Environmental Horticulture Dept. &
the SBCC Permaculture Design Course

Presents:
Permaculture & the Climate Crisis: Science, Politics, & Practice
Emacs!

with Dr. Rafter Sass Ferguson
of Liberation Ecology

Friday, May 6, 2016
7:30 - 9 pm, FREE (no reservations required)

Event Location: SBCC Fe Bland Auditorium/BC Forum, West Campus
SBCC West Campus, 800 block of Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109

SBCC Campus Map (parking available on West Campus after 6pm):
http://www.sbcc.edu/security/files/sbcc_campusmap.pdf

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~Permaculture is a design system based on ecological principles for creating sustainable human environments ~

COP21, the UN international climate meeting convened in Paris last year, proved conclusively that our institutions are not equipped to handle the enormous climate crisis that is facing humanity and our planet on their own. We need grassroots movements to drive needed transformation - to both demonstrate alternatives to the status quo, and demand that governments, NGOs, and business get on board and work collaboratively as allies for the changes that are so desperately needed.

Permaculture is an international grassroots movement that has dramatically transformed lives and landscapes on every inhabited continent. In suburban edible landscapes, on sprawling midwestern farms, as well as for resource-poor subsistence producers from El Salvador to Malawi to Nepal.

Permaculture has proven that it has a toolbox of concepts and practices that can be applied virtually anywhere. With permaculture's inception in the 1970s, it is natural that to continue to evolve and engage the world as it is now, permaculture may have to go through some transformations of it own, as we work to understand its strengths and its current limitations. This talk will address emerging perspectives and recent scientific research on permaculture, where we need to go, and how we can get there.

Dr Rafter Sass Ferguson received his PhD in Crop Sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015, and is currently a Research Fellow at the Center for Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Change at the University of Lisbon, where he is part of the project Bottom-up Climate Adaptation Strategies Towards a Sustainable Europe. His dissertation research produced the first papers on permaculture to appear in major scientific journals. He has been involved with permaculture as student, educator, and scholar since 2003, and in 2005 developed the Liberation Ecology workshop, a curriculum that helps participants develop strategies for integrating social justice and sustainability goals.

The event will be a local celebration of the 7th International Permaculture Day - May 2016

The event takes place on Friday, May 6, 7:30-9pm, at the Fe Bland Auditorium/BC Forum, on the SBCC West Campus, 800 block of Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. The event is FREE, no reservations are required. More Info: Daniel Parra Hensel: daparrahense@pipeline.sbcc.edu

Hosted by the SBCC Environmental Horticulture Department
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1113606562029227/

Event Co-Sponsors: Quail Springs, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Casitas Valley Farm, & Liberation Ecology

SBCC Campus Map (parking available on West Campus after 6pm):
http://www.sbcc.edu/security/files/sbcc_campusmap.pdf

(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
http://www.sbpermaculture.org

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