Fwd: Michigan Permaculture Convergence, Nov. 1-3, 2013, EARLY Registration ends: Sept. 30th
Aaron Wissner
From: penny krebiehl <penny....@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 12:25 PM
Subject: Michigan Permaculture Convergence, Nov. 1-3, 2013, EARLY Registration ends: Sept. 30th
To: Northern Michigan Permaculture Guild <permacult...@googlegroups.com>, Transition Traverse City <transition-t...@googlegroups.com>, val...@googlegroups.com, occupy traverse <occupytc...@gmail.com>, Occupy Traverse City <occupytra...@gmail.com>, "Li...@GrowShareFeed.org" <Li...@growsharefeed.org>, Jim Sluyter <jimsl...@mlui.org>, Jim Lively <j...@mlui.org>, Bill Pallidino <bi...@mlui.org>, Charles Wunsch <in...@ediblegrandetraverse.com>, Brad Kik <br...@artmeetsearth.org>, MichiganPermac...@groups.facebook.com
TIME is passing quickly and we wish to make sure that everyone that may have an interest in joining us at the Michigan Permaculture Convergence has an opportunity for the discounted early registration opportunity. ALSO encouraging those of us at further distance from the convergence site, near Brighton, MI, to organize car-pools and shared transportation.
The Inaugural Michigan Permaculture Convergence is taking place this Autumn season, NOV. 1-3, 2013, in southeastern Michigan at the beautiful Camp Talahi, a Retreat and Nature Center. This first annual Michigan event is also the dream seeding of the Great Lakes Bio-Region Permaculture Convergence.
How did a few of us come up with a plan-in-progress to create a network of regional permaculture guilds in Michigan and the Great Lakes bio-region? Here's a short three and a half minute video invitation to the convergence giving a little background: http://youtu.be/DKR9ttfkT84
The goal of this convergence is to gather folks who are interested in sharing knowledge and information about permaculture design, principles, and practice. Folks of all skill levels are welcome to participate, whether this is your first introduction to permaculture, or you have been practicing for years... in fact, sharing in a diversity of skills and knowledge is an essential ingredient for strengthening community and increasing our resilience to a changing climate and economy. And it's FUN.
EARLY REGISTRATION ends soon....
http://michiganpermacultureconvergence.com/forms/registration.php
NOW, we'd like to share the names of the Michigan regional-guild presenters that have offered to share their passion, wisdom and permaculture-inspired learnings with us. There will likely be more presentation opportunities and hands-on activities added to the agenda as these final planning weeks' progress---so we're asking attendees to bring as much info. about your project, program or permaculture homestead/site to share with everyone.
Michigan Permaculture Convergence 2013, presenters on Saturday, November 2nd:
Linda Stemen, NE Michigan
Certified master gardener, master composter and worm farmer.
Learn about how to start your own worm composter and make your own liquid fertilizer too from start to finish. I will show you how to set up your indoor worm farm for the winter and how to keep it going all year long. This is an easy source of great fertilizer without using animals.
Milton Dixon, Ann Arbor, SW Michigan
Permaculturist, musician, forager, web designer and founder of Permaculture Productions, he has taught PDCs with Midwest Permaculture and The Permaculture Project and was an organizer for the Chicagoland Permaculture Guild while living in Chicago.
Integral Permaculture - Expanding Zones and Sectors in Permaculture: Integrating New Perspectives. How can we take the existing toolset that permaculture gives us and expand it to make it more accurate and useful.
Joshua Shultz, Kalamazoo, SW Michigan
Designer and builder of a small commercial aquaponics system at the Cape Eleuthera Institute in the Bahamas, as well as several smaller systems both in the Bahamas and in Michigan using off the shelf parts and reused materials .
Aquaponics in the Bahamas and Michigan
Mark P. Ludwig, SW Michigan
Mark Ludwig is the senior employee of the Allegan Conservation District and owner of Sand Lily Farms, a grass based beef operation. Mark was introduced to permaculture in the early 90's while interning at Dreamtime Village in West Lima, Wisconsin.
Presentation #1) The technical and social challenges to taking permaculture into the main stream agriculture world.
Presentation #2) Soil design and management. In this session we'll start with the soil texture triangle, field identification of soil type, best management practices for optimum soil health, soil testing and fertility management.
Nathan Ayers, Ann Arbor, SE Michigan
Nate Ayers is the director of Chiwara Permaculture Research and Education, and Advisor to the University of Michigan Permaculture Design Team
Permaculture in K-20 schools: Educating a new generation of Nature based problem solvers
David M. Hall, Ann Arbor, SE Michigan
David M. Hall trained for ten years in an experimental ecovillage, where he learned the value of conscious relating and the power of exponential partnering in service. He has worked on sustainable systems for 15 years, is a beekeeper who ran a service which saved over 4.5 million honey bees from extermination, and has lately been involved in researching the value of archaea in the human and soil systems. Serving on a variety of non-profit boards, think-tanks, and local and international group projects, he is additionally the founder of Inner/Outer Permaculture Services, a collaborative consortium in development relationships in the Macro and Micro: How relating to each other is key to our forward progress. In this presentation we will observe interconnectedness and dynamics within the natural world, and discuss this as a model for the new paradigm we're building. We will look at the part and the whole, and contextualize this as it applies in our personal daily relationships, within the permaculture systems approach.
Levi Meewuenberg, Traverse City, NW Michigan
Permaculturist in Training and Community Strategist.
Building a Diverse Perennial Nursery at a Community Scale Design for Resilience (and some general thoughts on the permaculture movement and future directions)
Jesse Tack, Ypsilanti, SE Michigan
Jesse works as a music therapist in a psychiatric setting and works as a permaculture designer for Whole Culture Repair LLC in and around Ypsilanti. After taking his PDC in Detroit with Larry Santoyo and Keith Johnson, Jesse has begun to spend every free hour building his and his communities knowledge towards resilience, whole systems design, and low energy techniques.
Discussions about local permaculture group Abundant Michigan, Permaculture Ypsilanti (AMPY) will include--Guild Formation, Time Banks, City and Farm Designs, challenges and opportunities. How can permaculture design effectively design for community efforts in resilience and abundance?
www.michiganpermacultureconvergence.com
Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MichiganPermacultureConverge/
MI Perm Converge promo video: http://youtu.be/DKR9ttfkT84
REGISTRATION Q/A: Mipermc...@gmail.com
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