Permaculture - Monthly Focus on Sustainable Living Topics

ASN's Offices  - New Location

1419 South Main

January 22nd, 7pm to 8pm

An informal discussion on Permaculture. This discussion occurs as part of ASN's monthly focus on sustainable living. Learn about permaculture through informal conversation and exploring media. Coined by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren during the 1970s, permaculture is permanent agriculture as well as permanent culture. Designing human settlements to include perennial agricultural systems that mimic the structure and interrelationship found in natural ecologies. Discussion resources that may be of interest to you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture - Permaculture on Wikipedia – History and more…

http://www.permaculture.org.au/ - Permaculture Research Institute of Australia.  See their excellent introduction to permaculture:

http://permaculture.org.au/what-is-permaculture/

In Grave Danger of Falling Food.mpg – somewhat lengthy movie featuring Bill Mollison – one visionary permaculturalist…

http://garden.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Perennial_Foods - good website article on perennial foods.

For those of you just getting interested in permaculture, this should get you started.  For those of you who have already egun exploring the world of permaculture, let us know what resources you recommend.  The January 22nd discussion will be informal - a good opportunity for both newbies and permaculture "experts" to get aquainted and share knowledge.  And not to mention a great time to visit ASN's new offices!