[Ccpg] Green Career of The Future - Commercial Aquaponics Course

[bob banner]

>>>
>>> Dear Friend,
>>>
>>> Living Mandala has a very cool class coming up. It's one of a very  
>>> few Commercial Aquaponics Courses available in this country.  
>>> Aquaponics combines Aquaculture with Hydroponics thus solving the  
>>> problem of WASTE prevalent in both systems. Plants & fish thrive  
>>> together in a balanced, self-contained eco system that works!
>>>
>>> >>> CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
>>>
>>>
>>> Aquaponics Facts
>>>
>>> AQUAPONICS USES 98% LESS WATER THAN CONVENTIONAL FARMING DOES!
>>> AQUAPONICS IS ENERGY-EFFICIENT: IT REQUIRES ONE-THIRD OF THE  
>>> ENERGY OTHER FARMING SYSTEMS USE!
>>> AQUAPONICS HAS EIGHT TO TEN TIMES MORE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN THE  
>>> SAME AREA AND TIME!
>>> LABOR IS REDUCED AS MUCH AS 40% AND MANY USEFUL BYPRODUCTS ARE  
>>> CREATED THAT CAN BE USED TO FARM OTHER CROPS, TREES, SOIL, WATER  
>>> AND ENERGY!
>>> A PERMACULTURE INSPIRED SYSTEM PRODUCES ALL OF THE SYSTEM’S NEEDS  
>>> (WATER, ENERGY, FISH FEED, HEAT, ETC.) ON SITE!
>>> PRODUCTS OF THE SYSTEM INCLUDE; SOLAR ELECTRICITY, HEAT, FISH,  
>>> PRAWNS, VEGETABLES, AQUATIC PLANTS, ALGAE, SNAILS, WORMS,  
>>> FERTILIZER, EVEN METHANE GAS!
>>>
>>> COMMERCIAL AQUAPONICS TRAINING WITH APPLIED PERMACULTURE :: The  
>>> Green Career of the Future
>>>
>>> When? August 25-28, 2010
>>>
>>> Where? Ukiah, California
>>>
>>> >>> CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
>>>
>>> Topics Include:
>>>
>>> PERMACULTURE & ECOVILLAGE CURRICULUM, WHOLE SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY,  
>>> INTEGRATIVE ECO-SOCIAL DESIGN, SOCIAL PERMACULTURE, COMMUNITY  
>>> GOVERNANCE, INNER ECOLOGY, GROUP PROCESS, HANDS-ON ACTION LEARNING  
>>> & MUCH MORE
>>>
>>>
>>> Why Aquaponics?
>>> Growing our food in closed systems that require no soil allows us  
>>> to farm soil and water outside the system! We plant soil and water  
>>> in our damaged and depleted landscapes which not only aids in the  
>>> restoration of the soil, groundwater and native forests, but has  
>>> the added benefit of offsetting greenhouse gases by removing  
>>> carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. This is one of the practices  
>>> used in what we call “Carbon Farming”. Soils contain approximately  
>>> 75% of the carbon pool on land — three times more than the amount  
>>> stored in living plants and animals. Did you know that 1” of  
>>> healthy top soil spread over 1 acre of land sequesters the same  
>>> amount of carbon a healthy forest of the same size does annually?  
>>> It is estimated that our crop and range lands lose 4 tons of  
>>> topsoil every year for every person alive! That’s 21 gigatons of  
>>> soil washed or blown out to the sea and lost for productive use on  
>>> land, releasing vast amounts of carbon in the process (New  
>>> Scientist, December 2006). Being able to use land considered  
>>> “Undesirable” by conventional farming, Aquaponic farmers have the  
>>> added benefit of access to cheap lands and lease agreements. Often  
>>> using otherwise unused space such as fill, gravel, concrete,  
>>> abandoned commercial sites, even roof tops. “The only limit to our  
>>> designs is in the mind of the designer”!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Facilitators & Instructors:
>>>
>>> Max Meyers, Hannah Apricot Eckberg, Chris Byrne
>>>
>>> Thank you for helping to strengthen the network of conscious  
>>> people and to further empower regenerative educational initiatives  
>>> on the planet.
>>>
>>> >>> CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
>>>
>>> Have a great day!
>>

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Bob Banner
Publisher & Director

HopeDance
Celebrating Transition, Opportunity, Laughter, Happiness and Resilience
PO Box 1183 • San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 • 1-805-762-4848
http://www.hopedance.org/


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