Yes, it is relatively expensive by permaculture standards, although not when compared to most academic conferences. We decided we wanted to put on a 'grand event', with a prestigious central London venue, big name keynote speakers and a high quality speaker programme with over 100 speakers. This does mean it is more expensive than past permaculture events but it a unique event, unlikely to be repeated in the UK for many years. We have sold 400 tickets so far so it does seem there is an audience for this, and while I think we could easily have sold double that if they had been a lot cheaper, it would then be a very different sort of event. We do run biennial permaculture convergences in the UK which are much more 'grass roots' in approach and in cost. Best wishes, Chris On 14/07/15 14:30, PHAEDRA SAWBRIDGE wrote:
Eeek! Looked at the prices for the conference and will have to give a miss! As permaculture seems to be such a 'grass roots' thing, I'm surprised that the cost is such as to prevent the majority of those most likely to be interested from attending; though don't suppose this will matter if you only have a small venue to fill!
Sincerely, Phaedra Sawbridge
------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Chris Warburton-Brown <[email protected]> *To:* SoilHack <[email protected]> *Sent:* Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 10:17 *Subject:* Re: [soilhack-announce] Hello and soil related events
Hi Darren, something else for your very impressive list; we are running a session on soil as part of The International Permaculture Conference on 9th September in Euston, London. https://www.ipcuk.events/conference. Details as follows: _*Soil:*__How do we create the healthy, living soil that we want?_ Chris Warburton Brown - /A Permaculture Approach to Soil/ Graham Bell- /The Answer Lies in the Soil/ Joel Williams - /Introduction to soil biology and the soil food //web/
Thanks and best wishes,
Chris
On 11/07/15 15:28, Darren wrote:
Hello,
Earlier in the week we sent out emails to people who had expressed an interest in SoilHack or who we thought may be interested. If you didnt receive it you may like to check your email SPAM folder (apparently some people found our mail there) or have a look at the SoilHack wiki which also explains what is going on with SoilHack.
http://farmhack.org/wiki/soilhack-wiki
Here is our current list of soil related events in the UK or available over the internet, a few of them you may recognize from the wiki.
If you have any more please share them by replying to this mail.
FREE 4 week online course on soil science started Mon 6th July - but you could jump in now and catch up https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/soils
Soil Culture at Create, Bristol http://www.touchstonecollaborations.com/soil-culture-create - art exhibition about soils, with free events on Saturdays, running until 22nd Augusthttp://www.touchstonecollaborations.com/soil-culture-create/
Soil Biodiversity: How to Explore and Utilise Life in Soils? Event date: Thursday, July 16, 2015 Event venue: Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire UK Exploring the challenges and advances in the study of soil microbes, the interactions between plants and soil, and how findings can be used to benefit humans and the environment. http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/events/soil-biodiversity
Regenerative Agriculture courses with Jairo Restrepo Ragman's Lane Farm, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. http://www.ragmans.co.uk/home/news Three courses, running between July 18th-25th: one 5 day, two one day, including a more affordable one http://www.ragmans.co.uk/learn_with_us/ragmans_courses/applied_agroecology_w...
Building UK Soils with the Soil Association Wednesday 22 July 2015, 2pm-3.20pm (followed by refreshments) Biomedical Science Conference Room, Alfred Denny Building, The University of Sheffield http://grantham.sheffield.ac.uk/soil-association/
Soil Matters Panel Breakfast at The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show 2015 22 July 8.30am 11am Royal Welsh Showground All Royal Welsh Show attendees are welcome to attend this free event. You do not need to register, but you will need to purchase a ticket to the Show to access the venue. http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/events/detail/en/c/296945/
Optimising Output: Soil & Grass 28 July 2015 14:00 17:00 Nethy Bridge near Grantown-on-Spey A practical afternoon on farm looking at soil, grassland and nutrient management for optimum productivity and utilisation. Booking is required as spaces are limited http://www.soilassociation.org/scotland/newsandevents/articleid/8055/optimis...
Free Webinar: Using Biochar as a Tool for Restoration! Tuesday July 28, 2015 Time: 12 pm 1 pm MST (thats 7 pm and 8 pm UK time) Chris Peltz, Soil Scientist and Darren McAvoy, USU Forestry Extension Associate http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg40140.html
Soil Resilience and Global Change - SEESOIL Event Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Forest Research, Alice Holt, Surrey UK http://soils.org.uk/event/519
Public Lecture (with video streaming) Prof. Jane Rickson of Cranfield University 11 November 2015 http://nrn-lcee.ac.uk/future-lectures.php.en
World Soil Day 5 December https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_of_Soil
Also this free presentation/networking event in Brussels may be of interest
"SmartSOIL: Sustainable soil management aimed at reducing threats to soils under climate change" 30 September 2015 http://smartsoil.eu/smartsoil-final-conference-30-sept-2015/
There area also more international events listed at http://soils.org.uk/calendar/month and http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/events/en/
Best
Darren
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