This Thursday, Feb. 4, is the video, "The Next Industial Revolution" - a refrehing and moitivating pause for good news from corporations as they incorporate environmental ethics and objectives into thier corporate fabric. It features Architect/Designer, Bill McDonough, author of "Cradle to Cradle", and his corporate clients in the US and other countries. Great info if it's your 1st time, great reminders if it's your 2nd, and a good spring environmental tonic if it's your third. So, come on over. See you there.
-Feb. 11 -Other Stories to Be In – Hints from Other Times, Cultures - DP
(what can other times, traditions, and cultures tell us about different ways to be?)
-Feb. 18 -Who Makes our Food? - Local, Smaller, Organic, Sustainable
(a Farmer, a Poultry Producer, an Extraordinary Gardener )
-Feb. 25 -Who Brings Us Local, Safe, Nutritious, Yummy Food? -
(Panelists - Edible Austin, Fmrs. Market, Local Dist., Rest., CSA, Barter-Net)
-Mar. 4 -Restoring Soil, Bringing Land Back, Helping Nature -Talk - TBD
(a Soil/ /Plant professional talks about how we can help Nature help our soil)
-Mar. 11 -Eco-Villages, Intentional Communities, Co-Housing -Slides/Video
(video of eco-villages in US & around world; talk on Austin Co-Housing)
-Mar. 18 -No Winter Series Talk – AISD Spring Break – Week Off - Enjoy
-Mar. 25 -Alternate Business & Finance – Theme: Re-Localization - Talk/Slides
(Green, Sustainable, Energy Effic., Smaller, More Local Bus., Worker-Owned, etc.)
-Apr. 1 -Topic is TBD –Let us know your idea, your favorite topic/speaker
Brought to you by APG, the Austin Permaculture Guild - (www.permie.us)
And, our thanks to Habitat Suites - 500 Highland Blvd. – Austin’s Only Permaculture Hotel