Schwartz Market on Pittsburgh's Historic South Side is closing for the time being and planning for a new era in food systems and health and healing in America is beginning! Go to http://1317eastcarson.blogspot.com/ for some insights.
Join David Jacke at Chatham University and at the Phipps Garden Center the last weekend in March and through April 1. Details follow.
We will all learn together how to develop our own food forests, produce our own food on our own property and in our own neighborhoods. Clean water, pure air, real food and healthy bodies will move us into our healthy future!
Food, not lawns, is the next phase for Monroeville! Learn with us!
Healthy Land, Healthy Water, Healthy Community: Regenerating Pittsburgh from the Ground Up
Friday Lecture and Weekend Workshop by Permaculture Expert Dave Jacke
Okay, I changed my light bulbs to CFLs, I recycle and compost. What else can I do?! If you are looking for ways to delve deeper into lasting sustainable solutions, then this inspiring evening lecture and weekend workshop is just what you need to discover practical ways to create a healthy and vibrant life—and to regenerate the city in the process! Liz
Friday evening, April 29, 7-9PM, Eddy Theatre, Chatham University, Pittsburgh
Regenerating Communities, Ecosystems, and Landscapes with Permaculture
During the Friday evening lecture, explore the forest gardening vision with Dave Jacke, author of Edible Forest Gardens, as he presents “Regenerating Communities, Ecosystems, and Landscapes with Permaculture.” Learn how to create high-yielding, low-maintenance backyards with lush ripe fruit and perennial edibles, and see ample examples of existing edible Edens. Discover how this systems design model can be used for backyard growing as well as community empowerment to create an abundant future right here, right now. This event takes place on Friday April 29, 2011, from 7-9pm, at Chatham University’s Eddy Theatre.
§ Suggested donation: $10. No one turned away for lack of funds. All are welcome.
Saturday & Sunday, April 30 & May 1, 9AM-4PM 1059 Shady Ave, Phipps Garden Center
Regenerating Pittsburgh from the Ground Up
Join Dave Jacke and regional permaculture teachers for a two-day workshop, April 30th and May 1st, at Phipps Garden Center on Shady Avenue. Gain a fresh perspective on functional relationships in plant and human communities. Experience permaculture principles and learn how to replicate the way nature works to provide us with everything we need – food, energy, shelter, medicine, biodiversity, beauty, health, enjoyment - with minimal work in the long run. Engage with other Pittsburghers in real solutions to our region’s most pressing environmental challenges.
§ Sliding scale fee for the weekend workshop is $150- $200. Discounts for groups of 5 or more, pay only $125 per person. Scholarships available, please ask.
§ Pre-registration required, please visit PittsburghPermaculture.org or call Juliette at 412-780-5833.
Awesome! Gonna try to be there :)
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