[Scpg] Michael Pilarski hospitalisation

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

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>Hello American permaculturists...
>It was with sadness that I read Mark's email about the hospitalisation of 
>Michael Pilarski.
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>Following is the announcement about Michael I circulalted in Australia on 
>the permaculture-oceania listserv:
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>I have just learned via the international permaculture listserv that 
>American permaculturist, forest campaigner and provocateur extraordinaire, 
>Michael Pilarski, is in hospital in the US. Michael suffered a major heart 
>attack and is in Wenatchee Central Hospital. The report says that his 
>prognosis is unknown.
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>Michael was hospitalised late Thursday night and is reported to have heart 
>damage and liver problems. After release, he is expected to convalesce 
>with friends. Michael does not have medical insurance and US 
>permaculturists may raise funds to cover his medical expenses.
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>Michael campaigned to preserve the forests, gardened and was instrumental 
>in setting up bioregional 'barter fairs' in the US North-West where he 
>lived. He visited Australia in 1995, touring permaculture sites on the 
>east coast, giving a forests workshop in Sydney and attending the 1995 
>Australian permaculture convergence in Adelaide.
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>Michael stayed with Fiona and I in Sydney where we organised his workshop 
>in Bondi Junction. We connected again at the Adeleide convergence. My 
>recollections of Michael are of a sharp mind behind a bearded, weathered 
>face and a liking for 'Dr Pepper' double-caffeine fizzy drinks.
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>Michael is a free spirit who has worked for the Earth and all those 
>species that inhabit it. Here's hoping he can continue his work.
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>Michael can be contacted at:
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>Michael Pilarski
>Friends of the Trees Society
>PO Box 4469
>Bellingham, WA 98227, USA
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