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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.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
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Chris
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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
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<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,
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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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 & 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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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