Max Meyers AP event Thursday night; also weekends in April, June

[Paul Trudeau]

These trainings are about as near to Sac as they get these days.  Max is a good guy.

Paul

announcement from "Living Mandala" organization:

Dear Friends, 

Join us this Thursday evening at the Venture Greenhouse in San Rafael for this month's Ecological Leadership Series to learn more about more about one of the most sustainable and productive farming systems in the world - Aquaponics, with Max Meyers.

Max Meyers brings the experience of a lifetime of raising fish, year's as a mechanic and appropriate technology speciailist, and over a decade of practicing and teaching permaculture into his work with Aquaponics, using strategies to create an even more sustainable, dynamic, productive & regenerative systems than conventional methods.

More info below, as well as announcements of upcoming Aquaponics trainings later this Spring & Summer. 

Hope to see you there! -

The Living Mandala Team

Ecological Leadership Series:
Closed-Loop Aquaponics

- With Max Meyers

Thursday, March 21, 6:30 - 9:00 pm

The Venture Greenhouse
San Rafael, California

For More Information & To RSVP Click Here

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

Agenda

6:30 - Networking, Snacks, Beverages
7:00 - Featured Presentation
8:30 - Questions and More Networking

Description - Introduction to Closed-Loop Aquaponics

Join us for this evening presentation to learn more about one of the most sustainable and productive farming systems in the world - Aquaponics. Wether you are a beginner, a backyard hobbyist, a homesteader, or a skilled professional wanting to grow more food sustainably and for less work, aquaponics has something to offer. Aquaponics combines aquaculture and hydroponics to create a more self-sufficient, closed-loop system that uses only a fraction of the water, labor, energy, etc. that other methods use, while producing up to 10 times as much food!

Max Meyers brings over a decade of practicing and teaching permaculture into his teachings on aquaponics. Combining permaculture design with aquaponics creates an even more sustainable, dynamic, productive & regenerative system. This approach focuses on closing-loops and integrating sustainable solutions for each of the system's needs (water, energy, fish, feed, heat, gas, etc.) to be generated on site. Products of a permaculture designed aquaponics systems can include: solar electricity, solar heated air, solar heated water, fish, prawns, vegetables, fruit, aquatic plants, algae, minnows, snails, worms, dry and liquid fertilizers, even methane gas!

This evening presentation will introduce the foundational concepts of Aquaponics including:

* Aquaponics Basics: How it Works
* System Types, Designs & Variations
* Aquaponics Case Studies
* Aquaponics With Applied Permaculture Design
* And More. 

At a time of global climate change, depletion of resources, pollution of water and huge losses of top soil worldwide, there has never been a more important time to learn about Aquaponics. 

Presenter - Max Meyers 

Max Meyers is an Ecological Designer, Permaculture Teacher, Commercial Aquaponic System Designer/Installer, Rainwater and Greywater System specialist, Farmer and the Executive Director of the Mendocino Ecological Learning Center - a nonprofit educational organization and ecological reserve offering green job training and sustainable living skills to the public. In addition to the work at MELC, Max provides Ecological design services through his businesses Osiris Designs and NorCal Aquaponics. He is passionate about all things related to a more just and sustainable world. He has been studying, practicing and teaching Permaculture and Ecological Design for 14 years. Since graduating from College with a B.A. degree in Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Communities, Max has become a certified Permaculture designer/teacher, water systems specialist and working professional. He has been fortunate enough to study with people like Bill Mollison, Geoff Lawton, Sepp Holzer, Tom Ward, Jude Hobbs, John Valenzuela, Penny Livingston, and many others in places like the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Hawaii. Some of his fields of study and practice include: Natural Building, Organic Farming, Integrated Rainwater Harvesting, Alternative Transportation, Mushroom Cultivation, Sustainable Forestry, Beekeeping, Animal Husbandry, Renewable Energy, Biogas Production and use, Greywater Systems design and installation, Vermiculture, seed saving and many other sustainable technologies, methods and skills. He has experience teaching Permaculture, Natural Building, Cob Construction, Renewable Energy, Organic Farming, Beekeeping and others. His work has been featured in the best selling book Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Homescale Permaculture, as well as radio and television programs.

Cost (includes snacks & beverages):

$20 - Standard
$5 -10 - Students
* No One Turned away for lack of funds.
* Free for Dominican University students 

Ecological Leadership Series

The Ecological Leadership Series is a monthly networking event held at the Venture Greenhouse featuring an amazing speaker on cutting-edge ecological and social technologies. With a green entrapranuial focus, the series will host renowed leaders, pioneers, and experts in various topics from permaculture, sustainability, ecovillage & community design, watershed restoration, aquaponics, holistic organizational design, and other potent stradegies that can transform people and the planet. About the Venture Greenhouse The Venture Greenhouse of Dominican University of California is a pioneering, early-stage business incubator providing an intensive program to accelerate the success of environmentally and socially beneficial ventures. Located in San Rafael, California, this “innovation engine" is a hub for budding social and environmental entrepreneurs, a learning laboratory for the University’s business students, and a community resource for innovators, investors, sustainability advocates and new ventures. The Venture Greenhouse has a globally collaborative network of enterprises, professionals and partners who contribute to vibrant and sustainable economic development for Marin County and the Bay Area. 

Sponsors

This series is Co-Produced by Living Mandala and the Venture Greenhouse. 

Want More? 

Join Max for a Weekend Intensive in April or an Advanced Training in June... 

Aquaponics With Applied Permaculture:
Foundational Systems Design

Weekend Intensive: April 13 - 14, 2013

The Venture Greenhouse San Rafael, California

For More Information on the Weekend Aquaponics Intensive Click Here.

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Closed-Loop Aquaponics:
Backyard, Family, & Commercial Systems

Advanced Course: June 6 - 9

Ukiah, California

For More Information on the Advanced Aquaponics Training Click Here. 

More Info For questions and more information email: [e-mail]

Phone: [phone]

Towards Resiliency,

-The Living Mandala Team

Living Mandala
Organizing Education, Events & Initiatives for Personal & Planetary Transformation 
www.livingmandala.com