Workshops and Film Festivals Coming Up!
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Farming Film Festival!
Woohoo! The 3rd annual North Olympic Farming Film Festival just announced the six films selected for their 2020 season.
6 mondays in January & February.
Admission is free!
Learn more about the various faces of regenerative farming in the world of today. This years Farming Film Festival will introduce you to farmers in India, France, California, Southeastern states and Maine. Come to be entertained, informed and inspired. There is a discussion period after every film.
Film screenings will be held in two locations: Port Hadlock and Port Townsend.
Noon- 2:00 pm at the Charles Pink House, Port Townsend Library
1220 Lawrence St, Port Townsend, WA 98368
6:00- 8:00 pm at the Jefferson County Library in Port Hadlock
620 Cedar Ave, Port Hadlock, WA 98339
-Selected Films-
January 6:
“The Biggest Little Farm”
An inspiring story of building a farm in today’s California.
1 hour 32 minutes. Released May 10, 2019.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daB6ync3Ytg
January 13
“After Winter, Spring”
A current look at small-scale farming in France.
1 hour 15 minutes. 2012.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5teldCWu-s
January 27
“Grow Food”
New Documentary Film With 1 Big Idea: Growing Food Can Solve The Majority Of The World’s Problems–Learn How. This film shows how just about anyone can get into growing food. Grass-roots.
Released April, 2019.
Trailer: https://growfoodfilm.com/
February 3
“The Permaculture Orchard: Beyond Organic”
Lots of how-to info.
1 hour 55 minutes. 2014.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10xuiYDFOwc
February 10
“Abundance on a Dry Land”
Permaculture water harvesting in California.
52 minutes. 2015.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whUTmSb4Se4&t=50s
February 24
“One Man, One Cow, One Planet”
How Biodynamic agriculture came to India.
56 minutes. 2007.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj0zFOiuk8I
For further information contact Michael Pilarski.
Global Earth Repair Foundation. 360-643-9178. [email protected]
Workshops
Winter/Spring Classes: January thru March, 2020
Unless indicated otherwise all classes are at the Global Earth Repair office:
10644 Rhody Drive, Port Hadlock, WA 98339
* Classes by donation unless indicated otherwise. Just showing up is okay for the by-donation events.
* Please register ahead of time for workshops that cost money.
January 4, Tuesday. 1:00 – 5:00.We Are the Whorled: Electromagnetic Anatomy of Earth & Humanity, Part 2: Chi and Earth Energy Fields.Vitalism, Biomagnetism, Earth Energy Fields: Kidney Meridian: Electromagnetic Anatomy of Plants: Vortexes & Spirals: Instructed byDavid Yarrow.
January 5, Sunday,1:00 – 5:00.Water Dowsing. Part 2.Instructed by David Yarrow
January 9, Thursday. 6:30-8:30 pm. Working with nature spirits. Presentation byMichael Pilarski. Quimper Fairy Study Circle.
January 15. Wednesday,6:00-8:00 pm. Global Earth Repair Foundation Meeting.
January 16, Thursday. 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Agroforestry Around the World. Overview of many types of agroforestry. Temperate to Tropical . Small scale to large scale. Instructed by Michael Pilarski.
January 18, Saturday.10:00 – 3:00. The many faces of Asthma and other lung conditions. Instructed by Denise Joy. Mountain Spirit Herbals. $50.Register at this link. https://www.mountainspiritherbals.com/collections/new/products/class-january-18th-2020-the-many-faces-of-asthma-and-other-lung-conditions
January 26, Sunday.1:00-5:00. Close the Soil Fertility Cycle. Composting Humanure. Discussion led by David Yarrow.
January 28, Tuesday 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Turning Woody Biomass into fertility on Farms and in Gardens. The uses of tree trunks, stumps, limbs, stems, chips, bark, shavings, hog-fuel, sawdust, leaves, forest litter, biochar and ramial chipped wood. Turning a waste into a resource. Yard-scale, farm-scale and forestry. Presentation by Michel Pilarski.
January 30. Thursday. 6:30-8:30 pm. Working with the Sidhe and the Perelandra Process for Subtle Activism. Presentation byMahala Frye. Quimper Fairy Study Circle.
February 1. Saturday. 10:00 – 3:00. Nervines for today’s world: Instructed by Denise Joy. Mountain Spirit Herbals. $50. Register at this link.
February 8: Saturday. 1:00 – 5:00. Regenerative Farming. A discussion on improving the carbon content and fertility of soils.David Yarrow, Michael Pilarski and participants.
February 12. Wednesday,6:00-8:00 pm. Global Earth Repair Foundation Meeting.
February 13. Thursday. 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Designing Riparian Corridor Plantings for Ecological Function and Profit. Presentation byMichael Pilarski.
February 20. Thursday. 6:30-8:30 pm. Quimper Fairy Study Circle.
February 28, Friday. 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Natural Building Technologies and Materials. In this presentation, Penny Livingston of the Regenerative Design Institute will share many wonderful examples of bio-regionally appropriate, non-toxic building and building systems from all over the world. Some of the systems discussed will include cob, light straw clay, bamboo, timber frame, strawjet, rammed earth, paja rekey and wood chip clay as well as earthen and lime plaster.
February 29. Saturday. 10:00 – 5:00. Earthen Building Technologies Workshop. Instructed by Penny Livingston. Includes hands-on earthen plasters. $75. For info and registration contact Penny Livingston: [email protected]
March 6. Friday. 1:00 – 4:00. Plant Walk with Michael Pilarski. Modern and Traditional Uses of Wild Plants. Eutopos Farm & Gardens. Coyle, WA.$30.Registration and details: [email protected]
March 7. Sunday. 1:00 – 4:00. Biochar workshop and demonstration. Presented byFrancesco Tortorici, Olympic Biochar.
March 8. Sunday. 1:00- 4:00. Plant Walk with Michael Pilarski. Modern and Traditional Uses of Wild Plants. Port Angeles, WA. $30.Meeting location to be announced.Registration and details: [email protected]
March 11. Wednesday.6:00-8:00 pm. Global Earth Repair Foundation Meetings.
March 12. Thursday. 6:30-8:30 pm.. Quimper Fairy Study Circle.
March 14. Saturday. 10:00- 5:00.Food Forests workshop, Port Townsend. Michael Pilarski and others. Includes a hands-on planting. Meeting location to be announced.
March 15. Sunday. 1:00- 4:00. Plant Walk with Michael Pilarski. Modern and Traditional Uses of Wild Plants. Port Townsend, WA.$30.Meeting location to be announced. Registration and details: [email protected]
March 21, Saturday: 1:00- 5:00. Hugelkultur Tour de Force. We will visit hugelkulturs, large and small on multiple properties in the Port Hadlock area. Meet at the GERF office.
March 28. Saturday, 10:00 – 5:00. Medicinal Herb Micro-farming. Instructed by Michael Pilarski. Field trip to our planting at Finnriver Farm. $90. Spring tasks and digging propagation material for 25 medicinal species. Registration and details: [email protected]
March 29. Sunday. 10:00 to 4:00. Plant Sale. Medicinal herbs, berries, cuttings, seeds.At Finnriver Farm.
Contact: Michael Pilarski, 360-643-9178, [email protected]
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