<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31772"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31771">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!</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31772"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31772">Sincerely,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31772">Phaedra &nbsp;Sawbridge</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31931"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32015"><span><br></span></div><br>  <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31605"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31604"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31603"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32016">  <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32227"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32421"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32420">From:</span></b> Chris Warburton-Brown &lt;research@permaculture.org.uk&gt;<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32229"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32228">To:</span></b> SoilHack &lt;soilhack-announce@lists.ourproject.org&gt; <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 10:17<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [soilhack-announce] Hello and soil related events<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31606"><br><div id="yiv6477395152"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31773">
    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.
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                            How do we create the healthy, living soil
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                  Chris
                  Warburton <font color="#333333" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31813"><span style="text-decoration:none;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31812"><font face="Myriad Pro" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31811"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31810"><span style="font-style:normal;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31809"><span style="font-weight:normal;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31808">Brown
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                  Permaculture Approach to Soil</span></i></font></font></span></font>
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                  Bell</span></span></font></font></span></font><font color="#333333"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><font face="Myriad Pro"><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-weight:normal;">
                  - </span></span></font></font></span></font><font color="#333333" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31793"><span style="text-decoration:none;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31792"><font face="Myriad Pro" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31791"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31790"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31789"><span style="font-weight:normal;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31788">The
                  Answer Lies in the Soil</span></i></font></font></span></font></div>
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                  Williams - </span></span></font></font></span></font><font color="#333333" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31787"><span style="text-decoration:none;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31786"><font face="Myriad Pro" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31785"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31784"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31783"><span style="font-weight:normal;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31782">Introduction
                  to soil biology and the soil food </span></i></font></font></span></font><font color="#333333" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32419"><span style="text-decoration:none;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32418"><font face="Myriad Pro" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32417"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32416"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32415"><span style="font-weight:normal;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32414">web</span></i></font></font></span></font>
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    Thanks and best wishes,<br clear="none">
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    <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv6477395152yqt0243595200" id="yiv6477395152yqt20782"><div class="yiv6477395152moz-cite-prefix" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_31775">On 11/07/15 15:28, Darren wrote:<br clear="none">
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      <pre id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436868982604_32235">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.

<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://farmhack.org/wiki/soilhack-wiki">http://farmhack.org/wiki/soilhack-wiki</a>

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
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/soils">https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/soils</a>

Soil Culture
at Create, Bristol
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.touchstonecollaborations.com/soil-culture-create">http://www.touchstonecollaborations.com/soil-culture-create</a> - art
exhibition about soils, with free events on Saturdays, running until
22nd August <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.touchstonecollaborations.com/soil-culture-create/">http://www.touchstonecollaborations.com/soil-culture-create/</a>

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.
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/events/soil-biodiversity">http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/events/soil-biodiversity</a>

Regenerative Agriculture courses with Jairo Restrepo
Ragman's Lane Farm, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.ragmans.co.uk/home/news">http://www.ragmans.co.uk/home/news</a>
Three courses, running between July 18th-25th: one 5 day, two one day,
including a more affordable one
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.ragmans.co.uk/learn_with_us/ragmans_courses/applied_agroecology_workshop_id_59/">http://www.ragmans.co.uk/learn_with_us/ragmans_courses/applied_agroecology_workshop_id_59/</a>

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
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://grantham.sheffield.ac.uk/soil-association/">http://grantham.sheffield.ac.uk/soil-association/</a>

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.
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/events/detail/en/c/296945/">http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/events/detail/en/c/296945/</a>

Optimising Output: Soil &amp; 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
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.soilassociation.org/scotland/newsandevents/articleid/8055/optimising-output-soil-grass">http://www.soilassociation.org/scotland/newsandevents/articleid/8055/optimising-output-soil-grass</a>

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
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.mail-archive.com/ecolog-l@listserv.umd.edu/msg40140.html">http://www.mail-archive.com/ecolog-l@listserv.umd.edu/msg40140.html</a>

Soil Resilience and Global Change - SEESOIL Event
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Forest Research, Alice Holt, Surrey UK
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://soils.org.uk/event/519">http://soils.org.uk/event/519</a>

Public Lecture (with video streaming)
Prof. Jane Rickson of Cranfield University
11 November 2015
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://nrn-lcee.ac.uk/future-lectures.php.en">http://nrn-lcee.ac.uk/future-lectures.php.en</a>

World Soil Day
5 December
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_of_Soil">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_of_Soil</a>

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
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://smartsoil.eu/smartsoil-final-conference-30-sept-2015/">http://smartsoil.eu/smartsoil-final-conference-30-sept-2015/</a>

There area also more international events listed at
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://soils.org.uk/calendar/month">http://soils.org.uk/calendar/month</a>
and
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv6477395152moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/events/en/">http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/events/en/</a>

Best

Darren



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