From: Barbara Wishingrad <seaandmts2@yahoo.com>

Date: October 6, 2009 3:40:13 PM PDT

To: Bob Banner <info@hopedance.org>

Subject: SB Permaculture Guild mini convergence

Bob, could you pass this onto your lists? thanks, barbaa Interested in learning more about permaculture? Taken the Permaculture Design Course?  Whether you're new or experienced in permaculture, you're invited to... A LOCAL PERMACULTURE MINI-CONVERGENCE AND POTLUCK When: Thursday, Oct 15, 7-9 pm Where: Holy Cross Church auditorium, 1740 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara   Cost: Free, plus free parking in large church parking lot. Hosted by: the Santa Barbara Permaculture Guild. Contact lbuzzell@aol.com for more info. Theme: What can permaculture accomplish in Santa Barbara County? The importance of applying permaculture on a local basis. Who: open to everyone who's interested in permaculture or who has taken the PDC Potluck: We'll start with our potluck and once we have our food on our plates we'll begin our discussion as we eat. Please bring food or drink to share plus your plate, utensils, cup, napkin etc. Topics we'll discuss include: * What are your needs and let's see if together we can help meet them. * What are your resources, so others know who to talk to. * How is permaculture doing in Santa Barbara County?  * The number of folks in our area who have now studied permaculture or taken the PDC is rapidly growing.  How can we harness this new energy/community resource? * Share your ideas and what you're doing or hope to do locally to put permaculture into practice. * Global permaculture and local permaculture: how do they interact? * Women in permaculture - a brief report on the recent Quail Springs convergence. If there's time, we'll also break up into Forums to discuss what's going on with food, building and invisible systems (e.g. transition) in our area, and report back to the whole group.     "To live outside the law, you must be honest"...Bob Dylan