PROMOTING PERMACULTURE IN LANE Co
from a brainstorm athe fall PC gathering at LVEC, Ore

General trends we need to increase:
RAise awareness about all ecology/health needs now
Reducing consuming, costs, waste & pollution
By simpifying our whole food cycle process
to indrease our vital healthy family fun & energy
Localizing our community & home/family lives
Sharing more openly & feely with neighbors
Recycling all materials we can multi-use at home
Become more trusting, cooperative & self reliant
Learning the patterns of nature, causes & effects
Become in tune with the cycles of nature
Doing more volunteer community serving needs
More local networking to connect needs with energy
Sharing between ecology & environmental groups
Expose the hi costs of consuming & pollution damage Introducing/advancing PC wherever folks are ready.

Specific activities to reach the above needs/goals
To have many local PC domonstration home sites
that are open to community, tours & projects
Develop & grow PC gardens in public parks
Record & broadcast PC projects on local TV
Have a PC booth at farmers market & fairs
Do local radio shows, live talk shows on PC
Walking tours of Mt. Pisgah & Hendricks & buttes
Teach PC courses & work/playshops at UO & LCC
Host PC salons that network with ecology groups
Do PC tours for school kids into ecology/gardening
Do gorilla theater in public, on radio & TV for PC
Have PC camping trips that study eco-zones
HAve freebe PC sites of tools, seeds, starts & info
Sponsor free mulch, compost & manuer piles
Have PC display at local garden supply stores
natural food stores, schools, lumberyards
Publish lists of great local PC & native species
with lifecycle descriptions to hand out & use.
Conduct ecoforestry walking tours anywhere
Promote PC & bicycling projects anywhere
Develop PC handtool making, using & sharing projects
Do ecology studies of water power & seed patterns