Earth People Power: Unsettling white folk by honor ing our forebears and our futures.

When: 
Jul 19 2015 - 10:00am
Earth People Power: Unsettling white folk byhonoring our forebears and our futures. Sund ay July 19 from 10:00am-4:00pm   Who are your ancestors?  What do they mean t o you, for you, here and now?  If you haveEuropean roots, how do you remember them, the w ays your folk were once indigenous to their land,the ways they were colonized and eventually becam e settlers?   For many of us, theanswers to these questions start out blurry, awk ward, and irrelevant to the hyperkinetic world ofnetworked apocalypse.  But as we discover o urselves through and beyond the "end of the [Empire's] world", the long story beco mes our own story.   This workshopinvites us to ground our antiracist, anticolonia l solidarity in accountability to generational tim e.  We start with three assumptions: 1) to b e responsible to our decolonized descendents, we craft a meaningful relation between them and our a ncestors; 2) to be useful accomplices with radica l communities of color, those of primarily Europe an descent remember and invoke our own ancestral c ommitments as people of the earth against Empire;3) to discover liberating pathways our colonized minds can't believe, we turn to the wild, t o the more-than-human world and our bodies' a bility to listen.   This work willbe emotional, intellectual, spiritual, physica l.  A day is enough to crack open the shell ; it is barely enough.  We will invite each other to take risks, and also to hold each others ' struggles.  The workshop will have so me lecture and facilitated conversation, and alsotime alone with the forest, and speaking togethe r in small groups.  Please RSVP early as youwill be invited to do pre-work in gathering what you know about your European ancestors and readingwhat has been written about their journeys from t here to here.   brush is descendedmostly of farmers, ministers, clerks, and cops , whose ancestors were English, Welsh, Scottish , Irish, Low German, African, and South Asian.Socialized male, raised poor followed by an elit e education, brush brings to this work two decade s of passionate action and reflection in radical m ovements from ecodefense to militant unions, fromorganizing infrastructure to priestessing rituals , from third world squatter camps and fourth worl d rebel zones, to urban ecologies in the cities o f the North.   Cost $50 Disc ounted Cost for Friends of the Farm Monthly Donors : $35 Early Bird Special!: $10 off if you re gister by July 4th.   Some schola rships are available for those prohibited by cost.Please e-mail workshops@tryonfarm.org to make arr angements.

Botany and Ecology for Herbalists

When: 
Jul 19 2015 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Join us for a crash course in plant id and ecology . In this day-long class we will explore the far m  to go over some basic botany - gotta knowwhat that plant is if you plan on making medici ne! Then we will walk the forested area to see s ome of the plant communities that are present at l ow elevation and see what stories they have to s hare with us. Knowing this can be useful for fin ding certain plants and gaging the effects of us working with the land. In all this our theme willbe reconnecting with place via plants. &nb sp; Gradey Proctor is a botanist who has spe nt the last dozen years teaching plants and ecos ystems for Bark, and the Arctos School of Herbal and Botanical Studies. His training comes from t he Columbines School of Botanical studies, year s of monitoring forests in the Pacific NW, workin g on a CSA farm, and the Kamana naturalist prog ram. A native of places without intact ecosystem s, Gradey has spent the last 15 years falling in n love with the Northwest, and continually strivi ng to build relationships with his environment. His passion is in finding new ways to keep healthy forests and healthy people one and the same.

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Offering or Requesting?: 
Requested
Departure time: 
Thu, 06/22/2017 - 5:41pm
Meetup location: 
Peoples Food Co-op (SE 21st & Tibbetts)

August Applied Permaculture : An Introduction to P ermaculture Design and its Applications

When: 
Aug 15 2015 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
So whats Permaculture anyway? This one day class w ill provide curious minds with an introduction to permaculture principles, design philosophy and a variety of skills and techniques that can be appli ed in the farm and garden setting. Participan ts will have the opportunity to get hands on exper ience with soil building, water catchment, plantcultivation and more at one of the most establish ed permaculture farms in the Portland area.  Vegan, gluten free lunch will be provided. n   Ian Mae is gardener, herbali st, youth educator and land steward at Tryon LifeCommunity Farm.  He received a certificate in Permaculture Design through a course lead by To by Hemingway and has studied with Missy Rhoss and Gradey Proctor at the Arctos School of Botanical S tudies.   The cost for this cla ss is $50 Discounted cost for Friends of the Farm Monthly Donors: $35 Early Bird Special!:Register by August 10th and receive $10 off Scholarships are available! Please contact worksho ps@tryonfarm.org to make arrangements.   ; Please let us know if you'd like to us e our shuttle service which would leaving from Peo ple Cooperative Grocery Store in SE portland at 9: 30am. There is limited onsite parking.  Plea se carpool or bike!    This class is not a Permaculture Design Certification C ourse (PDC) nor do the class hours count toward a certificate.  

Learning to live as part of the Wapato Valley

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TLC Farm proudly supports a new project to transform identities and relationships through place-based, experiential education, encouraging critical reflections on our responsibilities regarding settler colonialism in this region. These courses will be run by the Wapato Valley School and its partner Confluence, and are supported by many other organizations.

Learn more about these courses, which focus on deepening connections with this place, encountering the rich history of what we call Cascadia before and during contact with Europeans, to better address the period of social and ecological crises in which we live. The courses will take place at sites of cultural and landscape significance and provide opportunities to learn more about this place and to reflect on what it means to live where we do and with all that has come before us.  (TLC Farm's current set of summer workshops includes a closely related session.)

If you are interested to learn more about these topics, to explore your identity in relationship to the land, to reflect on the history of colonization and connect all of this to contemporary social and environmental justice issues then check out these exciting offerings! 

These 2015 course offerings are designed to provide different pathways that meet the diverse needs of participants.

The Introductory Courses are intended as a way for you to “try out” this educational format before committing to a longer series. If you are intrigued by the idea, but don’t want to commit the time or money yet should choose this option.

The Self Select Courses are designed to be flexible and allow you to make varied commitments of time, money and energy. As part of these courses you will attend an introductory class session before choosing the times and themes that are specifically engaging to you and work for your schedule.

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Planting the Medicinal Garden: Soil prep, seeds a nd cuttings

When: 
Jun 23 2015 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Ever wonder just what you could do to help the med icinals in your garden thrive?  In the firsthalf of this series - Planting the Medicinal Gard en, we will be playing in the large greenhouse an d outdoor garden focusing on soil prep, seeds, a nd cuttings.  In the latter half - Harvestin g and Multiplying the Medicinal Garden, we will d ive into the details of, and get our hands dirty doing plant plant divisions and harvesting roots a nd flowers.    Laura Altvate r has been growing medicinal herbs in Portland sin ce 1999. Her study of plants began with her bachel ors in Botany from Connecticut College. She came t o Portland in 1997 to farm flowers and vegetables with Sauvie Island Organics. In 1998 she began wor king at Portland Nursery to develop her horticultu ral skills. Since then she has been growing and st udying medicinal herbs in her own gardens, at theHerb Pharm in Williams, OR and with many herbali sts and healers through out the US. After noticinga lack of medicinal herb starts in the nurseries she began Mostly Medicinals in 2005-2014. Mostly M edicinals is currently not in operation. &nbs p;  

Elizabeth

Offering or Requesting?: 
Offered
Departure time: 
Tue, 06/23/2015 - 4:45pm
Meetup location: 
Downtown Portland
Spaces: 
3
Contact details and notes: 
503 869 4146

Melodie D'Amour

Offering or Requesting?: 
Requested
Departure time: 
Fri, 08/07/2015 - 10:00am
Meetup location: 
Peoples Food Co-op (SE 21st & Tibbetts)
Spaces: 
1
Contact details and notes: 
mdamour11@gmail.com; I'll be Portland proper, can be flexible about time and a meeting place. Would love to catch a ride to TLC with anyone else going to Radical Mycology event.

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