Hi David, Wally, and all,
Thanks for the opportunity to
get the word out, David. And thanks, Wally, for taking on the writing. Warren
Brush (Executive Director) or I will give you a call asap for the requested update
on our programs. Wondering, is the focus green/natural building, or do
you also want to share permaculture trainings? And, is there a deadline
we’re working with? Look forward to chatting, and to the column!
Best,
Kolmi
Kolmi Majumdar
Programs Manager
Quail Springs Learning Oasis & Permaculture Farm
(805)886-7239
From: Wally Geer
[mailto:go2wallyworld@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 3:33 PM
To: David Goldstein; ccpg@arashi.com; lbokun@earthlink.net;
ewerb@ewerb.com; info@quailsprings.org; 'Rachel Morris'
Subject: RE: Opportunity for column
Dear Everybody: In talking to David,
he is letting me take a pass at a article. However, I would appreciate
some help from Quail Springs Farm, by having someone get in touch with me to
get a little update on what programs you have in the works these days (I can be
reached via E-Mail at go2wallyworld@hotmail.com
or my cell phone at 805-896-8926).
Thank you & Best Regards, Wally Geer
> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:20:09 -0800
> From: David.Goldstein@ventura.org
> To: ccpg@arashi.com; lbokun@earthlink.net; ewerb@ewerb.com;
go2wallyworld@hotmail.com; info@quailsprings.org; rachel@vccool.org
> Subject: Opportunity for column
>
> Quail Springs, VC COOL, and Permaculturists:
>
> I write the weekly Eye on the Environment column, which appears on
> Sundays, typically on page A-18 of the Ventura County Star. I
> occasionally invite guest columnists to use my space.
>
> Would anyone like to promote upcoming green building events by using
> the below notes, and perhaps the attached, to write a column for
> publication? It can be either around 550 words (for the bottom of the
> page) or around 750 words (two columns of text the Star runs along the
> side of a page).
>
> Here are the rules: Avoid jargon and acronyms, don't editorialize or
> polemicize, and keep most of it to an eighth grade reading level. Also,
> keep it factual, rather than spiritually inspired (the type of language
> that was in Bob Banner's press release about Quail Springs included a
> call for "spirited" apprentices, expressions of "love"
for straw and
> clay, and other stuff the Star editors would cut).
>
>
> Here's material you could start with (use without crediting me on the
> by line, and e-mail me a finished product)...
>
>
> In the northern backcountry of Ventura County, a non-profit
> organization runs the 450 acre Quail Springs Farm. This weekend, they
> are hosting free “service learning” events, which include tree
> plantings on the farm and in the Los Padres National Forest. The farm is
> a demonstration site for “sustainable living, shelter, water, energy
> and food,” according to its manager and founder, Joe? Green?. In
> upcoming months they will lead workshops on native restoration, natural
> building, organic gardening, and ways to slow erosion, using their
> former Cuyama Valley cattle ranch as a site for demonstration,
> restoration, and learning. Quail Springs can be reached at 886-7239.
>
> Later this month, they are offering Living Craft Project - Natural
> Building Training at Quail Springs. Using clay, straw, sand, and wood,
> and they will show how to create shelter. It is part of their Living
> Craft Project. Living Craft Project is a school of natural building.
> Quail Springs is currently searching for four apprentices, willing to
> work at the ranch while learning building techniques. For more
> information, go to towww.quailsprings.org/events.
>
>
> Another upcoming workshop about green building will be hosted by VC
> COOL, a Ventura County-based non-profit. It will focus on Natural
> Building, including local earthen (Cob) building. That event will take
> place Monday, January 26 at 6:00 PM at the Patagonia Firehouse Building,
> 280 W. Main Street, Ventura. It is a free event, hosted by the
> California Central Coast Chapter (C4) of the U.S. Green Building
> Council, which is presenting it as a double-header of “Natural
> Building” with Carolyn Hernandez of the Natural Building Network,
and
> “Building with Cob (earthen-building) in Ventura” with Rachel
> Morris, President and co-founder of VCCool.
>
> There will also be a follow-up Open House at Rachel's work-in- progress
> earthen-cob-building, Sunday, February 1st, 1-2 p.m. To RSVP for the
> open house, please emailaction@vccool.org, or call (805) 648-1267. The
> local Green Home & Family Magazine is this month’s C4 event
host.
>
> These events are co-ordinated with the Green Building Council, an
> organization of local professionals in the building industry. The Green
> Building Council meets regularly to... They have also recently ....
>
>
>
> Please reply to all.
>
> Thanks,
> D.G.
>
> david.goldstein@ventura.org
> Ventura County PWA, W&S, IWMD
> 800 S. Victoria Ave. #1650
> Ventura, CA 93009-1650
> 805/658-4312 www.wasteless.org
>
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