SONIC BLOOM
Permaculture Action Day

at BUS – Building United Society
126 North Polk Avenue
Walsenburg, CO 81089

Thursday, June 20, 2019
10am-5pm

BUS is a late 1800s school building being converted into a community center with free housing & food for people working the District ONE Farms.

Hands-On Projects ● Workshops  ● Music

Food  ● Art ● Community Building

You will receive a pass for expedited entry to the festival after the action day.

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For the fifth year in a row we mobilize the energy of the SONIC BLOOM Festival community into the nearby town of Walsenburg where District O.N.E. is Organizing New Economy. “Local food is the first economy of any society.” – districtone.org

This year, we expand the District ONE project beyond its farms and pay-what-you-can farm-to-table restaurant to the BUS, inspired by the philosophy of contributionism – a collective gift-economy of stewarding common space and projects together.

The BUS – Building United Society – is a late 1800s school building being converted into a place where food and housing is provided in reciprocity for work on the District ONE Farms growing organic, nutrient-rich food for the community.

Over the last 4 years we’ve watched the farms grow with trees, greenhouses, edible perennials, composting systems, murals, rainwater catchment, medicinal herbs, earthworks, mushrooms, vegetables, and other useful plants. This year, join us to demonstrate that permaculture is not just about farms and gardens – it’s about housing, community, economy, energy, the built environment, and how we organize our lives in relationship to the ecosystems around us and one another.

SCHEDULE

10am             Everyone Welcome to Arrive!!
10:30am      Opening Circle & Water Ceremony w/ Michael Alcazar, Angelique Rodriguez & Susana Sandoval
11:15am        Hands-On Projects Begin (and continue all day!)
11:30am       Mushroom Cultivation workshop w/ Navona Gallegos & Wildcat
12pm             Lunch Spread Shared
12:30pm       Plants for People & Pollinators workshop w/ Courtney Cosgriff of Honeybee Herbals
1pm               JaJa DJ Set
1:30pm         Growing and Using Medicinal Herbs workshop w/ Stephanie Syson
2pm               Sonic Warrior live set
2:30pm         Off-Grid Solar demo w/ Brittany Heller and Jim Payne
3pm               Leyla Daze live set
4pm               Mike Wird hip-hop set

WORKSHOPS

Mushroom Cultivation w/ Navona Gallegos & Wildcat

Plants For People And Pollinators w/ Courtney Cosgriff
Join Courtney Cosgriff of Honeybee Herbals for a discussion on just what’s happening to our precious honeybees and many of our pollinators and how we can utilize medicinal herbs to not only support them but our own health as well.  Planting forage for pollinators and designing gardens to support them is unbelievably crucial to their conservation, and we get the added benefit of utilizing many of these plants to support our own health and well being.

Growing and Using Medicinal Herbs w/ Stephanie Syson

Off-Grid Solar demo with Brittany Heller & Jim Payne

MUSIC

Mike Wird hip-hop set
Leyla Daze live set
Sonic Warrior live set
JaJa DJ Set

Hands-On Projects

Building Earth-Tire Wall “Climate Battery” for Greenhouse
Installing Fencing for Chicken Run around Coop
Constructing Solar Closet
Mounting Solar Panels
Planting Edible, Medicinal, & Support Species to Build Soil

We need your support for this one! Have electrical skills? Construction tools? Building materials? Paint for murals? Bring them down!

Get in touch! Email us – Contact@PermacultureAction.org

We’ll be mounting and installing solar, fixing plumbing, constructing a chicken coop, building a greenhouse, painting stairs, planting, repairing, and beautifying.

Music and Workshop Schedule to be announced soon!

Bring a potluck to add to the lunch spread. Wear close toed shoes. Bring a refillable water bottle, and even dishware if you like. We’ll wrap up just in time to guarantee you quick and easeful entry to festival – we’ve got you covered!

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