Graham Calder spoke at a permaculture workshop about using permaculture design principles to address challenges through caring for the earth, people, and ensuring a fair share for all. He discussed how observing natural systems can guide practices like using swales and mulch to better manage water accessibility. Permaculture emphasizes creating diverse, multilayered systems like food forests that mimic forest structures to efficiently provide for needs. Questions addressed building earthship structures and dynamic accumulator plants that uptake nutrients to fertilize soils.
Permaculture in the Arava desert in Israel. Basic soil, water, and waste solutions, natural building, creative recycling, the green apprenticeship at kibbutz Lotan, ecovillage design, and alternative desert technology.
Introduction to Permaculture - FELC February 8th 2014Vince Kirchner
Basic of permaculture provided to a group of Master Gardeners, and environmentally aware citizens. Key concepts were presented with a discussion around each topic. This is a precursor to a full PDC class starting in April. www.greatlakespermaculture.com
Permaculture in the Arava desert in Israel. Basic soil, water, and waste solutions, natural building, creative recycling, the green apprenticeship at kibbutz Lotan, ecovillage design, and alternative desert technology.
Introduction to Permaculture - FELC February 8th 2014Vince Kirchner
Basic of permaculture provided to a group of Master Gardeners, and environmentally aware citizens. Key concepts were presented with a discussion around each topic. This is a precursor to a full PDC class starting in April. www.greatlakespermaculture.com
In an effort to combat the world's environmental issues, scientists, researchers, and architects have been coming up with innovative fixes, such as SumaGrow, Biorock, and Boscoe Verticale.
Applying the principles of permaculture in schoolyard projects reinforces values of resourcefulness, stewardship, and sustainability
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
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Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Transforming ecological, economic and social challenges on a regional and global scale.
Presentation by Remineralize the Earth
Advancing Renewable Energy in Latin America and Integrated Farm Energy Systems, RELACCx, Puerto Rico, November 19, 2014
Greenbelt Food Forest: Phase I Photo JournalCHEARS
City of Greenbelt Public Works, Camp Fire USA, Citizens to Conserve and Restore Indian Creek (CCRIC), CHEARS – Chesapeake Education, Arts, and Research Society, Ancestral Knowledge, and the Chesapeake Bay Trust are all working together to help improve water quality in our local watershed and throughout the Chesapeake Bay region by establishing the Greenbelt Food Forest.
Phase I of the project consisted of rain garden installation and water quality monitoring workshops linked with a workday at Three Sisters Demonstration Garden. Our goal is to provide safe outdoor classroom spaces to be used for intergenerational education, eco-arts, food production and community gatherings.
The City of Greenbelt was founded on the concepts of community design & “green” planning, in which every acre is put to its best and most sustainable use. Permaculture and other best land management practices are now being formally established throughout the city.
A major focus of Permaculture is Forest Gardening, which looks at the ecological interactions of healthy forest systems and integrates those strategies into our own methods of food production, water capture & storage, development, and energy usage.
Remineralize the Earth promotes the regeneration of soils and forests worldwide with finely ground rock dust as an economically and ecologically sustainable alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides, creating fertile soils much as the earth does.
Greenbelt Food Forest Phase II Photo JournalCHEARS
A photographic journal celebrating the progress made in Fall 2012 at the joint Springhill Lake Garden Outdoor Classroom and Greenbelt Food Forest sites.
Agroforestry: Addressing Climate Challenges and Improving Social Conditions remineralize
V. Miranda Chase, Research Associate, Remineralize the Earth
Advancing Renewable Energy in Latin America and Integrated Farm Energy Systems, RELACCx, Puerto Rico, November 19, 2014
In an effort to combat the world's environmental issues, scientists, researchers, and architects have been coming up with innovative fixes, such as SumaGrow, Biorock, and Boscoe Verticale.
Applying the principles of permaculture in schoolyard projects reinforces values of resourcefulness, stewardship, and sustainability
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Transforming ecological, economic and social challenges on a regional and global scale.
Presentation by Remineralize the Earth
Advancing Renewable Energy in Latin America and Integrated Farm Energy Systems, RELACCx, Puerto Rico, November 19, 2014
Greenbelt Food Forest: Phase I Photo JournalCHEARS
City of Greenbelt Public Works, Camp Fire USA, Citizens to Conserve and Restore Indian Creek (CCRIC), CHEARS – Chesapeake Education, Arts, and Research Society, Ancestral Knowledge, and the Chesapeake Bay Trust are all working together to help improve water quality in our local watershed and throughout the Chesapeake Bay region by establishing the Greenbelt Food Forest.
Phase I of the project consisted of rain garden installation and water quality monitoring workshops linked with a workday at Three Sisters Demonstration Garden. Our goal is to provide safe outdoor classroom spaces to be used for intergenerational education, eco-arts, food production and community gatherings.
The City of Greenbelt was founded on the concepts of community design & “green” planning, in which every acre is put to its best and most sustainable use. Permaculture and other best land management practices are now being formally established throughout the city.
A major focus of Permaculture is Forest Gardening, which looks at the ecological interactions of healthy forest systems and integrates those strategies into our own methods of food production, water capture & storage, development, and energy usage.
Remineralize the Earth promotes the regeneration of soils and forests worldwide with finely ground rock dust as an economically and ecologically sustainable alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides, creating fertile soils much as the earth does.
Greenbelt Food Forest Phase II Photo JournalCHEARS
A photographic journal celebrating the progress made in Fall 2012 at the joint Springhill Lake Garden Outdoor Classroom and Greenbelt Food Forest sites.
Agroforestry: Addressing Climate Challenges and Improving Social Conditions remineralize
V. Miranda Chase, Research Associate, Remineralize the Earth
Advancing Renewable Energy in Latin America and Integrated Farm Energy Systems, RELACCx, Puerto Rico, November 19, 2014
Introduction To Permaculture Weekend CourseKat Szuminska
An introduction to Permaculture Course first given at the Hawkesbury Earthcare Centre in April 2009
http://www.earthcare.org.au/intropermcourse by Penny & Karim http://caughtintheart.blogspot.com/
& Kat http://twitter.com/katska
The course is based on Bill Mollison's "Introduction to Permaculture" http://www.tagari.com/item.php?itemid=156
A Permaculture School Garden
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Climate change solutions are evolving from: “Let’s reduce carbon emissions” – by, for example, driving a Nissan Leaf instead of a fossil fuel burning, combustion engine car.
To “Let’s remove carbon already in the atmosphere,” or “Let’s reverse warming by cooling the earth.”
This talk will focus on the latter two, less familiar kinds of solutions, including desert greening and other mind blowing, creative solutions.
Permaculture Workshop, How to Recipes, Site DesignEdward Marshall
This is the presentation for a free two-day permaculture workshop 8 of our students and two We Are All Farmers Permaculture Institute folks conducted in the WV coalfields. Along with how to organize a workshop, this includes thinking about a site for permaculture design, ethics in permaculture, as well as how to recipes for key practices such as sheet mulch, composting, vermiculture, water catchment, and beautification.
Basic presentation that can be used for schools interested in school gardens aimed for Qld Australia extensive national grants links,feel free to use and improve
This presentation was given at the EPA’s National Water Event 2019, which took place on 29 and 30 May 2019 in Galway. This presentation by Ken Taylor the Director of Land and Water Challenge is on the driving Innovation and science to underpin new mitigation measures in New Zealand
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Positive Solutions with Permaculture with Graham Calder
1. 2013 ACORN Conference
Delta Beauséjour, Moncton NB
Workshop Title: Positive Solutions with Permaculture
Speaker(s) & their titles: Graham Calder, P3 Permaculture Design
Executive Summary
Permaculture is a design science that is based in the observation of nature. It
involves looking at what natural systems have been doing for millions of years and
integrating the most successful practices into our lives, farms, architecture, etc.
Permaculture is rooted in ethics. Its guiding principles are a framework to respond to
the vast challenges that lie ahead for us in our world.
There are 3 underlying ethics:
- Care of the earth
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Fair share
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Care for people
Detailed Notes
Graham discussed what his company is offering in both consultation and certification in
Nova Scotia and the Montreal area as well as many countries of the world. He also does
workshops in Antigonish at Canary Farm, his family farm in NS. A large piece of
Graham’s discussion centred on recommending and sharing information about
permaculture activities and resources around the world.
Focus: WATER
Water accessibility is essential in agriculture. Swales, mulch and catchment ponds are
three ways to make water more accessible on a farm. Flat bottom swales hold water
and allow it to drain straight down and hold there. On a mid-sized swale with a large
berm on one side – it is useful to plant fruit trees up on top of the berm and the bowl,
when filled, will serve to water them, resulting in long term accessibility to water even in
times of very dry weather.
Water holding elements of soil are organic matter, mycelia and other elements, so
mulches are necessary to hold water and protect the earth. It is important to reestablish and recreate the natural systems.
In conventional agriculture, tilling can destroy the biological matter in the soil. Give the
biology an environment that is healthy and encourages life in the soil. Mulch feeds the
soil; not just the plant.
Geographic areas of Canada and the US have been designated with certain Zone
numbers which indicate what plants can over-winter there, what average temperatures
prevail in that zone and other information pertinent to growing. Microclimates can be
created all around the farm, effectively increasing the Zone number. Diversity is the
key.
Swales can be used effectively in heavy clay soils: Dig swales of a larger capacity with
calculated overflow. One of the main things is to employ cover crops with deep roots to
open the clay.
Focus: FOOD
Collective Gardens – No Dig Gardens—or Lasagna Gardens:
2. 2011 NS ACORN Conference
Holiday Inn Halifax Harbourview
Adding layers of cardboard, compost, organic matter. Reduce pathways to a minimum.
Everything should have multiple uses. Old techniques – like planting onions near roses
to prevent black spot – should be re-adopted.
Mandala Gardens – Companion planting can be beautiful and still productive
Fruit Tree Guilds – Food Forests & Forest Gardens—look at what exists and add
companion plants and trees; in the beginning, comfrey reaches deep and mines
minerals. It can be cut 4x per year. We must mimic the layers of the forest. There are 7
layers in a forest garden.
Book Recommendation: Gaia’s Garden: Bringing Permaculture into the Home Garden
Video Recommendation: Beacon Food Project
Integrate the heritage of homesteading and the techniques and habits of the original
aboriginals. Pine nuts grow well in our Zone!
Hugelkultur – the creation of rich, productive garden beds by piling up branches and
trees and then adding layers of soils on top.
Book Recommendation: Edible Forest Gardens by Dave Jacke
Midwest Permaculture Presents: Plant Guilds by Bryce Ruddick
Other Resources:
-International Aid: Ted Talks--- Borneo Project, Permaculture Kenya
-Community Forests International forestsinternational.org Sackville, NB
-Earthships are shelters made from recycled available materials: earthquake resistant,
fire resistant.
-globalpermaculture.org will give you contact to permaculture practitioners
-www.P3permaculture.ca
Questions and Discussions:
- Building and designing structures? Cob, square bale, adobe
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There is an earthship currently being built in Havelock New Brunswick
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Two doctors on Kingston Peninsula also building an Earthship
(architect designed)
- What are some examples of dynamic accumulators?
Dynamic accumulators are plants rich in a certain substance that can then be cut down
or integrated into the soil. They can be used as a fertilizer or as part of a fertilizer mix for
other plants that may be deficient in those particular nutrients. For example, the use of a
nitrogen dynamic accumulator, such as a clover patch, could potentially replace
nitrogen-rich fertilizers. Others include dandelion, comfrey, and others grown for a
specific nutrient.
They can also be used as green manures or cover crops to mine certain nutrients
lacking in a certain area and are an excellent as an addition to the compost pile.