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BOUNTIFUL BACKYARD GARDENING: THE
PERMACULTURE WAY, Mar. 19, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Transition Colorado Conference Room, 2415 19th St., Boulder. Permaculture Practical Skills Workshop presented by Real Earth Design and Transition Colorado. Cultivate the skills of growing abundant local food in your own backyard! This workshop is tailored for those new to food gardening as well as current gardeners wanting to broaden their knowledge base and gain a permaculture perspective. We will start with a beginner's mind on learning selection of a good garden location, soil cultivation, seed sowing, and transplanting. We will also learn a wide range of techniques for watering, weeding, thinning, and harvesting. With firm rooting in the basics we will move on to learn skills of succession planting, season extension, sheet mulching, forest gardens, climate-specific design, and much more. Come learn to make your garden more productive for much less work, the permaculture way! Instructor Jason Gerhardt has practiced and taught permaculture in diverse regions of the U.S. since 2005. Learn more and register...
 UNDERSTANDING A WORLD IN TURMOIL AND TRANSITION: INTRODUCTION TO SPIRAL DYNAMICS, Mar. 24, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., Boulder Meadows Community Room (19th & Violet), Boulder. Why do Conservatives and Progressives think so differently? Why is the U.S. political landscape more polarized than ever? How can we solve the world's problems when we can barely talk to each other? Spiral Dynamics offers illuminating answers to such questions by focusing on Values-systems. Each of us has a core Values-system that governs how we think, what is important in life, who we agree or disagree with. Understanding how Values-systems function, and how they differ, can greatly enhance our effectiveness in a time of turmoil and transition. Presented by Michael Lindemann. FREE!
 TOOLS & INSIGHTS FOR ENGAGING A WORLD IN TURMOIL & TRANSITION: SPIRAL DYNAMICS INTENSIVE, Mar. 27, 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Boulder Meadows Community Room (19th & Violet), Boulder. Spiral Dynamics is a remarkably powerful model of human values-systems: What they are, how they are expressed, how they affect human interactions, how they emerge and change over time - and how they can shape the human future. Values-systems determine how a person chooses to spend time and resources, who that person agrees or disagrees with, what that person lives or dies for. In short, values-systems exert strong influence over almost every aspect of human thinking, decision-making and behavior. Michael Lindemann is a futurist, writer and teacher with a strong background in psychology and world affairs. He has studied Spiral Dynamics for over 10 years and regards it as the most illuminating model of human behavior ever devised. $45 at the door.
Save the dates! TOBY HEMENWAY IN BOULDER Apr. 29 - May 1  Toby Hemenway is the author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, which for the last seven years has been the best-selling permaculture book in the world. He is an adjunct professor at Portland State University, Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and a field director at the Permaculture Institute (USA). Toby has presented lectures and workshops at major sustainability conferences such as Bioneers, SolFest, and EcoFarm, and at Duke University, Tufts University, University of Minnesota, University of Delaware and many other educational venues. His writing has appeared in magazines such as Whole Earth Review, Natural Home, and Kitchen Gardener.
"HOW PERMACULTURE CAN SAVE HUMANITY AND THE EARTH, BUT NOT CIVILIZATION" (public talk), Apr. 29, 7:00 p.m., Unity of Boulder. $10 pre-registration, $15 at the door. Toby's lecture will show us what makes agriculture, and the industrial society that relies on it, fundamentally unsustainable, and how permaculture offers us a better way.  WORKSHOPS, Apr. 30: Urban and Residential Permaculture, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Growing Food in a Changing World, 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
WORKSHOPS, May 1: Designing Invisible Structures: Economics, Social Justice & Social Movements, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Advanced Patterning, 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. WORKSHOP FEES: Pre-registration of 1 workshop $50; 2 workshops $90; 3 workshops $125; all 4 workshops $150. At the door, $60 each workshop. Call 303-494-1521 for more information or to register. To the top |
| PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION COURSES
PERMACULTURE THROUGH THE SEASONS, Mar. 12 - Oct. 9, Boulder. Presented by High Altitude Permaculture Institute. Instructors: Sandy Cruz, Barbara Mueser and Jason Gerhardt, with guests Becky Elder, Marco Lam, and many more! Click here to download registration form. For more information, call 303-459-3494. Sponsored by Transition Colorado.
FORT COLLINS AREA PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE 2011, Mar. 12 - 20, 25 - 27, 8:30 - 6:00 p.m., Raindrop Retreat, Bellevue CO. Sponsored by Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association and Home Grown Food. Primary instructors: Heather C. Flores, author of Food Not Lawns; Kelly Simmons, an internationally taught and practiced Permaculturist. For information and registration, click here.
2nd ANNUAL LYONS PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE, Mar. 13 - Apr. 3, Lyons Farmette, Lyons. Presented by The Lyons Farmette, Schey's Bouquets and YummyYards. Instructors include Jerome Osentowski, Marco Chung-Shu Lam, Adam Brock and Pavlos Stavropoulos (co-facilitated by Laura Ruby and Erin Schey). Click here for more information and application.
2011 WILLOW WAY PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE, Apr. 15 - Oct. 9, Willow Way Permaculture Herb Farm, 6481 N 63rd St., Niwot. Our certificate Permaculture Design Course spans our high-altitude growing season, providing a wide-ranging learning experience that reflects the diversity inherent in the Rocky Mountain Front Range. Click here for details. Click here for video
PERMACULTURE DESIGN THROUGH THE SEASONS, Pikes Peak Region, Southern Colorado, Apr. 16 - Nov. 20. Sponsored by Pikes Peak Permaculture, Transition Town Manitou Springs, and Blue Planet Earthscapes. Students will actively participate in planning and designing a site in order to integrate the principles, ethics and the Permaculture design techniques. Contact Brian Fritz, 720-838-7131, tt.manitou@gmail.com, Pikes Peak Permaculture.
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES
SELF RELIANCE EXPO, April 8 - 9, National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver. The Self Reliance Expo was formed to help raise public awareness about living a more sustainable lifestyle and how to help yourself, your family, and also your community in times of emergencies. There will be 100+ exhibitors on hand covering a full spectrum of self reliant lifestyle areas. Presentations and guest speakers every hour on the hour: learn about food storage, solar power, emergency preparedness, self defense demonstrations, water filtration systems, business consulting, grant writing, investment courses and much more! Swing by and have a look at the "Wall of Knowledge" with hundreds of self reliance tips from the Experts in the field. Then go stop by their booth on the floor. Click here for more information and registration.
 29TH NATIONAL PESTICIDE FORUM: SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY--PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Apr. 8 - 9, Colorado School of Public Health, 13001 E. 17th Pl., Aurora. This conference will cover topics such as pesticides and health, impacts of pesticides on pollinators, organic food and farming, healthy communities, organic land care, non-toxic bed bug control, and more. Maria Rodale, CEO of Rodale Inc., publisher of Organic Gardening and Prevention magazines, and the author of Organic Manifesto will be a conference keynote speaker. See the full speaker listand schedule of events. Watch videos of Forum speakers onFacebook and share with your friends! Register online or call 202-543-5450.
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AGRICULTURE-RELATED EVENTS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT, Mar. 14, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Univ. of Northern Colorado, University Center, 2045 10th Ave., Greeley. Please join Governor Hickenlooper and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to share ideas on jobs, tourism, water, energy and other areas that can and do have an impact on rural economic development in Colorado. Breakout sessions will be led by leaders from the economic development community, Cabinet Members and other senior officials with the Hickenlooper Administration. RSVP to Liz Pistentis at liz.pistentis@state.co.us or call 303-892-3840.
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CLASSES, WORKSHOPS
AND RELATED EVENTS
 BIOREGIONAL WALKING: INSPIRATIONS FOR THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO IN SPAIN, a talk by Anne Parker, PhD, Mar. 16, noon - 1:15 p.m., Sycamore Hall, Room 8150, Naropa Univ., 2130 Arapaho Ave., Boulder. This ancient pilgrimage route across Spain, silent for some 500 years, has been waking up since the 1980's in concert with our need to reconnect with the living earth and repair our relationship. As this route wakes up with thousands of people walking it annually, it is activating the synapses of ancient routes across France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and beyond. People are walking the land as spiritual and healing practice once again in Europe - a sign of the healing of that world and a movement towards repairing the damage the dis-connected world view that engendered around the globe. In this slide show we will explore the history, the present, and the gifts we can bring from it into our lives.
 PIONEERING GARDEN TECHNIQUES: WHY HEIRLOOM GARDENS STILL WORK TODAY, Mar. 17, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, Denver. Pioneers, those brave people grew gardens for food and beauty with nary a drop of pressurized irrigation water and without the aid of the combustion engine. It's now 2011 and heirloom gardens are hotter than ever. This enlightening program will look at what kinds of gardening techniques and principles still work in today's gardens, and why. Mary Ann Newcomer is an accomplished horticulturist, garden designer, and former President of the Idaho Botanical Garden. Learn more...
DESIGNING WITH HEIRLOOMS, Mar. 18, 10:00 a.m. - noon, Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, Denver. Join Idaho native and garden blogger Mary Ann Newcomer for a showcase of contemporary gardens featuring heirloom plant materials. Special attention will be given to plants suited to the Rocky Mountain region. Website
 ROCKY MOUNTAIN HORTICULTURE II, Mar. 19 - Apr. 2, Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York St., Denver. An introduction to general information on plant management. Each of these three classes will present an overview by an expert from the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Service. Topics include the identification and control of lawn and garden weeds, diseases and insects, and integrated pest management. Call 720-865-3580.
BROOMFIELD COMMUNITY CONTRA DANCE & DRUMMING CIRCLE, Mar. 20, 3:00 - 8:00 p.m., Crescent Grange, 7901 W. 120th Ave., Broomfield. Drumming Circle, 3:00 - 4: 15 p.m., free. Bring any percussion instrument and join the fun. We will also drum for a while during the dance break at about 6:30PM. Contra Dance, $10. Lesson 4:15, dance 5:00 - 8:00. Teacher, Don Studinski; caller, Rick Smith, live band, Rodney & Nancy Sauer. Great fun dancing. No experience necessary! Dancing is where the JOY is. Sponsored by Transition Westminster-Arvada-Broomfield and Crescent Grange. Click here for more details.
 FOREST GARDENING WITH JEROME OSENTOWSKI, Mar. 22, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., The Lyons Farmette, 4121 Ute Hiway, Lyons. Come experience part of The Lyons Permaculture Design Course through this evening class and learn about Forest Gardens and Permaculture Guilds from one of Colorado's leading permaculture teachers. Jerome Osentowski is the founder and director of the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute in Basalt (7,200 feet). $10 suggested donation.
SEED SAVING, HEIRLOOM & PERENNIAL VEGETABLES WITH RICH PECORARO, Mar. 24, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., The Lyons Farmette, 4121 Ute Hiway, Lyons. Come experience part of The Lyons Permaculture Design Course through this evening workshop and learn about seed saving and heirloom and perennial vegetables from one of the nation's only master seed savers. Rich Pecoraro was the founding grower of Seeds of Change, currently runs Abbondanza Organic Seeds and Produce in Boulder.
 INTRODUCTION TO AQUAPONICS SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION, Mar. 26, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., GrowHaus, 4751 York St., Denver. This class will provide participants the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of aquaponics in a living classroom environment. The course will be a combination of classroom lecture and hands on work among three different aquaponics systems. This hands-on workshop is presented at the GrowHaus, in a Denver neighborhood designated as a Food Desert. Cost is $65 per person. For more information and to register, please go to the Colorado Aquaponics website or contact us at 720-470-7007.
LEADER LEARNER GARDENING, March 26, 10:00 a.m. to noon, Crescent Grange, 7901 W 120th Avenue, Broomfield. Come to our Community Garden! Experienced gardeners are available for questions and demonstration of Permaculture gardening techniques. Learner gardeners can team up with Leaders and share in the team produce. Weather permitting. Organized by BeeYond Gardening.
 INDIGENOUS PERMACULTURE PANEL WITH PAVLOS STAVROPOULUS, GLENN MORRIS AND GUESTS, Mar. 27, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., The Lyons Farmette, 4121 Ute Hiway, Lyons. Come experience part of The Lyons Permaculture Design Course through this evening panel on Indigenous Permaculture with Pavlos Stavropoulos and Glen Morris, both of The Woodbine Ecology Center. Pavlos Stavropoulos is the Sustainability Coordinator at The Woodbine Ecology Center in Sedalia, CO. Glen Morris is an associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado at Denver, where he is also the director of the Fourth World Center for the Study of Indigenous Law and Politics. $10 suggested donation.
MEAL MAKING THE MEDITERRANEAN WAY WITH SEASONAL AND LOCAL FOODS, Mar. 29 - May 10 (every other Tuesday), 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., QuickFit in Whole Foods, 28th & Pearl, Boulder. 4-Week Cooking and Meal Making Series with Mary Collette Rogers, Local and Seasonal Foods Expert. How to follow the Mediterranean Diet through the seasons. Hands-on cooking with new, healthful, Mediterranean-style recipes. Light dinner to eat and enjoy. Planning strategies for seasonal eating success. Vegetable comfort and delight. Breakthrough strategies to beat the clock. Healthy cooking basics for mix 'n match meal making with local foods. Kitchen fundamentals for guaranteed ease and simplicity. Yummy recipes to customize for your tastes.
 ALCOHOL AS A FUEL, WITH TODD JONES AND DAVID BLUME, MAR. 30, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., The Lyons Farmette, 4121 Ute Hiway, Lyons. Come experience part of The Lyons Permaculture Design Course through this evening discussion on Alcohol As Fuel with Todd W. Jones and internationally known author of "Alcohol Can Be A Gas!", David Blume (via live video conference). Todd W. Jones trained and certified in Gourmet and Medicinal Mushroom Cultivation as well as MycoRestoration with Paul Stamets at Fungi Perfecti in Olympia, WA. $10 suggested donation.
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