tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57138712024-02-20T01:48:01.456-08:00Sustainability Through PermacultureExploring the meaning and significance of sustainability and various sustainability initiatives and how they relate to urban permaculture in the midwest.Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-80426231192983798732008-07-21T10:45:00.000-07:002008-07-21T11:01:43.094-07:00Coming up next:Visit theAugust 9-10, 7th Annual Illinois Renewable Energy & Sustainable Lifestyle Fair, Oregon IL. (20 Min. from Rockford) http://www.illinoisrenew.org/Ride share postings hereSupportive Invisible StructuresThursday, Sept. 25 . . . . . . 7-9 pmLearn about the importance of non-physical structures and relationships in creating a sustainable future. Featuring garden designer, Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-32783467002276745782008-04-09T03:37:00.000-07:002008-04-28T08:29:04.396-07:00Coming up in MayThursday, May 1, 7-9pmEcovillage Solutions: Updating GaviotasRegrowing Rainforest and Community in ColombiaAt North Park Village Nature Center 5801 N. Pulaski, Chicago. Free and open to the public.Tim Magner reports on his recent trip to Gaviotas, Colombia, where Paolo Lugari is transforming a barren wasteland into a lushly forested ecovillage. Asylee journalist Hector Sepulveda Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-71984774356159045952008-02-18T13:52:00.000-08:002008-02-21T11:29:32.348-08:00Programs coming up. Info: Rael 773-756-5033 raelearth at yahoo.comSaturday, March 22, 12-4 pm, Gardening with MushroomsSelect two species to take home with you. To register, $15 check (with phone number) to Kenneth Otto, must be received by March 20. At North Park Village Nature Center 5801 N. Pulaski, Chicago, 60646Wednesday, March 26, 7-9pm, Healing the CityThe thoughts of Irish architect Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-79511474847987549422007-10-31T23:32:00.000-07:002007-10-31T23:36:41.384-07:00Coming up in December...Saturday, December 8, 1-4 pmAn Introduction to Permaculture: Implications for the City and SuburbsPresented by Bill Wilson (communitarian, permaculturist, sustainability advocate/educator, His presentation includes a 25 minute video of Australian Bill Mollison (founder of permaculture), examples of practical applications for the city, suburban or rural dweller, and Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1167431325797539732006-12-29T14:28:00.000-08:002006-12-29T14:28:46.016-08:00Coming up next....Urban Permaculture Applications:Food Production PlusWednesday, February 7th, 7-9 pmLearn how to apply permaculture to urban living.Even if you have limited indoor growing space, producing more of what you eat, may be increasingly valuable. Learn about home or apartment-scale growing systems for producing your own food and fertilizer, indoors or out. Featuring Bill Shores, a Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1162248202821996042006-10-30T14:23:00.000-08:002006-10-30T14:43:24.306-08:00Coming up in December...Saturday, December 9, 1-4 pmAn Introduction to Permaculture -- and the Sustainably Oriented Community of Stelle Presented by Bill Wilson (communitarian, permaculturist, sustainability advocate/educator, life coach & mentor). His presentation includes a 25 minute video of Australian Bill Mollison (founder of permaculture), examples of practical applications for the Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1159305789494425082006-09-26T14:20:00.000-07:002006-10-08T05:10:07.653-07:00Coming up next...Exploring whether wholistic integrative design principles apply to reshaping our governance systems...Consider one approach:Sustainability through BioregionalismSunday, October 8, 2-4 pmEnvironmental sociologist Mark D. Whitaker, from UW-Madison, will present his proposition that sustainability requires changing our democratic institutions -- adding over 60 different novel checksRaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1158605368040257682006-09-18T11:45:00.000-07:002006-09-26T14:01:00.080-07:00COMING UP NEXT...Permaculture and Sustainability ProgressWednesday, September 20 7-9 pmRecent developments have changed the way some approach sustainability. New permaculture resources include a comprehensive two-volume set on edible forest gardening, an Illinois Permaculture Handbook and Gaia University. Learn about these and other tools and proposals. Envision their potential applications in Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1148754460867769682006-05-27T11:02:00.000-07:002006-05-27T11:36:30.943-07:00Things are warming upin June and beyond...Climate Change is Hereand could become horrificif we don't change our ways.Act to bring about a desirable futureSee the movie An Inconvenient TruthOn global warming. Starring Al Gore, with our planet's story.Opening at Chicago's Century Centre (June 2) and Esquire (June 9); in Evanston's CineArts 6, and Highland Park's Renaissance Place (both June 2) Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1138645592641216092006-01-30T10:21:00.000-08:002006-03-07T15:50:27.153-08:00Coming up in March...For some people... the notion that you can grow your own food is revolutionary. - Bill MollisonPeace through Permaculture: A Positive Alternative...Eco Punks: Mexican gang leaders liberate their neighborhood with permacultureWednesday, March 8, 2006. 7-9 pm Permaculture Principles:Urban Food ProductionExplore the significance of permaculture and it's principles, and how they Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1130429901748390492005-10-27T09:03:00.000-07:002005-12-01T11:50:02.960-08:00Coming up in December...The Place of PermacultureSaturday, December 10, 2-4pmAn overview of permaculture design processes and applications, and how they compare to other whole systems approaches to sustainability.The permaculture section will be based on the twelve principles of David Holmgren's 2003 book, Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, which incorporates designing Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1128637727871145742005-10-06T15:21:00.000-07:002005-10-06T15:33:36.480-07:00Coming up in October...Democracy, Development, and the Creation of Regenerative SocietiesWednesday, October 19, 7 - 9pmExpand your understanding of social processes, democracy, and development. Consider their implications beyond sustainability toward social and environmental regeneration. Learn key elements of an emerging, scientifically-based theory of social processes as life-like (biotic), Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1120224863812943532005-07-01T06:31:00.000-07:002005-07-01T06:34:23.823-07:00ProgramsExplore the relevance of celebrating the evolutionary story to aid achieving sustainability.Sun, July 3, 9:30 am - 1 pm Nature/Culture Specialness CelebrationCelebrate the specialness of our place and time, when earth and sun are furthest apart (aphelion). Contemplate emerging stories of biological and cultural evolution. Explore our unique capacities, and their best use in attuning our Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1112135579615773502005-03-29T14:30:00.000-08:002005-03-31T13:44:36.376-08:00Coming up next:Climate Change ConcernsSaturday, April 9, 2-4 pm Significant slow global warming seems almost certain. Recently, the possibility of other futures has been raised. Some researchers report that global changes may be greater, more dangerous and perhaps irreversible sooner than previously calculated.Global dimming is also a growing concern.Learn about our prospects and the likely Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1110989596083515402005-03-16T08:10:00.000-08:002005-03-20T23:18:22.296-08:00Coming up next...Food Forests in our Future?Wednesday, March 23, 7pmConventional agriculture is in trouble. Are there other ways of providing for our nutritional needs that are less resource intensive and still suitable for our climate? Food forests mimic native ecosystems while enhancing productivity and minimizing maintenance. Their multi-layer plantings are beginning to extend across the Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1104334618343855772004-12-29T07:31:00.000-08:002005-02-16T07:55:08.566-08:00Coming up in February...The Blessings of BiofuelsSunday, February 13, 2-4 pmFossil fuels will soon be more difficult to obtain, and increasingly expensive. Are there advantages in switching to ethanol mixes now? Nancy Wise, a major proponent, will present her views and experiences driving with E-85, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline blend available in gas stations locally and usable with Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1087908603909505122004-06-22T05:44:00.000-07:002004-06-22T06:09:17.260-07:00SHARING OUR SPECIALNESS - An exploratory celebration, weaving together the core and edge of our metropolitan area. July 3-5 in Chicagoland.
This is a critical time for our country's and planet's future. Our social, economic and ecological systems are under increasing stress. So far, there is insufficient momentum to assure a smooth transition to a more secure future. Perhaps nourishing globally Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1079190698013492502004-03-13T07:11:00.000-08:002004-03-16T15:11:53.046-08:00For more information on the following, e-mail the coordinator, Rael Bassan, {RaelEarth (at) yahoo.com}
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A Cultural Transition is Approaching
This concern is the motivation for our next meeting
Saturday, March 27, 2-4 pm
At North Park Village Nature Center,
5801 N. Pulaski Road, Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1077058306746891312004-02-17T14:51:00.000-08:002004-03-13T07:08:07.200-08:00Our CREATING COMMUNITY Meeting
Saturday, February 28, 2-4 pm
View the video "Visions of Utopia", which reports on intentional communities across the nation -- including cohousing and ecovillages. Discussion with representatives of local intentional community initiatives follows.
At North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 N. Pulaski Road, Chicago.
Depending on the audience interests, we Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1072828809210515352003-12-30T16:00:00.000-08:002004-02-17T11:14:38.590-08:00Announcing our 4th Annual
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January 3 and 4, 10am - 3:30pm.
Potluck lunch at 12:30 (Vegetarian dishes preferred)
At North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 N. Pulaski Road, Chicago
We invite you to...
-- explore a spiritual ecology experience
-- help seed a restoration focused society
Conversations, stories, games and actions, Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1072827688440245312003-12-15T15:41:00.000-08:002003-12-30T15:54:53.966-08:00Synergistic Gardening Info
For those who missed our Saturday, December 13, Synergistic Gardening -video and discussion, of Emelia Hazelip's method of organic no-till gardening in France, you can get much of the information here. It contains a 1999 translation of an earlier article.Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1062770249196728192003-09-05T06:57:00.000-07:002003-09-05T14:30:08.833-07:00Summary of the last two meetings
- feeling out the future.
The CUP meeting, Aug 27, (see 8/22 below) at the Nature Center, had 11 attendees.
The Edge/Up Greens Sustainability Forum, Sept 4, at Stone Soup Coop drew 16 attendees.
They included staff from the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the Chicago Center for Green Technology, who reported on their institutions activities.
The Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1061990172370154112003-08-27T06:16:00.000-07:002003-09-05T05:36:21.116-07:00For Many, Sustainability is Insufficiently Satisfying...
They do not wish to sustain current societal and ecological ills, prefering to strive beyond sustainability.
According to French village designer. E. Christopher Mare:
" 'sustainability' is an over-abused phrase. It implies maintaining current conditions indefinitely, whatever the current conditions happen to be. Is this desirable? Is Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1061588929888735772003-08-22T14:48:00.000-07:002003-08-27T05:35:26.703-07:00For Some, Sustainability Sucks...
"What Sustainability Is Not!" by John Cairns, Jr. August 1998, answers most of those objections.
"Almost without exception, objections to sustainability have been without foundation.
The most common accusations are that sustainability is: (1) a subterfuge to protect endangered species, (2) anti-technology, (3) anti-industry, (4) anti-humans, (5) anti-private Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713871.post-1061586596858427732003-08-22T14:09:00.000-07:002003-08-27T04:33:14.660-07:00INTRODUCTION
In the course of preparing for a presentation on the state of sustainability for Chicagoland Urban Permaculture (CUP), I appear to have developed a sustainable interest in sustainability.
This motivating event will be held Wednesday, August 27, 7-9pm. Titled Our State of Sustainability, it is a forum and discussion on the state of sustainability in northeastern Illinois. Among Raelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969195274690394950noreply@blogger.com