Permaculture Convergence May 23
The 2015 Colorado Permaculture Convergence in The Four Corners on May 23 will feature speeches by Katrina Blair of Turtle Lake Refuge, Ken Surritte of Water Is Life on the World Water Crisis, Joel Glanzberg on The Permaculture Mind, and Neil Bertrando on High Desert Permaculture.
Subjects also covered are: Introduction to Permaulture, Drip Irrigation, Fruit Tree Grafting, Rocket Mass Heaters, Humanure, 3d Computer Modeling, Orchard polyculture, Drought Proofing, Tiny Homes, Compost Tea, Community Food Forests, Wild Edible Identification, Earthworks Backhoe Lessons, Mushroom Cultivation, and much more.
Dinner on Saturday, May 23, will be catered by Turtle Lake Refuge, and Blue Coyote will pay classic rock and roll.
Registration begins at 9 a.m. at Hananiah’s Rest Ranch, 10501 Road 20, Cortez. Programs begin at 10 a.m., and the closing address is scheduled for 5 p.m. on May 24.
Tickets available through www.permacultureprovision.org and at Dolores Foods, Zumas, Spruce Tree Coffee House, FB Organics, San Juan Coffee Shop.
Free backpacking trip available
Are you looking for a good way to get your family involved in backpacking?
Sign up for a free overnight trip with other families on May 30 and 31, 2015 at Purgatory Flats. This trip is suitable for kids ages 7 and up with a parent or guardian. Free rental equipment may be available for adults and larger kids.
For more information, contact MK, a certified interpretive with San Juan Mountains Association, at 970-385-1288 or mk@sjma.org.
San Juan Mountains Association, in partnership with San Juan National Forest and the BLM Tres Rios Field Office, promotes responsible care of natural and cultural resources through education and hands-on involvement. For more information, visit our sjma.org.
Mancos showing ‘Limited Partnership’
Mancos Public Library will offer a free advance screening of “Limited Partnership,” a film by Thomas G. Miller and Kirk Marcolina, on Thursday, May 21 at 6 p.m.
The film is distributed by the Independent Television Service and Independent Lens. It tells the history of the activism that has led us to a historical point, as the Supreme Court imminently is set to rule on same-sex marriage. Light refreshments will be served, and a community discussion will follow the film.
The film chronicles the 40-year love story between Filipino American Richard Adams and his Australian husband, Tony Sullivan. In Boulder in 1975, Adams and Sullivan were one of the world’s first same-sex couples to be legally married.
Richard filed for a green card for Sullivan based on their marriage, but Adams received a denial letter from the INS stating, “You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots.”
The couple then initiated the first federal lawsuit seeking equal treatment for a same-sex marriage in U.S. history.
The Mancos Public Library is at 211 W. First St.
Four Corners School offers river run
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education is offering a fun family river adventure June 17-20. Families are encouraged to join the Redrock River Run on the San Juan River from Bluff to Mexican Hat a unique learning experience that is fun for children and adults, as they learn from nature, run the river, and share valuable quality time.
Cost of the program is $715 per adult, $690 per child under 12 ($20 off for Museum or FCS Members), which includes all food from dinner on Day 1 through Lunch Day 4, 2 expert staff, river guides, group equipment, transportation from Bluff back to Bluff, and supplies. Tents, sleeping bags and pads are available for rent.
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