Greetings all,
Happy spring. Lots of good stuff taking place in the region. Folks can sign up for the BRPN e-newsletter here, and view this email as a webpage. Send us announcements here, and post questions, ideas or resources on the BRPN on Facebook here. Sending all of you resilience and regeneration.
Christine and Terry,
Blue Ridge Permaculture Network
www.blueridgepermaculture.net
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The Collective Resilience: We Rise Podcast Launch!
Christine is excited to share the Collective Resilience: We Rise podcast launch, which shares stories and strategies to inspire action to build resilience and community transformation. It would be great if you’d subscribe to the podcast, leave a rating and review today (especially on Apple podcasts) and follow the podcast on social media. Information about each episode with links to listen can be found at our website: www.yeswerise.org. Sign up for our email list at this link, and check us out on Instagram and Facebook. You can listen to the podcast on your favorite platform (links):
Apple Google Play Stitcher Spotify
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Thanks so much for sharing information about the podcast with others! We are so excited!
Collective Resilience: We Rise podcast
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectiveresiliencewerise/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CollectiveResilienceWeRise
Website: www.yeswerise.org
Sign up for our email list: http://eepurl.com/hzDrHf
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Shenandoah Permaculture Institute Presents
FALL 2021 PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE
The course will be held at farms throughout the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia, with a home base at 1 Tribe Farm in Mount Sidney, VA.
The course will be held over 9 days during 4 weekends in 2021. The dates are September 3, 4, & 5, September 18,19, October 2,3, andNovember 6,7. Course days will run from 9am-6:00pm unless otherwise noted.
REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION:
http://www.shenandoahpermaculture.com/fallpdc.html
Or contact Trevor at shenperminstitute@gmail.com
TUITION:
Early Registration (through June 30th): $975
Regular Registration (after June 30th): $1,175
ABOUT:
Permaculture is an ethically based design approach to creating sustainable human communities. Although rooted in agriculture, permaculture design also touches on ecological restoration, community development, urban planning, energy systems, and architecture.
WHO SHOULD TAKE THE COURSE:
Anyone interested in developing a productive, efficient, and ecologically sustainable landscape, including backyard gardens, farms, homesteads, and communities. Permaculture Design applies to projects of all sizes and scales. No prior knowledge or experience is required!
COURSE INSTRUCTORS:
This course will be taught by SPI's core teaching team - Emilie Tweardy, Ryan Blosser, and Trevor Piersol, along with guest instructors. The teaching team brings a deep background of experience in regenerative farming, homesteading, permaculture design, and education. For full instructor bios please visit shenandoahpermaculture.com.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
-Tour some of the region's most successful and innovative permaculture sites including: 1 Tribe Farm, Dancing Star Farm, ShireFolk Farm, and Wild Rose Orchard
-Learn hands-on skills on real working farms
-Participate in a group permaculture design project
-Connect to a thriving community of permaculture designers and homesteaders
-SPI's special Permaculture curriculum is tailored specifically to the Mid-Atlantic bio-region
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Shenandoah Permaculture Institute Presents
FALL 2021 PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE
Teaching Apprenticeship Information - DUE TOMORROW!
Shenandoah Permaculture Institute is now accepting applications for a Teaching Apprentice for our Fall 2021 PDC!
The goal of the apprenticeship is to train new permaculture educators. Through the program you will receive mentoring from SPI's teaching team and be given opportunities to teach select modules during the PDC. You will also participate fully in the PDC in a teacher/student role where you can observe and focus on pedagogy.
EXPECTATIONS
-Attend the entire 4-weekend PDC course
-Attend 2 planning meetings prior to the course (virtual)
-Teach 2 1-hour modules during the course, under guidance of the teaching team
-Assist with setup and cleanup of the course before, during, and after class days
-You will receive $200 and a Teaching Certificate upon completion of the apprenticeship
QUALIFICATIONS
-All applicants must have already earned a PDC certificate, have a strong interest in teaching, and be able to provide for their own travel and lodging during the course. Experience in applied permaculture and/or education is a plus
APPLICATION
-Please answer the following questions and email to Trevor at shenperminstitute@gmail.com.
1) Your name and where you live 2) What is your permaculture background and experience? Where and when did you receive your PDC training? If you have done any permaculture design work please email a photo/copy 3) Why are you interested in being a Teaching Apprentice? How will this program help you achieve your goals? 4) What education/teaching experience do you have? Application deadline: July 1st, 2021
Questions please contact Trevor at shenperminstitute@gmail.com
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Soul Fire Farm is a BIPOC*-centered community farm committed to ending racism and injustice in the food system. We raise and distribute life-giving food as a means to end food apartheid. With deep reverence for the land and wisdom of our ancestors, we work to reclaim our collective right to belong to the earth and to have agency in the food system. We bring diverse communities together on this healing land to share skills on sustainable agriculture, natural building, spiritual activism, health, and environmental justice. We are training the next generation of activist-farmers and strengthening the movements for food sovereignty and community self-determination. *BIPOC = Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
AWESOME publications page: https://www.soulfirefarm.org/media/publications/
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Deep Belonging Collective
Deep Belonging Collective (DBC) is a project recently launched with an amazing group of humans. DBC emerged to support folks in reconnecting with their inner guidance, remembering their deepest potentials as integral members of the Earth community, and reclaiming a functional cosmological orientation.
Fundamentally, DBC is about tending connections: connections to the wild Earth and cosmos, to our full selves, and to our communities. DBC is committed, not to solving problems, but to remembering this connectedness. To support this work of remembering, DBC offers on-line programs, in-person nature-based immersions, and 1-on-1 mentoring.
We are committed to offering our programs in the spirit of NOTAFLOF (No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds) in an attempt to make them widely available. The attached flyer includes some details on our 2021 schedule of on-land offerings, and more info can be found on our website.
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Living Earth School programs
The Living Earth School is a nature-based educational organization, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of central Virginia in the Charlottesville area. Our programs draw from both ancient and modern wisdom to help empower students to become better caretakers, mentors, and leaders. We are part of a larger national movement to help people reconnect with the natural world, creating meaningful relationships and experiences.
Learn about the programs available at: https://livingearthva.com/
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Farfields Farm Apothecary and Nursery
Farfields is an agroecological farmstead project that aims to serve the community with nourishing food and nursery plants while building soil and fostering the health of the ecosystems within which they are embedded. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Afton, there is a native plant nursery, pastured laying hens, vegetable and medicinal gardens, mushroom logs, ponds, woodlands, and wildlife. Agro-forestry efforts include an organic, log-grown shiitake mushroom yard, as well as a multitude of wild-simulated plantings and Forest Farming classes. Farfields also helps support the Botanica Mobile Clinic.
Learn more at: farfieldsfarm.square.site/
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Agrarian Commons Toolkit
As believers in the commons, we are excited and grateful to be able to share an incredible resource with you. In the past year, our Agrarian Commons development team has collaborated with Vermont Law School’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems to create an Agrarian Commons Toolkit.
The guide outlines bylaws, land stewardship standards, and equitable lease-building. It also includes summaries of discussions with lawyers, farmers, and other practitioners who participated in creating the legal documents.
While focused on Agrarian Commons, the guide is meant to be used to assist those looking to establish similar legal structures, such as community-based stewardship of land, or equitable leases based on long-term tenure and regenerative practices.
This resource is grounded in community land sovereignty and equitable land tenure. Our hope is that it can be a resource for communities interested in community-held land, in and outside of the Agrarian Commons model. It’s meant for anyone who wants to use it, from farmers leaning into collective ownership and governance to those seeking guidelines for an equitable lease. Please share it with members of your own intellectual and land-tending commons!
