lawns     http://www.tristatefoodnotlawns.org/
Oil Awareness Meetup     http://oilawareness.meetup.com/36/
Sierra Club NYC Group     http://www.nyc.sierraclub.org/
Friends in Unity with Nature    www.funquakers.org/

 

 

Crop yields around the world are falling.  Rice is being rationed in California.  Is the predominant method of growing food the only way?

 

Holistic multi-functional cultivated ecosystems can address our agricultural problems, and people all over the world are creating diversified high-yielding gardens and farms.  We can heal ourselves, our communities and our planetary support systems with responsible localized diversified Agriculture.

 

Andrew Faust (B.A., Guilford College) is a certified permaculture designer and a certified alternative school teacher who inspires students and clients with Design solutions for Ecological health.  He homesteaded off the grid in West Virginia for six years where he created the Center for Bioregional Living (www.homebiome.com).  He recently moved to New York City, where he is thriving on permaculture design work, teaching, consulting, and gardening with nonprofits, businesses, schools, communities and homeowners.

 

Andrew is working with Tristate Food Not Lawns to bring Permaculture to urban gardening.  He is conducting gardening talks at Open Road and teaching a permaculture design course at the Open Center starting in July.