Title: Permaculture meetup potluck
Location: Our house
Description: Come to our house for a lunch time potluck on Saturday from 11-2. See the major earthworks we just completed and come to talk about permaculture design, gardening, cover crops, sheet mulching and the future of permaculture in the Midcoast. 168 W. Meadow Rd in Rockland.
Start Time: 11:00
Date: 2010-08-14
End Time: 14:00

Title: Permaculture at Green Drinks
Location: Farmer’s Fare, Route 90, Rockport
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Description: Jesse Watson of Midcoast Permaculture Design will present give a presentation introducing the concept of permaculture design. Permaculture is a multi-disciplinary design science whose goal is the engineering of sustainable human settlements that produce more energy, water, nutrients and soil than they consume. Permaculture, in a concrete sense, is a form of landscape design and is useful to everyone from home gardeners to civil engineers. However it is also a practice of land stewardship and much more, and we will talk about some of the ethics, principles, strategies and techniques. We will discuss the importance and potential of permaculture’s design-based solutions in today’s world of economic, energy and environmental uncertainties.

Start Time: 2:00 pm
Date: 2010-08-01

Title: Intro to Permaculture talk/slideshow
Location: Boothbay Botanical gardens
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Description: Permaculture is a multi-disciplinary science that addresses the creation of sustainable food production systems that produce more energy, water, nutrients, and soil than they consume. Please join us in the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Visitor Center on Tuesday, June 8, from 5:30-7:00 p.m., for a free program by Jesse Watson of Midcoast Permaculture Design. He will talk about the strategies and techniques of permaculture and how everyone, from home gardeners to civil engineers, can apply its principles.
Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2010-06-08
End Time: 19:00

Title: Table at Good Life Fest
Location: Belfast Armory on Rt 1
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Description: Permaculture is a multi-disciplinary design science whose goal is the engineering of sustainable human settlements that produce more energy, water, nutrients and soil than they consume. Permaculture, in a concrete sense,MPD is a form of landscape design and is useful to everyone from home gardeners to civil engineers. Given today’s world of economic, energy and environmental uncertainties, permaculture offers great potential in the form of design-based solutions. Midcoast Permaculture Design is a certified permaculture design studio based in Rockland serving residential, business and institutional clients.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2010-05-08
End Time: 17:00

Title: Intro to Permaculture slideshow/talk
Location: Rockland Public Library
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Description: Permaculture can be seen as a form of landscape design, useful to everyone from home gardeners to civil engineers, that enables sustainable communities to produce more energy, water, nutrients and soil than they consume. It is also a practice of land stewardship and much more. Watson will talk about some of the ethics, principles, strategies, techniques of permaculture and also discuss the importance and potential of permaculture in today’s world of economic, energy and environmental uncertainties.
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2010-05-27

Title: 5th Annual Local & Sustainable Food Conference
Location: St Mary’s Nutrition Center, Lewiston, Maine
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Description: 5th Annual Local & Sustainable Food Conference: Building Urban/Rural Alliances
April 10 & 11, St Mary’s Nutrition Center, Lewiston, Maine
Through discussion and facilitated planning sessions conference participants will help create a set of Action Plans to guide our growing movement towards an equitable food system with justice and dignity for all.
9:45 – 11:00am Sheet Mulching & Permaculture Principles – Jesse
Watson, Midcoast Permaculture
Start Date: 2010-04-10
Start Time: 8:00 a
End Date: 2010-04-11
End Time: 2:00 p

Title: 4th annual Midcoast Sustainable Living Expo 2010
Location: Central Lincoln County YMCA, Damariscotta
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Description: Midcoast Green Collaborative: Bringing green businesses to midcoast Maine.
4th annual Midcoast Sustainable Living Expo 2010
Central Lincoln County YMCA, Damariscotta
Friday, April 16th, 12:00 – 6:00pm
Saturday, April 17th, 9:00 – 4:00pm

The goal of the Expo is to encourage sustainable products and practices and to educate the public on the need for them.
Eliot Coleman, Maine farming hero, will be giving a talk on Friday.
Start Date: 2010-04-16
Start Time: 12:00 p
End Date: 2010-04-17
End Time: 4:00 p

Title: Earth Day presentation and slideshow
Location: Rockport Public Library, in the Marine Room
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Description: I will give a presentation and slideshow introducing the concept of permaculture design, April 21 at 6:30 in the Marine Room of the Rockport Public Library.

Permaculture is a multi-disciplinary design science whose goal is the engineering of sustainable human settlements that produce more energy, water, nutrients and soil than they consume.

Permaculture, in a concrete sense, is a form of landscape design and is useful to everyone from home gardeners to civil engineers. However it is much more than that, and we will talk about some of the ethics, principles, strategies and techniques. We will also discuss the importance and potential of permaculture in today’s world of economic, energy and environmental uncertainties.
Start Time: 06:30 p
Date: 2010-04-21

Title: Pecha Kucha Night
Location: Lincoln St Center Auditorium
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Description: I will be giving a slide show about permaculture in 6 min 40 sec. It ought to be a challenge. 20-30 sentences to describe what permaculture is and why people should care.

Pecha Kucha is a friendly social evening where you
can see and/or present creative work while enjoying
a beer and meeting designers and artists. Come thirsty
and bring your friends. Get prepared to be inspired! $5/head
fast-paced presentations
20 slides per artist
20 seconds per slide

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Admission at the door is $5.00
Presentations begin at 7:15 p.m.
For directions: www.lincolnstreetcenter.org
Seating: Limited to 280 people

Start Time: 06:30 pm
Date: 2010-03-26
End Time: 10:00 pm