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Upcoming
Events Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
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Santa
Barbara Permaculture Network Thursday,
June 11, 7pm 2009, Donation $5 Santa Barbara Permaculture Network continues to learn about the world and it's people with its special series Permaculture Around the World, this time focusing on Central America with a talk by Juan Rojas of the Institute of Mesoamerican Permaculture (IMAP). Mesoamerica
is a term that recognizes the cultural, ecological, traditional, and sociological
similarities, rather than political boundaries of what currently makes
up the countries of Central America. Juan Rojas is a certified permaculture
instructor and one of the founders of both the Institute of Mesoamerican
Permaculture and the Permaculture Institute of El Salvador
who has worked with others to acknowledge these similarities along with
the comparable dilemmas and obstacles that countries in the regions share.
Rojas has been instrumental in establishing grassroots organizations aimed at appropriate methods of farming and land restoration, always seeking the skills and expertise of local farmers. Since 1994 Rojas has been a part of the thirty year old Campesino a Campesino (Farmer to Farmer) movement that has helped farming families in the rural villages of Latin America improve their livelihoods and conserve their natural resources by individual farmers sharing their wealth of wisdom directly with each other. Rojas will speak about his experience convening with Permacultura America Latina and the Institute for Mesoamerican Permaculture, an eight day Mesoamerican Convergence on Sustainable Development and Permaculture on the shores of Lake Atitlan in the highlands of Guatemala. With the pressures of globalization, free trade agreements, privatization, and open market approaches to poverty reduction, the Convergence hoped to address the urgent environmental and social threats facing the region, and create a Mesoamerican alliance. Forty grassroots organizations from the region attended including representatives from Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala. Since devastating hurricane Stan had recently impacted the area, participants discussed how vulnerable Mesoamerican countries could better prepare and mitigate the effects of disasters such as earthquakes, mud slides, and hurricanes. The event takes place at the Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu St, in downtown Santa Barbara, on Thursday, June 11,2009 7pm. No reservations are required, donation $5. For more information please call (805) 962-2571, or email margie@sbpermaculture.org; www.sbpermaculture.org. Sponsored by the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Non-Profit. More Info/Radio/Speaking Dates: Friday,
June 12, 9-10am, Sustainable World Radio,
* Agricultural
Transitions Sunday,
June 7, 6:00 PM Speaker
Bio: Warren is a certified Permaculture designer, educator, and storyteller. He is co-founder of Quail Springs Learning Oasis & Permaculture Farm, Wilderness Youth Project, Mentoring for Peace, True Nature Design and Trees for Children. He works extensively in Permaculture education and sustainable habitat design in North America and in Africa. Information
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