When: August 22, 2008 2:30 PM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Meetup Description: Rippleffect, whose mission is personal growth and community development through learning adventures in living classrooms, is offering this excellent opportunity to immerse yourself in permaculture right here on Cow Island in Casco Bay. The event details are still being finalized, but Dave Jacke will be the keynote speaker and will be offering several workshops.
NOTE: This is a Rippleffect event so you will not be able to RSVP here. Please go to their web site for more information or to register http://tinyurl.com/4nbpwl
ALSO NOTE: This year’s edition of the Sunrise Guide offers a coupon for this type of Rippleffect event!
Beyond Sustainability: An Urban Permaculture Intensive Retreat
Engage with innovative thinkers and doers who are moving beyond the buzzword of “sustainability” by employing Permaculture Design, an approach to designing human communities, in particular the development of perennial agricultural systems that mimic the structure and interrelationship found in the natural world.
AUGUST 22-24
Cost: $499
Includes: marine transportation, workshop fees, facility use, room and board.
The purpose of the Beyond Sustainability Retreat is to answer the difficult questions:
“What can I do about climate change?”
“How can the places we live be more healthy?”
“How can we move beyond “sustainability” and toward environmental restoration?”
The word “permaculture” was coined in 1978 by Bill Mollison, an Australian ecologist, and one of his students, David Holmgren. It is a contraction of “permanent agriculture” or “permanent culture.”
Permaculture is about designing ecological human habitats and food production systems. It is a land use and community building movement which strives for the harmonious integration of human dwellings, microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soils, and water into stable, productive communities. The focus is not on these elements themselves, but rather on the relationships created among them by the way we place them in the landscape. This synergy is further enhanced by mimicking patterns found in nature.
SCHEDULE
Subject to change. Check back for updates.
Friday
2:30pm Board Boat and Orientation
3:00pm Depart mainland
4:00pm Ripple Welcome and settle-in on island
5:00pm Permaculture History and Principles — Lisa Fernandes
6:00pm Dinner
7:30pm-9pm Keynote — Dave Jacke
9:00pm Community Fire and Free time
Saturday
6:30am-8:00am Yoga / Free time
8:00am-9:00am Breakfast
9:00am-10:30am Workshop TBA — Dave Jacke
10:45am-12:15pm Workshop TBA — Dave Jacke
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch & Free Time
1:45pm-3:15pm Workshop
1:45pm-3:15pm Workshop
3:30pm-5pm Workshop
3:30pm-5pm Workshop
5:00pm-7:30pm Dinner and Free time
7:30pm-9pm Speaker — Roger Doiron “A Subversive Plot: Bringing the Delicious Revolution into Our Own Backyards”
Sunday
6:30am Yoga / Free time
8:00am-9:00am Breakfast
9:00am-12:00pm Workshop
9:00am-12:00am Workshop
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch & Design Challenge
1:15pm-3:00pm Design Challenge (cont’d)
4pm Departure
Learn more here:
http://tinyurl.com/3lmxx6
