The Carbon Economy series, convened by Quail Springs and Orella Ranch, in association with Darren Doherty, and with local and national partners, brings expert teachers to the Santa Barbara area to share sustainable land management and zero waste systems design approaches with farmers, ranchers, land managers, business people, environmentalists, students, and citizens.
Public talk and training topics include sustainable land management, soil building agriculture and ranching, water conservation, permaculture and keyline design, carbon sequestration, zero waste systems, and relocalization. These approaches benefit the environment, while resulting in greater productivity and resiliency for the practitioner and community.
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Stay tuned for 2010 events. To join the interest list, use the contact info on this website.
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Joel Salatin speaks on relocalization in Santa Barbara for Carbon Economy Courses
YouTube (30 mins total) - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Reporting from Carbon Farming Courses, Tennessee, August/September 2009
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Carbon Economy Santa Barbara Courses and Events - Fall 2009
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Pathways to Relocalization
with Joel Salatin
December 9, 2009 - 7pm
Public Talk - Santa Barbara, CA
Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Suggested Donation $10
December 10-11, 2009
Training - Orella Ranch, Gaviota Coast, north of Santa Barbara, CA
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ZERI - Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives
with Erin Sanborn substituting for Gunter Pauli
December 3-5, 2009
Training - Orella Ranch, Gaviota Coast, north of Santa Barbara, CA
December 5, 2009 - 7pm CANCELLED
Public Talk - Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) West Campus, Fe Bland Auditorium Cost $10
Co-sponsored by SBCC Center for Sustainability and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
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Sustainable Land Management:
Holistic Management*, Broadacre Permaculture, and Keyline Design
with Darren Doherty and Kirk Gadzia
November 10-15, 2009
Two Part Training - Orella Ranch, Gaviota Coast, north of Santa Barbara, CA
*Qualifies for 16 CEUs with Society for Range Management
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Soil Food Web and Compost Technologies
with Dr. Elaine Ingham
October 30-November 1, 2009
Training - Orella Ranch, Gaviota Coast, north of Santa Barbara, CA
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to learn more
"....We have a breakdown in the Carbon cycle as much of the Carbon in our soils has been excised to the air and seas. Generations of farmers have found that their biggest crop – topsoil, has been lost, more recently due to the manipulation of soil carbon levels by artificial nitrogen application. Our entire land-based systems are becoming Carbon poor. Yet, we have a unique opportunity to revitalize our communities and societies through the building of a Carbon rich landscape. We have the technical means to do so, we just need support. Largely that support comes from localization: marketing & value-adding our products locally and directly to gain the support for building Carbon rich systems and be paid to do so."
- Darren Doherty, inspired the Carbon Economy series
"We've been growing 100% organic pistachios for 18 years in Santa Barbara County and selling them in local farmers' markets and throughout the U.S. Our business depends on the health of our soils and environment. These courses... offer an important opportunity for the farming and agricultural community to stay on the cutting edge of the quickly evolving world of soil health, environmental protection and financial health of family farms."
- Gail and Gene Zannon, Santa Barbara Pistachio Company, California
"The funny thing is that many people still don't know that livestock are the best tool we have to manage these rangelands...We've see riparian areas (creek and river bankds) on every single ranch grow in health as measured by vegetation cover, cleanliness of the water, perennial plants...so now we have a beautiful expanding wetland; we have oak trees that were not there...we have lots of diverse vegetation and perennial grasses."
- Joe Morris, TO Cattle Company, California
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