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Welcome to the April 2009 ebulletin from the Permaculture Association.
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Permaculture Association news
General
Is corn plotting to rule the world?
Michelle Obama digs for victory
International
Prince Charles visits Permaculture Project in Brazil
Food and Empowerment - Mugove Walter Nyika in conversation on IPC9
Events
Courses
Listed at www.permaculture.org.uk
Jobs & Opportunities
Channel 4 looking for Dream Farmers
Design tutor needed for course in Poland
Eco project manager(s) needed in southern Spain
Permaculture Association contact details
Permaculture Association news
After a rigorous recruitment process we"re very pleased to announce that we have three new employees in place to head up the exciting LAND project over the next 4 years.
Louise Cartwright is our new network coordinator, Joe Atkinson is heading up education for the project and Dan McTiernan is the new communications coordinator.
They bring with them a wealth of experience including setting up and running successful CSA projects, developing sustainability strategies for big business including Cable and Wireless and film work for the BBC and Channel 4.
Over the next few weeks more details on the LAND project will be published via the bulletin and on the website www.permaculture.org.uk
www.localfoodgrants.org
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
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Association member Nadia Hillman appears in this week"s episode of Gardener"s World to discuss the inspirational GROFUN project in Bristol.
Watch her via Iplayer by clicking here (her piece is 38mins into the programme).
General
Is corn plotting to rule the world?
Michael Pollan, prize winning journalist, real food advocate and author of The Omnivore"s Dilemma raises an intriguing hypothesis:
What if human consciousness isn"t the be-all and end-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn"s clever strategy game to rule the Earth?
Only by understanding ecosystems from a plant"s perspective can we better understand the complexity of our food web.
In this fascinating video he champions Permaculture as a solution to many of the problems of modern food.
click here to watch video
Michelle Obama digs for victory
The Obama"s have made a huge political statement by digging up some of the White House lawn and sowing what will become an organic vegetable garden. The total costs - excluding White House lacky labour - are just \$200.
Rob Hopkins offers a lighthearted Permaculture critique on their efforts so far!
Micael Pollan: In Defense of Food: An Eater"s Manifesto ISBN13: 978-0143114963
Food. There"s plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it? Because most of what we"re consuming today is not food, and how we"re consuming it -- in the car, in front of the TV, and increasingly alone -- is not really eating. Instead of food, we"re consuming "edible foodlike substances" -- no longer the products of nature but of food science...
Let us know any recently published permaculture related titles you are enjoying. email: communicate@permaculture.org.uk
International news
Prince Charles visits Permaculture project in Brazil
Under heavy security conditions HRH Prince of Wales recently visited The IPA centre (Instituto Permacultura da Amazonia) in Northern Brazil. His support of the people of the Amazon region led him to permaculture work being conducted in Brazil. He is a strong advocate of IPA work in supporting small scale organic farming as well as awareness raising around the destructive influences of the "Green Revolution".
The Prince is famously outspoken on environmental subjects, to read a recent interview with him in the Telegraph on the subject of GM click here.
Food and Empowerment - Mugove Walter Nyika in conversation on IPC9
Click here to listen to IPC9"s coordinator discuss the history of Permaculture in Africa, what participants can expect to find at the Conference, why the "Green Revolution" isn"t really green, and the role that Permaculture plays in Africa"s move toward sustainability.
Events
Homes for Good 2009 - South West"s leading sustainable building, home and garden exhibition - Westpoint, Exeter - Friday 17th to Saturday 18th April
Green Architecture Day is an one-day conference on 19 April 2009 run by Brighton Permaculture Trust. It is a day of ideas and information for anyone concerned with buildings - those who design them, build them, live in them or work in them. This year the themes are Eco-friendly materials & Eco-renovation.
http://www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk/gad/index.html
Courses
Listed at www.permaculture.org.uk
There are currently dozens of permaculture courses listed at here
They include: Introduction to permaculture; Full permaculture design; tree pruning; coppicing; grafting; compost toilet design; bee keeping; bushcraft; paper making; scything; a full design course in Thailand - and many, many more..
Jobs & Opportunities
Are you in the process of setting up your own DREAM FARM? If so, Channel 4 wants to hear from you?
Channel 4 are making a brand new primetime series for called MY DREAM FARM and they’re looking for people who have decided to leave their 9 to 5 jobs and set up a smallholding.
They want to find people who are leaving or have already left behind their former lives to start up farms in the country. The series will offer the new smallholders advice and guidance from agricultural expertise.
Whether your passion is pigs, chickens, carrots, fruit, goats, or even alpacas, Get in touch to find out more!
020 79070872
(over 18s only)
Volunteers wanted on Snowdonia project
Long or short term voluntary help wanted after April, on a developing zero carbon vegan organic forest garden site 7 acres, near Snowdonia, in a beautiful little isolated wooded valley, & stream.
The project is completely off-grid and help is need in all aspects of the project ranging from bio-fuels, veg growing through to 12-volt electrics.
For more information plase contact
email petefreepeat@yahoo.co.uk
Frank Bowman on 07980 158661
Design tutor needed for course in Poland
Design tutors, if you"re looking for a change of scene this summer, this could be for you:
Permaculture design course - 7 days
Place: Dziadowice (small village in central Poland, wielkopolska district, near the town of Malanow)
Dates: 20th - 26th July 2009 (could be shifted back or forth according to the tutor availability) for enquiries please contact
Petr Nemecek:
+48880917628
Eco project manager(s) wanted for vegan permaculture project in southern Spain
The Ecoforest project is based on natural, environmentally-sustainable lifestyle concepts, permaculture, the vegan diet, etc. and is currently a small project based in Andalucia, Southern Spain.
They are looking to improve and expand in 2009 and are seeking a person(s) to help run their project in Spain.
For further information please go to www.ecoforest.org
email: chriskennett01@hotmail.com
Local Food: has been developed by a consortium of 16 national environmental organisations, and is managed on their behalf by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT). Supported by the Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces programme, Local Food will distribute grants to a variety of food related projects to make locally grown food more accessible. www.localfoodgrants.org
The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT): Is a registered charity, incorporated by Royal Charter, to promote conservation and manage environmental programmes throughout the whole of the UK. It has established management systems for holding and distributing funds totalling more than £20 million annually to environmental projects across the UK.
The Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces programme was launched in November 2005 to help communities enjoy and improve their local environments. The programme funds a range of activities from local food schemes and farmers markets, to education projects teaching people about the local environment.
The Big Lottery Fund, the largest of the National Lottery good cause distributors, has been rolling out £2 million in Lottery good cause money every 24 hours to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK. www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
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