THE SKILLS FOR NEW MILLENNIUM TOUR 2009-2010 The PermiBus

The Skills for New Millennium Tour hits the road again in 2009 bringing you skills you need to meet the challenges of the New Millennium. Change can be intimidating. Therefore, the skills we offer; grounded in decades of activism, poverty, and spiritual consciousness; emphasize making small, marginal changes that are critical to survival in difficult economic times, changes that help you live what you believe.

The improved Earth Activist Training (EAT) Permaculture Demonstration Bus (Permibus II) is on the road, visiting communities nationwide, in order to offer you and your community practical skills to help you wrest control of your life from corporate hands. The PermiBus is a 36-foot mobile permaculture demonstration project in progress; complete with solar power, greywater system, herb garden, composting toilet, three dogs, a clutch of chickens, and a box of worms.ÊÊÊOur goal? To teach practical skills that make you and your community more environmentally and economically sustainable.

The Skills for the New Millennium Tour offers programs to anyone who wants to host a Skills Event: individuals, community groups, high schools, colleges, intentional communities....We know that community needs are diverse, so we offer a wide variety of program options that can be mixed and matched to best meet your needs. In addition we can bring the Permibus to your local Co-op, event, or festival. We provide tours of our permaculture systems, perform the permi-puppet show, and teach short informationals to demonstrate the simple ways folks can take fun, easy steps toward more sustainable lives.

SKILLS TOUR PROGRAMS:
We offer a variety of programs in the areas of:
vÊÊÊÊHomesteading Skills such as a variety of Permaculture classes, canning, and chickens
vÊÊÊÊCitizenship Skills such as community conflict resolution, consensus,Êand nonviolent direct action
vÊÊÊÊLife Skills such as self-defense, rearing wild children, and understanding your companion animals

1)ORGANIZE SKILLS TOUR PROGRAMS IN YOUR COMMUNITY: You'll find a general schedule of our travels below.. Contact us if you are interested in organizing trainings in your community. The Skills Tour programs are designed to range from small classes in the bus or your living room to campus classrooms to large venues with big groups.

2)INVITE THE PERMIBUS II TO AN EVENT IN YOUR COMMUNITY:The Permibus II is a great educational addition to festivals, concerts, coops, farmers markets, and other events. Let us know about events in your region while we are there. Invite us to a festival you are planning, or set us up with your local health food store or farmers market.

3)DONATE MONEY: The Skills for a New Millennium Tour does not charge for our programs. We ask for donations from who support our work. Please give as generously as possible to support this important work. Or organize a fundraiser in your community: have a canning party, hold a house concert, tell your friends about our work, pass the hat...we survive on the margin and every little bit helps. The 2009/2010 Skills Tour is starting $5000 in debt due to the need to replace our bus.ÊÊDonations are needed now more than ever.ÊÊTo donate visit our website at www.permibus.org.Ê

5)ÊBE A GUEST TRAINER OR TRAINER IN TRAINING: Know some of your own Skills for a New Millennium?ÊÊWant to learn how to teach our skills? Travel with the Skills Tour for a short period of time learning, sharing and teaching others!

2009/2010 GENERAL TOUR SCHEDULE:
March/April 2009Ê- Northwest Region: Washington and Oregon.
April/May 2009Ê- California
June 2009Ê- Northwest Region: Washington and Oregon
July 2009Ê- Rocky Mountain West:ÊÊIdaho, Montana, Wyoming, The Dakotas
August/September 2009Ê- Midwest: Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
September/October 2009- Northeast: Upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine.
October/November 2009Ê- East Coast: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York City area, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, DC
November/December 2009/January 2010Ê- South East: Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
February/March 2010: South: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas
April 2010:ÊSouth West: New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah,
May/June 2010:ÊCentral US: Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa

If you wish to schedule an event in your area please contact us skillstour@gmail.com (406)721-8427. As we finalize events our schedule is posted on our websitewww.permibus.org. The schedule is subject to change based on the availability of events in an area and our ability to get into Canada.