1	Permaculture Presented by Brandon Burnett www.ThinkGlobalEatLocal.com Based on a Presentation created by: Bill Wilson, www.MidwestPermaculture.com
2	Our Current Consumption Model is Creating Serious Problems for the Long Term Survival of Humanity
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8	"Over a third of all..." Over a third of all the oil and gas consumed in the U.S. is used for food production (from seed to plate). The food on the average American plate traveled over 1500 miles to get there.
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12	"“Estimates for total recoverable..." “Estimates for total recoverable oil on our planet are about 2 trillion barrels. On a cumulative basis, we have pumped out 1 trillion.” Mother Jones? Rolling Stone? Utne Reader?
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14	Why Does It Matter – How it Affects Me… 1 80,000 lb. truck = 45,000 lbs. of freight 1 truck x 1 gallon of fuel = 5 miles average (up a shallow grade) 1 person with 1 garden cart = 250 lbs/load/trip 1 person could manage 20 miles/day or two loads/day (5 miles there, 5 miles back and repeat) Conclusion: to move 45,000 lbs., 5 miles up a shallow grade, 250 lbs. at a time = 90 days of work (3 full months, no days off) (Note: 5 months if you add the weight of the truck.)
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17	"Fossil Fuel" Fossil Fuel Food production Economic growth Human consumption Industrial civilization Human population?
18	“Throughout our country’s history, but increasingly over the past several generations: We have depleted, but we have not replenished, We have borrowed, but we have not repaid, We have deferred investments critical to our long term survival, and We have relied excessively on foreigners to subsidize our day-to-day existence.” - Chris Clugston, WakeUpAmerika.com
19	Consumption over last 100 Years WE have used up about: Half the topsoil Half the oil Half the rainforests Third of all natural gas Third of all coal
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23	Goal of Permaculture Design Reverses the CONSUMPTION model into a CREATION model. Build the topsoil Produce the energy we consume Re-Grow the rainforests (and others) Create sustainable communities and cities Reverse global warming
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32	Re-designing our lives as if caring for the planet (and others) mattered…
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66	Herman Miller Mfg. Plant “The Greenhouse”
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68	Natural Lighting into Offices and Plant Alike (63 skylights)
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77	"THERMAL MASS" THERMAL MASS VALUE BTU/Sq. Ft./degree F. Water 63 Steel 59 Stone 35 Concrete 35 Brick 24 Sand 22 Earth 20 Wood 10.6
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82	Educational Opportunities Offered by Midwest Permaculture Books – Website – Monthly Emails 1-Hr. Free Webinar Class 3-Hr. Introductory Seminars (in person) 12-Hr. Webinar Class All day site tours of Mark Shepard’s 100 acre permaculture farm in Viola, WI, and Wayne Weiseman’s Permaculture Work in Southern Illinois. Mini-Design Courses Full Design Certification Courses
83	Mark Shepard - Wayne Weiseman Permaculture Design Courses 2008 June (MREA, WI) - August (MREA, WI) - October (Stelle, IL)
84	Wayne Weiseman’s Dayempur Community Farm
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89	“American Way of Life is non-negotiable” G.W.B. “In truth, our representatives are doing exactly what we have elected them to do; they are attempting to maintain at any cost our American way of life—our distorted “reality” within which we can continue to live beyond our means and perpetuate our inflated lifestyles. They will do whatever they can on our behalf, as we do individually, to get us our next fix.” - Chris Clugston, wakeupamerika.com
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91	"“Let ours be a..." “Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life.” U.N. Earth Charter
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