Permaculture Inspired Food & Art Festival
Workshops, food and family in the day... music, lights, fire and art at night
The inspiration for this gathering comes from another solar-related event hosted by the 'Om Reunion Project' in southern Ontario, The Solstice Festival (props omies!). Solstice Festival is an event "where everyone pARTicipates in creating the magic, and volunteers to make it happen. The community that attends the festival helps to build an oasis of workshops, art, music, healing, camping and a community kitchen."
In the spirit of Common Ground Fair (US), Boom Festival (PO), and Solstice Festival (CA), we are creating a "transformational" festival. This transformation is both personal and cultural, enabled by healthy food, opportunities to connect deeply with the natural world, skills sharing, workshops, and of course art and music. Here you'll acquire skills & insights applicable to daily life, whether that involves city or country living.
Vandana Shiva tells us that we have to first change our thinking before we can change our practice. The "Praxis Project" presents an opportunity for true "higher learning": seed-saving, soil-building, food-preserving, and other skills delivered in a context of earth democracy.
In the spirit of Common Ground Fair (US), Boom Festival (PO), and Solstice Festival (CA), we are creating a "transformational" festival. This transformation is both personal and cultural, enabled by healthy food, opportunities to connect deeply with the natural world, skills sharing, workshops, and of course art and music. Here you'll acquire skills & insights applicable to daily life, whether that involves city or country living.
Vandana Shiva tells us that we have to first change our thinking before we can change our practice. The "Praxis Project" presents an opportunity for true "higher learning": seed-saving, soil-building, food-preserving, and other skills delivered in a context of earth democracy.
Since initiating the permaculture project in 2010,
Ditch Rich Nurseries developed several pioneering projects:
Reusing materials for building, reducing consumption
Sustainable energy resources (solar, coppiced hardwood, check dams)
Regenerating ecosystems (no till farming, analog forestry & permaculture)
Promoting public transportation, cycling and car-sharing reducing CO2 emissions
Sponsorship plan to subsidize the costs associated with paying peoples timeSoil Building (recycling/composting of waste & local inputs)
Education & practice of permaculture principles.
Sanitation (compost toilets & handwashing stations)
Ditch Rich Nurseries developed several pioneering projects:
Reusing materials for building, reducing consumption
Sustainable energy resources (solar, coppiced hardwood, check dams)
Regenerating ecosystems (no till farming, analog forestry & permaculture)
Promoting public transportation, cycling and car-sharing reducing CO2 emissions
Sponsorship plan to subsidize the costs associated with paying peoples timeSoil Building (recycling/composting of waste & local inputs)
Education & practice of permaculture principles.
Sanitation (compost toilets & handwashing stations)
the "Praxis Project" is
supporting arts & culture
celebrating rural living
regenerating and remediating land
youth focused citizen engagement
showcasing local talent & talent from abroad
recognizing & developing local expertise / resources
education on biodiversity, ecology, regeneration
developing skills & broadening horizons
sharing opportunities from abroad; linking communities
Reshaping culture through education
supporting arts & culture
celebrating rural living
regenerating and remediating land
youth focused citizen engagement
showcasing local talent & talent from abroad
recognizing & developing local expertise / resources
education on biodiversity, ecology, regeneration
developing skills & broadening horizons
sharing opportunities from abroad; linking communities
Reshaping culture through education
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