[Sdpg] Farming for the Long Haul:What the Mayans Can Teach Us/Lecture Thurs, Sept 6, 2007, 7pm

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Farming for the Long Haul:What the Mayans Can Teach Us About 
Sustainable Agriculture

Special Guest Lecture with 
Dr. Steve Gliessman
Thursday, September 6, 2007, 7pm
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Blaksley Library
$5 members/$7 non-members

 A lecture by Dr. Steve Gliessman, Professor of Agroecology at the University
of California, Santa Cruz and owner of the winery, Condor's Hope. Come and
learn
how the Mayans were able to sustain an agricultural methodology in a tropical
ecosystem. See how Mayans altered the landscape, and discover how
methodologies
rooted in the past can be applied to modern-day agriculture. 

Event Location
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
1212 Mission Canyon Rd
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
 
More info:
(805) 682-4726, ext. 102
www.sbbg.org (can register online)
 
Instructor Information

Dr. Steve Gliessman is a Professor of Agroecology at the University of
California, Santa Cruz. He also owns the winery, Condor's Hope. He is the
author
of several books, including Agroecology.

 

 


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