Could there be a more important topic than the health of our oceans?  They provide everything, generating oxygen, moderating temperatures, and in our communities, provide livelihoods and food security from our own backyard, the sea.  Now it is being documented that healthy kelp forests can draw down carbon from the atmosphere rapidly, helping us solve that seemingly unsolvable problem.  Please join us for a fascinating evening! 

Reminder: event is on the Santa Barbara City College WEST campus. A bit of construction happening, look for the building complex under the clock tower.  Parking is free on West Campus on Sundays.  Special local guests Antoinette & Daniel Marquez of AMA SeaBeauty & Pharmersea  will be with us.

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network & Ecologistics

presents:

A Central Coast Bioneers Film Showcase

Bioneers, Revolution from the Heart of Nature

Mural artist, Louis Masai

Sunday, April 9, 2017,  5-7pm

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

Featuring Filmed Presenters from the 2016 National Bioneers Conference,  with a focus on Ocean & Climate:

Have you ever been to a Bioneers Conference?  They are epic!  For 27 years the place to be to learn about cutting edge ideas shared by Bioneers, the innovators & visionaries of our time, who look deep into the heart of nature for solutions to a better future.  Held annually in San Raphael, CA, we are happy to bring a taste of the Bioneers experience home to our own communities.

As California has one of the longest coastlines in the world, the backyard for all our Central Coast communities, we focus on Ocean & Climate, and the exciting idea of a Blue Green economy, that while providing food close to home & creating sustainable livelihoods, helps restore the health of our oceans & mitigates climate change

Short Films:

· Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org grassroots climate campaign, shares Climate update; where we are politically & scientifically, and the groundswell of global citizen engagement.

· Janine Beynus,  founder of the Biomimicry Institute; shares visionary nature-inspired innovations & 2017 Biomimicry awards.

· Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, founder of Earth Guardians, indigenous youth, environmental activist, rapper, involved with landmark U.S. Federal Climate Lawsuit.

Feature Film: The Least Deadly Catch: Ocean Farming in the Climate Change Era, with Bren Smith

With introductions by John Roulac of Nutiva & Daniel Marquez of Pharmersea

and updates from Community Environmental Council (CEC) about the SB County Food Action Plan

Bren Smith, founder of GreenWave & winner of the 2015 Buckminster Fuller Challenge award, became a commercial fisherman at age 14, but witnessed the destruction of the ocean firsthand. In a quest for a better way, he pioneered a revolutionary new model of harvesting bounty from the seas. He describes his innovative, practical design and future vision for “restorative 3-D ocean farming”.  It restores ecosystems, mitigates climate change, creates jobs in a blue-green economy, and ensures healthy, secure local food for communities.

Followed by a conversation with Daniel & Antoinette Marquez about their local model of the Blue Green Economy, Pharmersea, a 25 acre sea farm off the Ellwood Pier, in Goleta, CA, that provides sustainably harvested ingredients for AMA SeaBeauty skin products

Enjoy special exhibitors prior to the event!

Event Sponsored by:

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Ecologistics, & the SBCC Environmental Horticulture Dept.

Co-Sponsors: SB Independent, Nutiva, Community Environmental Council, Pharmersea, AMA Sea Beauty, Teeccino,

 Blue Sky Biochar & the Santa Barbara Food Alliance

The event takes place on Sunday, April 9, 2017, 5- 7pm, 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; www.sbpermaculture.org;  Margie@sbpermacuture.org, 805-962-2571.

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

AMA SeaBeauty soon to launch their new store in downtown Santa Barbara, with kelp harvested sustainably from Pharmersea farm.

(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
http://www.sbpermaculture.org

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