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

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>>>> Dear Friend,
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>>>> 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!
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>>>> >>> CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
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>>>> Aquaponics Facts
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>>>> 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!
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>>>> COMMERCIAL AQUAPONICS TRAINING WITH APPLIED PERMACULTURE :: The  
>>>> Green Career of the Future
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>>>> When? August 25-28, 2010
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>>>> Where? Ukiah, California
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>>>> >>> CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
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>>>> Topics Include:
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>>>> PERMACULTURE & ECOVILLAGE CURRICULUM, WHOLE SYSTEM  
>>>> SUSTAINABILITY, INTEGRATIVE ECO-SOCIAL DESIGN, SOCIAL  
>>>> PERMACULTURE, COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE, INNER ECOLOGY, GROUP PROCESS,  
>>>> HANDS-ON ACTION LEARNING & MUCH MORE
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>>>> 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”!
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>>>> Facilitators & Instructors:
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>>>> Max Meyers, Hannah Apricot Eckberg, Chris Byrne
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>>>> 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
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>>>> 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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