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Convener: Ethan Roland
Session Participants: Many! Ethan, Maya, Lynn, Sandra, Frank, Jono, Richard, Jess, Jazu, Ian, Owen, ???, ???, ???, ???
Time: 2:00-3:30
Place: Downstairs on the couches where the kids play

Session Notes:
(Ethan facilitating)

Opened with a quick introduction + definition of Permaculture:

• A Vision - for a dynamic, equitable global society that int
• A Design System - for replicable
• A Network - all over the world, students, teachers, practitioners, researchers, farmers, activists, and more. YOU are part of the global network.


Collaborative Exercise!
Ethan passed out pieces of paper, with the topics that everyone posted in the marketplace written on them. The group was asked to split into groups of two and discuss how the two topics merge.





Action Items - Direct Steps + Design Directives
<Indigenous Perspectives + Animals/Livestock>
•Maintain plant and animal diversity
•Live and work with animals, not "livestock".

<Alternative Currencies + Communities ?!? >
• The dollar has collapsed... now what? Imagine your support and make a plan

<Live Simply+ Renewable Energy>
• Recognize and embrace connection between "renewable energy and simple living.
• Grow your own food.
• Use less! Live with Less!

<Conservation + Community Gardens>
Grow foods in community gardens to conserve biodiversity, energy, health and nature especially in urban environments.
Conserve collective energy.
Use small scale intensive agriculture system.

<Community Living + Transportation>
Design communities to incorporate human and bike transportation.
Create community "nodes" connected be transportation corridors.
Ensure good public infrastructure for bikes.

<Direct Action and Resistance + Financing Sustainability>
Take part in and encourage a "gift economy"