[Sdpg] West Coast Women's Permaculture Gathering in Cazadero, May 20-22

[Raymond Caruso]

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On Feb 27, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Quail Springs wrote:

> West Coast Women's Permaculture Gathering in Cazadero, CA May 20-22
>
> Greetings Powerful Permie Women-
>
> Registration is open for the next West Coast Women's Permaculture  
> Gathering: Sowing the Seeds of Women’s Leadership and Growing a  
> revolutionary paradigm.
>
> The themes include Women's leadership, social permaculture, self- 
> care and growing a revolutionary paradigm.
>
> It will happen May 20-22, 2011 in Cazadero CA at the Black Mountain  
> Preserve and Retreat Center (http://www.blackmountaincenter.com/).   
> Stay tuned for more info as we solidify the schedule.
>
> Nina Simons (Moonrise, Bioneers & Cultivating Women’s Leadership),
> Starhawk (The Last Wild Witch & Earth Activist Training),
> Jude Hobbs (Cascadia Permaculture Institute & PI USA),
> Kat Steele (Urban Permaculture Guild & Esalen Institute),
> Jenny Pell (Community by Design & Permaculture Now!),
> Carla Perez (Movement Generation & Permaculture for the People),
> Pandora Thomas (Grind for the Green & Earth Seed),
> Deborah Eden Tull (The Natural Kitchen: Your Guide to the  
> Sustainable Food Revolution),
> Heather Flores (Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden  
> And Your Neighborhood into a Community) are all confirmed to speak!
> WOW!!
>
> Also Rebecca Newburn of Richmond Rivets will coordinate a seed swap!  
> There will be room for all to speak and share ideas and projects  
> through an Open Space format, so come ready to share and participate.
>
> We will update our website with other important details as they  
> become available.
>
> The site is a breathtaking space surrounded by nature. The weekend  
> will be full of strong, powerful, committed women who share a  
> vocabulary about planetary consciousness that sets us apart.  This  
> weekend will juice you up, connect you to other extraordinary women,  
> and inspire you to continue to create the world we all know is  
> possible!
>
> We are creating a weekend of connecting, inspiring, playing and  
> conjuring with other women dedicated to a vision of the world where  
> resources are precious, relationships are priority, and beauty  
> abounds!  Spreading what's possible by implementing permaculture  
> designs and principles throughout our lives.  We will share what's  
> happening in the various cities we live.  We will inspire each other  
> with the great projects we are spear-heading.  We will support and  
> offer resources and guidance to each other throughout the weekend.
>
> The first gathering was amazing. This one is sure to be equally  
> incredible.  A bunch of permaculture minded rock star women all  
> together for the weekend!  How could we go wrong?
>
> We've tried to make it as affordable as possible while still  
> covering expenses.  Tickets prices range from $165-$350 depending on  
> accommodations and income.  Please pay at the highest level you can  
> afford.  This helps us offer work trade options and makes the future  
> of this gathering sustainable and not subsidized!
>
> To Register for the event please visit our website at www.westcoastwomenspc.weebly.com 
>  or use the following link:http://womenspermaculture.eventbrite.com/
>
> **If you have the means to contribute financially to help create  
> this event that would be appreciated (to help us support key note  
> speakers travel, provide scholarships, and make the event more smooth)
>
> We are delighted to be creating this gathering and are looking  
> forward to sharing it with YOU!
>
> Please spread the word! Please forgive cross posts.
>
> Thank you for what you do and how you be!
> Love,
> Joan, Camille, Kat, and Melora
>
> "There is one, and only one, solution, and we have almost no time to  
> try it. We must turn all our resources to repairing the natural  
> world, and train all our young people to help. They want to. We need  
> to give them this last chance to create forests, soils, clean  
> waters, clean energies, secure communities, stable regions, and to  
> know how to do it from hands-on experience"
>
> "...the greatest change we need to make is from consumption to  
> production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only  
> 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone.
> Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who  
> depend on the very system they attack, and who produce words and  
> bullets, not food and shelter."
>
> - Bill Mollison
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>
> Kat Steele
> Esalen Institute
> Sustainable Development Manager
> 55000 Highway One, Big Sur, CA 93920
> kat.steele at esalen.org
> office 831.667.3029  cell 510.459.6784
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