October Newsletter

Our Mission for the Southern California Permaculture Convergence is to continue fostering the appropriate conditions for creating greater interconnections within our communities.

By creating both physical and virtual hubs for sharing resources, wisdom, and new innovations we can also continue working together to define the structure, function, and organization of a regional network as we move forward into a more sustainable future.

October 2011 Updates

Greetings!

Hello Permaculture enthusiast!

We are revamping our website!

In the meantime check out our October Newsletter Update.

Join the mailing list to stay up to date on all things Permaculture in Southern California, and add us to your address book contacts list to ensure proper delivery.

socalconvergence@gmail.com

Discovering the Soil Foodweb Oct 22-26

With Dr. Elaine Ingham, PhD.
Special SCPC discount!

Give your plants biology to increase green growth, flowers, and veggies, while increasing moisture retention in the soil from 30-50% and save hundreds of dollars on fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides by working with your biological workforce. Do you know the optimum bacteria:fungi ratio for your plants? Every plant is different.

Until recently, we have only understood the chemical aspect of plant relationships. Dr. Ingham describes the inseparable relationship between microbes and plants in a friendly, easy-to-understand way. Find out how to make your plants healthy in any setting by increasing soil biology, nature's true gift for healthy plants.

All details can be found in this flier or on the Eventbrite registration link:

http://LASweetSoil.Eventbrite.com/

For Registration Discount, participants must:

1. Send a check for $750 ($50 discount off 5-Day Soil Foodweb Workshop) to:

SweetSoil

2505 Spring Hill Rd.

Petaluma, CA 94952

2. Participants MUST list "SoCal Convergence" on check or separate sheet

3. Please include your name, phone and email address.

Be sure to write:

"Southern California Permaculture Convergence"

on your check and you will receive a $50 discount
from the tuition of this revolutionary workshop.

Harvest the Rain -Book Signing & Talk w/ Nate Downey

"Every drop of rain is an opportunity, every storm a resource"

Harvest the Rain Book Tour with Nate Downey arrives in Ventura Oct. 21, Santa Barbara and Los Olivos Oct 22, onto San Diego Oct. 24, North Hills Oct. 25, Winchester Oct. 26, Los Angeles Oct. 28 and ending the tour in Long Beach on Oct 29.

If we want thriving landscapes, abundant food, strong communities, and sustainable economies, we can start by treasuring the rain.

For millennia, people relied on rainwater harvesting to supply water for households, landscape, livestock, and agricultural uses. Today, our planet's water shortage is a reality for people worldwide, but actually enough precipitation falls annually to provide ample water for everybody. We simply have to collect, store, distribute, and reuse just a small percentage of that which falls from the sky.

Fortunately this way of saving the world comes with perks such as increasing your property's value, lowering your utility bills, or simply creating a comfortable oasis outside your door.

Nate Downey shows you the way with his practical book that anyone can use to begin implementing rainwater harvesting designs today.

http://harvesttherain.com/

Los Angeles Permaculture Design Course Series

Urban Homesteading & More - Starts Saturday Oct. 8th

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