Event
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The Carbon
Farming Solution
With Eric
Toensmeier
A Live Stream,
Interactive Webinar Event on the SBCC Campus
with participating
students, faculty, & the public invited
Including a panel
of key community members
Sunday,
April 30, 2017, 6- 8:30pm
Admission
$5, Students Free (with current i.d.)
Location: Fe
Bland Auditorium/BC Forum, Santa Barbara City College (West Campus)
800
Block of Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA
If every farmer in
the USA practiced Carbon Farming, in less than 10 years,
we would sequester ALL the CARBON that has been emitted since the
Industrial Age
Joel
Salatin, POLYFACE Farm
As the climate
crisis heats up, agriculture is in the hot seat, not only as a
contributor to climate change, but also as a potential solution. Eric
Toensmeier has spent the last several years tracking both, and put much of what
he learned in his seminal book, The Carbon Farming Solution.
Join us on Sunday, April 30th
for a unique live interactive webinar on the SBCC Campus, as Eric
Toensmeier discusses the potential of Carbon Farming, one of the best and most
doable solutions for the Climate crisis, with an audience of students, faculty
and the general public.
Carbon is a naturally occurring
chemical compound vital to life, that provides soil its fertility and water
holding capacity, but since the industrial revolution and the advent of modern
farming practices, too much carbon has been released into the atmosphere causing
climate disruption.
According
to Toensmeier, Carbon farming is a suite of practices that sequester excess
atmospheric carbon while producing food and other necessary goods.
While doing so they often provide increased yields and ecosystem
benefits. The event will explore the global context, but also focus
on practices suited to California, including annual cropping, tree
intercropping, grazing, silvopasture, perennial crops, and rainwater
harvesting. Collectively carbon farming practices are a critical
component of climate change mitigation, an effort that requires a speedy
transformation of virtually every sector of our civilization.
Eric Toensmeier is a lecturer at Yale
University, a senior fellow with Project Drawdown, and the author of several books
on Permaculture. Toensmeier is also the author of The Carbon Farming
Solution: A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture
Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security.
Toensmeier will be joined by a panel
of Santa Barbara community members, who with a diverse audience of faculty,
students and general public, will pose questions specific to our region.
Hunter Francis, Director of the Cal Poly/San Luis Obispo Center for
Sustainability, will be the panel moderator.
The
event takes place on Sunday, April 30, 2017, 6- 8:30pm, at the Fe Bland/BC
Forum, SBCC West Campus, 800 Block of Cliff Dr, Santa Barbara, CA
93109. No reservations required. Parking is free on the West Campus on Sundays. For more info contact Margie@sbpermacuture.org, www.sbpermaculture.org; 805-962-2571.
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SBCC Campus
Map: http://sbcc.edu/map/map.php?loc=CC
Event Sponsored by:
Santa
Barbara Permaculture Network & the SBCC Environmental Horticulture Dept.
Cosponsors: Community Environment
Council (CEC), CAFES Center for Sustainability Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo, Santa Barbara Food Alliance,
Quail Springs Permaculture,
& Orella Ranch
Learn more:
Articles
referring to Carbon Farming:
Californias Grand Plan to Fight
Climate Change on the Farm California/
lawmakers move toward paying farmers to adopt climate-smart practices. http://civileats.com/2016/02/02/californias-grand-plan-to-fight-climate-change-on-the-farm-jerry-brown/
Restoring Global Soil Quality Is One Of The Best Things We Can Do For
Climate Change:
Little known climate change fact: Just the first meter of soil contains as
much carbon as the entire atmosphere. And there's potential to soak up much
more. http://www.fastcoexist.com/3052240/restoring-global-soil-quality-is-one-of-the-best-things-we-can-do-for-climate-change
Restoring Global Soil Quality Is One Of The Best Things We Can Do For
Climate Change:
Little known climate change fact: Just the first meter of soil contains as
much carbon as the entire atmosphere. And there's potential to soak up much
more. http://www.fastcoexist.com/3052240/restoring-global-soil-quality-is-one-of-the-best-things-we-can-do-for-climate-change
Permaculture
RESOURCES:
Permaculture and Climate Change
Adaptation Inspiring Ecological, Social, Economic and Cultural Responses for
Resilience and Transformation ; by By
Dr. Thomas Henfrey and Dr. Gil Penha-Lopes
https://www.chelseagreen.com/permaculture-subject/permaculture-and-climate-change-adaptation
The Carbon Farming Solution
A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices
for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security
By Eric Toensmeier Foreword by Dr. Hans Herren http://www.chelseagreen.com/the-carbon-farming-solution
Articles referring to Carbon Farming:
Californias Grand Plan to Fight Climate Change on the Farm
California/ lawmakers move toward paying farmers to adopt climate-smart
practices. http://civileats.com/2016/02/02/californias-grand-plan-to-fight-climate-change-on-the-farm-jerry-brown/
Restoring Global Soil Quality Is One Of The Best Things We Can Do For
Climate Change:
Little known climate change fact: Just the first meter of soil contains as
much carbon as the entire atmosphere. And there's potential to soak up much
more. http://www.fastcoexist.com/3052240/restoring-global-soil-quality-is-one-of-the-best-things-we-can-do-for-climate-change
Resilient Agriculture Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate,
by Laura Lengnick:
http://www.newsociety.com/Books/R/Resilient-Agriculture
Radio Interview Episode 16, COP21 Insights from the Paris Climate Conference
with Albert Bates:
http://realeyeshomestead.com/permaculture-realized-podcast-episode-16-cop21-insights-from-the-paris-climate-conference-with-albert-bates
POLYFACES FILM trailer: http://www.polyfaces.com
Documentary showcasing the work of Joel Salatin & the renowned Polyface
Farm in Virginia.
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