Catch up and planning meeting for the network

This Monday, 27th July, 6.30pm at the Sandbar, Grosvener Street, Manchester, M1 7HL (just off Oxford Road, near the Metropolitan University)

The network meets every 5 months, on the last Monday of the month, allowing time to have 4 months worth of events in between.  The last meeting was in February (see minutes on this website - resources - planning meetings) and since then we have had a talk on projects in El Salvador, a visual tour with permaculture experts, a trip to Offshoots in Burnley, a feast of herbal proportions for solstice and a visit to the Middlewood Trust this weekend (squeezed in as an extra due to popular demand). 

This meeting will be a chance to plan events happening for the next three months and to further our quest to obtain funding (or decide not to!) to allow the chance for even more exciting times for the network ahead!

Proposed agenda:

1 - Middlewood Trust visit debrief
2 - Ideas for events for the next 4 months
2.1 Chickens - Jules
2.2 Rocket stove making - Adele?
2.3 Workshop on building wind turbines from recycled materials - Agata
2.4 Language (Lateral thinking) Workshop - Frazer ?
2.5 Other ideas for the future
3 How to get more involvement from the 100 people who are in the MPN mailing list
4 Constitution - next steps and focus group
5 MPN Website - additional workshop
6 Design course

all those interested in permaculture, that have never actually been to a meeting as yet but would like to dip a toe in so to speak..please come along...and...

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FOREST GARDEN PROJECT

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For the past three years the Permaculture Association (Britain) has been supporting IPES - the Instituto Permacultura El Salvador. PAB has been working closely with IPES to channel £300,000 BIG Lottery funding into El Salvador, in order to improve the quality of life, and sustainability of rural communities in this country. Suzi High, PAB's International worker will be giving a talk and slides about the work that IPES has been carrying out.
 

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New season, new plants.

To kick off the start of weekday evening sessions at the forest garden, Wednesday 1st April will be an evening of planting to fill up the spaces within the four quadrants and introduce further diversity into the forest garden system.

Fruit bushes, herbs, seeds and plenty of mulch are in order, plant donations more than welcome!

For further information on the session contact jane or kelda.

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This Saturday!! Come along to the gardening session at the Forest Garden in Birchfields Park - ALL WELCOME! Learn about the forest garden, look for new shoots emerging, and help with maintenance of the existing planting.  Contact kelda for more details

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