Future Fundamentals
A free workshop series dedicated to strategies fundamental to our future in the Northwest
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Part I: Water
Saturday, May 4th at 1pm at CRL

Join Tao Orion and Abel Kloster of Resilience Permaculture Design for a tour of the water earthworks at the Center for Rural Livelihoods. We’ll talk about the design, implementation, and permitting process for water harvesting in Oregon. This tour is hosted in collaboration with the Permaculture Land Users Group of Oregon - PLUG-Oregon
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Part II: Forestry
Sunday, June 9th, 2pm at CRL

Join Abel Kloster, CRL's Restoration Forestry Program Manager, and Matthew Hall, our former forester from 1990-2008, for a tour of our ecological forestry project. 
CRL's forest has been maintained for more than 40 years as a demonstration and research site for ecologically based forest management - articulating an alternative to methods currently applied in most of our region's industrial forests.
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Part III: Agroforestry
Sunday, September 15th, 2pm at CRL

Join Abel Kloster for an introduction to Agroforestry in Oregon. We will discuss the different practices that are being applied in our region and opportunities to get technical and financial support to implement agroforestry on farms and forests across the state. We will tour systems and species on CRL's campus and have samples of some local agroforestry products. Come prepared to network with other agroforestry enthusiasts!
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Part IV: Buildings
Sunday, November 10th, 2pm at CRL

Join Chris Foraker of Cascadia Vernacular for a tour of CRL's innovative building projects and learn about the future of carbon neutral construction. We will also discuss the affordability challenge of natural building with experts (TBA) in the field.
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Practitioner Gathering
Sunday, January 12th, 2025

Join us in exploring how local practitioners can collaborate within and across fields of ecological land stewardship, natural building, and in other sectors. There will be a short presentation about models about effective economic collaboration and a discussion about how to build together. Practitioners in these fields are especially encouraged to attend. Lunch will be provided.


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Briefly describe if and how these workshop topics relate to your work?
Are you interested in collaborating with other practitioners in these fields to build an equitable economy rooted in ecological regeneration? If so, please explain as much as you are willing
Tell us about your interest in building an organization that links together ecological practices in a collaborative structure with the aim of creating a robust "solidarity economy" on the local level. Please share what you can contribute to gaining private and public support for this project?
What are ways that you can help us make sure that ecological work in our region includes marginalized communities, builds grassroots power, and can be strong enough to challenge the profit-driven exploitation of environment and labor?
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