[Southern California Permaculture] Thurs Sept 1/Special Outdoor Film & Discussion Gathering/Reporting Back from the 2nd Annual International Soil Not Oil Conference

Sun Aug 28 07:44:58 PDT 2016

A month ago before the Soil Not Oil conference took place in 
Richmond, CA, a pre support event was held in Ojai...it was very 
popular!  many asked for something similar in Santa Barbara, so we 
organized a post event this Thursday at the Art from Scrap Art 
Center, please join us!

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network presents

A Special Evening Gathering
  Reporting Back from
the 2nd Annual International Soil Not Oil Conference
Thurs, Sept1, 7-9pm, 2016 - FREE

Location: Art from Scrap Art Center (outdoors)
302 E Cota St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
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Discussion & Short Films about Soil & Carbon Farming
  including excerpts from
  the soon to be released Seeds of Vandana Shiva documentary; The 
Soil Solution to Climate Change by Jill Cloutier & Carol Hirashima;
  & Kiss the Ground short film narrated by Woody Harrelson

Conference reports from Margie Bushman, Wes Roe of Santa Barbara 
Permaculture Network & others

Read More....

Regenerative agriculture provides answers to the soil crisis, the 
food crisis, the climate crisis & the crisis of democracy. Vandana Shiva

P lease join Santa Barbara Permaculture Network for an evening of 
outdoor film and discussion as we share what was learned at the 
recent 2nd Annual Soil Not Oil Conference in Richmond, CA, while 
enjoying short films that focus on soil and "Carbon Farming" as 
solutions to climate change. The event will take place on Thursday, 
Sept 1, 7-9pm, at the Art from Scrap Art Center in downtown Santa Barbara.

The Soil Not Oil international campaign was first launched by 
scientist and environmental activist Dr.Vandana Shiva of the Navadany 
Foundation, who suggests restoring global soil quality is one of the 
best things we can do for climate change, and was one of the first to 
connect the dots between climate change and the disastrous soil 
practices of industrial agriculture.

The 2nd Annual Soil Not Oil conference in Richmond was organized to 
bring together farmers, ranchers, scientists, policy makers, NGOs and 
community leaders to explore how sustainable, regenerative 
agriculture practices can help mitigate global warming.

Speakers at the two day conference were both local and international 
and came with plenty of expertise & positive solutions.  Among the 
many presenters were John Roulac of Nutiva foods, speaking about the 
exciting developments of Green Wave 3D Ocean farming;  Anandi Ghandi, 
talked about India's water crisis, especially in the Western Ghats, a 
biodiversity hot spot, where both wildlife and farmers are under 
extreme duress; Kiss the Ground, a group of young activists from 
California shared their strategies for making carbon sequestration 
and carbon farming understandable to mainstream America.

In the area of social justice, Dr. Ann Lopez of the Center for Farm 
Worker Families spoke passionately about her long term research on 
the impact of NAFTA on Mexico's farmers creating a flood of economic 
immigrants to the U.S. while losing the caretakers of the seeds and 
soils in Mexico.  SNAP (food stamps) were suggested as a creative way 
to support farmers who use best sustainable practices for the soil by 
encouraging use of SNAP benefits at local farmers markets.

Local politicians enthusiastically participated in the conference, 
including California Congressman Jared Huffman, Richmond's Mayor and 
council members, with many citizen activist groups from the region in 
abundance.  Andrew Kimbrell, founder & Executive Director of the 
Center for Food Safety, and author/editor of Fatal Harvest, was the 
excellent keynote speaker who updated the audience on current 
legislature in Washington around food safety issues.

Come with your thoughts about positive directions for soil and the 
planet.  Event discussion will be facilitated by Wes Roe & Margie 
Bushman of the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network. Local 
organizations will table.

The event takes place on Thursday September 1, 2016, 7- 9pm, at the 
Art from Scrap Art Center, 302 East Cota St, Santa Barbara, CA 
93101.  No reservations required. For more info contact 
805-962-2571 
<mailto:Margie at sbpermaculture.org>Margie at sbpermaculture.org 
,  https://www.facebook.com/events/1779098955670853/

Event Sponsors:
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Explore Ecology, Art from Scrap, 
Community Environmental Council (CEC),
  Sustainable World Radio, Becket Films, & Santa Barbara Food Alliance

This event a part of the ongoing Civics 101 for Climate Change series
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Check out these great resources to learn more:

Soil Not Oil Coalition: http://soilnotoilcoalition.org/soil-not-oil-coalition/

Soil Not Oil Pledge: 
<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsoilnotoilcoalition.org%2Fsoil-not-oil-pledge%2F&h=kAQEvis8K&enc=AZNjwgNdyLgkfFq8WELIw02Ig99rxPSjN33YZKAV8u3kjWgUEhjmKP4j9sEI6QDOaiA&s=1>http://soilnotoilcoalition.org/soil-not-oil-pledge/

Soil Solution to Climate Change; What If A Solution To Climate Change 
Was Beneath Your Feet?  :
Film by Jill Cloutier and Carol Hirashima of Sustainable World 
(extended excerpt on Marin Carbon Project not on youtube will be shown)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxiXJnZraxk

Film Clips from The Seeds of Vandana Shiva Documentary: 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcaFM6rjp7Q>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcaFM6rjp7Q 
and Film website 
<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fvandanashivamovie.com%2F&h=yAQG4fzE4&enc=AZPqL6zc_pfjJJCGavcT7eSEw1eWFYAoPdzNZDz6LPPEIAWlj6Hk2ugPanzdGT3-kN8&s=1>http://vandanashivamovie.com/

The SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FOOD ACTION PLAN:
A strategy-based community "blueprint" for an accessible, thriving, 
sustainable, and healthy food system. It addresses every aspect of 
the food system in a way that supports healthy people, a healthy 
economy, and a healthy environment.
http://www.sbcfoodaction.org/

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://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcalclimateag.org%2F&h=NAQEGdKAT&enc=AZNKzqqmgRidvYuYwcpia3dcATLu1AAEouY0YTcTLhrzY3d-QOZ2oUFdmfM-1ebeprE&s=1>http://calclimateag.org/

Agriculture and Climate Change Article by Bill Ostrander  San Luis 
Obispo rancher, recently ran for U.S. Congress, with carbon farming a 
part of his platform:
Agriculture creates more than 20 percent of our carbon footprint and 
approximately 35 percent of the planet's greenhouse gas 
emissions.  http://www.ostranderforcongress.com/climate-change

Kiss the Ground:
Kiss Ground is a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring global 
participation in the restoration of our precious 
soils.  https://www.kisstheground.com/
The Soil Story (Kiss the Ground Film) with downloads of  Media 
Material for Teachers/Story Tellers/Media 
makers  English/Spanish/French http://thesoilstory.com/
The Soil Story 4 minute Film  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvAoZ14cP7Q
Science meets inspiration in this tale of nature's best hidden 
innovation: soil.
The Soil Story, created by Kiss the Ground, is a five-minute film 
that shares the importance of healthy soil for a healthy planet.
Learn how we can "sequester" (store) carbon from our atmosphere, 
where it is harmful, and pull it back into the earth, where it 
belongs, through regenerative agriculture, composting, and other land 
management practices.

"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

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 

Books:

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>http://www.chelseagreen.com/the-carbon-farming-solution

Soil Not Oil Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis, by 
Vandana Shiva
<https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/soil-not-oil/>https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/soil-not-oil/

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