December 19, 2009 at FUTURE STUDIO in Highland
Park5558 N. Figueroa
Avenue
Just look for the Chicken Boy statue on the roof!
Saturday, December 19, 2009 9am - 6pm
In 1992, David W. Orr (author of six books, member of the board of
directors for the Center for Ecoliteracy, and professor of
environmental studies at Oberlin College) introduced the term
“ecological literacy” when his first book was published. The phrase was
later shortened to “ecoliteracy” and is defined by Fritjof Capra
(physicist, systems theorist, and international bestselling author of
four books) as “our ability to understand the basic principles of
ecology and live accordingly.”
As the workshop’s co-instructors
define it, ecoliteracy is about learning to understand the language of
place through nature's rhythms, cycles, and patterns. Urban/suburban
ecoliteracy is fundamental to greening your home and community while
saving money, water, energy and time. It is the foundation of all
beautiful organic gardens that grow with little or no fertilizer or
chemical pesticides and with less maintenance and water than
conventional gardens. Learning to become ecoliterate is easier than you
might think!
If
you are creating your garden or landscape from scratch, revamping your
garden, and/or are tentative about how or where to start, this workshop
is perfect for you. If you are looking for ways to integrate
sustainability into your life and landscape, this introductory workshop
will help you reset your conceptual framework so that the content from classes and workshops in organic
gardening, greener living, garden design with drought tolerant & CA native plants, and Permaculture are easier to
integrate into your life.
Two
professional ecological designers will be teaching the very same practical skills
that they use regularly in their businesses. Wendy Talaro of
Fruits to Nuts and Steve Hernandez of NativeScape Development Corp.
will lead workshop participants in a systematic way through the process
of site analysis/landscape reading and landscape project management
within the urban/suburban context.
~ Bilingual instruction in English and Español with real time translation
~ There is mandatory homework that must be completed prior to the workshop.
~ Registration
by December 5, 2010 is strongly recommended because of the homework -
you're accountable to your fellow classmates so give yourself enough
time to complete it.
~ Potluck lunch on-site to facilitate
networking and community building, so please bring your business cards
and a dish or snack to share
~ Enrollment is strictly limited on
a first come, first served basis to 16 individuals - walk-in
registrants will only be guaranteed space for the next available local
workshop.
~ To register, send deposit or full payment of $40 to
Wendy Talaro, P.O. Box 7478; Torrance, CA 90504 or via PayPal to
basil_gardens@hotmail.com. Homework (2.1 MB PDF file) will be sent to
you via e-mail or snail mailed upon receipt of payment.
~ 25% student discount available
w/proof of current 1/2 to full time registration –
must
be sent w/payment
~ Cancellation
Policy: 7-day minimum advance registration is required with deposit to
secure space. Balance due may be paid on arrival. No refunds unless the instructors initiate class cancellation.
Being firmly rooted in a sense of
place is the only saving grace to the disconnection, ecological
alienation, and anomie that haunts the psyches of people today. You
can't be grounded (literally) if you're not willing to become vested;
if you're not vested, you're a tourist pretending to be a citizen. To
become vested, you have to be willing to cultivate relationships with
your surroundings and neighborhood, which includes the human and
nonhuman elements
in toto.
Becoming ecoliterate is getting at the root of changing yourself
and society with the intent and objective of leaving this Earth in
better stead environmentally than the way we all found it. If you care about the future of your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, you owe it to them to pass on a better environmental legacy as opposed to deeper ecological debt. Authentic
sustainability entails attunement with earth’s systems and cycles – the
sources of our collective survival, well-being, and wealth as a
species. Humans appropriate all of the material means of their
sustenance and economic activity from the planet. Ecology trumps
economy – it always has and always will.
If
you have further questions, please call Wendy @ 310.329.5719 or e-mail
info@fruits2nuts.com. Para preguntas en Español, llame Esteban, marque
818.302.9699 o coreo electronico steve@gogreennsd.com. We look forward
to your active engagement in the workshop.
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Kind regards and thanks for posting this announcement,
Wendy
Talaro, M.A.
Truffle in Paradise
http://www.truffleinparadise.com/
Divine
delights with a social and environmental
conscience
and
Sustainability Integration Specialist and
Consultant
Fruits to Nuts
http://www.fruits2nuts.com/
Real
solutions for real people for a sustainable post-carbon
economy