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Introduction to Permaculture Design
 with Karen Stupski & Patty Ceglia

Baltimore Green Forum
Sunday, January 24, 2010, 4:30 – 6:30 pm
at
Maryland Presbyterian Church
1105 Providence Road, Towson, MD 21286
Directions:  http://www.mpchurch.org/About.htm

FREE to attend, but donations to Maryland Presbyterian Church are greatly appreciated
For updated program info, contact baltimoregreenforum@gmail.com, 301-345-2234

Learn about Permaculture Design, a system of designing ecologically inspired landscapes that integrate food production, energy, shelter and water.  This discussion will introduce the principles of Permaculture and give examples of how families, communities and Transition Town initiatives can build environmental resilience and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

A Transition Town is a town or city that is seeking to live more sustainably and build local resilience, and has joined the Transition movement.  This movement was started by Permaculture designer Rob Hopkins in England, and has expanded to become a global grassroots movement.  Each Transition Town seeks to find and implement methods for reducing energy usage as well as increasing local self-reliance to respond to the negative effects of Peak Oil, Climate Change and a challenged economy. 

In 2010 the Baltimore Green Forum is hosting a series of talks on topics relevant to the Transition Town movement with the goal of supporting the development of Transition Initiatives in the Baltimore area.  This month, our guest speakers, Karen Stupski and Patty Ceglia, will introduce the principles of Permaculture Design and facilitate a discussion about how we can apply them in our local communities. 

Co-sponsored by:
Simplicity Matters Earth Institute, Transition Baltimore, Network of Spiritual Progressives in MD, Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network, MD League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Inc., Parks & People, Baltimore Climate Action Network, & the Greater Baltimore Group of the Sierra Club

Gardening Like the Forest
HOME  SCALE ECOLOGICAL FOOD PRODUCTION
 with Dave Jacke, author of Edible Forest Gardens

Sunday, February 7, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Ruscombe Mansion
4801 & 4803 Yellowwood Avenue, Baltimore, MD

Hosted by the Greater Baltimore Permaculture Guild, Suggested Donation - $10
Seating capacity 45 – please RSVP at education@heathcote.org or 410-357-9523

Healthy forests maintain, fertilize, and renew themselves, naturally.

Wouldn’t you like to grow an abundant food-producing ecosystem like this in your back yard?  You can!  Edible forest gardens mimic the structure and function of natural forests through all their stages of development and grow food, fuel, fiber, fodder, fertilizers, farmaceuticals, and fun.  We can meet our own needs and regenerate healthy ecosystems at the same time!  This talk introduces the vision of forest gardening with some scientific background, a few living examples, and a sampling of some useful perennial edibles you can use in your own garden.

Biography:  Dave Jacke, primary author of the award winning two-volume book Edible Forest Gardens, has studied ecology and design since the 1970s, and has run his own design firm -Dynamics Ecological Design - since 1984.  Dave is an engaging and passionate teacher of ecological design and permaculture.  He has designed, built, and planted landscapes, homes, farms, and communities in the many parts of the United States, as well as overseas.  A cofounder of Land Trust at Gap Mountain in Jaffrey, NH, he homesteaded there for a number of years.  Dave holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Simon's Rock College and a M.A. in Landscape Design from the Conway School of Landscape Design.

These talks introduce the upcoming
Design for Living, HOME-SCALE PERMACULTURE COURSE
starting February 13, 2010 at HEATHCOTE COMMUNITY in Freeland, MD
see http://www.heathcote.org/cms/content/home-scale-permaculture-design-course-2010  
 

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