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  Member Coordinator March 31, 2014 at 3:37pm

  Welcome and thanks for joining the Valley Permaculture Alliance (VPA) website!  VPA is a Phoenix based non-profit that offers classes, training, activities, tours, events and demonstrations.  Learn more about VPA on the ‘About Us’ page, and explore what this site has to offer.  We hope that you will participate fully in the many groups, forums, and other resources on this site.  Please take advantage of the wealth of knowledge readily shared by our members!  When you signed up to be a member, you may have opted to receive our weekly newsletter. We hope you will find the info and updates on classes and other events helpful.  If not, please let us know how to make it better.

  Want another way to connect with VPA? Look for us on Facebook.  (https://www.facebook.com/ValleyPermacultureAlliance) and Twitter (@vpapermie).

   

  If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know. You can email Susan, the Class Coordinator at classes@vpaaz.org about classes and the website.  If you decide you would like to volunteer, you can reach Kate, the Volunteer Manager, via kate@vpaaz.org.

   

  Best wishes,

  Victoria

  Volunteer Membership Coordinator
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  Class Coordinator March 11, 2014 at 3:04pm

  Hi, Satnam,

  The mission of Valley Permaculture Alliance is to inspire sustainability in the urban southwest. This website is a place where the community can share information, ideas, successes and failures primarily related to gardening and small livestock.  VPA offers classes primarily related to gardening, with the understanding that permaculture is systems thinking and that each component like water harvesting, composting, raising chickens or quail, etc. is only a small part of designing an integrated permaculture system but that every step you take can help you better understand how to work better and more in harmony with nature. We do tours of gardens and urban farm set ups--something that I would like to do more of in the future--and also try to provide information related to native foods like mesquite. We can also direct you to other groups who focus on different aspects of permaculture, such as water harvesting, alternative energy and building techniques, etc. Every year, we offer a Permaculture Design Course that allows people to gain a much greater understanding of permaculture in its full context. 

  Best wishes,

  Susan 

  Class Coordinator