BURLINGTON PERMACULTURE


OUR MISSION
 Burlington Permaculture unites neighbors to promote urban agriculture and reforestation, enhance neighborhoods, and strengthen the web of community resources as we look beyond sustainability towards a healthy relationship with our landscape.  

OUR VISION

Our vision is of a vibrant, productive Burlington in which community development promotes human interaction, food producing residential gardens and streetscapes supplant suburban lawns, and the abundance of social, educational, economic, and ecological services our community produces helps to regenerate other degraded landscapes. 

CLICK BELOW FOR DETAILS ON OUR

2010 WINTER WORKSHOP SERIES

and

3rd ANNUAL SUMMER PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE

NEWS, UPDATES & UPCOMING EVENTS


PRODUCE FOR THE PEOPLE
Everyone deserves access to fresh, nutritious produce. Some produce grown by gardeners and farmers goes to waste. With the help of several local organizations, fresh produce will now end up in the hands of our neighbors that need it. Produce for the People is a partnership campaign to ensure everyone has access to fresh, local food by collecting and dispersing produce grown by gardeners and farmers that would otherwise be wasted. Read a Burlington Free Press article about this new initiative at:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100404/LIVING09/100402016/Gleaning-movement-grows-in-Burlington

PLANT A ROW FOR “EAT IT TO SAVE IT”
Slow Food Vermont is hosting a Slow Food Ark of Taste Grow-Out this summer. Local gardeners are invited to grow endangered heirloom varieties of beans, lettuces, tomatoes, peppers, turnips and watermelons and prepare a dish using those crops to share at the Intervale Center’s Harvest Moon celebration on Sept. 23. To sign up for the Grow-Out and receive free seeds from Seed Savers Exchange, contact Mara Welton at slowfoodvt@gmail.com. For information about the Slow Food Ark of Taste Crops and the “Eat it to Save it” initiative, visit www.slowfoodusa.org  For more information about Seed Savers


Watch vegan chef Joshua Pfeil share his technique for making Live Fermented Hot Sauce here as well as  here.
Weekend Permaculture Design Intensive Shaftsbury, VT

April 30, 2010 at 6:30pm to May 2, 2010at 4pm


Join us for an exciting exploration of the process and principles that are Permaculture Design. An integrated, ethically-based, holistic design system, permaculture provides a revolutionary framework for individuals, families, businesses, towns and bioregions to develop productive, diverse, resilient, healthy, enlivening, beautiful gardens, farms, homes, ecosystems, economics and communities.

After an in-depth investigation of the design principles that drive permaculture thinking and practice, we’ll actively delve into the process of designing for our host site, Spirit Hollow community. We’ll discuss the vital importance of clear goals articulation, thoroughly analyze the ecological characteristics of our site and then collectively move towards developing a harmonious design concept that builds on the relationships between them. Placing a strong emphasis on the development of dynamic, perennial agricultural systems, this intensive weekend will leave you energized, inspired and activated to return home and ‘permaculture’ your community.  Course instructors include Keith Morris and Mark Krawczyk.

Begins Friday night at 6:30 with an introductory lecture (come having eaten)
IF YOU JUST WANT TO ATTEND FRIDAY NIGHT, the FEE is $20.

Hours: Saturday (9am-5pm, 6:30-9:00pm), with breaks for lunch and supper, Sunday (9am-4pm) with lunch break.

Cost for the whole weekend (Friday-Sunday) is on a sliding scale of $175-190 (please pay as you can afford); there may betwo half-tuition scholarships based on need, so please inquire. Meals are all potluck-style, so bring dishes for two lunches, two breakfasts and one supper. Use of the kitchen is always available, and we will provide beverages and hot drinks throughout the workshop.


3rd Annual Burlington Permaculture 
Permaculture Design Certification Course
Burlington, VT - June 13-25, 2010

Burlington Permaculture is pleased to announce the third annual summer Permaculture Design Certification course at Rock Point in Burlington!  Set in the most expansive natural area in the city of Burlington, hidden along the shores of Lake Champlain, and touring some of the areas most innovative farms, homesteads, nurseries, and more, this course combines wild ecology, radical urban sustainability, and hands-on design and co-creation of vibrant, wholly nourishing human landscapes.

This two week residential Permaculture Design Certification course goes above and beyond the standard curriculum and is led by a group of some of the most experienced designers, farmers, and educators in Vermont and the Northeast.  Together, we'll design and implement permaculture solutions for a multi-use community center and nature preserve, and each student will also be guided in generating a whole systems design for space of their own choosing.

$1150 Tuition includes meals and course fees.  Several lodging options available - not included in the course price.  Scholarships and financial aid may be available through VSAC.  Discount for Transition Town members, recruiting friends, or group registrations.
Space is limited- reserve yours by registering now.  
Contact us to receive the course registration form.

For More Information: 
or call Mark Krawczyk at (802) 999-2768

Instructors include: Keith Morris, Mark Krawczyk, Chris Jackson, Alissa White and other special guests!

    LINKS OF INTEREST

Support us and become a member of our newly developing stewardship committee. E-Mail us at burlingtonpermaculture@gmail.com

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Watch for free the unforgettable film "HOME" 

Click here to check out photos from our recent events!

Directly network with other Burlington Permaculture members, post and download files, develop and create shared documents and more at the Burlington Permaculture Google Group.

Burlington Permaculture featured in  Seven Days, Click here to view the article.

Watch vegan chef Joshua Pfeil share his technique for making Live Fermented Hot Sauce here as well as  here.


"But the act I want to talk about is growing some, even just a little, of your own food. Rip out your lawn, if you have one, and if you don't, look into getting a plot in a community garden. Measured against the problem we face, planting a garden sounds pretty benign, I know, but in fact it's one of the most powerful things an individual can do to reduce your carbon footprint, sure, but more important, to reduce your sense of dependence and dividedness: to change the cheap-energy mind." - Rip Out Your Lawn... c/o Michael Pollan 

Click here for the full article

 "The main stakes for humanity are not hunger, poverty, sustainability, peace, healthcare, education, economy, natural resources or a host of other issues but our capability to build new social organizations that are able to provide solutions. Our main stake is Collective Intelligence."- JF Noubel

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