Remember our friends in Ojai at Global Resource Alliance (GRA) who have done such extraordinary work in Tanzania, including hiring permaculturist Julious Piti (who visited Santa Barbara last year from Chikukwa, Zimbabwe) to help with the permaculture design work for one of their projects, a village of 5000 on the banks of Lake Victoria in Tanzania featured in the documentary "From the Mara Soil"?

well, next Saturday, they are once again sharing abundance with an annual dinner where you can enjoy a beautiful Ojai evening at Meditation Mount, while learning about their current projects. it is a global community we live in now, no escaping that fact, there is lots to learn from what another part of the world is doing to implement change for a more sustainable future. The dinner is free, but you MUST RSVP (details below) in order to attend.

 

Global Resource Alliance (GRA) hosts their annual community dinner and fundraiser at Mediation Mount. GRA invites you to join them for a complimentary vegan dinner and presentation by GRA’s directors Lyn Hebenstreit and Tara Blasco about projects in rural Tanzania. Saturday, June 15th, 7:00-9:30pm, Meditation Mount, 10340 Reeves Rd. Please RSVP by emailing globalresourcealliance@gmail.com or calling Monica at (805) 272-5645.

***Margie & Wes visited Tanzania and the GRA Center in 2009 on the way to the International Permaculture Convergence in Africa.  We were amazed at how quickly permaculture was implemented once the ideas were shared!  and talk about abundance, lush food forests sprung up where formerly bare ground, surprised everyone how quickly this can happen in a tropical climate with good design to capture water and building of the soils.  The wells pictured are taking advantage of pure rock water coming from deep fissures in the earth, an ancient, but almost lost technique (they are not taping into the water table that can ultimately have negative impacts) 

 From the Mara Soil Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJMaY8ZanD8

 
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