The Winter Series of Talks are free and open to all, on Thursday evenings in Jan – Mar., 7:00 – 8:30 PM plus discussion,  at the Habitat Suites Hotel, 500 E. Highland Mall Dr. (north of Mall near the Sail Boat Center). Please pass this information in any way you have; please bring friends.

All the topics relate directly to Sustainable designs, systems, and living. And, all of them focus on solutions and positive actions we can take locally, using local resources. With local resolve and commitment (yours and mine), there is a whole lot we can do. Please join us.

Schedule is firm, but all topics/speakers are tentative; please check with www.austinperm.com  to confirm individual topics and speakers – there may be some shifting around.

-Jan.   26          -Intro to the Winter Series – Sustainable Designs & World-View – Local Actions

-Feb.    2          -The Global Gardener – Permaculture Around the World   – Video (a trip around the world with Bill Mollison to view 8 or so projects, incl. Davis, CA)

-Feb.    9          ***No Class on this night****Enjoy the night off with friends/family

-Feb   16          -Texology – Austin, TX – About: Getting to [Really] Know This/Your Place  – Dick (where Austin has been, how it got here; info on our unusual soil, water, climate)

-Feb   23          -The Next Industrial Revolution – Bill McDonough  -Video –  (far from greed and waste – see major companies profit from sustainable thinking)

-Mar    1          -Other Stories to Be In – Hints from Other Times, Cultures – aka Other World-views (what can other times, traditions, and cultures tell us about different ways to be?)

-Mar.   8          -Local Farms/Gardens – Your Local Food System – Smaller, Organic, Sustainable (a Local Farmer, a Poultry Producer, a Gardener, a CSA) – Urban Farms

-Mar. 15          -Honoring Local Food – Local, Safe, Nutritious, Yummy Food – Local Businesses (Panelists: Local Writer/Editor, Farmers Markets, Local Dist., Restaurant, CSA)

-Mar. 22          – Food & Civilization Ride on the Soil – Restoring Soil, Bringing Land Back, (Noted Local Soil/Water expert, talks about how we can help Nature help our soil)

-Mar. 29          – Alternate [Local] Business & Finance – Theme: Re-Localization –    Talk/Slides (Green, Sustainable, Energy  Effic. Smaller, More Local Bus., Worker-Owned, etc.)

-Aril     5          -Eco-Villages, Intentional Communities, Co-Housing – Slides/Video (video of eco-villages in US & around world; talk on Austin Co-Housing)

The Winter Series is brought to you by APG, the Austin Permaculture Guild – (austinperm.com)

And, our thanks to Habitat Suites – 500 Highland Blvd. – Austin’s Only Permaculture Hotel

Note: all topics are subject to change; please check austinperm.com.

All talks are FREE; all are encouraged to attend. Please join us.