The Chico Permaculture Guild is hosting a presentation by Suburban Permaculture expert Jan Spencer, from Eugene, Oregon, as part of his speaking tour called “Global Trends-Local Choices: Creating a Safer, More Secure, and Greener Community.”   If you are practicing permaculture, curious to learn more about permaculture, or would like to help your neighborhood and community live in a more peaceful, healthy, and sustainable way, then don’t miss this event!

This presentation will touch on a wide variety of topics and issues including economics, “power shift”, social permaculture, changes in urban land use, neighborhood approaches, communities of faith, social cohesion and more.   

Jan has been transforming his 1/4 acre suburban property in Oregon for ten years – grass to garden, driveway removal, edible landscaping, 6500 gallon capacity for rain water storage, passive solar redesign and much more.  He has also been on the board of his neighborhood association for ten years, providing a very useful platform for staging innovative projects and initiatives.

This event will be held Tuesday, April 6^th at the Quaker Meetinghouse on the corner of E. 16^th Street and Hemlock.  Jan will begin speaking at 7:00 pm.  This event is free and open to the public!

For more info about the tour, property conversion, and to see Jan Spencer’s web site go to www.suburbanpermaculture.org

For more info about Permaculture in Chico visit http://chicopermacultureguild.ning.com

Contact info: Chelsea Sliffe – leeandchelsea@yahoo.com