September 2007
Los Angeles Permaculture Guild Newsletter

Hey everyone,

Feel free to repost this newsletter where appropriate

Thanks,

Taylor Arneson
taylorist@gmail.com

NEW! Google Calendar for LAPG events (for access to add event info email me)

http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=io0fga75ecar1uu8qbsn2e7dqc%40group.calendar.google.com


NEEDS

-- Quail Springs is continuing to welcome interns to join their team. Work and live "on the farm" up to 6 months. Assist with permaculture development and share in community life.  Projects include food systems, gardening, aquaculture, natural building, watershed restoration, animal husbandry, capital campaign development, and more.  Experience and training not needed. Contact info@quailsprings.org  for more info.

- Support needed for Trees for Children - a new organization created to plant the number of trees that were used in the construction of a home. This benefits Quail Springs where much of the reforestation will happen They intend to turn that desert back into a forest. www.treesforchildren.org

-- We need 15 gallon pots for our trees which are growing like crazy!  We have big avocados, loquats, asian pears and many more that need transplanting.  We will also take smaller pots, those get used too, including the square ones for seedlings.  Contact Cory, Earth Food Solutions  cory8570@yahoo.com. We will pick them up if there is enough to make it worth the trip (not very many probably).

-- Need - items for a silent auction. We will be having a fundraiser for our educational organization, EarthBridge Institute, in September and we're looking for items that can be sold at a silent auction.   These can be anything from artwork to good tools to ...?   You will get a receipt for donation, it is a non-profit.   Educational activities include seminars, educational materials, etc, on the subjects of food forestry and permaculture. Cory cory8570@yahoo.com

-- Eco Home needs help with promoting their tours - The number of visitors has decreased recently and they are exploring new opportunities to spread the word. Contact Dianne Carter at dcarterpr@earthlink.net. More about Eco Home /www.ecohome.org/pages/index.html


-- Earthflow Design Works seeks: Residential and Commercial Sites for demonstrating Lawn Conversions to Vegetable/Food Forest; Used Vegetable Oil supply/contacts; Web Designers to trade for Permaculture Design Course; Landscape Contractors; Marketing and Promotional Assistants/Commission Sales. Contact Larry Santoyo santoyo@earthflow.com 805-459-0452

EMANATE needs monetary and material donations to pull off their next installation, Density Fields, with the Oyler-Wu Collaborative. Be the envy of your competitors! All donations are tax-deductible. Contact jenna@emanate.org or 323.913.0915. www.emanate.org



SURPLUS
Put it here and share the wealth (give-away, barter or sell)

-- 16 to 24 wood railroad ties. These railroad ties are free for the taking.That's right, free railroad ties! All one has to do to obtain them is: Let us know that you want them and then haul them away by the end of the day on Monday, September 3, 2007 (Labor Day.) It's that easy. If you are interested please e-mail nick@emanate.org.

-- Young cockerels need good homes. Organically Raised Pet Roosters raised holistically and organically. Hand-raised, these are spunky but adorable young roosters. $10 per cockerel, price negotiable on certain conditions: Buff Brahma (Bantam), Black Cochin (Bantam) , Golden Laced Cochin (Bantam), Partridge Rock (Bantam), Silver Penciled Rock (Bantam), Buff Brahma (Standard). Hens of these breeds may also be available. Jordanne Dervaes jordanne@pathtofreedom.com or 626-795-8400  

RESOURCES
goods and services of interest to the community
-- Available for pre-purchase!  Quail Springs, An Experiment in Permaculture by Joss Jaffe, is an important research and development tool supporting permaculture design and the long term vision of Quail Springs. Pre-purchase the book by contacting info@quailsprings.org.  $30 includes CD, or $10 for CD only, plus $5 shipping.

-- Hopedance offer: For $250 Hopedance Magazine will give you a full page to do what you want (listings, calendars, ads, articles, art, etc.) plus you get 1,000 copies of hopedance to do what you want. The page would be inside the regular issue of HopeDance. The next issue is on Relocalization.  Bob Banner 805 544 9663 www.hopedance.org

-- Path to Freedom's Peddlers Wagon http://pathtofreedom.com/peddlerswagon/ - Practical goods for your home and garden, including ollas, solar ovens, bike trailers and more. >From the wonderful Dervaes family homestead.

-- Ergonomic Weed Twister by Ergonica - If you wish to remove a misplaced plant or weed and minimally till the soil, try the Ergonica Weed Twister.  This surgically precise tool is made in So. Cal. by people who may be your neighbors.  The Weed Twister comes in three sizes to accommodate different situations and people. Ray Cruz
www.weedtwister.com

-- Compost - Tim Dundon 626-794-1351 theroyalsoil@2doo.com www.2doo.com Tim is the King of Compost. He will deliver a huge dumptruck of horse manure and sawdust for 80.00 to your hungry soil. He might offer you some sage philosophy for free while he's at it.

-- Earthflow Design Works offers the following products, services and skills: Permaculture Land Planning and Design -Training and Services; Jewelry Designs; Clothing Designs. Graphic Design & Photography. See www.earthflow.com for more info

-- Cob-a-nation with Ray Cirino! Ray is THE guy for cob in Los Angeles. His beautiful ovens, benches and other structures can be seen at LA Eco-Village, Path to Freedom and many private residences around the city. Check out his new cob playhouses! He also builds rocket stoves and welds amazing trellises. Hire him to lead a workshop or build something for you. email cobanation@yahoo.com

WORKPARTIES, POTLUCKS AND EVENTS

-- Saturday, Sunday, September 1st-2nd, 8am-8pm      Echo Park
1st Annual Thank Tank 2007 -Back To Your Basics- a 48-hour no budget conference on the essentials:
shelter, education, transportation, food, good ol' arts, and the prospect of a fruitful future.
(events subject to change)  < http://eighteen-thirty.blogspot.com/   >

-- Saturday, September 1, 1:00 p.m. to dusk, and Sunday and Monday too-- during the same hours. we will be busy at Materials & Applications taking down the Anja Franke's Igloo(Ukendt) and preparing theground for our next exhibition, Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu's Density Fields. We will be digging up several wooden structures buried on the site. If you have a shovel or pick or rake that you can bring, that will be great.
<  http://www.emanate.org/  >


-- through Sunday, September 2
In Katrina's Wake: Portraits of Loss from a Natural Disaster
At the Armory, 145 N. Raymond Ave., Old Pasadena. In this powerful project, Seattle-based photographer Chris Jordan portrays the devastation of Hurricane Katrina on a personal scale, framing poignantly desolate details in the ruined landscape. On view in the Mezzanine Gallery.  < http://www.armoryarts.org/gallery/gallery.html  >



-- Wednesday, September 5, 6:30pm, Santa Monica College
Sustainable Works Returns, SMC Environmental and Urban Issues Series
FREE Lecture at SMC's Bundy Campus, Room 123  The tradition continues: Our Sustainable Works experts will kick off this semester's lecture series. Don't miss this discussion of how students, residents, and businesses are turning green AND saving money.
 < http://events.smc.edu/environmental.html >

-- Friday, September 7, 2007 from 10am to 8pm (come for as long or short as you like) Sunset Junction
Dome Garden workparty with potluck. Help plan, design and contribute to a small, urban demonstration garden, now with full water rights. Earthbag Domes, fountains, showers with greywater, chinampas, fruit and veggies will eventually be installed. If you have plants, tools, seeds or soil surplus bring them by. This event is non-hierarchical. contact taylorist@gmail.com for more info


-- Saturday, September 8, 2007 from 9:30 to 1:30 pm at LAEcoVillage
Toward a Mediative Culture with Esfandiar Abbassi This four hour workshop will set the stage for becoming more effective in a variety of areas that require new paradigm social skills.  The workshop is targeted for people who have had introductory training in non-violent communciations.  Fee:   $45 Reservations Required:    213/738-1254 or crsp@igc.org      Prerequisite Recommended:  Previous introductory training in non-violent communications
< http://www.laecovillage.org/UseUpcoming%20events.html >



-- Sunday September 9, noon - sunset
Edendale Farm is having a makeover on the chicken mansion and tractor. Come lend a hand giving these hens a better home and learn a few things about caring for poultry. Also demonstrations on sheet mulching and start assembling an outdoor kitchen for the potluck later in the month. Free,
 contact . . .  info@sustainablehabitats.org     <  http://sustainablehabitats.org/  >


-- Saturday, September 15, 1-10 PM, Live Art, Live Earth!  The Eco-artist cooperative "The Edge Between Universes" offers a unique and aesthetic community experience in our Sunland food forest.   We will have music, dance, poetry, visual arts of all kinds, sustainable art, pottery, other crafts, kids' activities, solar ovens, information on creating sustainable community, and much unexpected fun and edge.   We are looking for artists of all kinds and experts in sustainability to help us create the event and interact, play, enlighten and experience our community for a day.     We are looking for any and all people who love art and/or community to come and enjoy the day.   It's a 100 mile potluck, food, drink or snacks created within 100 miles is encouraged but not required.  
< myspace.com/theedgebetweenuniverses > for updates on participating artists, location, etc.  

-- Friday, September 21,  (multiple locations)
   In 2005, San Francisco's Rebar Group transformed a parking space into a public park in an effort to encourage dialogue about public space in their city. The idea has caught on here in Los Angeles and a diverse group of artists, designers, activists, and residents have come together to celebrate the first annual Park(ing) Day LA. If you care about LA's parks and open space and want to get involved in the fun, visit our web site for details at
  < www.parkingdayla.com >


 September 22nd- 23rd (Saturday and Sunday) New Cuyama
Come out and help with the harvest and gardens, and gabion building! All ages are welcome to volunteer and experience is not necessary.  Food is potluck and camping is nearby.   Contact info@quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239 to RSVP or for more info.


-- Saturday, September 22, 6:30 pm, Malibu
Fall Equinox Potluck Celebration, Potluck dinner, season greeting, music making. $10-20 suggested donation.
< http://elwright.net/wrightway/location.html >

-- September 29, 2007 at 7pm and ongoing
Los Angeles Permaculture Guild Monthly Full Moon Potluck
Come to Edendale Farm (David Khan's residence) for a monthly potluck with the Los Angeles Permaculture Guild as we snack and discuss relevant issues of the global and local villages. Bring something to eat please.
For future full moon dates see:
http://www.james.head.btinternet.co.uk/hashwebsite/hashdiary/lunardates.html


-- Thursday, September 27, 7-9pm, Westchester
Movie:  "Contested Streets" explores the history and culture of New York City streets from pre-automobile times to the present. This examination allows for an understanding of how the city -- though the most well served by mass transit in the United States -- has slowly relinquished what was a rich, multi-dimensional conception of the street as public space to a mindset that prioritizes the rapid movement of cars and trucks over all other functions.  (57 minutes)  < http://www.contestedstreets.com/about.html >  Following the movie we will discuss how these concepts fit into our Los Angeles environment, and what we can do about them.


PERMACULTURE COURSES:

-- September 17th - 30th  2007
Permaculture Design Certificate Course in the South of France with Larry Santoyo & Friends. Course will be taught in English...£350.00  (less than $700.00 US) plus airfare. Includes Meals, Dormitory Accommodations and Transport from local train stations. For More Information: http://earthflow.com/france2007.php Join an international group of Artists, Musicians, Designers & EcoBuilders for an unforgettable Permaculture Design Course Experience near Saint Laurent Sous Coiron, in the Ardeche region in the South of France. 1 1/2 hours driving from Lyon and Nimes airports.

-- Oct 2007 - March 2008
the 5th Annual Los Angeles Permaculture Design Course with Larry Santoyo. Held the FIRST weekend of each month santoyo@earthflow.com 805-459-0452  note - Larry is still looking to trade scholarships to the course -for- venues, lodging and sponsorship

-- October 15-27 Permaculture Design Course at Quail Springs with Darren Doherty. Darren has had extensive experience across the planet in Permaculture project design, development & management, with a focus on retrofitting broadacre agricultural systems, and has been identified by Permaculture Co-Originators Bill Mollison & David Holmgren as a pioneer in this important & often overlooked field. Early registration discounts offered:  - $1200 by August 15/ $1350 by September 15/$1450 after Septmber 15. Payment plans, barter, work trades available. This 72-hour certificate program is a 12-day, residential design course (camping and meals included) with 1-day break midway. CONTACT:    Kolmi Majumdar info@quailsprings.org  OR 805-886-7239

-- Saturday, October 13th 5:30-7 pm Talk and 7-7:30
Permaculture Tea and Talk in Ojai
with Darren Doherty, Australian Keyline designer and Permaculture teacher
 Discussion at Earth Play in Ojai, 501 East Ojai Ave at Fox Street next door to Sea Fresh


ONGOING CLASSES AND EVENTS

-- Sundays and Thursdays 2-7pm (come anytime you can)
Food Not Bombs is organized according to anarchist principles of non-hierarchy and decentralization. We take food that would otherwise be thrown away and make healthy, vegan meals for the hungry. We cook in the Sunset Junction area of Silver Lake as well as Highland Park and serve our delicious vegetarian food every Thursday and Sunday in Downtown Los Angeles. Join us!
< http://lafoodnotbombs.org/ >


Sundays  from 10AM-12, come to our food forest/nursery in Sunland and enjoy camaraderie and working in the food forest.  Learn some things, share seeds, stories, plants, other resources.  We can especially use people the next couple of weeks to help us pretty it up for a mid-month event.  If you have an aesthetic eye, come lend a hand and your ideas :-))  Write for address:  cory8570@yahoo.com

-- September 9, 2007
Tours of the Eco-Home™ environmental demonstration home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles are scheduled
Contact: (323) 662-5207
ecohome@pacbell.net
Reservations in advance required.

-- Thursdays, September 13, October 11, November 8, December 13, 7 p.m.     Conscientious Projector
At the Armory, 145 N. Raymond Ave., Old Pasadena Second Thursday of each month, a free documentary film screening, a series presented by Sustainable World and The Theatre of the Oppressed. Meet filmmakers, and join in discussions.   < http://www.armoryarts.org/gallery/gallery.html  >

 

-- September 14, 2007 @ Noon Chinatown
Farmlab Public Salon
Adolfo V. Nodal
" L.A. City Arts: Notes on Cultural Planning..."
W/ Introduction by Laura Chick


-- Saturday, September 15th 2pm
 Kombucha Camp
Kombucha Kamp is a fun workshop designed to inform, enlighten and tantalize your senses. The Kamp starts out with a sampling of my latest flavors. Creating flavors is one of the fun, creative parts of the process and I enjoy trying new things. I also use this time to talk about some of the many health benefits of Kombucha. The cost is $20 per person and includes the starter kit. The workshop is conducted in my home near Culver City. Because my home is small, the workshop size is limited so RSVP early! The dates and times are listed on the calendar below. Email kombuchakamp@gmail.com with any questions or reservations.


-- Friday, Saturday & Sunday October 14-16  8:30am to 4:30pm
FALL FESTIVAL THEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION
Don't miss our annual celebration of the optimal planting season for California native plants. Fall Festival takes place Friday, October 12 through Sunday, October 14, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm daily. Admission is free. Members are entitled to a 15% discount on all plants in 1-gallon-size containers and larger. Nonmembers receive a 10% discount. Everyone gets a once-a-year 10% discount on all seed. We'll also be offering a nice selection of native bulbs (no discount). Mark your calendars and get that wish list ready!



-- September 23, 2007
Tours of the Eco-Home™ environmental demonstration home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles are scheduled
Contact: (323) 662-5207
ecohome@pacbell.net
Reservations in advance required.


COMING UP IN THE FALL SEASON:

-- Saturday, October 6, 2007 from 10 am to noon Los Angeles Ecovillage
Intentional Communities Network Gathering facilitated by Lois Arkin
for and with:
-  those already living in intentional communities
-  those who want to join an existing community
-  those who want to start an urban intentional community start-up group here in Los Angeles
No charge
Reservations required:  213/738-1254 or crsp@igc.org



-- October 07, 2007 10am - 4pm South Central Los Angeles

South Central Farmers Tianguis Bringing Food to the Hood- Organic produce, Workshops and Food Demonstrations, Music and Entertainment. On 41st Street (between Long Beach and Alameda) The SCFHEF Community Center & Gallery 1702 E. 41st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90058  (Metro: Exit Blue Line Vernon Station and walk four blocks North) After a year of continuing the struggle, the South Central Farmers bring their first harvest of corn into the South Central community. While unable to farm the 14 acres at Alameda and 41st street, the fight for food sovereignty, land access, and a better quality of life continues for the South Central Farmers. Displaced, but not defeated, the farmers remain committed the work of bringing change to their communities.




-- November 5-11 EcoNest Quail Springs Timberframe Workshop is scheduled for  The Clay/Straw Building Training is November 12-17.  Cost is TBA.   If you would like to be on an initial interest contact list, please email info at quailsprings.org.


-- November 17, Opportunity Green Conference at UCLA
Is Green the new Gold? Opportunity Green brings together entrepreneurs, executives and investors focused on building profitable, socially conscious and sustainable enterprises. Explore viral marketing, leveraging the power of online networks to facilitate innovation, how to secure funding in the green marketplace and more....www.opportunitygreen.com
 


SO. CAL PERM ORGS
Los Angeles:
- Earthflow http://www.earthflow.com/ Larry Santoyo santoyo@earthflow.com 805-459-0452
- LA EcoVillage: Lois Arkin crsp@igc.org 213/738-1254
- LA Permaculture Guild: Camille Cimino camcim@yahoo.com Joan Stevens 323-630-4673 mamabotanica@sbcglobal.net.

Points north:
- Ojai Permaculture Guild: Dave White david@ojaicra.org 805-646-9809
- Santa Barbara Permaculture Network: Margie Bushman sbpcnet@silcom.com 805-962-2571 www.sbpermaculture.org
- Sierra Permaculture Guild, Paul Racko paul@sierrapermaculture.org ,
http://sierrapermaculture.org

Points south:
- PC Institute of Southern California (Laguna Beach): Bill Roley DrRoley@cox.net 949-494-5843
- San Diego Permaculture Center: San Diego Economic Conversion Council sdecc@igc.org (619)
255-6111 (new one)

STAY IN TOUCH: LISTS
- Los Angeles Permaculture Guild e-list  https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/lapg
- Southern CA Permaculture Guild e-list https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/scpg
- LACity Repair e-list http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/cityrepairla
- Los Angeles Permaculture Guild on Tribe http://lapcguild.tribe.net

LINKS
Permaculture Activist Magazine www.permacultureactivist.net
Permaculture Credit Union www.pcuonline.org
Hopedance Magazine www.hopedance.org
Urban Permaculture Guild http://www.urbanpermacultureguild.org/

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