As Bill Mollison, founder of the global Permaculture movement has famously stated “Though the problems of the world become increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple”.   Too much carbon in the atmosphere is one of those complex, seemingly unsolvable problems the world is facing right now, but as the event below demonstrates, there are solutions!   Please join us on the SBCC campus for an evening with one of the world’s leading authorities on Carbon Farming.    

 

The Carbon Farming Solution

With Eric Toensmeier

 

A Live, Interactive Video Conference Event with Eric Toensmeier

SBCC Campus

 

with participating students, faculty, & the public invited

 

 Including a panel of key community members

The Carbon Farming Solution

 

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 

 

Learn More: www.sbpermaculture.org

 

 

 

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

 

Read more….

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.

 

 

Event Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/219678348511640/

 

SBCC Campus Map: http://sbcc.edu/map/map.php?loc=CC

Event Sponsored by:

 

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network & the SBCC Environmental Horticulture Dept.

 www.sbpermaculture.org

 

Cosponsors:  Community Environment Council (CEC), CAFES Center for Sustainability Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara Food Alliance,

 Quail Springs Permaculture, & Orella Ranch

 

 

~A limited amount of the Carbon Farming Solution books will be available for sale at the event, $81, cash or check~

 

Panel Members:

 

ˇ         Hunter Francis, Director of the Cal Poly/San Luis Obispo Center for Sustainability, panel moderator

ˇ         Allegra Roth - Field Representative for California Assemblymember Monique Limón

 

ˇ         Sigrid Wright - CEO/Executive Director of the Community Environmental Council (CEC)

ˇ         Emily Miller - Food and Climate Program Associate, Community Environmental Council (CEC)

ˇ         Paul Relis - Senior Vice President CR&R, Anaerobic Digestion Project, Perris, CA; first Executive Director of the Community Environmental Council (CEC)

ˇ         Daniel Parra Hensel – SBCC Faculty, Environmental Horticulture Dept., Garden Supervisor SBCC Lifescape Garden; Board Member Quail Springs Permaculture

 

ˇ         Jackson Hayes - SBCC student, SBCC Associated Student Government (ASG) Commissioner of Sustainability, member of SBCC Students for Sustainability Coalition

ˇ         Guner Tautrim - Orella Ranch, member of Gaviota Coast Conservancy & the Gaviota Coast Planning Advisory Committee (GavPAC), hosted Keyline Design workshop with Darren Doherty in 2007.

 

 

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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