Culture of Peace Initiative
Peace Practices - Peace Day September 21
The Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI) is a UN-designated "Peace Messenger Initiative" with participants in all the world's regions. Its purpose is to unite the strengths of organizations and individuals who are working to make Peace a practical reality. The highlight of the Initiative is International Day of Peace (Peace Day), which is celebrated ...learn more
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Created: Sep 14, 2007
Updated: Nov 27, 2009
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| My Groups: | Slow Food | SPROUT Seed Library | The Ecology of Leadership |
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About
I came to WiserEarth through a desire to connect with a larger community via a grassroots seed saving and biodiversity germinating organization, the Seed and Plant Resource OUTreach, SPROUT Seed Library, which now has a group page.
at the bottom is the latest project the Chautauqua Seed Fest & Revue, check it out!
Growing up in San Francisco with a nature loving soul has lead to a divers life thus far~ a firefighter (back at it with Bolinas Fire), midwife, hot spring adventurer, high school teacher, traveler, mountaineer, river guide, seedy librarian and a student of life. While tending the garden of the seed library I returned to school to add RN to the hats I wear.
| The SPROUT Seed Library is a community resource that provides open
pollinated, pesticide and genetically engineered free seeds for members
to 'borrow,' plant, select plants that display desired qualities, grow
those plants out for seed and return some seeds to the seed library for
others to borrow. Our seed collection focuses on vegetables, flowers,
herbs and medicinal plants. We strive to cultivate plants that are
uniquely suited to the coastal influenced garden~ welcoming the entire
Bay Area and beyond. As our membership grows, so do our plant and seed
resources available for lending. We offer our entire collection for
borrow~ select your choice seeds in quantity that you will plant~ we
ask you commit to grow-out one variety for seed. For example, you are
new to seed saving yet have a garden and borrow broccoli, chard, beets,
squash, tomatoes, corn and several varieties of legume seeds. You note
on the easy seed saving list that tomatoes and legumes are
self-pollinated, which makes them a good selection for easy seed
saving. You attend a SPROUT seed saving class~ learn the basics for
seed saving and watch your garden grow. Come harvest time you note the
plants of the delicious romano beans you selected for saving and skip
over the chosen plants returning when the pods are dry to harvest you
seeds for processing and return some to the library for others to
borrow. (along with your descriptor list~ telling us about you and your
plants journey that season) |
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The Seed and Plant Resource OUT reach was born four years ago after meeting Percy Schmeiser at a Bioneers conference. I was outraged that a corporation could perpetrate such blatant disregard contaminating Percy’s heirloom seed stock with their genetically modified pollen. Coupled with the judicial and legislative collusion my anger gave way to fear that gratefully transformed into action in the formation of the SPROUT Seed Library. The heart of this work comes from my relationship with natural world~ my study and my professional practice of medicinal herbalism, homebirth midwifery and a love of being in the natural world. SPROUT nurtures borrowers of seeds enter into relationship with one plant nurturing and tending it throughout its growth cycle culminating with a bounty of seeds some of which is returned to the seed library for others. This relationship, not only with our food but also with the plants themselves is a powerful connection to our nature~ with the potential of healing, nurturing and literally feeding our beings while realigning our relations with the natural world. |
Chautauqua ~ January 17th 2009 Bolinas Community centerJanuary 17th is our 2nd annual Chautauqua Seed Fest~ a joint production of The SPROUT Seed Library and OAECThe day is a collaboration of local groups supporting ecology relations~ farmers, sustainability groups, gardeners, seed savers, musicians, story tellers, poets, visual artists, sculptors, clowns and all that encompasses our community. |
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Remove caseyallen 11 months ago
Check out Alemany Farm in SF. Growin food and native plants. We have work days on the weekends and Mondays afternoons. We are having a native plant work day Sun. the 18th 12-5pm. My business partner Brett is there on mondays. we run a green landscaping company called San Francisco Landscapes. thanks
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