Saturday, March 27, 2010

Organic Grower's School 1994-2012

Signs of hope escape our eyes easily; we like to see the doom.
Here's some good news: Attendance at the OGS doubles every five years.
Can we shrink our carbon footprint as quickly as this grows (15%)?
Easily, no. Impossible? Probably not.
(tabled updated every year or so since 2008)




Year
#
Attendance
% growth
1994
1st
100

1995
2nd
213
213%
1996
3rd
141
66%
1997
4th
160
113%
1998
5th
230
144%
1999
6th
430
187%
2000
7th
392
91%
2001
8th
500
128%
2002
9th
533
107%
2003
10th
609
114%
2004
11th
683
112%
2005
12th
800
117%
2006
13th
900
113%
2007
14th
1000
111%
2008
15th
1200
120%
2009
16th
1300
108%
2010
17th
1500
115%
2011
18th
1679
112%
2012
19th
1906
114%


Average annual growth= 14.8












Average doubling time = 4.9 years













Figures courtesy of











Meredith Leigh McKissick










Director, Organic Growers School










Crooked Creek Farms; Sweet Earth Flower Farm









www.sweetearthflowers.com
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

2010 USA Permaculture Convergences

2010 USA Permaculture Convergences
If you hear of another, please send word to SmithMillCreek
* at * gmail
Thanks!
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NORTHEAST
http://northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com/Summer+Gathering
Fri- Sun, July 2-4, 2010
Unity, Maine USA $60- $120 ish
• Suggest a Convergence session here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGFPSUlxdnV5MjRLT19GZEJIMEJMSGc6MA
twitter.com/NEConvergence

SOUTHEAST
http://www.southeasternpermaculture.org
The gathering is Fri- Sun, August 6-8, 2010 at the Arthur Morgan School in Celo, NC
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoutheasternPermaculture

COLORADO
http://coloradopermaculture.blogspot.com/2010/02/colorado-permaculture-convergence.html
The Colorado Permaculture Convergence is scheduled for Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at the 63rd Street Farm near Boulder, Colorado. Contact the High Altitude Permaculture Institute if you are interested in helping organize this event.

NORTHWEST
http://www.washingtonstatepermaculture.org
2010's Washington State Permaculture Conference, tentatively scheduled to be held at The Evergreen State College in mid-September, 2010.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA BAY AREA
None planned I can find; last one Summer 2008
http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Bay_Area_Permaculture_Convergence.html

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
None found for 2010
http://socalifornia.permacultureconvergence.org
1st Annual Southern California Permaculture Convergence
August 29-31, 2008

MIDWEST
The First Midwest Permaculture Convergence in Bloomington IN
September 23-25, 2010
Weblink to come....

UPSTATE NEW YORK PERMACULTURE GATHERING
First was March 2010
Next TBD
http://upstateNYpermaculture.Net


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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Some Haiti Resources

I just got this via email. I myself would do well to compile some other responses I got from others.
-- Jim
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I am cut and pasting all the answers b/c quite frankly there were so many that I hesitate to choose.

I will narrow down some favorites later when I come back from work.
Alice Backer, Esq.
http://www.kiskeacity.com
http://twitter.com/kiskeacity
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Books:
1. Red and Black in Haiti (Matthew Smith)
2. The Uses of Haiti
3. Haiti and the United States
4. Haiti: State Against Nation

Novels:
1. Love, Anger, Madness
2. Brother I am Dying
3. Masters of the Dew

Films:
1. The Agronomist
3. Heading South
4. Man by the Shore
5. Ghosts of Cite Soleil
6. Moloch Tropical
7. Egalite for All
8. Royal Bonbon

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