FW: Latest line-up of presenters & workshops!
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Subject: Fw: Latest line-up of presenters & workshops!
Hi friends! Here is a list of presenters so far for the inland Northwest Permaculture conference. If you can pass this on to any interested parties or bring a carload of your favorite people to this conference, we will all benefit! WE are still trying to find sponsors, or if you know of anyone who would be great to present at this conference, please contact Michael Pilarski. See you in November hopefully in Missoula! Kelly Ware
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From: Michael Pilarski
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 12:08 A
Subject: Latest line-up of presenters & workshops!
Here is my just updated info list. also attached. 2012 Inland Northwest Permaculture Conference
PRESENTERS & WORKSHOPS (as of September 19)
Helen Atthowe, Biodesign Farm, Stevensville, MT Workshop #1: FOREST GARDEN/FOREST FARM - SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES. Examples from 3 forest gardens and one commercial farm designed to enhance plant and spatial diversity, utilize woody perennials, minimize tillage, encourage soil nutrient cycling and, provide above/below ground biological pest management. Workshop #2: Designing a low cost, efficient energy, water, and food system in western Montana. Masanobu Fukuoka asked, "what less can we do?". After farming eco-organically for 30 years, I am finally learning how to DO this philosophy in my garden, my solar electric and water system. Bio: Helen Atthowe has been farming on her own in the Bitterroot Valley and consulting for other organic vegetable and fruit farms for 25 years.
Marisha Auerbach, Herb’n Wisdom, Portland, OR Bio: Marisha Auerbach has been practicing, studying, and teaching permaculture in the Pacific Northwest for the past decade. She is involved with many communities around Cascadia including Lost Valley, Tryon Life Community Farm, and City Repair.
Andrew Beltz, Greg Gunderson, and David Noftsinger, Forestoration Inc. Center for Native Plants, Whitefish, MT
Michael Billington, Place of Gathering, Dayton, MT Workshop #1: Michael has been the main on-the-ground manager of the recent Sepp Holzer permaculture installation at the Place of Gathering. It includes ponds, waterworks and one of the best hugelkultur examples in the US.
Sergei Boutenko, Wild Edibles with Sergei Boutenko, Ashland OR Workshop #1: Join author, Segei Boutenko for a fun and informative lecture about eating MORE greens and wild edibles. Learn quick and delicious ways to introduce greens food into your life, attain the skill and confidence necessary to start foraging for wild edibles, and much, much more! Bio: In 1998, when Sergei was 13 years old, his parents took him and his sister to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail spanning 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada. During their hike the Boutenkos ran into food shortages and were compelled to learn how to harvest edible plants from the wild. Eating a diet rich in wild edibles for six months greatly improved their health and helped them to successfully complete their adventure. Sergei travels around the globe coducting seminars on foraging and healthy living. www.SergeiBoutenko.com
Joanna Castro and Yura Kazantsev, Vedrica Forest Gardens, Weippe, ID Workshop #1: This workshop pulls from various traditions and knowledge including The Ringing Cedars Series, the Dagara people, Jean Leidloff and more. During our time together, we will share our experiences of community and what we view as best practices. We will discuss a model of societal change that offers hope and beauty in human-to-human and human-to-earth ecology relationships. The workshop is held using facilitated Council and is an interactice experience. We are creating social permaculture, growing people. Joanna Castro is a Mama, a partner, a co-creator, a visionary and a change agent. She is trained in the professional field as a Mental Health Counselor. She is the co-founder of Vedrica Forest Gardens, as well as a member of The Circle of Dreams.
Tim Corcoran, Twin Eagles Wilderness School, Sandpoint, ID
Jill Davies, Sustainable Living Systems, Victor, MT Workshop #1: 1. The philosophy of community land ownership. 2. Describing what a Community Land Trust (CLT) is and why it is the model to use – difference between CLT and our conservation easement land trusts. 3. How to create a CLT. 4. Some examples. Bio: Jill Davies is farmer and pure food activist living in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana. She speaks and writes on current trends in the production of foods with a focus on organic agriculture and seed saving and is actively opposed to gmo’s. In 2003 she initiated and was the first coordinator of the Montana Organic Association. She is currently the director of a non-profit called sustainable Living Systems that is focused on building a local food system in the Bitterroot Valley and teaches about ecodesign homes. www.sustainablelivingsystems.org
Kareen Erbe, Broken Ground Permaculture, Bozeman, MT www.brokengroundpermaculture.com
Gloria Flora, Sustainable Obtainable Solutions, Helena, MT Workshop #1: Biochar.
Bio: Director of Sustainable Obtainable Solutions and a leader in developing biochar. Gloria recently co-authored a report on how Montana can become energy self-reliant through renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation. She serves on the Montana Climate Change Advisory Committee and works throughout the U.S. with the Center for Climate Strategies in assisting states develop climate change action plans.
Gabe Gaul, Rooted Creations, Spokane, WA Bio. Gabe Gaul does landscaping work with a permaculture viewpoint.
Pam Gerwe, Purple Frog Farm, Whitefish, MT
Jason Gutzmer/Penelope Baquero, Sundog Ecovillage Education Center, Potomac, MT Workshop #1: Ecovillages and Permaculture. Ecovillages around the world are becoming the primary campuses for experimentation and development of permaculture design. The workshop will also discuss the new creation of (CASA) Council of Sustainable Settlements of the Americas in Colombia, South America. Bio: Jason Gutzmer has been working in the ecovillage and permaculture movement, serving as a bridge person throughout the Americas since 1995. He is co-founder of the mobile ecovillage La Caravana Arcoiris Por La Paz, serving as an outreach tool for sustainability and Earth restoration in 17 countries and is the co-founder of Sundog Ecovillage near Missoula MT. Bio: Penelope Baquero is a co-founder of Sundog Ecovillage and is a representative of the Ecovillage Network of the Americas (EVA) and ambassador of the Council of Sustainable Settlements of the Americas. She is from Bogota Colombia and worked in the mobile ecovillage La Caravana Arcoiris Por La Paz in South America.
Susan and Dave Hartman, Tending Nature, Boulder, MT
Stefani Hinkle, Hot Springs, MT Round-table discussion. Sheet Mulching, how to, why, with what, Facilitated by Stefani Hinkle.
Michael Holechek, AACT Algae Aqua-Culture Technologies, Columbia Falls, MT
Debbie Jakovac, Rene Caisse Tea, Polson, MT
Derek Kanwischer, Missoula, MT Round Table discussion: Transition Town Initiatives in the Inland Northwest. Facilitated by Derek Kanwischer. This round-table discussion will bring together people working on Transition Town Initiatives in the Inland Northwest as well as people who are interested in starting an initiative in their town.
Will Kearns & Sheila Grace, Columbia Basin Permaculture, Ritzville, WA Workshop #1: Eden in Hell: Permaculture in a Harsh Environment. Techniques being used to work in concert with nature in a shrub steppe environment comparable to areas of Afghanistan, Mongolia, sub-alpine Argentina or the high desert in Nevada. Topics will include rain catchment, mulching, annuals & perennials, working with/building soils, hugelkultur and more! Bio: Will Kearns. Boeing test engineer. PDC graduate from Geoff Lawton and Darren Doherty in 2007. Bio: Sheila Grace: Cornell B.S. Natural Resources, Native American philosophy, worked with wolf populations in Minnesota and New Mexico, culinary arts.
David Kirchoff, The Medicine Circle, Priest Lake, ID Workshop #1: Shelter as it relates to the principles of permaculture. Slides of building sustainable and affordable housing and accessory buildings. (ie. humanure recycling centers). Workshop #2: An integrated approach to balancing visible & invisible permaculture structures: participatory circle discussion. Bio: Founder and director of Medicine Circle Eco Retreat and yurt demonstration site; host and instructor in workshops on building, sustability/resilience, medicinemaking and youth wilderness camps.
Richard Kuhnel, Sandpoint Transition Initiative, Sandpoint, ID Bio: Richard is an integrative ecosocial designer and works on a diverse range of projects. He is teaching Permaculture workshops. In January 2008 he participated in a Transition Training workshop in Totnes in the UK. After returning to the US he co-founded the Sandpoint Transition Initiative, well known in the Transition Movement for its early successful adoption of the transition model. Richard is an official US trainer for "Training for Transition". www.gentleharvest.org www.sandpointtransitioninitiative.org
Kelda Miller, Divine Earth Gardening Project, Puyallup, WA Kelda Miller is a permaculture designer who gardens urban sites in Pierce County. She was trained at the Bullock Permaculture Homestead, co-originated the Seattle Permaculture Guild, and later went on to teach at Wise Earth Ecological Landtrust, Seattle Tilth, MetroParks Tacoma, and various Permaculture Design Courses.
Jason Moore, Montana Co-op, Polson, MT Workshop #1. How the Montana Co-op, an on-line marketplace, a shared business, can support local producers and consumers by working together to solve our mutual needs. Includes a demonstration of how the website works for producers to upload and consumers to buy. Bio: Jason Moore is a committed networker and has coordinated several local and national groups while in his previous profession specializing in project management in the transportation and logistics industry. Over the last few years, Jason has developed a network of health givers that come together to create Get Well Retreats (wwwgetwellretreat.com) with on-going health retreats near Lakeside, MT.
Julie, Kim and Kelly Pagliaro, Kamiah Permaculture, Kamiah, ID Bio: Bio: Kim, Julie and Kelly Pagliaro are a family of 2008 permaculture design course graduates taught by Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton in Melbourne, Australia. Inspired by this experience, the Pagliaro family has established Kamiah Permaculture and FNA Ranch, a 44 acre permaculture demonstration farm where they teach permaculture.
Jessica Peterson, JDP Consulting, Helena, MT
Michael Pilarski, Friends of the Trees, Tonasket, WA Workshop #1. Okanogan Biodiversity Farm: A case study in farm production utilizing permaculture and agroforestry. Expenses and income over the years. Production-oriented permaculture. Small-scale, two acres. Michael has been establishing agroforestry plantings since 1986. A major focus is getting good productivity starting in year one and every year thereafter. Crops change as the system evolves. Vegetables, berries, medicinal herbs, seed crops, shrubs, trees and vines are all used. All stages of succession can be planted at once. After the first year or two, no tillage equipment is used in thelanting, only hand tools. This presentation will focus on his recent 5-year planting. Bio: Michael Pilarski has been teaching, writing and networking for permaculture since 1981. He is active in the Inland and Maritime Northwest. His specialties include plants, wildcrafting, ethnobotany, forestry, agroforestry, herbs and deep nature connection.
David Ronniger, Native Seeds Foundation, Hot Springs, MT and Michael Pilarski, Friends of the Trees Society, Hot Springs, MT Workshop #1. Using native plants in permaculture systems and for ecosystem restoration. We will talk about how to collect and process native seeds as well as some vegetative propagation methods. Bio: David Ronniger has processed and sold many tons of native seeds over the years through his company Native Seeds Foundation. Ronniger and Pilarski got their starts in the seed business by working together in 1978 and both have long careers in the seed industry. David is also famous as the founder of the famous seed potato business, Ronniger’s Potatoes.
Alison Rooney Bio: Allison Rooney is the diligent head farmer of Cloud Nine Farm, just outside of Wilsall, Montana. Cloud Nine Farm is a biodiverse family farm practicing Permaculture and growing vegetables, herbs, fruits, and plants 34 miles Northeast of Bozeman, Montana near the ranching community of Wilsall. We farm using traditional organic farming methods such as crop rotation and cover-cropping, feed our animals Certified Organic grains, and never use harmful or poisonous chemicals or GMOs on our farm, ever.
Jill Russell, Juniper Farm, Bonners, MT
Elaine Sheff, Meadowsweet Herbs, Missoula, MT Workshop #1. Native medicinal plants and wild edibles of the Northwest. Workshops #2: Hands-on making an herbal preparation. Bio: Elaine Sheff has been studying medicinal plants since 1987. A Clinical Herbalist, she is a graduate of both the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies and the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. Elaine teaches herb classes throughout the western United States and is the founder and co-owner of Meadowsweet Herbs in Missoula, Montana.
Rick Sherman, Sundog Ecovillage Educational Center. Potomac, MT Workshop #1. Permaculture based forest stewardship. Forest stewardship based on permaculture principles and use of forest waste products as green building materials. Bio: A Third generation Montanan with forest industry experience through Hoedads Cooperative in Oregon. Founding member of Sundog Ecovillage.
Josh Slotnick, PEAS Farm, Missoula, MT Bio: Josh is a co-founder of Garden City Harvest and the PEAS farm, a cooperative between Garden City Harvest and the University of Montana environmental studies program. Josh is a lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Montana, and he lives on a farm with his family. www.gardencityharvest.org/peasfarm.html
Kelly Ware, Permaculture Montana, Big Fork, MT
Zachary Weiss, Perpetual Green Gardens, Bozeman, MT
Paul Wheaton, Permies.com, Missoula, MT. Bio: Paul Wheaton is the founder of the internet forum permies.com, the largest permaculture forum on the web. Paul studied under Helen Atthowe and Sepp Holzer, and he has published articles on hugelkultur, Sepp Holzer, rocket mass heaters, and eco-building. His personal website is richsoil.com.
Greg Wieting, IBA Global Healing, Whitefish, MT
Wilbur Wood, Roundup, MT Workshop #1: Energy Futures. Bio: Wilbur Wood is a poet, essayist, journalist, editor and teacher in Roundup, Montana, where he is also a member of the Red Truck Writers circle. He co-founded the Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO) and the Musselshell Valley Community Foundation's Roundup Arts and Cultural Committee.
And many more…. We expect 50 presenters in all. ? |