[Southern California Permaculture] TONIGHT!/ Carbon Farming Solution Event/SBCC West Campus/6-8:30

Sun Apr 30 07:00:01 PDT 2017

As Bill Mollison, founder of the global Permaculture movement has famously
stated “Though the problems of the world become increasingly complex, the
solutions remain embarrassingly simple”.   Too much carbon in the atmosphere
is one of those complex, seemingly unsolvable problems the world is facing
right now, but as the event below demonstrates, there are solutions!
Please join us on the SBCC campus for an evening with one of the world’s
leading authorities on Carbon Farming.    

The Carbon Farming Solution

With Eric Toensmeier

A Live, Interactive Video Conference Event with Eric Toensmeier

SBCC Campus

with participating students, faculty, & the public invited

 Including a panel of key community members

The Carbon Farming Solution

Sunday, April 30, 2017,  6- 8:30pm

Admission $5, Students Free (with current i.d.)

Location: Fe Bland Auditorium/BC Forum, Santa Barbara City College (West
Campus)

800 Block of Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA  

Learn More: www.sbpermaculture.org

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

Read more
.

As the climate crisis heats up, agriculture is in the hot seat, not only as
a contributor to climate change, but also as a potential solution. Eric
Toensmeier has spent the last several years tracking both, and put much of
what he learned in his seminal book, The Carbon Farming Solution.

Join us on Sunday, April 30th for a unique live interactive webinar on the
SBCC Campus, as Eric Toensmeier discusses the potential of Carbon Farming,
one of the best and most doable solutions for the Climate crisis, with an
audience of students, faculty and the general public.  

Carbon is a naturally occurring chemical compound vital to life, that
provides soil its fertility and water holding capacity, but since the
industrial revolution and the advent of modern farming practices, too much
carbon has been released into the atmosphere causing climate disruption.

According to Toensmeier, Carbon farming is a suite of practices that
sequester excess atmospheric carbon while producing food and other necessary
goods.  While doing so they often provide increased yields and ecosystem
benefits.  The event will explore the global context,  but also focus on
practices suited to California, including annual cropping, tree
intercropping, grazing, silvopasture, perennial crops, and rainwater
harvesting.  Collectively carbon farming practices are a critical component
of climate change mitigation, an effort that requires a speedy
transformation of virtually every sector of our civilization.

Eric Toensmeier is a lecturer at Yale University, a senior fellow with
Project Drawdown, and the author of several books on Permaculture.
Toensmeier is also the author of The Carbon Farming Solution: A Global
Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for
Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security.

Toensmeier will be joined by a panel of Santa Barbara community members, who
with a diverse audience of faculty, students and general public, will pose
questions specific to our region.  Hunter Francis, Director of the Cal
Poly/San Luis Obispo Center for Sustainability, will be the panel moderator.

The event takes place on Sunday, April 30, 2017, 6- 8:30pm, at the Fe
Bland/BC Forum, SBCC West Campus, 800 Block of Cliff Dr, Santa Barbara, CA
93109.  No reservations required.  Parking is free on the West Campus on
Sundays.  For more info contact Margie at sbpermacuture.org,
www.sbpermaculture.org; 805-962-2571.

Event Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/219678348511640/ 

SBCC Campus Map: http://sbcc.edu/map/map.php?loc=CC

Event Sponsored by:

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network & the SBCC Environmental Horticulture
Dept.

 www.sbpermaculture.org

Cosponsors:  Community Environment Council (CEC), CAFES Center for
Sustainability Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara Food Alliance,

 Quail Springs Permaculture, & Orella Ranch

~A limited amount of the Carbon Farming Solution books will be available for
sale at the event, $81, cash or check~

Panel Members:

·         Hunter Francis, Director of the Cal Poly/San Luis Obispo Center
for Sustainability, panel moderator

·         Allegra Roth - Field Representative for California Assemblymember
Monique Limón

·         Sigrid Wright - CEO/Executive Director of the Community
Environmental Council (CEC)

·         Emily Miller - Food and Climate Program Associate, Community
Environmental Council (CEC) 

·         Paul Relis - Senior Vice President CR&R, Anaerobic Digestion
Project, Perris, CA; first Executive Director of the Community Environmental
Council (CEC) 

·         Daniel Parra Hensel – SBCC Faculty, Environmental Horticulture
Dept., Garden Supervisor SBCC Lifescape Garden; Board Member Quail Springs
Permaculture

·         Jackson Hayes - SBCC student, SBCC Associated Student Government
(ASG) Commissioner of Sustainability, member of SBCC Students for
Sustainability Coalition

·         Guner Tautrim - Orella Ranch, member of Gaviota Coast Conservancy
& the Gaviota Coast Planning Advisory Committee (GavPAC), hosted Keyline
Design workshop with Darren Doherty in 2007.

Learn more:

Articles referring to Carbon Farming:

Californias 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-chan
ge-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-t
he-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-c
hange-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:

Californias 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-chan
ge-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-t
he-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 <http://www.polyfaces.com/>

Documentary showcasing the work of Joel Salatin & the renowned Polyface Farm
in Virginia.

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