[Scpg] new green career: permaculture aquaponics

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

A green career for the future...


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>>>Dear Friend,
>>>
>>>Living Mandala has a very cool class coming up. It's one of a very 
>>>few Commercial Aquaponics Courses available in this country. 
>>>Aquaponics combines Aquaculture with Hydroponics thus solving the 
>>>problem of WASTE prevalent in both systems. Plants & fish thrive 
>>>together in a balanced, self-contained eco system that works! 
>>>
>>>  >>> <http://www.eventbrite.com/event/707627533/Aquaponicstraining/5156851028>CLICK 
>>>HERE FOR DETAILS 
>>>
>>>
>>>Aquaponics Facts
>>>
>>>1.	AQUAPONICS USES 98% LESS WATER THAN CONVENTIONAL FARMING DOES!
>>>2.	AQUAPONICS IS ENERGY-EFFICIENT: IT REQUIRES ONE-THIRD OF THE 
>>>ENERGY OTHER FARMING SYSTEMS USE!
>>>3.	AQUAPONICS HAS EIGHT TO TEN TIMES MORE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION 
>>>IN THE SAME AREA AND TIME!
>>>4.	LABOR IS REDUCED AS MUCH AS 40% AND MANY USEFUL BYPRODUCTS 
>>>ARE CREATED THAT CAN BE USED TO FARM OTHER CROPS, TREES, SOIL, 
>>>WATER AND ENERGY!
>>>5.	A PERMACULTURE INSPIRED SYSTEM PRODUCES ALL OF THE SYSTEM'S 
>>>NEEDS (WATER, ENERGY, FISH FEED, HEAT, ETC.) ON SITE!
>>>6.	PRODUCTS OF THE SYSTEM INCLUDE; SOLAR ELECTRICITY, HEAT, 
>>>FISH, PRAWNS, VEGETABLES, AQUATIC PLANTS, ALGAE, SNAILS, WORMS, 
>>>FERTILIZER, EVEN METHANE GAS!
>>>
>>>
>>>COMMERCIAL AQUAPONICS TRAINING WITH APPLIED PERMACULTURE :: The 
>>>Green Career of the Future
>>>
>>>When? August 25-28, 2010
>>>
>>>Where? Ukiah, California
>>>
>>>  >>> <http://www.eventbrite.com/event/707627533/Aquaponicstraining/5156851028>CLICK 
>>>HERE FOR DETAILS 
>>>
>>>Topics Include:
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>>>PERMACULTURE & ECOVILLAGE CURRICULUM, WHOLE SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY, 
>>>INTEGRATIVE ECO-SOCIAL DESIGN, SOCIAL PERMACULTURE, COMMUNITY 
>>>GOVERNANCE, INNER ECOLOGY, GROUP PROCESS, HANDS-ON ACTION 
>>>LEARNING & MUCH MORE
>>>
>>>
>>>Why Aquaponics?
>>>
>>>Growing our food in closed systems that require no soil allows us 
>>>to farm soil and water outside the system! We plant soil and water 
>>>in our damaged and depleted landscapes which not only aids in the 
>>>restoration of the soil, groundwater and native forests, but has 
>>>the added benefit of offsetting greenhouse gases by removing 
>>>carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. This is one of the practices 
>>>used in what we call "Carbon Farming". Soils contain approximately 
>>>75% of the carbon pool on land - three times more than the amount 
>>>stored in living plants and animals. Did you know that 1" of 
>>>healthy top soil spread over 1 acre of land sequesters the same 
>>>amount of carbon a healthy forest of the same size does annually? 
>>>It is estimated that our crop and range lands lose 4 tons of 
>>>topsoil every year for every person alive! That's 21 gigatons of 
>>>soil washed or blown out to the sea and lost for productive use on 
>>>land, releasing vast amounts of carbon in the process (New 
>>>Scientist, December 2006). Being able to use land considered 
>>>"Undesirable" by conventional farming, Aquaponic farmers have the 
>>>added benefit of access to cheap lands and lease agreements. Often 
>>>using otherwise unused space such as fill, gravel, concrete, 
>>>abandoned commercial sites, even roof tops. "The only limit to our 
>>>designs is in the mind of the designer"!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Facilitators & Instructors:
>>>
>>>Max Meyers, Hannah Apricot Eckberg, Chris Byrne
>>>
>>>Thank you for helping to strengthen the network of conscious 
>>>people and to further empower regenerative educational initiatives 
>>>on the planet.
>>>
>>>  >>> <http://www.eventbrite.com/event/707627533/Aquaponicstraining/5156851028>CLICK 
>>>HERE FOR DETAILS 
>>>
>>>Have a great day!
>>>
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