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Beans, baby beets, beetroot, capsicum, chilli, carrots, celery, Chinese greens, cucumber, eggplant, kale, kohlrabi, spring onions, parsnip, potatoes, pumpkin, radish, rhubarb crowns, rockmelon, silverbeet, spinach, squash, strawberry runners, sweet corn, sweet potatoes shoots, tomato, watermelon, zucchini

Herbs: basil, chamomile, cress, chives, coriander, dill, fennel, lemon balm, marjoram, nasturtium, oregano, parsley, salad burnet.

ANTS BEGONE!

Deter ants the natural way. Spray white vingear around door
and window frames and along known ant trails
to deter ants visiting your home!

October 23, 2009

Organic Bytes #196: Organics and the Climate Crisis

Health, Justice and Sustainability News
from the Organic Consumers Association

In This Issue

Quote of the Week: The Organic Revolution – How We Can Stop Global Warming
Video Alert of the Week: Ripe for Revolution, The Organic Solution
Climate Resources: The Science of Agriculture and Climate Change
Climate Actions of the Week: #1 Write to Congress – #2 350.org – #3 The Compost, Your Own Carbon Piggy Bank
Guerilla Theatre of the Week: The Yes Men
Little Bytes: Stop Organic Fraud, Abuse of Farm Workers & CA Fumigation
Planting Peace and Grassroots Netroots News
Organic Consumers Association on the Radio
Travel to Mexico on OCA’s “Via Organica” Tour November 15-22
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Quote of the Week

The Organic Revolution: How We Can Stop Global Warming

“The heretofore unpublicized ‘good news’ on climate change, according to the Rodale Institute and other soil scientists, is that transitioning from chemical, water, and energy-intensive industrial agriculture practices to organic farming and ranching on the world’s 3.5 billion acres of farmland and 8.2 billion acres of pasture or rangeland can sequester 7,000 pounds per acre of climate-destabilizing CO2 every year, while nurturing healthy soils, plants, grasses, and trees that are resistant to drought, heavy rain, pests, and disease. And of course organic farms and ranches can provide us with food that is much more nutritious than industrial farms and ranches – food filled with vitamins, anti-oxidants, and essential trace minerals, free from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), pesticides, antibiotics, and sewage sludge.”

-Ronnie Cummins, “The Organic Revolution: How We Can Stop Global Warming,” October 12, 2009

READ MORE AND TAKE ACTION

Video of the Week

Ripe for Revolution: The Organic Solution

“Organic farming, in and of itself can effectively reduce global warming. Very few of us know that.” – Dr. Timothy La Salle, Rodale Institute

From the video:

“Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time. What if right beneath our feet there existed an affordable way to significantly resolve global warming?”

“Organic farming practices could sequester 39% of the world’s annual carbon dioxide load if applied to all cropland in the world.”

“If organic farming methods were practiced on all the planet’s food growing land, it would be like taking more than 1.4 billion cars off the road.”

WATCH AND TAKE ACTION

CLIMATE RESOURCES

The Science of Agriculture and Climate Change

Would you like to learn more about the science that explains the link between agriculture and climate? We’ve compiled resources for you in video format, including:

Excerpts from Rodale Institute CEO Tim La Salle’s PowerPoint presentation, “Regenerative 21st Century Farming: A Solution to Global Warming & The Organic Green Revolution”. LaSalle summarizes Rodale research that shows how the combination of organic agriculture, managed grazing and restorative forestry could sequester 100% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Excerpts from OCA’s advisory board member and Cedar Circle Farm director Will Allen’s PowerPoint presentation, “Climate Change and Agriculture: Time for a Paradigm Shift”. Allen explains that the key to reducing and sequestering greenhouse gases is to phase out the use of fossil fuel fertilizers and replace them with organic methods, including cover cropping, rotation and composting.
WATCH THE PRESENTATIONS

Climate Actions OF THE WEEK

Write to Congress, 350.org, and Composting

#1: Write to Congress Here!

#2 Join 350.org for Global Day of Climate Action October 24th

A year ago, we learned that if we let the amount of carbon in the atmosphere go above 350 parts per million, we can’t have a planet “similar to the one on which civilization developed and to which life on earth is adapted.”

The bad news: We’re already past that number – we’re at 390 parts per million!

The good news: That number gives us a target to aim for. When the world’s leaders meet in Copenhagen in December to reach agreement on a new climate treaty, we need them to make sure they’ll put forward a plan that gets us back to safety.

On October 24, people in more than 4227 communities around the globe will be taking action in 170 countries under the banner of 350.org.

The 350.org website has a wealth of information, including this fact sheet on Food & Climate which encourages folks to “Go organic: If everyone converted 10% of their diet to organic, we could capture an addition 6.5 billion pounds of carbon in the soil – the equivalent of taking 2 million cars off the road each year!”

350.ORG’S FOOD AND CLIMATE PDF

#3 Create Your Own Carbon Piggy Bank: COMPOST!

According to the Rodale Institute, organic farms that use compost can sequester carbon at a rate of up to 3,200 kg/ha/yr. Under the Kyoto Clean Development Mechanism, cities in the Global South are composting their organic waste (wood, straw, coffee residues, fresh green material and manure) to create carbon credits. Some US cities have also begun municipal composting. San Francisco has the nation’s first mandatory composting law.

But it’s not just farmers and cities, you can compost at home! So, if you haven’t already, take your food, lawn, garden waste – even poop – and make your very own carbon piggy bank: COMPOST!

HERE’S HOW

OCA and the Planet Desperately Need Your Help to Stop Global Warming

Almost no one besides the OCA and Rodale Institute are talking about a positive, science-based solution to the Climate Crisis. OCA is launching today a major public education campaign to stop global warming. We intend to get out the inspiring message to millions how a “Great Transition” to organic farming and ranching can sequester enough dangerous greenhouse gases (7,000 pounds per acre per year of CO2) to buy us the precious time we need to reduce fossil fuel use, build a healthy, green economy, and re-stabilize the climate. But we desperately need your help. For the next 30 days a California Foundation has agreed to match your donations dollar for dollar. So please send us a tax-deductible donation today.

PLEASE DONATE

Guerrilla Theatre Action of the Week

The Yes Men Strike Again

The corporate media and the fossil fuel lobby got a shock on Monday when activists in disguise, the “Yes Men,” staged a press conference in Washington, DC announcing that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce had reversed its position on regulating climate change. A press advisory on official-looking letterhead announced that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was dropping its longstanding opposition to Congressional climate change legislation and would now support taxing carbon emissions. The news wires quickly picked up the story, and within minutes it was being reported on the websites of the New York Times and Washington Post. The counterfeit press release and press conference also made its way onto cable news, including the Fox Business Network. At a press conference at the National Press Club, an activist posing as U.S. Chamber of Commerce spokesperson, “Hingo Sembra,” read from a prepared statement:

“Ecologists tell us that if we don’t enact dramatic reductions in carbon emissions today, within five years we could begin facing the propagating feedback loops of runaway climate change, which would mean a destruction of food and water supplies worldwide, with the result of mass migrations, famine and death on a scale never before imagined.

“Needless to say, that would be bad for business.”

The curtain came down when an official spokesperson for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Eric Wohlschlegel, rushed into the room and told reporters that the press release was a hoax.

WATCH

LITTLE BYTES

1) OCA Director, Ronnie Cummins, Live on Internet Radio Oct. 29
Ronnie will be on the NaturalNews Talk Hour at 6PM PST-9PM EST on Thursday October 29, discussing “Organic Labeling Fraud and What We Can Do About It.”
REGISTER TO LISTEN HERE

2) Cornucopia Nails Target for Fraud for Calling ‘Natural’ Products Organic
The Cornucopia Institute announced this week that it had filed formal complaints with the USDA’s organic program, and Wisconsin and Minnesota officials, alleging that Target Corporation has misled consumers into thinking some conventional food items it sells are organic.
READ MORE

3) Stop Fumigation of Citizens Without Their Consent in California
Tens of thousands of California residents are being sprayed under the cover of night with pesticides containing partly unknown chemicals. These sprayings, conducted in the wake of inadequate health studies, are carried out, not to help residents, but to safeguard the profits of chemical intensive corporate farms from a pest called Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) .
READ MORE

4) Farm Workers Rights: No Smiley Faces for Nature’s Partner
Tell Walmart to stop its supplier Giumarra’s unlawful behavior!
READ MORE

5) Save Rainforests from U.S. Agribusiness Giant Cargill
Join in the global call-in day for the rainforests by making a call to Cargill CEO Gregory Page before more rainforests are cut down for palm oil plantations.
READ MORE

Planting Peace and Grassroots Netroots News

1) HEALTH:
In His Mother’s Footsteps: California Man Jailed for Five Days After Sit-In at Blue Cross Office in Los Angeles READ MORE

2) JUSTICE:
Department of Homeland Security Expands Controversial 287(g) Program Empowering Local Police to Enforce Immigration Laws READ MORE

3) SUSTAINABILITY:
Going Beyond Organic: Analog Forestry READ MORE

4) PLANTING PEACE:
Voices from Afghanistan: Afghan Women’s Activist Zoya Speaks Out on Eight Years of Occupation READ MORE

5) DEMOCRACY:
Don’t Let Wall Street Block Strong Consumer Protections! READ MORE

Listen to Organic Consumers on the Radio!

Travel to Mexico on OCA’s “Via Organica” Tour November 15-22

OCA invites you to join us on an enjoyable and inspirational organic food and farming eco-tour November 15-22, hosted by our Mexican sister organization Via Organica, based in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.

We have several spaces left and are offering a discounted price of $850 for a week of bi-lingual workshops, tours to area organic farms, restaurants, stores, and green-building projects. At the Via Organica farm school and resort meet Mexican activists and savor gourmet organic meals and beverages, swim in our thermal pool, hike and bike and enjoy the cultural attractions of the nearby UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Miguel de Allende. OCA Director Ronnie Cummins and other OCA staff will lead the tour. The theme of this tour will be “How Organic Food and Farming Can Stop Global Warming.”

Check out our tours website and sign up now!

LOCAL Your State NEWS OF THE WEEK

Your State–Get Involved Locally

Learn more about OCA related action alerts and other news in Your State here.
Join Your State discussion groups in our forum.
Post events in Your State on our community calendar.

Message from our Sponsors

Three Generations of Sustainability

Frey Winery was the first organic winery in the U.S., founded in 1980, and always family-owned and operated. Today a third generation continues the family’s tradition of sustainable grape growing and award-winning winemaking. Their delicious no-sulfites-added organic and biodynamic wines continue to win new converts.

Organic farming is a fundamental step towards sustainability, and on the slopes of the Redwood Valley AVA (American Viticultural Area) in Mendocino County, California, the Freys were the first to set the example of making wine organically, from the vineyard to the cellar. Thirty years later, Mendocino County has more acreage of organic wine grapes than any other county in the U.S. Frey Winery is also solar powered, practices cultivation methods that cut back on energy and water consumption, and preserves woodlands adjacent to the vineyards.

Try the taste of sustainability at FreyWine.com!

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Hi Permaculture People,

I thought you might be interested in learning about my new book, Fabulous Food From Every Small Garden, published by CSIRO Publishing. I have attached a leaflet with details of my book, or you can click on this link to see a short You Tube video about the book: http://www.youtube.com/user/CSIROpublishing

Fortnightly update. October 2009 #1

Join us for …

Pig Business – What is the true cost of meat?

This UK documentary by Tracy Worcester explores animal welfare conditions in the pig industry and factory farms across Europe. The film reveals that these huge meat factories overcrowd and mistreat the animals, put small farmers out of business, and pollute the water and air, endangering the health of local residents and consumers. Discussion will include conditions in Australia, as recently exposed by environmentalist and campaigner Emma Haswell in one Tasmanian piggery that is a major supplier to Woolworths.

Ethical Consumer Group September meeting – This Thursday – 8th October >> 6.30 – 7.30pm – dinner – byo ‘food and thoughts’ to share >> 8pm – 10.30pm – movie & discussion. Susan’s place, Yarraville, RSVP for further details. Nick Ray 0417 114 492 nick@ethical.org.au The Ethical Consumer Group meets monthly to discuss aspects of living out sustainable alternatives in a consumerist culture.————————————-

Some updates regarding Genetic Engineering …

We’re a silly bunch, introducing genetically engineered (GE) food crops – Canola in December 2008 – when as an island nation we have
potential to export GE-free food crops to the world.

Japan set to reject genetically engineered canola Australia’s canola exports are likely to be significantly impacted by the change of government in Japan. The Democratic Party of Japan has pledged to implement stringent GE labelling laws. http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=65

Hands off our rice! Today, GE rice only exists in field trials. But all that could change tomorrow as agri-chemical companies and some governments around the globe are trying to commercialise it. Keeping rice GE-free is not just about consumer choice. Rice is the world’s most important staple food – with more than half of the global population eating it every day. Sign the petition and see the video http://www.greenpeace.org/rice

Our Right To Know Sign the petition, calling on the Federal government to implement strict labeling of food containing genetically
modified ingredients. http://www.truefood.org.au/OurRightToKnow/

The world’s greatest scam? Want to know more about why Genetic Engineering is a big deal?
See the u-tube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H9WZGKQeYg
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Focus on Diet Soft Drinks…

How sweet it is to be loved by you! The two largest soft drinks producers in Australia, Coca-Cola Amatil and Schweppes Australia, use artificial sweeteners 950 (Ace K) and 951 (aspartame) in all of their diet soft drinks. These are chemical flavour enhancers are used as sugar substitutes.

There are concerns about the safety of all artificial sweeteners, but aspartame (which is 180 to 200 times sweeter than sugar) has probably generated the most controversy. The components – phenylalanine, aspartic acid, and methanol – when processed in the body, break down into formic acid and formaldehyde. These have been associated with retinal eye damage and birth defects.

The “new kid on the block” is Neotame (961), used in most of P&N’s non-diet softdrinks. Neotame is 13,000 sweeter than sugar. While products containing aspartame come with a warning label, legislators are yet to turn their attention to neotame, even though it is many times stronger and appears to be more toxic.

See more at ECG report ‘Artificial Sweeteners in Soft Drinks in Australia”.
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Coming up…

“Shopping with a Conscience” Supermarket Tour
Our next public workshop is on the 29th October. 6pm – 8.30pm. Cost $25. Light supper provided. Meet at Footscray Baptist church,
60 Paisley Street, Footscray. Find out more at http://www.ethical.org.au/swac

Ethical Consumer Group ‘meet & movie’ nights
>> Thursday 12th November screening “The 11th Hour”, Nick’s place, Footscray.
Find out more at http://www.ethical.org.au/ecgmovie

Very Edible Gardens – workshops
Gotta give a plug for these amazing workshops! Get your hands dirty and learn about the real answers to our consumer culture.
Including worshops on Organic gardening (Oct 18), Compost & Worms (Oct 14), Chickens (Nov 11), Soil (Nov 25),
Drought-proofing your Garden (Oct 28), Weeds and Permaculture basics.
Find out more http://www.veryediblegardens.com/vegucation All the best food begins at home!

Sustainable Living Festival 2010
New 2 week program, 6-21 Februrary 2010, and the main event 19-21 February at Melbourne’s Federation Square.
Now is the time to submit your ideas, exhibits and events. Or join the festival volunteer team – enquiries at info@slf.org.au
Find out more http://festival.slf.org.au
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Volunteers needed to man* a stall?

We’re looking for volunteers who are interested in representing the Ethical Consumer Group at festivals and events. We often have requests to have a stall or presence at functions and haven’t up till now had resources to do this. If you’re interested in helping spread the word in this way, let me know. nick@ethical.org.au

* woman/person/dude
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See news updates at http://www.ethical.org.au/news

Use as Food
In addition to its traditional cultivation as a bio-fertilizer for wetland paddy (due to its ability to fix Nitrogen into the soil), Azolla is finding increasing use for sustainable production of livestock feed.[9] Azolla is rich in proteins, essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Studies describe feeding azolla to dairy cattle, pigs, ducks, and chickens, with reported increases in milk production, weight of broiler chickens and egg production of layers, as compared to conventional feed. One FAO study describes how azolla integrates into a tropical biomass agricultural system, reducing the need for inputs.[10]

Use as a Larvicide

As an additional benefit to its role as a paddy biofertilizer, Azolla spp. have been used to control mosquito larvae in rice fields. The plant grows in a thick mat on the surface of the water, reducing the rate at which oxygen dissolves into the water, effectively choking the larvae. [11]

Climatic paleontology

Main article: Azolla event

Azolla covering the Canning River
A study of Arctic climatology reported that azolla may have had a significant role in reversing a greenhouse effect that occurred 55 million years ago that caused the region around the north pole to turn into a hot tropical environment. This research conducted by the Institute of Environmental Biology at Utrecht University claims that large dense patches of Azolla growing around freshwater lakes formed by the climate change eventually consumed enough carbon dioxide for the greenhouse effect to reverse.

Thank you for volunteering to come and help Nyree transform their yard this Saturday 31st October. We’re hoping the weather will be as glorious as the sunny spring days we have been experiencing of late.

We have had a great response from people RSVPing to attend so do not fret if on the day you are unable to make it, there should be plenty of help and many more opportunities for you to experience the joy of a permablitz in the future.

Please find attached a brief description of jobs we will be working on during the blitz. This is a guide so you have some idea of what is going on amongst the swarm of people on the day and how to help. There’ll be copies up on the walls and of course please do not hesitate to approach Nyree or my husband Willie. There will be sticky labels to write your names on when you arrive.

There will be a workshop on the day and lunch provided. If you would like to bring something to share for afternoon tea please do so.

PROJECT ONE:      X 2 RAISED GARDEN BEDS
Location: Along red brick wall in rear yard
Construction:Build two separate raised beds dimensions: 1.4metres L x 1.2 metres W x 0.5 metres H. Then layer with clay soil, vegie scraps, newspaper, pea straw, Chicken poo, good soil mixed with worm castings, more chicken poo, and mulch.
Materials required:Wood: use wooden sleepers and star pickets (if required can also use the recycled floorboards) and roofing iron. Wood is stacked behind fence along red wall in rear yard, next to where the beds will be built
Star pickets: In piles next to wood
Shovels: In back yard
Wheel barrows: in back yard
Newspaper: Stacked in crates in back yard
Soil: Bottom layer – use soil in bed opposite where raised bed will be built (next to cubby house)
Straw: In back yard
Manure: In back yard

PROJECT TWO: BUILD HEN HOUSE & RUN
Location: Under cubby house in rear yard
Design: Ask Willie
 Materials required:Wood: Use recycled floor boards in pile behind rear fence along red wall
Roofing iron: next to wood
Nails: in back yard
Wire fence for run – using front fence which has to be dismantled
Reed screening – next to wood in rear yard
Construction:Use floorboards to build hen house (see Willie for design).Use wire fence from out front of property as structure for chicken. Use reed screening on wire fence for chicken run

PROJECT THREE: DISMANTLE FRONT FENCE
Materials required: Shifting spanner
Location: Front of house

PROJECT FOUR: BREAK UP CONCRETE
Location: Front of house –area to the left of front door
Materials required: Mini jack hammer: ask Nyree and Willie. Crow bars – in front yard. Sledge hammers – in front yard. Brute strength
 Disposal: Ask on day hopefully will be recycled

 PROJECT FIVE: DIG UP GERANIUMS, FUSCIA TREE and OTHER PLANTS
Location: Front yard
Materials required: Shovels – in front and back yards. Gardening gloves – BYO or ask Nyree for hers. Pruning sheers/saw – BYO or ask Nyree for hers
 Disposal:Compost bin

PROJECT SIX: STRIP BED FRAMES
Location: Front yard
 Materials required: Stanley knife – ask Nyree. Hammer with a pinch bar
Disposal:Wire frames to be kept and used on chicken coup. Wood from frames to be put with other wood at back of house to be used to build hen house etc

TOOLS / EQUIPMENT TO BRING (if you have them & can bring them)
Label your tools so they don’t get lost.

Hammers
Shovels
Sledge hammers
Crow bars
Pruning sheers
Pruning saw
Gardening gloves
Mattock

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NEWS EVENTS PRODUCTS TIPS

NEWS – Who is the Real Garrett?

Full story in next Green Pages Magazine >> Peter Garrett’s track record as Federal Environment Minister is looking increasingly frayed around the edges in the eyes of a growing number of environmentalists who have become progressively more and more disillusioned with their once revered hero. In 2007 when Greens leader Bob Brown dubbed Garrett ‘spineless’ he echoed the sentiment of those who had identified with the former read more

EVENTS – Live Green, Enviroweek, HIA Green Expo

Live Green House
City of Sydney will showcase the Live Green House – complete with a range of experts in sustainable design, energy, water and waste – at Taylor Square North from 15-18 October as part of this year’s Art & About 09 public art festival program.
Thursday 15 October to Sunday 18 October 2009

HIA BuildGreen Expo
The HIA BuildGreen Expo is the only national event of its kind. Now in its third year, it returns to the Melbourne Exhibition Centre from Friday 16 – Sunday 18 October 2009.
Friday 16 October to Sunday 18 October 2009

Climate Change @ Work Conference
The Climate Change @ Work conference addresses Australia’s potential for increased sustainability in the workplace.
Thursday 29 October 2009

NEWS – World’s First Solar Bus

Tech company, Sinautec and the American University (AU) will showcase America’s first ultracapacitor electric vehicle during a press conference and demonstration on October 21, 2009 from 10 AM to 5PM on AU’s campus in Washington, DC. Sinautec will display and demonstrate an eleven-seat minibus, powered by state-of-the-art ultracapacitors, and charged by a 5,000 watt mobile solar unit. read more

LIFE & STYLE – The ‘Nanna’ Technology Revolution

What better time to launch the NannaTechnology Project. This website is dedicated to getting in touch with your inner nanna and celebrating the skills of handmade, homemade, locally made and slowing right down. Rather than shunning the skills that Nanna knew of cooking, preserving, sewing, knitting, baking, growing, cleaning, making and living, this new website read more

PRODUCTS – Men’s Organic Skincare by Purist

The creators of [A’kin] skin and body care and [Al’chemy] hair care products, have just launched a NEW range designed especially for men – [A’kin] PureMAN – featuring everyday grooming essentials. Men’s skin differs from women’s. It is twice as oily, has larger pores where bacteria gets trapped, can be more irritable due to shaving and dehydrates easily. [A’kin] PureMAN features specially selected active ingredients and formulas targeting these important differences. read more

PRODUCTS – 100% pure organics: your health & the planet’s

In 2002, ONEgroup introduced the world to its first, extensive range of internationally certified organic products for personal use. Now, with its Miessence brand offering a range of over 130 organic products – said to be the purest on the planet. This Australian company is loved universally for its authenticity and products that really work! It offers unique 100% pure skin and personal care preparations, a special mother and baby collection, purpose-designed men’s items, non-toxic household preparations, cosmetics learn more

NEWS – New Birth for Australia’s National Eco Label

Australia’s leading eco-labelling organisation, Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA), has undertaken a major restructure to position it for further growth GECA’s Chair, Ed Warcaba, said today key changes included strengthening of governance, completing separation between GECA and its appointed auditor, Environmental Assurance (EA) and a transition which will lead to licensees being able to choose their read more

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Look out for the new edition of Green Pages with a feature on the dazzling David De Rothschild his adventures on the Plastiki – a boat made of plastic bottles. We have an in depth analysis of permaculture and the policiy’s of Peter Garrett, along with your favourite recipes, fashion, eco creative and personal ecology intervIews with some of the most fascinating people in the environmental movement SUBSCRIBE HERE

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PcM Inc. Final Minutes 2009 AGM

Hello Subscribers!

Time flies and we are again delighted to bring you this month’s edition of “Ecovillage Musings!” We have been very lucky to have received some very interesting articles from guest contributors, including news about the IPC 9 from Mugove Walter Nyika, an update of the Ecovillage being developed in Cambodia from Phal Chansathya (a student from this year’s EDE) and an article by Martin Stengel about “Club 99″. There are also some interesting links on a variety of topics for you to browse too!

And don’t forget the two exciting educational opportunities we are offering in 2010! Don’t miss your chance to learn from one of the most lauded Ecovillage/Permaculture designer/teachers around! Why not join us in the beautiful Crystal Waters Classroom for the 2010 Ecovillage Design Education Intensive: Food Production and Design Immersion (6 week residential during our beautiful Autumn) or our Springtime Design and Sustainability Experiential (includes a full PDC)? There are places available on both programs, and we are offering a great early bird discount on both courses! Please visit our website at http://www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au/courses/crssum.php?crsid=29 and http://www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au/courses/crssum.php?crsid=21 for more details of this great offer and information about the programs! Please feel free to contact Max directly on max@ecologicalsolutions.com.au for more information too!

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