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11am TODAY - Sustainable World Radio - Interview w/Robyn Francis


What
Sustainable World Radio - Interview w/Robyn Francis

When
Fri May 29 11am – 12pm

Description
Friday, May 29 9-10am (Pacific Standard Time), Sustainable World Radio, Interview with Robyn Francis -Sustainable Aid Permaculture for 2/3 World

Sustainable World Radio, KCSB 91.9 FM
and streaming live on http://www.kcsb.org/
(9a-10a Pacific / 11a-12p Central)
interviews also posted on http://www.sustainableworldradio.com/

Join Jill Cloutier of Sustainable World Radio for an interview with International Permaculture Teacher/Designer Robyn Francis from Australia as she talks about her 25 years of permaculture work around the world and her promoting and teaching of SUSTAINABLE AID -Facilitating Resilient Community Development in Areas of Need - Permaculture for 2/3rds World, Indigenous and Culturally Diverse Communities.

Effective aid is leaving people empowered with the information and skills to solve their own problems - Bill Mollison
Robyn will be join be Margie Bushman and Wesley Roe of Santa Barbara Permaculture Network who have convened with/at Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm
www.quailspring.org the Upcoming Courses on Sustainable Aid in the USA in Juy/Aug 2009

UPCOMING SUSTAINABLE AID COURSES

Facilitating Resilient Community Development in Areas of Need - Permaculture for 2/3rds World, Indigenous and Culturally Diverse Communities with Robyn Francis
Both Courses USA and Australia 2009

USA: Quails Springs, New Cuyama CA: Part 1: 27-30 July, Part 2: 1-6 Aug, 2009. http://www.quailsprings.org/

Australia: Djanbung Gardens NSW Sep 7-18, 2009. http://www.permaculture.com.au/

Synopsis of Sustainable Aid Course

This course specifically for people working in community development programs with culturally diverse communities around the world. Organized in two complementary parts this course develops awareness and skills for working in areas of need. This intensive course is inspiring, challenging and deeply empowering. Participants will gain vital skills and a toolkit of processes to work effectively in both a first-world context and in overseas development work. Graduates from these courses are undertaking significant work in diverse projects all over the world.
This course was originally developed by Robyn Francis in 1991 and undergoes constant revision in keeping with global changes and their impacts on the world's poorest and most vulnerable peoples.

International permaculture designer Robyn Francis has over 25 years experience throughout Australia, New Zealand, USA, India, Indonesia, Germany, Cuba, and Taiwan, and including projects ranging from outback communities to urban development.

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GOING GREEN! at JCCC - THURSDAY - 4/16/2009

Story by JCCC Student Environmental Alliance

JCCC Students Celebrate Earth Day

10:30am - 3pm CST - THURSDAY - 4/16/2009

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Johnson County Community College’s Student Environmental Alliance will celebrate Earth Day with Going Green 2009 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. CST, on Thursday, April 16, in the Commons Building Corner Lounge and Courtyard. The event is free and open to the public. Students will be promoting awareness of environmental issues, ideas and actions.

Participants include the JCCC’s Student Environmental Alliance, Kansas City Food Circle, Great Plains Clean Energy Alliance, Lakeside Nature Center, Johnson County Environmental Department (Solid Waste Management, Air Quality, and Household Waste), Sierra Club, Root Deep Urban Farm, Burroughs Audubon Society, Smart Car, Johnson County Transit, Ride Share/Mid-America Regional Council, JCCC’s bookstore, JCCC’s dining services sustainability subcommittee, Locally Grown JCCC Community Supported Agriculture, Heartland Habitat for Humanity, S.O.5 Initiative, JCCC’s interior design student association, Motor Heads Scoot and Cycle and Heartland Tree Alliance.

Guest speakers include John Schmidt from The Land Institute, Jill Crawford from Bridging the Gap, Jay Antle from JCCC’s sustainability committee, William Nana from S.O.5 Initiative and Mary English from the Climate Project.

Music will be performed by Glass Axe, Bobby Yarsulik and Adam Blackwood in the courtyard.

For more information, contact Lydia Blackwood, president, JCCC’s Student Environmental Alliance, at 785-393-2967.

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