A Deeper Focus

17
Mar

SLO County Food System Assessment Update

Imagine a community with prolific, thriving, family farms that supply the local schools, hospitals, restaurants, grocery stores and even prisons with nourishing, locally produced food. SLO County is capable of becoming such a community, and the Central Coast Ag Network (CCAN) is working hand-in-hand with many others to bring this vision to fruition. CCAN will...
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17
Mar

Water Conservation Project Tour: A recap from the Bioneers Conference 2011

This tour visited sites on the Los Padres- California Conservation Corps (CCC), residential Center that has integrated techniques to conserve water through rainwater harvesting and greywater re-use. These projects have been implemented by the CCC’s Fisheries Program and partners in our community. We began the walking tour with a dynamic presentation/conversation by/with Regina Hirsch, Sierra...
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20
Feb

Introducing the SLO Permaculture Guild

Permaculture is a design system based on ethics and design principles which can be used to guide efforts made by individuals, households and communities towards a sustainable future. Central Coast Bioneers has featured permaculture workshops at each of its conferences. We are pleased that we now have a local group the SLO Permaculture Guild, where...
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26
Jan

Economics of Happiness Conference to be held in Berkeley in March

Those of you who attended the screening of The Economics of Happiness at the Central Coast Bioneers Conference remember filmmaker Helen Norberg-Hodge’s examination of the destructive qualities inherent in the corporate-controlled market economy. The film has now been shown at hundreds of venues in over twenty countries. To build on the momentum, the International Society...
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