International EcoPeace Community ESTIA Launching Fourth Conference Oct. 5: Earth Education and Permaculture Design
Contact: Hugh Curran, (207) 667-7170
Bill Giordano, (508) 380-3449
BELFAST — The International EcoPeace Community ESTIA is offering its fourth annual conference, “Earth Education and Permaculture Design” on Friday, Oct. 5, from 12-5 p.m. at UMaine’s Hutchinson Center in Belfast.
From a Wabanaki perspective, Earth education is an ancient concept that regards the Earth as the First Great Mother of all living beings. Permaculture is a design system for the creation of sustainable living environments. It offers solutions to the problems facing the world using ecology as the basis of designing integrated systems of food production, housing and technology, and community development.
The event will bring together the ecological wisdom that has helped sustain Maine’s communities in the past. Participants will have the opportunity to share experiences and create cooperative eco-peace efforts.
Native keynote speakers Miigam