 | This is a guest post from Patty Love at www.barefootpermaculture.com This is from a presentation given via zoom meeting Have you been working on reducing your carbon footprint? Have you thought about where your food comes from? Do you know that one of the most carbon-friendly activities is growing your own food? According to Project Drawdown, 12 of the top 20 Summary of Solutions by Rank, are categorized as either Land Use or Food. The ethics, principles, and tools collectively sometimes called permaculture, also known as ecological design, provide us with solutions to integrate food production into our landscape management while also contributing to climate change mitigation. In this workshop, we’ll learn how to utilize regenerative design methods to feed ourselves while also creating beautiful edible landscapes, including food forest gardens, outdoor living areas, shady pockets, and traditional landscaping forms with an edible twist. We’ll also view and discuss many real-life examples of edible creativity! Please join us as Patty Love, Founder and Owner of Barefoot Ecological Design and Rochester Permaculture Center shares with us about: – terminology, ethics, and principles for ecological design and permaculture – a design process – tools for applying permaculture/ecological design to your landscape – site considerations for integrating your home into the existing landscape – edible landscaping options with an emphasis on the why and how’s of food forest gardening – examples from home gardening to homesteading Melissa Carlson, from Roctricity, will be at the ColorBrightonGreen table at the Brighton Farmers’ Market on Sunday, January 19, 2020 from 1-4 PM. The Brighton Farmers’ Market is located at the Brookside Community Center, 220 Idlewood Road in Brighton. Have you heard about Community Choice Aggregation and how it is bringing carbon-free electricity to residents and small businesses in participating cities, towns, and villages? This program is already up and running in the Town of Geneva and will be available to residents and small businesses in several other villages and towns in the coming months. Stop by and ask if your community is participating and how it can green your energy supply. Ward Graham has 30+ years of self-managed stock market investing using “modern portfolio theory” and manages multiple accounts for family and friends. Ward will be at the ColorBrightonGreen Table at the Brighton Farmers’ Market on Sunday, February 16, 2020 from 1 to 4 PM. The Brighton Farmers’ Market is held at the Brookside Community Center, 220 Idlewood Road. We hope you will stop by and chat. On Monday, March 9, 2020 a Green Investing Presentation will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester. Financial Planners Megan A. Rinaudo, CFP and Steven Pietricola, CIMA, CSRIC will give an introduction to responsible investing which allows investors to align their interests with their values including investing with companies with a commitment to the promotion of environmentally friendly business practices and conservation of natural resources. On Sunday, March 15, 2020, Patty Love, founder and owner of Barefoot Ecological Design and Rochester Permaculture Center, will be at the ColorBrightonGreen table at the Brighton Farmers’ Market to answer your carbon-friendly food gardening questions. The Brighton Farmers’ Market is held at the Brookside Community Center, 220 Idlewood Road in Brighton from 1 to 4 PM. We hope you will stop by. On Monday, April 13, 2020, Patty Love will be speaking about Carbon-friendly food gardening at the Brighton Memorial Library starting at 6:30 PM. Have you been working on reducing your carbon footprint? Have you thought about where your food comes from? Do you know that one of the most carbon-friendly activities is growing your own food? According to Project Drawdown, 12 of the top 20 solutions are categorized as either Land Use or Food. The ethics, principles, and tools, collectively called permaculture and also known as ecological design, provide us with solutions to integrate food production into our landscape while also contributing to climate change mitigation. In this workshop, we’ll learn how to use regenerative design methods to feed ourselves while also creating beautiful edible landscapes including food forest gardens, outdoor living areas, shady pockets, and traditional landscaping forms with an edible twist. We’ll also view and discuss many real life examples of edible creativity! Please join us as Patty Love, founder and owner of Barefoot Ecological Design and Rochester Permaculture Center shares with us:
Have you been thinking of buying an electric vehicle? All-electric vehicles together with plug-in hybrids all fit into this category. Want to learn more? Click the link to take a look at a pdf file of the latest Electric Vehicle Guide and/or attend our Ask An Expert event at the Brighton Farmers’ Market on Sunday, August 18th, from 9 am to 1 pm. Bob Kanauer will be our expert from 9 am to 11 am, followed by Rob Levine from 11 am to 1 pm. We hope to see you there! What: New York is taking food waste off the menu. Why? What: The new Rochester Area Interfaith Climate Action presents its first annual Interfaith Climate Summit. Share in interfaith prayers for Creation. Learn ways your faith community can protect Creation through workshops on food/recycling, facilities, gardens/landscaping, education/motivation, advocacy, and more. Experience the intergenerational Carbon Footprint Game. | |
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