[Southern California Permaculture] TONIGHT!/FREE/Fighting Climate Change with Carbon Farming with Darren Doherty/7:30-9pm

Thu Mar 10 09:44:43 PST 2016

A rare opportunity, seeing Australian 
international expert on regenerative agriculture 
Darren Doherty, who doesn't make it to the US 
that often, speaking on a profound topic, how to 
save the world!   well, how to use biologically 
alive soils to sequester carbon, with benefits 
for both the planet & our agricultural community.
   Please come early if you can help set up 
chairs, we'd be happy & grateful for some extra 
hands to assist with that tonight.

   Fighting Climate Change with Carbon Farming
with
   Darren Doherty of REGRARIANS Ltd.
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
7:30pm - 9pm, FREE
  Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery

If every farmer in the USA practiced Carbon Farming, in less than 10 years,
  we would sequester ALL the CARBON that has been 
emitted since the Industrial Age
Joel Salatin, POLYFACE Farm

There's too much carbon in the atmosphere causing 
unruly & disturbing climate problems, but the 
solution isn't difficult, it's in the soil!

Carbon is a naturally occurring chemical compound 
vital to life, but since the industrial 
revolution and the advent of modern farming 
practices, too much carbon has been released into 
the atmosphere causing climate disruption.  The 
good news is that with Carbon Farming & good soil 
practices, nature can do much of the remedial work for us.

Join Santa Barbara Permaculture Network on 
Thursday, March 10, as we host Darren Doherty of 
REGRARIANS Ltd, for a talk that suggests we can 
effectively fight climate change by improving the 
soil with innovative Carbon Farming techniques & 
strategies that restore & regenerate landscapes.

Carbon Farming is the process of sequestering 
carbon into healthy, biologically alive soils, 
using a variety of agricultural practices like 
no-till farming, cover crops, holistic range 
management & agroforestry. America's unique 
opportunity is it's vast landscapes of degraded 
agriculture & grazing lands that if restored to 
health would have the potential to capture 
billions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere 
annually.  Farms that increase carbon in their 
soils also increase water retention, protect 
biodiversity, enhance productivity, all while combating Climate Change.

Darren Doherty is a 5th generation Australian 
farmer and an international expert on 
regenerative agriculture and permaculture design 
who has extensive experience across the world in 
project design, development, management & 
training. A career-long focus on the profitable & 
regenerative retrofit of broadacre landscapes has 
seen Darren Doherty acclaimed as a pioneer in this important field.

Darren Doherty & his wife Lisa Heenan have 
recently produced POLYFACES, a documentary 
showcasing the work of Joel Salatin & the 
renowned Polyface farm in Virginia.  Darren will 
also be in the region teaching a sold out 10 day 
REGRARIAN workshop at Orella Ranch on the Gaviota Coast north of Santa Barbara.

The event takes place on Thursday, March 10, 7:30 
- 9pm, at the downtown Central Library, Faulkner 
Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu St, Santa Barbara, CA 
93101. The event is FREE, no reservations are 
required.  More Info: 
<mailto:margie at sbpermaculture.org>margie at sbpermaculture.org, 
805-962-2571, www.sbpermaculture.org.

Sponsored by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
CIVICS 101 FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, A Community Education Series
www.sbpermaculture.org
Co-Sponsors: Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, 
Community Environmental Council (CEC), Orella 
Ranch, & the Santa Barbara Food Alliance

                                      Facebook 
event page: 
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1533723326928002/>https://www.facebook.com/events/1533723326928002/ 

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Additional Resources: (Check out all these great materials!)

Landscapes, Ecosystems, Agriculture and Food Systems (LEAF) Santa Barbara:
The LEAF Initiative was developed through a 
collaborative effort with community members, 
nonprofit organizations and donors. The 
initiative seeks to advance regional strategies 
to increase land conservation, improve ecosystem 
health, ensure agricultural viability and improve the local food system.
https://www.sbfoundation.org/leaf

Regrarians Ltd:
http://www.regrarians.org
Our primary responsibility is to the regenerative 
enhancement of the biosphere’s ecosystem 
processes. Our secondary responsibility is to 
provide the potential for people to be informed 
about the regenerative economy, whether it 
involves their work in agriculture, land 
management, corporate life, domestic services, 
manufacturing or other activities that are within 
the reasonable domain of humans

“4 per 1,000” Initiative:
The “4 per 1,000” Initiative wants to demonstrate 
that agriculture can provide practical solutions 
to the challenge of climate disruption, while 
also meeting that posed by food security through 
the use of farming methods that match local 
conditions: e.g. agroecology, agroforestry, 
conservation agriculture, landscape management. http://4p1000.org/understand

The California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN):
A coalition of sustainable agriculture and farmer 
leaders that advances agricultural solutions to 
climate change. Agriculture can play a unique 
role in responding to the  climate crisis by 
producing renewable energy, sequestering carbon 
and reducing greenhouse gas emissions while 
securing our food system for generations to come.
http://calclimateag.org

Climate Chance:
A summit dedicated to concrete action is a global 
summit with the aim to become a regular event for 
all non-state actors involved in the fight against climate change.
http://www.climatechance2016.com/

Articles referring to Carbon Farming:

California’s Grand Plan to Fight Climate Change 
on the Farm California/ lawmakers move toward 
paying farmers to adopt climate-smart 
practices. 
http://civileats.com/2016/02/02/californias-grand-plan-to-fight-climate-change-on-the-farm-jerry-brown/ 

Restoring Global Soil Quality Is One Of The Best 
Things We Can Do For Climate Change:
Little known climate change fact: Just the first 
meter of soil contains as much carbon as the 
entire atmosphere. And there's potential to soak 
up much more. 
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3052240/restoring-global-soil-quality-is-one-of-the-best-things-we-can-do-for-climate-change 

Permaculture RESOURCES:

Permaculture and Climate Change Adaptation 
Inspiring Ecological, Social, Economic and 
Cultural Responses for Resilience and 
Transformation ; by By Dr. Thomas Henfrey and Dr. Gil Penha-Lopes
https://www.chelseagreen.com/permaculture-subject/permaculture-and-climate-change-adaptation 

The Carbon Farming Solution
A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and 
Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate 
Change Mitigation and Food Security
By Eric Toensmeier Foreword by Dr. Hans 
Herren  http://www.chelseagreen.com/the-carbon-farming-solution

Articles referring to Carbon Farming:

California’s Grand Plan to Fight Climate Change 
on the Farm California/ lawmakers move toward 
paying farmers to adopt climate-smart practices. 
http://civileats.com/2016/02/02/californias-grand-plan-to-fight-climate-change-on-the-farm-jerry-brown/ 

Restoring Global Soil Quality Is One Of The Best 
Things We Can Do For Climate Change:
Little known climate change fact: Just the first 
meter of soil contains as much carbon as the 
entire atmosphere. And there's potential to soak 
up much more. 
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3052240/restoring-global-soil-quality-is-one-of-the-best-things-we-can-do-for-climate-change 

Resilient Agriculture  Cultivating Food Systems 
for a Changing Climate, by Laura Lengnick:
http://www.newsociety.com/Books/R/Resilient-Agriculture

Radio Interview Episode 16, COP21 Insights from 
the Paris Climate Conference with Albert Bates:
http://realeyeshomestead.com/permaculture-realized-podcast-episode-16-cop21-insights-from-the-paris-climate-conference-with-albert-bates 

POLYFACES FILM trailer: http://www.polyfaces.com
Documentary showcasing the work of Joel Salatin & 
the renowned Polyface Farm in Virginia.

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(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie at sbpermaculture.org
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