Carbon Sequestration May Mitigate Global Warming

“Agricultural carbon sequestration has the potential to substantially mitigate global warming impacts. ... [P]ractical organic agriculture, if practiced on the planet’s 3.5 billion tillable acres, could sequester nearly 40 percent of current CO2 emissions.”

Regenerative Organic Farming: A Solution to Global Warming (Rodale Institute, 2008). grist.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/rodale_research_paper-07_30_08.pdf.

“Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world;
indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

~Margaret Mead

Be a part of the solution!
Learn to grow your food using the Biointensive Method!

Employment Opportunities

Would you like to learn even more about
GROW BIOINTENSIVE Mini-Farming?

Ecology Action has exciting new intern and staff positions available now! Please check out our website for a detailed list of our current offerings.

http://www.growbiointensive.org/Opportunities.html

 

 

 

Currently Certified
GROW BIOINTENSIVE® Teachers

Click here for more info

BASIC LEVEL

Pedro Almoguera Sanchez,
Madrid, Spain
paecograin@gmail.com
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Adriana Barriga Valdéz
Mexico City, Mexico ady_chapiss@hotmail.com
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Gustavo Campos
Jocotepec, Jalisco, Mexico gustavoh41@hotmail.com
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Nikki Duncan Kula,
Hawaii, USA
hooulufarm@gmail.com
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Felicia Echeverría Hermoso
San José, Costa Rica
fecheverriahermoso@gmail.com
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Omar García Ramírez
Tepotzotlán, Estado de México, Mexico cnidaria_86@hotmail.com
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Mateo Gonzalez López
Tepotzotlán, Estado de México, Mexico mgonzalez@xochitla.org.mx
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Alma Isabel Guzmán Molina
Querétaro, Mexico aisabel.guzmanm@gmail.com
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Valeria Guzmán Robles
Mexico City, Mexico vampiromorpha08@hotmail.com
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Gabriela Lucas Decke
Querétaro, Mexico glucas@prodigy.net.mx
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Agueda Edith Martinez Mateos
Mexico City, Mexico edith.martinez@semarnat.gob.mx
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Laura Patricia Mayagoitia Caraveo
Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico patitamaya@gmail.com
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Clara Isabel Sabas Soto
& Gerardo Zarate Vargas
Malinaltepec, Guerrero, Mexico ckler9@hotmail.com
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Rosa Elena Velásquez Molina & Francisco Ruiz Orozco Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico octi96@yahoo.com.mx fcoruizco@prodigy.nex.mx

 

 

About our The Garden Companion eNewsletter

Editors: Leslie Roberts and Mary Zellachild
Graphic Design, Online Version:
Shannon Joyner
Editorial Assistance:
Carol Cox
Contributors: Jes Pearce, Rachel Britton, Matt Drewno, Matt Anderson, Jamie Chevalier, Bill Bruneau, John Beeby, John Jeavons and GROW BIOINTENSIVE® friends from around the world.
Graphic Design, Print Version: Sue Ellen Parkinson

The print version of this Newsletter is published 3 times per year. The eNewsletter follows soon after.

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Karla Arroyo Rizo
Vera Cruz, Mexico
chidukarizo@yahoo.com.mx
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Cindy Connor
Ashland, Virginia, USA
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Jose Agustín Medina &
Marisol Tenorio Lopez
Aguascalientes, Mexico
biointensivoags@yahoo.com.mx
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Steve Moore
Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA
smoore24@elon.edu
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Margo and Dan Royer-Miller
Trotwood, Ohio, USA
royermillers@yahoo.com

We are deeply saddened by the closure of Common Ground Garden Supply and Education Center in Palo Alto, CA, but we want you all to know that we still have a presence in the community!

Our beautiful Common Ground Garden is located at 687 Arastradero Road in Palo Alto and is alive and well.  The garden, like the Common Ground Store, is a project of the nonprofit Ecology Action, and its focus is teaching people to grow food sustainably. It is a wonderful place for people of all ages to learn about using Biointensive gardening to produce food, build soil and conserve resources - especially water!  The Common Ground Garden Manager, Kathryn Rutti, is graduate of Ecology Action’s Biointensive Educational Program and has a special interest in culinary and medicinal herbs.  Mia Sasaki, our Edible Educator, is the newest member of the team, specializing in garden curriculum development.  Both are eager to meet you!

We will continue to run gardening classes and workshops throughout the year, and will also continue to work with local schools through our youth education program.  We are so grateful for your support, and will be sure to keep in touch with you all about our schedule of events and activities. For a schedule of classes and more information about the garden, please visit our website at: www.CommonGroundGarden.org.

For more information about the Common Ground Store closure, click here

Bountiful Gardens: A Project of Ecology Action

Your mail order source for Heirloom, Untreated, Open-Pollinated Seeds for Sustainable Food Production

Garden Supplies and Books, GROW BIOINTENSIVE® Publications and research papers

Online catalog & secure shopping cart: www.bountifulgardens.org
Mail orders or phone:
18001 Shafer Ranch Rd., Willits CA 95490 707-459-6410
bountiful@sonic.net
Contact us for a free catalog.

Click here to shop Bountiful Gardens!

Memberships Support Our Work!

Ecology Action is a non-profit, environmental, research and education organization, focusing on sustainable ways of living in general and GROW BIOINTENSIVE mini-farming in particular.

Membership Levels:
$40 Supporting
$60 Family
$100 Sustaining
$250 Outreach
$400 Research
$1,000 Program
$4,000 Benefactor
$10,000+ Legacy

— Bequests—
Ecology Action now has Bequest plans, including charitable remainder trusts and annuities, available for those who wish to support our important global self-help food-raising network into the future.
Contact John Jeavons at Ecology Action for more information, (707) 459-0150.