Alaska Permaculture

Alaska's Permaculture Community

This is a community to link permaculturalists and others interested in sustainable solutions for and by Alaskans.

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Online PDC for cold climates? 8 Replies

Started by Allison Miller in Resources. Last reply by Cindee Karns yesterday.

Anchorage Cooperative Grocery Store 15 Replies

Started by Mary M. Ernsberger in Garden and Site Design. Last reply by Laura Apr 9.

Neonicotinoid pesticides tied to crashing bee populations, 2 studies find 1 Reply

Started by Thomas Azzarella in Garden and Site Design. Last reply by Barbara Rowland Mar 29.

What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is a holistic design process, using ecology as a basis for designing integrated systems: food production, community, economics, housing, with an embued ethic of caring for the earth, caring for people and sharing the surplus. That's asking us to limit our consumption and design for abundance and then share that abundance with each other.

We can also apply the principals to design our life. Using thoughtful observation look at your daily practices. What elements contribute to a healthy life and which do not? Waste= food. What areas of your life are there wastes? How can they feed into another system?

This is not just organic gardening, it's the garden of our lives. Understand how nature works and then apply it to our lives. Cleaning waste water. Experimenting with alternative fuels. How can we change the patterns of our behavior to match nature's systems?

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Alaska Permaculture Network

This social network is meant to catalyze connectivity and information sharing between Alaskans interested in practicing permaculture.

Start or join a discussion or group!
Upload files that are interesting, share links, photos, and videos.

In addition, the Anchorage Permaculture Guild, a subgroup of this network, meets on the first or second Sunday of the month at various people's houses. Please check the events to see when the next one is. The mission of the Anchorage Permaculture guild is to nurture a resilient, sub-arctic community by promoting, teaching, and practicing permaculture.

People in other communities are highly encouraged to start local groups of their own!

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Need experienced high tunnel help

I have 2 high tunnels I need help building in Ruby Alaska in exchange for bed ,meals and bush adventures.I am attempting to grow most of the vegetables for our village of 170 native people.Call Ed at 907-468-4499 Ruby esarten@yahoo.com

Posted by D. Edward Sarten on May 21, 2012 at 10:41am

School Garden program

Hello everyone!

I am looking for input from the community about what topics you think would be important to incorporate into a school garden program. I recently took a position as a school garden supervisor and am interested to get community ideas. The program I am working for is the Engaging Alaskan Teens in Gardening (EATinG) hosted by Calypso farm; I will be working with a small group of 12-18 year olds. We will host a farm stand once a week as well as CSA shares.

I am…

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Posted by Jen on April 20, 2012 at 3:20pm — 7 Comments

WA State Permaculture/Intentional Community Opportunity

Hi all,



In case you or someone you know is interested in travelling to Northeastern Washington State(near the tiny town of Republic) I have an interesting, perhaps spiritual gig. I'd love if you'd help me get the word out.



I have 2 friends who bought 20 acres of mostly forest and some cleared spots for gardening. There is a big house and 2 cabins on site. They are not yet sustainable, though fully functional. Plans are in the works for…
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Posted by Gabi on April 16, 2012 at 5:13pm — 1 Comment

New Seed Company In Town!

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to introduce 'Foundroot', the open-pollinated seed company that some of you heard about at the potlucks this past winter. We are currently sourcing rare, heirloom, and expertly-bred seeds that are rugged enough for Alaska's growing season and will be transitioning into acclimatizing those seeds so they are bred for this bioregion. We are going to be selling a lot of our most exciting seeds as plant starts this year but have a great variety of seeds available…

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Posted by Leah Wagner on April 12, 2012 at 8:26am — 4 Comments

Sub-Arctic Dreams: Fresh Vegies in March (Greenhouses)

http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-04-03/sub-arctic-dreams-fresh-veggies-march

Posted by Iaato on April 3, 2012 at 10:27am — 1 Comment

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Instant Gardens Workshop at Williams Street Farmhouse

May 30, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
Tired of mowing?  Turn your lawn into a garden in just a few hours, using mostly recycled materials. We will use the sheet mulching technique to build a garden together while we discuss how it works. $25See More
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Cindee Karns replied to Allison Miller's discussion Online PDC for cold climates?
"Leslie, I trained with Jude Hobbs and she goes overboard in teaching learning styles and modalities.  I'm not so sure that anyone really understood that because they hadn't had teaching experience like I've had.  It really…"
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D. Edward Sarten posted a blog post

Need experienced high tunnel help

I have 2 high tunnels I need help building in Ruby Alaska in exchange for bed ,meals and bush adventures.I am attempting to grow most of the vegetables for our village of 170 native people.Call Ed at 907-468-4499 Ruby esarten@yahoo.comSee More
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Leslie W. Tose replied to Allison Miller's discussion Online PDC for cold climates?
"I am interested in getting my teacher training this next year and want to go somewhere that focusses on being north, and then work with the people here that are good at organizing people, to do northern permaculture training.  I think that…"
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Allison Miller replied to Allison Miller's discussion Online PDC for cold climates?
"Hello Neil- I'll definitely check out the Sustainable Homer website! Sounds like you have a lot of exciting projects going on =) I think I'll have to make a trip over there one day with the intent of connecting with gardening folks- every…"
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Cindee Karns commented on Jen's blog post School Garden program
"Jen, I think you need to add the three ethics of permaculture:  Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share.  I know Fairbanks has a cool program, something like plant an extra row for the food bank---I think it's a Glen Hackney…"
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Permaculture in the News

This is a place to post and discuss Permaculture articles we find in the mainline news!

 

Here's the first article that STEVE SHAMBUREK sent in:

 

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/sustainable-farming/

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