<with apologies -AB> Global Gardener: Permaculture with Bill Mollison.
"Probably the next best thing to taking a class with Mollison himself." Earthworks Magazine BILL MOLLISON is a practical visionary. For nearly two decades he has traveled the globe spreading the word about permaculture, the method of sustainable agriculture that he devised. Permaculture weaves together microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soils, water management and human needs into intricately connected productive communities. Mollison has proved that even in the most difficult conditions permaculture empowers people to turn wastelands into food forests. GLOBAL GARDENER is a series of four programs on one tape. Each episode looks at examples in different bioregions: IN THE TROPICS - Mollison introduces the basic principles, and shows results in Australia, India, and Zimbabwe. ARID LANDS - Reversing desertification in Arizona, Botswana and Australia. COOL CLIMATES - Europe, Tasmania, and the San Juan Islands in Washington State. URBAN - New York City and Harare, Zimbabwe <preceding text was from the publisher> This series on human-scale sustainable agriculture, inspired by Howard Shapiro's groundbreaking book, GARDENING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE EARTH, continues at the Blue Ridge Center in Purcellville, VA (www.brces.org), Thursday evenings at 7pm. We're in the trailer again this week. the program is presented by the Blue Ridge Center internship program. Call or email Allan Balliett to reserve a chair: 540 668 6165 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] SERIES SCHEDULE April 25 - Rudolf Steiner and Biodynamic Agriculture - Video: Alex Podolinsky in Australia May 2 - Alan Chadwick and French Intensive Biodynamic Gardening - Video: Garden Song May 9 - John Jeavons - Biointensive Gardening - Video: Circle of Plenty May 16 - Masanobu Fukuoka - One Straw Revolution/Nature Gardening - Video: The Close to Nature Garden May 23 - Bill Mollison - Permaculture - Video: World Gardener May 30 - Elaine Ingham - The Soil Foodweb - Video: Life in the Soil -------------------------- Plan now to attend the 2002 Mid-Atlantic Biodynamic Food and Farming Conference October 4-6 at the Blue Ridge Center, 2002 in Neersville, VA. Featured speakers include Howard Shapiro, Glen Atkinson, Elaine Ingham, Hugh Lovel, Hugh Courtney, James Demeo, Jerry Brunetti, Will Winter, and, of course, Mark Shepard. For more info, see www.gardeningforthefuture.com (under preparation) or contact Allan Balliett at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 540 668 6165
