SAVE THE DATE!
Permaculture Ottawa (PO) and Permaculture Institute of Eastern Ontario (PIEO) are pleased to announce that we will be holding our 3rd Eastern Ontario Permaculture Convergence on March 23 and 24, 2013 in Ottawa, at the Heritage Academy, 207 Bayswater Ave., Ottawa. Please save the date!
We're gearing up for the summer and thinking about the fall! If you're interested in taking a permaculture course in Ottawa this fall and you'd like to apply for Work Exchange, we have 2 positions for the Introduction Module and 2 positions for the Main Module. The application deadline is July 2, at 6pm! For more info about the courses and to download the Work Exchange form, click here or email us at info at eonpermaculture dot ca.
The work we love is growing! Last year, we were delighted to start collaborating with Just Food and Permaculture Ottawa, and to discover that all three of our permaculture courses and the community permaculture convergence were booked full. We hosted several community events through Transition Perth, including a solar cooker demonstration, a gift bazaar, a veggie garden tour, a fruit propagation workshop and a collaborative communication workshop.
Using Energy and Resources Intentionally and Intelligently
by Bonita Ford
Creative Commons - Attribution, 2011
Imagine planning your garden or making decisions for your organisation in a way that puts your time and energy to best use, while creating the outcomes that are most valuable to you. At its simplest, permaculture design can be described as a way of thinking, making decisions and designing things, based on the way nature works.
Using Energy and Resources Intentionally and Intelligently
by Bonita Ford - Creative Commons - Attribution, 2011
Imagine planning your garden or making decisions for your organisation in a way that puts your time and energy to best use, while creating the outcomes that are most valuable to you. At its simplest, permaculture design can be described as a way of thinking, making decisions and designing things, based on the way nature works.
We're delighted to announce the dates for several of our courses and events this year! Registration information will be available soon. Please stay tuned!
Permaculture Convergence, Ottawa -- Saturday, April 21, 9:15am to 5:30pm
Propagation Workshop, Ottawa -- Saturday, April 28, 1pm to 3pm
Intro to Permaculture Course, Ottawa -- May 25 to 27 (Fri evening, all day Sat and Sun)
We are in the process of planning our winter/spring Eastern Ontario Permaculture Convergence. We are aiming for a Saturday in April in Ottawa; we're still waiting for a final confirmation about the venue, so we apologise that the date is not yet fixed. The format of the convergence will be similar to last year, with multiple presentations/mini-workshops in the morning and an Open Space Technology forum in the afternoon (in which folks can initiate topics and discussions that same day). More details about the convergence to follow!
The Permaculture Institute of Eastern Ontario (PIEO) is delighted to announce its collaboration with the new Just Food Community Food and Urban Agriculture Hub in the Ottawa Greenbelt. PIEO will donate all profits from its recent regional event to support this new project.