Hi all,
just got this in my inbox, it is last minute as in this weekend !!!!
Last Minute Permaculture Meeting Low $$ Ottawa area
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 09:15 - 17:30
Location: Gloucester (Ottawa)
Cost: Requested donation $10 to $20
Gathering the local permaculture community
Hosted by Permaculture Institute of Eastern Ontario & Permaculture Ottawa
This is a message I received from one of the organizers of the event...
Dear Friends,
We're looking forward to seeing you at the Permaculture Convergence next Saturday, April 21! Please do bring:
* your own mug for tea and coffee (we'll provide the tea and coffee)
* paper and pen for notetaking
* flyers/business cards about your permaculture-related events, projects and organisations
DETAILS
* Saturday, April 21, 9:15am to 5:30pm.
* Requested donation $10 to $20 at the door. All profits will go to support permaculture-related projects in the community.
* For folks who have not already taken a permaculture course, we strongly encourage you to attend the 9:30am workshop "What is Permaculture? An Intro to Permaculture Principles". This is meant to give people a good overview of what permaculture is, as a foundation for the rest of the day.
* For the schedule and more details, visit: http://eonpermaculture.ca/convergence-2012
LOCATION & DOOR TIMES! PLEASE NOTE!
* The Convergence is being held at Lester B. Pearson High School, 2072 Jasmine Crescent in Gloucester. Here's the map: http://g.co/maps/c8x58
* It is POSSIBLE that the school will opt to keep the main doors locked during the day for security reasons. We will have volunteers at our Welcome Table at the main doors at the following times to welcome guests and open the doors! That said, please note the following "door times" to help facilitate your smooth and easy arrival! (We appreciate that the school is donating the space for this community event, and we are doing our best to be flexible with their needs.)
--9:00am-9:40am
--10:30am-10:40am
--11:30am-11:40am
--1:15am-1:40am
--2:30am-2:40am
--3:30am-3:40am
--4:30am-4:40am
LUNCH
* We plan to have 1 hour for lunch and to restart promptly at 1:30pm with the introduction to the Open Space Technology forum. We encourage you to bring a bagged lunch to save time and make the most of networking. There are also a couple of places nearby to get food.
NETWORKING
* In our afternoon Open Space Technology forum as well as during lunch, we hope you'll share about your permaculture-related projects, events and organisations. Our intention is for this community to become a resource to support one another in learning and getting more involved. We invite you to bring flyers, business cards, etc. to hand out.
For more information...
http://eonpermaculture.ca/convergence-2012
😮 wow
Thanks for the link, I answered on the garden one as well, for sure going to head to this but will only be able to make the full morning events, will have to head out at the lunch break do to other plans for later in the day that have been booked for months now.. Really excited about it, anyone else thinking of coming!
http://livingmydreamlifeonthefarm.wordpress.com/
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Russell Coight....outback legend
Well, we made it out to the six morning seminars, I will do a full report on my blog and come back an link it up, Susannah, one of the leader presenters was trained in your lovely country, which I thought you might find interesting.
The low's of the event for us was two-fold, the one presenter made its into a "lifestyle", which was a little over the top for me, and the second one was the presenter that spent a great deal of time making it about and related to our politcal system in a very loose way..
The highers were when we got to the meat of the seminars and learned more about Food Forest systems and then got a talk from someone that does it hands on, I learned a number of different ways to create different styles of beds and more about how to work the sides of the beds which I found very useful..
It was well! worth the time and I have at least eight pages of notes to go though and write out and share some of things learned as I find time this week.
http://livingmydreamlifeonthefarm.wordpress.com/