This is it! Our kickoff event to tell the Santa Barbara community
about our effort to bring 4 members of the Food & Trees for Africa
(FTFA) to the International Permaculture Conference in Brazil (IPC8) at
Pascucci's Restaurant in downtown Santa Barbara (see below for details).
We really believe in this one! If you've ever wanted to support SB
Permaculture Network and the work we do, this is the time. We love
the idea of lot's of members participating by sending donations of $5,
$10, $20, they all add up. Large or small donations lovingly
accepted. Our community will be spoken of highly at IPC8 since this
kind of grassroots giving is fairly unique, not attempted by many.
Can you imagine --- Santa Barbara on the lips of all attending the
International conference---and later written up in the archive materials,
gone down in Permaculture history. Remember that the global
permaculture movement exists solely as a result of hundreds of
individuals working hard to create positive solutions for this world, for
the most part without any substantial (or any) support from large
institutions, corporations or governments.
If you want to hear more about the International Permaculture Conference
and the extraordinary work that Food & Trees for Africa does, go to
an interview on A Sustainable World Radio last week with FTFA founder
Jeunesse Parks: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=22251
Thanks for your support, Margie Bushman & Wes Roe
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SANTA
BARBARA PERMACULTURE NETWORK
Presents:
AFRICA
TO BRAZIL
Fundraiser Event @ Pascucci’s
Restaurant
729 State Street
Tues, March 20, 3:30-5pm
Please
join Santa Barbara Permaculture Network as we raise funds to bring four
members of Food & Trees for Africa from South Africa
to Brazil for
the 8th International Permaculture Conference, with a
kick-off fundraiser event at Pascucci's
restaurant. The event will take place on Tue, March
20th, from 3:30-5pm with appetizers and music.
In
2005, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network traveled to Croatia to attend
the 7th International Permaculture Conference. Permaculture
practitioners, teachers and organizations had gathered from around the
world to share experiences, knowledge and projects. At the
conference it was realized that many from cash poor, but
tradition and skills rich countries such as Vietnam,
Cambodia, Honduras, and many countries in Africa, were
unable attend simply due to lack of funds. A
challenge was given to all in attendance to commit to bring some of these
under-represented countries to the next conference. Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network chose South Africa, and an organization called Food
& Trees for Africa (FTFA).
Food
& Trees For Africa
(www.trees.co.za)
is an exemplary organization bringing tree planting and permaculture to
townships and rural areas of South Africa since 1990.
FTFA has assisted tens of thousands of people by greening unhealthy,
denuded and degraded landscapes through diverse programs including
national school garden competitions, community
gardens and urban forestry
projects. FTFA extended its operations to assist
organizations working in the field of
HIV/AIDS, helping to reduce the potentially devastating
effects of the disease by establishing permaculture food growing projects
at clinics, schools and in public open spaces. The
kick-off event at Pascucci's will offer the community a chance to hear
more about the people of FTFA and their work. An
event donation of $5 is suggested, with
opportunities to contribute more later if inclined. Needed for
travel expense to Brazil and the conference is $3000 for each member of
FTFA. The group will share their experiences with donors as they
travel..
The
International Permaculture Conferences are held bi-annually, discussing
world issues in the framework of Permaculture. The theme for this
years conference is "Greening the Economy",
with a world (public) conference in Sao Paulo,
Brazil. It will be followed by a four day working
convergence with members discussing issues from permanent agriculture,
urban design, economical systems, and bioregionalism, with the exchange
of experience of actual projects a pivotal point. A week tour of the
Amazon River Basin is also planned.
Permaculture
is a design system based on ecological principles for creating
sustainable human environments. In 1978 there was nothing quite
like Permaculture, twenty-eight years later Permaculture laps the globe,
with over 4000 projects in 120 countries. Originally coined from the
words PERMAnent agriCULTURE, it has evolved to one of permanent or
sustainable culture with consciously designed landscapes that mimic the
patterns of nature.
For
those unable to attend the event but would like to contribute, donations
may be made to: Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 501(c), (designate
FTFA), PO Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA, 93190. If you would like to
make a donation by Credit Card/ATM please go to International
Permaculture Conference and Conference webpage
(www.ipc8.org/payments)
and specify your donations is for FTFA (payment will go directly
them).
The event
takes place at Pascucci's Restaurant, 729 State Street,
on Tue, March 20, 3:30-5pm, no reservations are
necessary. For more information; 805-962-2571, margie@sbpermaculture.org,
www.sbpermaculture.org.
Co-sponsors for the event are Sustainable World Radio KCSB 91.9fm, IPC8
www.ipc8.org,
and Hopedance Media.
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Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571 P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190 margie@sbpermaculture.com www.sbpermaculture.org
"We are like trees, we
must create new leaves, in new directions, in order to grow." -
Anonymous