Embracing a Radically Uncertain Future–From Zombie Apocalypse to Deep Transition Featuring Michael Brownlee of Local Food Shift and local permaculture designers Amanda and Brian Scott of 63rd St. Farm Thursday, February 20, 2014 Pot luck starts at 5:30pm, Presentations and discussion starts at 7pm Boulder Meadows Community Room, 4500 19th St., Boulder, CO, 80304 (1… Read More »
The 2014 Boulder Permaculture Design Course will be taking place on the second weekend of each month, April through October, on Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 5:30pm. In addition to the PDC, there will be several elective courses available to students. Instructors include Jason Gerhardt, Kelly Simmons, Lynne Duguay, and guests. Registration is open… Read More »
Just a reminder that if you’re considering taking the upcoming Advanced Permaculture Design Course on Designing Resilient Local Communities, the early registration discount ends January 31st. From the course organizers: “The Front Range advanced design course in community resilience is coming right up! Our teaching team has been busy lining up expert guests to share… Read More »
This week, The Boedecker Theater at The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, is screening The Human Scale. From The Dairy Center for the Arts: Screening times: Monday, January 13, 4:30 PM Tuesday, January 14, 7:00 PM, talkback with Paul Danish Wednesday, January 15, 4:30 PM Thursday, January 16, 7:00 PM… Read More »
In early 2014, Sandy Cruz, Barbara Mueser, and Marco Lam will pilot an advanced permaculture design course specially tailored to Colorado’s Front Range and beyond. Addressing global changes that affect local bioregions and communities, they envision this course as a catalyst in coalescing energy towards large-scale permaculture design and activism among the many hundreds of PDC graduates… Read More »
The Living Arts School is hosting workshops in January and February on Fruit Tree Care, Climate Battery Build, Design for Disaster and Basic Mycology. All workshops are taught by graduates of the Permaculture Through the Seasons! permaculture design course in Boulder: Wesley Swartz, Avery Ellis, Brian Scott, and Jared Urchek. Additionally, Avery and Brian completed… Read More »
Today is Colorado Gives Day, where you can make a tax-deductible donation to support non-profit organizations in your community. Several organizations we know and love are asking for your support, including: Local Food Shift Group, which sponsors the 8-month long Permaculture through the Seasons! design course, organized a Front Range Farm Relief Fund following the… Read More »
From Regenerative Lifestyles: Next month we will be offering an awesome and timely hands on Rocket Mass Heater building experience! The Rocket Mass heater utilizes bricks, urbanite, a 55-gallon drum, 4-inch metal piping (up to 30 feet), fire-resistant insulation. The earthen bench is made of cob, (sand, clay and straw) where the heat is ventilated… Read More »
The 2013 Permaculture through the Seasons! course held its final weekend this past weekend in Boulder. Students in four design teams presented their design projects for sites around Boulder County, including the Transition site in Boulder, a residence in Niwot, and 63rd St. Farm. The presentations represented a huge amount of work, including a vision… Read More »
This weekend, CU Boulder hosts the eleventh annual Front Range Bioneers conference. A number of permaculturists from the Front Range will be presenting, including Michael Brownlee, Becky Elder, Michelle Gabrieloff-Parish, Beverly Grant, Ian Sanderson, Kelly Simmons, Jared Urchek, Mike Wird. In addition, Jerome Osentowski and Stephanie Syson of CRMPI (Basalt) will be speaking. Join in for… Read More »