Permaculture Teacher Geoff Lawton in Sacramento Sunday

[Dominic Allamano]

Hey Friends,

We've got a very special opportunity this weekend, with world renowned permaculture designer and teacher making a rare visit to Northern California. He'll be speaking on Sunday evening at the Sacramento Food Bank's Community Room, sharing about his work around the world, with special focus on the ecological conditions of the Central Valley and Foothills.  With all the great work under way to transform Sacramento's food system, this is a unique opportunity to hear from one of the world's leading voices in regenerative agriculture and ecological systems design.  Please pass the word on to anyone who would want to be there.

~Dominic

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FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE AT http://tinyurl.com/mq49o5e Hosted by Sol Collective's "Liberation Permaculture" and Soil Born Farms' "Harvest Sacramento" The event will feature a video presentation and talk by internationally recognized permaculture designer and teacher, Geoff Lawton, with special focus upon the opportunities and challenges of life in California's Great Central Valley and Foothills. Following Geoff's presentation there will be time for audience Q & A and an opportunity for the audience to explore together their response to Geoff's presentation, and it's relevance to ongoing local and regional efforts to transform the food system. DAY/TIME: Sunday, August 25th, 5:30pm - 8:00pm SITE: Community Room * Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services 3333 Third Ave., Sacramento, CA 95817 *Community Room located on 34th St., less than one block south of Broadway, near 3rd Ave. Street View <http://goo.gl/maps/UoINw> COST: $15, Limited Worktrade Scholarships available WHO IS GEOFF LAWTON? Geoff Lawton is an internationally renowned permaculture designer, teacher and consultant who has worked in over 35 different countries. He is continually invited to teach and consult on the design science of permaculture for government agencies, UN agencies, aid organisations, major development companies and private individuals. Geoff’s work includes consultancy work in the environmentally green, Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates. From the Greening the Desert projects in Jordan to rehydration strategies in in the deserts of Hydramaut, Yemen. Geoff has also consulted for the US army corp of engineers on decommission army ammunition manufacturing plant as a re-design to an eco industrial park. Geoff has also directed and built Housing projects for the Kurds in Iraq after the war and rebuilt a whole village with 53 straw bale houses. Geoff has established permaculture demonstration sites that function as education centres in all the worlds major climates, information on the success of these systems is network throughwww.permacultureglobal.com. Geoff established the Permaculture research Institute and www.permaculturenews.org website to network mainframe information worldwide. GLOBAL PERMACULTURE NETWORKS Geoff is also an inspiring educator, producing thousands of active Permaculture designers around the world. He has been responsible for the establishment of a network of global education centres and demonstration sites linked by some of the largest permaculture websites in the world. DVD EDUCATION He has also produced a series of educational DVD's on Permaculture that continue to grow and inspire and be translated into many languages. PERMACULTURE'S ONLINE FUTURE Geoff’s latest endeavour has been the launch of the largest online interactive Permaculture course on the planet which has reinvigorated Permaculture for a whole new audience. This has engaged people from all over the world including experienced Permaculture teachers seeking to build on Geoff’s vast experience. Geoff says “Permaculture is design science and evolutionary solution that will take humanity into a positive future and recreate the natural abundance on earth that we know is possible with true wealth, now everyone can be part of the solution." Share in this vision. Come and see him discuss the future of permaculture design, where it’s going and where it can take you into the future. www.geofflawton.com www.permaculturenews.org www.permacultureglobal.com EVENT CONTACTS: Rafael Aguilera Liberation Permaculture/ Sacramento Yard Farmer Raf...@solcollective.org 916-752-2929 Dominic Allamano Harvest Sacramento/ Local Permaculture Designer dominic...@gmail.com 916-833-9801