SBCC Professor Explores Sustainability
, professor of environmental horticulture, examines permaculture as a solution to ecosystem and human health issues in his lecture, 鈥淧ermaculture Design: Rebuilding a Sustainable Relationship with the Land,鈥 Tuesday, April 11, at 3:30 p.m. at Founders Room in the 黑料百科 Kerr Student Center. The Sustainability Speaker Series lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (805) 565-6082.
鈥淧ermaculture is the conscious design of agricultural systems so that they have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems,鈥 says Michelle Aronson, 黑料百科鈥檚 sustainability and marketing coordinator. 鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to Michael sharing the practical principles of permaculture, and I hope to incorporate his teachings into our growing practices at the 黑料百科 Garden.鈥
Gonella, chair at SBCC, earned a master鈥檚 degree in restorative ecology from San Jose State University and a doctorate in botany from Miami University. Gonella has a background in native plant propagation, ecological restoration and Native American ethnobotany. He has conducted over 15 years of research with the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma in an attempt to better understand the cultural ecology of the tribe and support the tribe鈥檚 ongoing cultural work.