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SUMMARY:Pollinate the West (Overview)
DESCRIPTION:POW is taking seed/ling swapping to the streets. All residents in Melbourne’s West are invited to participate. You can fill out this short survey to join in: https://bit.ly/3mSNYrh.\n\n\nYou can sign up for one or more of the following roles:\n\n\nDONOR\, as a donor of seeds or seedlings.\nHIVE\, by offering your home or other place as a drop-off site to coordinate distribution.\nPOLLINATOR\, by joining a small group of cyclists to help deliver the seeds and seedlings to your neighbors.\nGROWER\, by expressing interest as a grower who’d like to get their gloves on some seeds/seedlings.\n\n\n\nThis event is staggered over two weekends: seed and seedling donations are taking place on 8 November\, with pollinating cyclists hitting the rode on 15 November. Event pages have been set up on our Facebook page:\n\n\nStage 1: Seed and seedling drop-off at https://fb.me/e/goF5sLF6s\nStage 2: Cycling seeds to growers at https://fb.me/e/32n1Ayt3J\n\n\nNote: registration is via the bit.ly link above\, not facebook. All participants who register will be contacted by email to confirm details.\n\nNote that this event is based in Melbourne’s inner west* and is free. Our success depends on the generosity and participation of POW members and volunteers in our wider community. Wee thank you all in advance!\n\nIf other permaculture or gardening groups are interested in holding similar events\, we’d be more than happy to share our learnings. You can get in touch via email.\n\n\n\n\n\nCOVID-Safe guidelines will apply to limit the size of cycling groups\, and to ensure contact-less exchanges.\n\n\nExcess seeds will be dispersed to local seed libraries/exchanges and non-profit organisations.\n\n\n\n*MELBOURNE’S INNER WEST includes suburbs located in the following council areas: Maribyrnong\, Hobsons Bay\, Moonee Valley\, Brimbank and Wyndham.
URL:https://pow.org.au/index.php/event/pollinate-the-west/
LOCATION:Melbourne’s inner west
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ORGANIZER;CN="Permaculture Out West":MAILTO:info@pow.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200204T190000
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SUMMARY:POW catch-ups and skill-shares
DESCRIPTION:Come meet like-minded permaculture enthusiasts and practitioners for a quarterly catch-up. We’ll discuss all things permaculture\, share some skills – think brewing\, composting\, managing chickens.
URL:https://pow.org.au/index.php/event/pow-catch-ups-and-skill-shares/
LOCATION:venue tbc\, Footscray\, 3011
ORGANIZER;CN="Permaculture Out West":MAILTO:info@pow.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181125T100000
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SUMMARY:Permaculture Victoria Picnic & AGM
DESCRIPTION:This is an open day for anyone interested in Permaculture. Bring your picnic blanket and basket\, be entertained while you enjoy your lunch\, join a workshop\, check out the marketplace\, hear what other Permaculture groups are doing. \nA day for Permaculture Vic members and groups to connect and share. \nLive entertainment – Workshops – Talks – Site tours – Weed Walk – Games – Produce/Seed Swap – Buy Swap Sell Table – Scything – Basket weaving – Dancing – Demonstrations \nLocal groups are encouraged to bring promotional information for the Local Groups information table and will be invited to share at the AGM what your group is doing.\nAGM for Permaculture Victoria will be held. We invite all members of PcV\, members of local groups and anyone interested in Permaculture and their family & friends\, \nPlease bring your excess harvest and seeds to swap… & your dancing shoes for an afternoon of fun! \nAnyone interested to offer a workshop or to put up a stall at the marketplace can contact newsletter@permaculturevictoria.org.au
URL:https://pow.org.au/index.php/event/permaculture-victoria-picnic-agm/
LOCATION:Downs Estate\, 190 Old Wells Road\, Seaford\, Victoria\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Permaculture Victoria":MAILTO:newsletter@permaculturevictoria.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181022T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181022T213000
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SUMMARY:RetroSuburbia Book Club - Session 2: Managing Waste (Chs 9\, 16 & 29)
DESCRIPTION:We’re about to tackle the issue of waste – from composting toilets to composting food\, reducing packaging and minimising waste. Skim through all or bits of Chapters 9\, 16 and 29\, and feel free to post any additional resources (websites\, videos etc) you have found useful. \nWe’re meeting at 6\,.30pm to cook up some dinner together – bring some veg or other bits you have\, or let us know if you plan on trying out or using a recipe and the sort of ingredients you’d invite folk to bring. We aim to start the discussion around 7.30pm or so. \nLet us know you’re coming so we can be sure to send you the address. You can email us or get in touch via our Facebook event and send a message to Fiona. And please let her know about what time you plan on coming. \nCHAPTERS FOR THIS SESSION: \n\nGREYWATER AND HUMAN NUTRIENT RECYCLING (Chapter 9). If this chapter heightens your interest in humanure\, and you can’t wait to hear first-hand from Mal about his backyard experiments\, you can dive a bit deeper into Humanure HQ (http://humanurehandbook.com/index.html). And if your interest is in nitrogen-rich “liquid gold”\, local permaculturalist Adam Grubb reveals all in this episode (at around 15:50) of Greening the Apocalypse: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/greening-the-apocalypse-rrr-fm/greening-the-apocalypse/e/48000439.\nBUILDING AND MAINTAINING SOIL FERTILITY (Chapter 16) covers multiple ways to manage your food scraps while improving your soil – from hot composting and worm compost through compost teas and biochar.\nSUSTAINING AND SUSTAINABLE DIET (Chapter 29) goes into ways to reduce generating waste by buying in bulk\, reducing packaging\, wild foraging and gleaning\, and ways to use surplus foods.\n\nIf you’ve any questions\, please email Michelle at info@pow.org.au. \n\nThis event is hosted by Permaculture Out West in collaboration with Transition Town Maribyrnong. We’d love you to join these groups if you haven’t already\, and hope to also see you at RetroSuburbia Community.
URL:https://pow.org.au/index.php/event/retrosuburbia-book-club-session-2-managing-waste-chs-9-16-29/
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SUMMARY:RetroSurbia Book Club: Session 1 - Laying the Ground Work (Chs 3-4\, 14 & 34)
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be kicking off the book club by laying the ground work for each section of the RetroSurbia book\, crossing the Built\, Biological and Behavioural fields. The group will then decide on the topic and chapters for the next session.\n\n\n \n\n\nThe first session will cover:\n\n\n* Chapter 3: (Setting the scene) Where & how we live \n\n\n* Chapter 4: (Built field) How to assess a property\n\n\n* Chapter 14: (Biological field) How to assess a garden\n\n\n* Chapter 34: (Behavioural field) Decision-making\, interpersonal relations & conflict resolution\n\n\n \n\n\nThe plan is that we meet on a fortnightly basis\, alternating houses between Michelle’s place in Seddon and Elena’s place in West Footscray. To get to know each other and ease into the night\, we’ll start at 6.30pm with a cook-up. Bring whatever veg or bits you have and together we’ll make a soup or other dinner treat to share. If you can’t make it then\, that’s fine – come along as soon as you can. We expect to start the discussion by 7.30pm or so.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nLet us know you’re coming so we can be sure to send you the address. You can email us or get in touch via our Facebook event and send a message to Michelle .\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nIf you don’t have a copy of RetroSurbia yet\, you may be able to check out the book from one of the local libraries. You can purchase a copy for $85 plus postage from https://www.retrosuburbia.com/. (If there’s sufficient demand\, we can bulk buy and get a 35% discount – let us know asap if you’re interested in this option.)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nIf you’ve any questions\, please email us at info@pow.org.au.\n\n\n \n\n\nThis event is hosted by Permaculture Out West in collaboration with Transition Town Maribyrnong. We’d love you to join these groups if you haven’t already\, and hope to also see you at RetroSuburbia Community.
URL:https://pow.org.au/index.php/event/retrosurbia-book-club-session-1-laying-the-ground-work-chs-3-4-14-34/
LOCATION:private address – rsvp via Facebook for details\, Seddon\, 3011
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180919T194500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180919T203000
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SUMMARY:RetroSuburbia Book Club for Melbourne's West - planning session
DESCRIPTION:Want to get together with other fans of David Holmgren’s Retrosuburbia\, taking it chapter by chapter to see what changes we can make or celebrate (and share) in our personal contexts? Come join Permaculture Out West (POW) for a planning session so we can work out the details – how often\, when and where we meet etc. \n\n\n \n\n\nCheck out RetroSuburbia Community and the Files tab\, where Steve Burns has generously posted his book club notes for others to use or adapt. That will give you an idea of how we might approach things\, or where we might step off from. \n\n\n \n\n\nWe’ll meet at the Footscray Park Bowling Club  at 7.45pm for a brief chat til 8.30pm. Other groups will be using the space for their meetings as part of the Community Assembly (a monthly gathering of groups & individuals). The get-togethers are open to all – so feel free to drop by earlier. (Eg\, there’ll be an information session from 6.30pm for anyone interested in joining the Melbourne Repair Cafe (Inner West) as a fixer or helper.) \n\n\n \n\n\nRSVP welcome here. Email inquires can go to POW.\n\nFeel free to bring something to nibble on and share. Drinks will be available at bowling club prices. Parking for bikes and cars are on-site – use the entrance off of Hoadley Street. The venue’s address is 1 Hoadley St\, Footscray.
URL:https://pow.org.au/index.php/event/retrosuburbia-book-club-for-melbournes-west-planning-session/
LOCATION:Footscray Park Bowling Club\, 1 Hoadley Street\, Footscray\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Permaculture Out West":MAILTO:info@pow.org.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180917
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CREATED:20180826T165503Z
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SUMMARY:Sustainable House Day 2018 (hosted by the Alternative Technology Association)
DESCRIPTION:For more than 17 years\, Sustainable House Day has provided a great opportunity for hundreds of thousands of people to visit some of Australia’s leading green homes – ones that are not only environmentally friendly\, but cheaper to run and more comfortable to live in. \nSustainable House Day gives visitors a chance to inspect firsthand houses that have been designed\, built or renovated with sustainability in mind as well as the opportunity to talk to owners and receive unbiased advice. Register here to attend Sustainable House Day on Sunday 16th September 2018 and to receive information in advance of the day. Once you have registered there is no need to register in subsequent years. (house addresses will only be displayed in full 2 weeks prior to the open day) \nIn 2017 29\,049 people visited 206 homes across Australia. Online and print media stories reached a targeted audience estimated at over 159\,000\,000 million (based on circulation/readership figures-see report for details). \nGold coin donations raised from homes open reached $12\,060.85 which went to charities chosen by individual homes. Individual charities can be found on each homes profile pages. \nSustainable House Day is an event of the Alternative Technology Association (ATA). The ATA is a not-for-profit organisation that exists to enable\, represent and inspire people to live sustainably in their homes and communities. Established in 1980\, the organisation provides expert\, independent advice on sustainable solutions for the home to households\, government and industry.  The ATA also produces the high-quality magazines\, Sanctuary: modern green homes and ReNew: technology for a sustainable future to provide ideas and inspiration on how to make your homes and lives more sustainable all year long.
URL:https://pow.org.au/index.php/event/sustainable-house-day-2018/
LOCATION:Australia-wide
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180909T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180909T160000
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SUMMARY:Permablitz Altona! (edible garden working bee\, hosted by My Smart Garden)
DESCRIPTION:Join My Smart Garden as we transform this Altona backyard into a productive permaculture garden that will grow food for community organisations! This hands-on event will include mini-workshops\, a delicious lunch and plenty of festivities. Attendance at this event will also count towards having a Permablitz at your place! \nPlease note: as the venue is a residential address location details will be only provided after booking is completed. This is a free event but bookings are essential. Please feel free to bring any surplus produce\, seeds\, cuttings\, plants\, gardening magazines etc to swap and share!
URL:https://pow.org.au/index.php/event/permablitz-altona-edible-garden-working-bee-hosted-by-my-smart-garden/
LOCATION:(address provided after booking)\, Abbotsford Convent - Convent Bakery\, 1 St Heliers Street\, Altona\, Victoria\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180908T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180908T133000
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SUMMARY:POWer bee in St Albans - come help Mick & Terri prep the garden for Sustainable House Day
DESCRIPTION:Mick and Terri are opening up their house for Sustainable House Day in mid-September and would love POW to come a week earlier to help prep the garden. POW will also be there on SHD (on 16 September) to promote the group\, prompt people’s curiousity about permaculture and encourage people to become committed permies. You’re most welcome to come for the POWerbee and return for the SHD festivities! \nABOUT MICK & TERRI’S PLACE \nMick and Terri have recently installed a large PV system with batteries which they’ll be showcasing along with their permaculture garden. This is where you come in… \nImagine this: nestled under the power lines in St Albans is a delightfully overgrown garden on a large block complete with fruit trees\, vines\, chickens\, bees\, worms and veggie garden and even a large greenhouse growing a variety of aloes and other plants. A veritable oasis of Permaculture. \nWell…actually…that’s what it should be. In reality\, the weeds have taken over and the veggie patch has seen better days. So the cunning plan is to come together and help Mick and Terri do a bit of a tidy up\, fix up the veggie beds\, plant a few more fruit trees and lay out a bit of mulch. The tasks for the day: tidying\, planting\, mulching and planning for Sustainable House on the following week. \nAlong the way\, you can learn about beekeeping\, planting and maintaining fruit trees and any of the aspects of the property including the chooks\, greenhouse\, irrigation\, renewable energy and a host of other topics. \nIf you can bring a shovel or a wheelbarrow that would be very helpful. Lunch will be provided but you are also invited to bring a plate. Kids of all ages are welcome and feel free to relax afterwards with us for a pleasant Saturday afternoon. \nRegister here to attend the (free) POWerbee so that lunch catering can be organised: https://powerbee-2018stalbans.eventbrite.com.au. \nABOUT SUSTAINABLE HOUSE DAY \nFor more than 17 years\, Sustainable House Day (SHD) has provided a great opportunity for hundreds of thousands of people to visit some of Australia’s leading green homes – ones that are not only environmentally friendly\, but cheaper to run and more comfortable to live in. SHD gives visitors a chance to inspect firsthand houses that have been designed\, built or renovated with sustainability in mind as well as the opportunity to talk to owners and receive unbiased advice. \nSHD is an event of the Alternative Technology Association (ATA)\, a not-for-profit organisation that exists to enable\, represent and inspire people to live sustainably in their homes and communities. Established in 1980\, the organisation provides expert\, independent advice on sustainable solutions for the home to households\, government and industry.  The ATA also produces the magazines\, Sanctuary: modern green homes and ReNew: technology for a sustainable future\, to provide ideas and inspiration on how to make your homes and lives more sustainable all year long. \nSustainable House Day takes place on Sunday 16th September 2018 and visitors can register here to attend to receive information in advance of the day.
URL:https://pow.org.au/index.php/event/powerbee-2018stalbans/
LOCATION:Private residence\, St Albans\, Victoria\, Australia
CATEGORIES:powerbee
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180904T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180904T200000
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SUMMARY:POW @ "Growing Food The Italian Way" (author talk & book signing\, hosted by Hobsons Bay Libraries)
DESCRIPTION:Permaculture Out West will be joining other community and council initiatives – My Smart Garden and Transition Hobsons Bay – at the Growing Food the Italian Way event featuring Fabian Capomolla\, passionate grower and gardening author\, and previously one of the duo who formed the Little Veggie Patch Co. \nFabian took his family to Italy to reconnect with his Italian heritage and has written this book to promote eating seasonal\, locally grown food is what Italians have always done. Growing Food the Italian Way is about providing for your family and your community. Fabian shares his background and passion for good food and gardening. Sales and signings will be available.
URL:https://pow.org.au/index.php/event/pow-hbccs-growing-food-the-italian-way-book-signing/
LOCATION:Altona North Community Library\, Millers Road & McArthurs Road\, Altona\, Victoria\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Permaculture Out West":MAILTO:info@pow.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180815T181500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180815T203000
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SUMMARY:Spring into summer with POW - seed/ling swap\, blitzes and bees\, sustainable house day
DESCRIPTION:Come along and meet other permaculture enthusiasts and practitioners and: \n\nSwap seeds\, seedlings\, cuttings and all that grows!\nPlan future working bees and permablitzes in the West!\nPlot some inspiring and delightful ways to spread the permaculture word at one of our local permie’s “open house” event during Sustainable House Day!\n\nAnd stay to check out some of the other groups and individuals in the community who are gathering on the same night as part of the monthly Community Assembly (hosted by Transition Town Maribyrnong and IWCE Inc.). \nWe POWsters gather at 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start and run until 7.45pm when the socialising begins with the other folk who’ve come along to the Assembly. \n\nBYO your good selves and a neighbour/colleague/friend/family or curious passer-by. Light refreshments will be available\, courtesy of Alfa Bakery. The Club will open the bar for us\, so drinks available at bar prices.\n\n\n \n\n\nGETTING THERE: The Footscray Park Bowling Club is at the corner of Hoadley Court and Ballarat Road (west of Victoria University). Parking for cars and bikes is off of Hoadley Court\, through the Club’s gates.
URL:https://pow.org.au/index.php/event/spring-into-summer-with-pow-seed-ling-swap-blitzes-and-bees-sustainable-house-day/
LOCATION:venue tbc\, Footscray\, 3011
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