Living Skills: Olive Curing Workshop on May 25th (25 May 2013)

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:00:00 GMT

LIVING SKILLS WORKSHOP - CURING FRESH OLIVES

Olive season starts in May, so now is the perfect time to learn how to get olives from the tree to the table using ancient techniques of curing and preserving, so that you can turn bitter fresh olives into deliciously rich and delectable treats. Olive trees are drought and disease resistant plants that thrive in garden hot spots and dry patches, and they are one of the most extensively cultivated fruit crops in the world. This workshop will pass on ancient skills that have sustained civilizations since the bronze age, and show you how to obtain a yield from these hardy and useful trees.

In this hands-on workshop, Barbara Clark will be demonstrating how to brine cure olives. Barbara will also show you how to make up preserving solutions for the later stage of the process - including how to use fresh herbs to enhance the flavour of your cured olives. Recipes will be provided so that you can try different flavours at home, and you will leave the workshop with a couple of jars of curing olives so that you can start experimenting straight away.

This workshop is open to PSN members only, and members can sign up for this event using the REGISTER button on the left of the screen and providing your login details (email address and password). If you are not a PSN member and would like to take part in this workshop, you can join PSN here

Numbers are strictly limited to 5 participants, so you will need to get in quick to save your place for this workshop.

COST

Please bring $5 to the workshop to cover the cost of raw materials (you will be going home from this workshop with 2 big jars of olives, roughly 1kg).

WHAT TO BRING???

2 x 500mL jars

Your own cup,

Something savoury for afternoon tea (that would go nicely with olives)

Deep Ecology Workshop (08 Jun 2013)

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:00:00 GMT

Deep Ecology is a philosophy of nature which sees that underlying the environmental crisis is the separation between humans and the rest of the natural world.

The late Arne Naess, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy from Oslo University, Norway who coined the term "deep ecology" pointed out that our "ecological ideas are not enough to protect the Earth, we need ecological identity, ecological self".

Dear All
You are invited to a Deep Ecology Workshop to be held in Narrabeen on Saturday and Sunday June 8-9, 2013.

This workshop focuses on empowering activists who are feeling tired, needing new direction, feeling burnt out or wanting some inspiration. The aim is to leave the workshop with a sense of renewal, passion, and energy.

A tremendous sense of community is also built up over the weekend workshop. People from different walks of life, working across different issues and interests, get to meet and form a community/network together. We look at vision and reconnecting and what is important to ourselves, each other, the survival of the planet and how they are inextricably linked.

In this workshop we utilize of wide variety of techniques using personal sharing, experiential deep ecology, and practical exercises, we work to resolve the separation people are often feeling between people and our natural environment.

Facilitators are John Seed and Michelle Sheather. Both have each worked for over thirty years on ecological issues in Australia and around the world. John,OAM started the Rainforest Information Center and Michelle was the first Campaigns Director for Greenpeace International and also for Greenpeace Australia. Both are also permaculturists, Michelle being active in Permaculture Northern Beaches committee.

It is the first time a Deep Ecology workshop has been held on Sydney's Northern Beaches so this is a unique opportunity.

When: Sat 8, Sun 9 June 2013

$200 to $100 sliding scale and concession for members of prmaculture groups.

Time: 10am -5pm Saturday and Sunday

Location: Lakeview Room, Tramshed Arts & Community Center, 1395A Pittwater Rd. Narrabeen

Public Transport: Bus to Narrabeen Lakes 1 minute walk to venue, car park is next to the Tramshed Center.

Accommodation: Suggest YHA at Collaroy, Street Collaroy. Pick up to venue can be arranged.

This area of Sydney is also a beautiful area to spend the weekend in and some exercises will be done outdoors around the foreshores of Narrabeen Lake.

This is a not for profit workshop and all proceeds go to support Food Security in Africa through the Chikakwa Permaculture project in Zimbabwe. Members of local organisations receive a discounted rate.

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To book a place: johnseed1@ozemail.com.au
Telephone: 0417241371 Looking forward to seeing you.

Permaculture Sydney North What's On

Living Skills: Olive Curing Workshop on May 25th (25 May 2013)

LIVING SKILLS WORKSHOP - CURING FRESH OLIVES

Deep Ecology Workshop (08 Jun 2013)