Pittsburgh Permaculture » Juliette http://pittsburghpermaculture.org Extending the Edge, Expanding Local Possibilites Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:39:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Happy Hour and Live Indonesian Gong! http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/happy-hour-and-live-indonesian-gong http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/happy-hour-and-live-indonesian-gong#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:50:09 +0000 Juliette http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/?p=3194 April 3rd & 4th from 5:30 – sunset 4700 block of Irvine Street, Pittsburgh, Pa 15207

Join us on April 3rd for workday activities including weeding and mulchig & enjoy Indonesian gong played by Jeremy Woodruff, a Ph.D. student in music and the TA for the Gamelan ensemble at Pitt. He will be recording [...]]]> http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/happy-hour-and-live-indonesian-gong/feed 0 Permaculture Resource List http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/plants/permaculture-resource-list http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/plants/permaculture-resource-list#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:54:33 +0000 Juliette http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/?p=3300 Compiled by Elizabeth Lynch, Troy Hottle, and Juliette Jones

Pc Communities, on-line or other

Pittsburgh Garden Experiment: http://www.meetup.com/PittsburghGardenExperiment/ Eastern Permaculture Guild:  http://www.meetup.com/permie/ Eastern Permaculture Guild:  penn-permaculture-list@meetup.com Local Food Cleveland: http://www.localfoodcleveland.org/ Three Rivers Permaculture Guild

Pittsburgh-local Resources

Pittsburgh Permaculture: http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/ Transition Pittsburgh:  http://www.meetup.com/transitionpgh/ Pittsburgh Garden Experiment: http://pittsburghgardenexperiment.org/ Steel City Soils: http://steelcitysoils.com/ Octupus Organics: [...]]]> http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/plants/permaculture-resource-list/feed 0 What is Permaculture? http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/general-thoughts/what-is-permaculture http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/general-thoughts/what-is-permaculture#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:55:29 +0000 Juliette http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/?p=3284 Permaculture is about intelligent design that works with nature.  The basic premise of permaculture is to increase human sustainability by creating self-sufficient systems that literally become more than the sum of their parts.

Village Homes in Davis, California (photo by Wayne Senville, Planning Comm’rs Journal, www.plannersweb.com).

That is to say, each aspect of the system [...]]]> http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/general-thoughts/what-is-permaculture/feed 0 Regenerating Pittsburgh Event Canceled http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/regenerating-pittsburgh-event-canceled http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/regenerating-pittsburgh-event-canceled#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 13:56:17 +0000 Juliette http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/?p=3026 We am sorry to report that we have failed to achieve enough registrations for the Pittsburgh event even after welcoming all scholarship recipients and slashing the budget to simplify the program. We are therefore canceling the whole weekend of events in Pittsburgh. :(

We hope to reschedule and get Dave to Pittsburgh another time.

[...]]]> http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/regenerating-pittsburgh-event-canceled/feed 0 Register NOW and enter to win Edible Forest Gardens by Dave Jacke http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/register-now-and-enter-to-win-edible-forest-gardens-by-dave-jacke http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/register-now-and-enter-to-win-edible-forest-gardens-by-dave-jacke#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:46:02 +0000 Juliette http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/?p=2917 Register for Regenerating Pittsburgh Weekend Workshop by March 20th and you will be entered to win Edible Forest Gardens by Dave Jacke!

Read more about the workshop.

]]> http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/register-now-and-enter-to-win-edible-forest-gardens-by-dave-jacke/feed 0 Regenerating Pittsburgh from the Ground Up, Weekend Workshop http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/healthy-land-healthy-water-healthy-community-regenerating-pittsburgh-from-the-ground-up http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/healthy-land-healthy-water-healthy-community-regenerating-pittsburgh-from-the-ground-up#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:57:12 +0000 Juliette http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/?p=2460 Saturday-Sunday Workshop:

Principles and Practices of Regenerative Design

With Dave Jacke and up-and-coming permaculture teachers from around the region.

Click here to Register

9 AM – 4:30 PM, Saturday, April 30th and Sunday, May 1st

Phipps Garden Center, 1059 Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, PA  (Please note, this location is different from the public lecture, which [...]]]> http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/healthy-land-healthy-water-healthy-community-regenerating-pittsburgh-from-the-ground-up/feed 0 Regenerating Pittsburgh from the Ground Up, Public Lecture http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/healthy-land-healthy-water-healthy-community-regenerating-pittsburgh-from-the-ground-up-2 http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/healthy-land-healthy-water-healthy-community-regenerating-pittsburgh-from-the-ground-up-2#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:52:24 +0000 Juliette http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/?p=2456 Friday Night Public Lecture: Regenerating Communities, Ecosystems, and Landscapes with Permaculture

With Dave Jacke (author Edible Forest Gardens)

And Special Guest Darrell Frey (of Three Sisters Farm and Bioshelter)

7 – 9 PM, Friday, April 29th at Eddy Theatre on Chatham University’s Shadyside Campus. Pittsburgh, PA. (Please note, this location is different from the [...]]]> http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/healthy-land-healthy-water-healthy-community-regenerating-pittsburgh-from-the-ground-up-2/feed 1 Author, activist Anna Lappé to speak at Chatham University http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/author-activist-anna-lappe-to-speak-at-chatham-university http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/author-activist-anna-lappe-to-speak-at-chatham-university#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:19:59 +0000 Juliette http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/?p=2429 http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/events/author-activist-anna-lappe-to-speak-at-chatham-university/feed 0 Permaculture Design Certificate Course http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/plants/permaculture-design-certificate-course http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/plants/permaculture-design-certificate-course#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:54:30 +0000 Juliette http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/?p=2427 This is a reminder… exactly one month until the PDC, register NOW to join us at the Phipps Garden Center!

6 WEEKENDS (January to April 2011): Jan 29-30; Feb 12-13, 26-27; Mar 12-13, 26-27; Apr 2, 9:00am to 4:30pm

– Earn your internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certification! – Share 6 weekends immersed in a fun, [...]]]> http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/plants/permaculture-design-certificate-course/feed 0 Get your PDC in Pittsburgh! http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/plants/get-your-pdc-in-pittsburgh http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/plants/get-your-pdc-in-pittsburgh#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:34:39 +0000 Juliette http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/?p=2380 Get your PDC in Pittsburgh!   It’s inexpensive!!!   Hands-on! Permaculture Design Certificate Course at Phipps Join us at the Phipps Garden Center for 6 weekends of intensive permaculture design and practice!

 

Primary Teachers:

Darrell Frey, Three Sisters Farm and Bioshelter

Elizabeth Lynch, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Juliette Jones, Pittsburgh Permaculture   Dates: January 29, [...]]]> http://pittsburghpermaculture.org/plants/get-your-pdc-in-pittsburgh/feed 0