Febuary 2008
Los Angeles Permaculture Guild Newsletter

Salud,

Feel free to repost this newsletter wherever appropriate and submit related needs, surplus, events and articles. Community input is always encouraged . . .

Thanks,

Taylor Arneson
taylorist@gmail.com

ARTICLES AND RESPONSES

-- First plant your garden
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/first-plant-your-garden/2008/01/16/1200419885264.html

-- Petition Agri Fuel Incentives for Monsanto and other GMO corporations
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/oca/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=895

-- Whiskey Barrel House at Findhorn
http://www.newstatesman.com/200801220004

-- Everything and the Kitchen Sink
http://www.hopedance.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=287&Itemid=97

-- Meat guzzlers
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/weekinreview/27bittman.html?ex=1202187600&en=a1087de0ce76df87&ei=5070&emc=eta1

-and response:
       Man must eat what his local environment supports, and how mans body needs specific nutrients related to his immediate environment. Man in the jungle should eat many fruits, tropical vegetables, fish, very little meat, man in temperate zones should eat more grains, leafy greens, beans, poultry and fish. In the desert, cactus, desert figs, fruits, chiles, beans, little grain, greens maybe reptiles, rodents and doves in winter. Northern plains, deer, rabbits, poultry, grain, buffalo, potatoes or a few domestic stock. In the arctic (where I Live} its hard to grow grain, you have only 3 months to grow a garden. Ground and water is frozen at least 6 months a year. We have a lot more meat animals than we do people. Selective hunting balances our ecosystem, for example to many bears mean fewer moose, so eat more bears. Eating meat in the arctic is a sustainable practice if managed versus promoting too much agriculture (which I encourage some agriculture up here).Domestic raising of reindeer,bison, goats and musk ox are also sustainable practices for protein in the arctic where free roaming meat is healthy for the few people who live in it and need fat and fur to stay warm.This is a far different scenario than all you folks down south that need to forget McDonalds and enjoy the fruits and vegetables you have that I sometimes dream of having. Eat what you have in natural abundance where you live even if its grasshoppers or cactus and we will all do fine and so will the land.

                                        - ed starten
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NEEDS

-- Help Save the L.A. Eco-Village from the L.A. Unified School District
Bulldozers ~ Write a letter to school board member Monica Garcia and fax to all the
school board members (they will have the final say).  Come to an LAUSD
community meeting on Wed., Jan 30 at 6 pm at 100 N. New Hampshire, LA
90004 (one block west of Vermont Ave at First St. and speak up about why
you think it is important to save the Eco-Village neighborhood.  See the
following websites for details:
http://laecovillage.org/LAUSD2008.html
and
http://urbansoil.net/wiki.cgi/White_House_Place_Primary_Center_Developments

-- Green Thumb seeks new home.  I'm looking for a home to relocate my lifestyle to.  I love being outdoors, need indoor and outdoor space for 3 small rabbits, a big garden (current or to be created), have a hot tub I can contribute, need a bedroom as well as a smaller office space/rabbit zone.  Can pay up to $1000 but closer to $750 is much more workable.  I like to contribute to the beauty of a home and make a food forest, build soil.  If you would like to look for a place with me or have a place please call me!  Joan 323-630-4673

-- Swan Song for the Lawn -Volunteers Needed -Ongoing starting in February '08
Help convert resource consuming lawns in and around Los Angeles into productive Fruit, Fuel, Food, Fiber and Medicine Producing Home Ecosystems! No experience necessary.
Contact us at info@earthflow.com

-- ACCOMMODATIONS NEEDED -Los Angeles -Ongoing
Larry Santoyo, Permaculture Designer, Teacher seeks private studio/guesthouse accommodations for frequent visits in and around downtown Los Angeles, Silverlake and Santa Monica Areas -Will trade for permaculture consulting, design and/or workshops.

-- I am always looking for people, M-F, who would like to volunteer working on permaculture projects at a home in Malibu.  Projects involve pruning, planting, mulching, propagation, water harvesting techniques, compost making, caring for chickens, light straw claw and earthen plaster, herb spirals, and more.  Anyone interested can contact me at swjennings@gmail.com Also, looking to build up the LAPCGuild wiki with profiles of people doing permaculture related activities in this city, so please submit anything you got, pictures, stories,  to swjennings@gmail.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

-- I am looking for a few books that are expensive and not locally available . . .
1.  Food from Dryland Gardens: An Ecological, Nutritional and Social Approach to Small-Scale Household Food Production by David Arthur Cleveland
2. Permaculture Guide to Fermentation and Human Nutrition by Bill Mollison
If you have any of these titles, let me know if willing to loan them out or temporary exchange
contact . . . . . . . taylorist@gmail.com


-- EMANATE needs monetary and material donations for their installation, Density Fields, with the Oyler-Wu Collaborative. 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 or barter)

-- Be part of every permaculture function there is in our newly acquired land in Venice, CA. We have a 55'x300' space a few minutes from the ocean in a very good growing zone with space available to rent or build your own natural space. We are needing strictly permaculture people to build a living modelthat will provide answers for our cities many problems. We need your skills and enthusiasm to be part of something very special.
 contact: Bobby 310-466-9600
 Must see!!

-- '91 Mazda pick up B2600i (fuel injected) with 260,000 miles on it.  New tires, new battery, and just passed smog.  Selling for $1200.  It just went up to the Bay area and back and rode great.  I have pictures on flickr (under mamabotanica) if you want to see pics.
Thanks,
Joan 323-630-4673

-- We have Potted (1 to 5 gal) Garden Plants -Will trade for Avocados, Bamboo and/or ???
-Achira, edible canna
-Opuntia, spineless fruiting cactus
-Yacon, sweet, crunchy tubers
Contact: Larry & Kathryn Santoyo <info@earthflow.com> 805.459.0452


-- room for rent  --  $500, furnished, includes utilities and internet.  Mother and college age daughter seeking green female to share home with.  Sustainable and simple lifestyle.  Responsible and tidy.   Share kitchen, living, dining, laundry.  Have two small doting mature dogs and one cat.  Creating urban food woodland garden in backyard that could really use some help with.  Rental application, references and deposit required.   Good area in Monterey Park, just east of downtown Los Angeles.  Pomona, Long Beach, Golden State, Hollywood and San Bernardino freeways and public transportation close.   CSULA and ELAC close.  email njvshalom@sbcglobal.net if interested.


-- Free horse manure mixed with straw and woodchips available in Altadena for free. From Pasadena take Fair Oaks North make a Left onto Mountain View at the cemetery. Second house on the Right.  You, load, you haul. Pitchfork provided, bring large, thick, trash or mulch bag.


-- 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

-- Friday, February 1, 2008 @ Noon
Qingyun Ma | Center & Span
Join Qingyun Ma, Dean of the USC School of Architecture, for a Farmlab Public Salon. Ma is one of the most influential architects in his field through his participative practice and the range of social initiatives.

   
-- Saturday, Feb 2nd 8:30-4, Basic Tracking and Awareness - Malibu State park. http://www.earthskills.com/class_descriptions.html#tracking

-- Sunday, February 3, 2008 Time – 12pm to Sunset 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)
 The South Central Farmers in solidarity with La Via Campesina and other movements around the globe celebrate and fight for food sovereignty in all communities. Not only is access to quality food important, but the ability to have a say and participate in the entire food cycle is essential for sustainability and healthy communities.
There will be Traditional Danza Azteca-Chichimeca, Children's Workshops and Stories, Holistic Care & Products and more. As part of their commitment to keep Bringing Food to the 'Hood, the SCFHEF hosts a monthly Tianguis marketplace in collaboration with various community-based organizations, artisans, and local merchants.  Every first Sunday of the month, the Tianguis transforms public space surrounding the original 14-acre farm into a site for healthy eating, healthy economics, and healthy relationships.

-- Monday, February 4, Community Hall of Holy Nativity Church, 6700 W. 83rd, Westchester/LA 90045. 7:30-9:00 pm Best selling author David Wann presents 17 forms of "real wealth" that can eradicate affluenza, a pandemic he helped diagnose in the book, Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic. Wann's new book, Simple Prosperity , Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle www.davewann.com , draws on the latest research to document how social connections, good health, contact with nature, stimulating work, leisure time, great neighborhoods, and other forms of real wealth can build up our immunity to affluenza.  Admission free and open to all.  Sposnsored by Environmental Change-Makers, Contact: Joanne Poyourow 310-670-4777 LegacyLA@gmail.com

-- Friday, February 8, 2008 @ Noon
Melani Smith & Sumire Gant | All Roads Lead Home:
A Community Livability Plan for I-710 Corridor Neighborhoods in Long Beach, CA
Explore the process one major Southland city has initiated in an effort to shift its focus from just moving vehicles, to providing mobility options and livability improvements


-- Saturday February 9 2008   10:00 a.m.
we will have a scion exchange and grafting demonstrations at the Ken Edward's Center in Santa Monica.  West LA CRFG.  http://mysite.verizon.net/res1vdt9/id9.html

-- Saturday, February 9, 2008  9 AM
Participation in this foray will be limited, so you must first contact foray leader, Florence Nishida, no later than 5 PM on Friday, February 8 to obtain the location and directions for the foray. You can leave a phone message at 310-455-2231 or send an email message to the foray leader.
Leader: Florence Nishida: <florence.nishida "at" gmail.com>---replace "at" with @ / http://www.lamushrooms.org/santa-monicas-2008-02-09.html

-- Saturday, February 9, 2008  9:00 AM--1:00 PM
LAMS will be holding a foray at the El Cariso "Big Woods" in the Cleveland National Forest to collect specimens for display at the  LAMS Mushroom Fair.  The public is invited to participate. Leader:  Steven Pencall <fieldtrips@lamushrooms.org> / http://www.lamushrooms.org/bigwoods-2008-02-09.html

-- Saturday-Sunday, February 9-10, 2008
24th Annual Los Angeles Wild Mushroom Fair
The The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden in Arcadia
(301 North Baldwin Ave., Arcadia) Ayres Hall
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Chester R. Leathers  "Molds, Mortgages and Mayhem"
lamusrooms.org for more info

-- Sunday Febuary 17th, 12 noon - 4 pm Granada Hills
Taylor Arneson will be hosting a caravan to tropical backyard nurseries in Granada Hills and Sunland, for people interested in purchasing, viewing or sampling different fruits, nuts, herbs and other exotic edible and medicinal plants. We will meet at a central location in the hollywood area TBD and drive out together. Someone with a larger vehicle would be helpful if people are interested in buying more than a few trees, please contact me { taylorist@gmail.com }

-- Saturday, February 23rd here in Los Angeles, Mapping and Fruit Picking Tour with  fallenfruit.org
KCET, L.A.'s public television, has a monthly series of webcasts and fallen fruit is featured on the current one:  "Sustaining LA" focuses on four artists who work on the city and its environment.  There are new maps and video about fallenfruit.org and we will be hosting a neighborhood mapping & fruit picking tour.

PERMACULTURE COURSES:

-- Oct 2007 - March 2008
the 5th Annual Los Angeles Permaculture Design Course with Larry Santoyo. One weekend a month for 6 months...
Learn from the most experienced team of Permaculture Design Educators and Recognized Leaders in the World-Wide Sustainability Movement. EarthFlow Design Works' Instructors include: Larry Santoyo, Jude Hobbs, Scott Pittman, Toby Hemenway, John Valenzuela, Scott Horton and Joan Stevens.  Will also include additional field trips, hands on opportunities, local experts, teacher trainees and other guest presentations.
Join us on the first weekends of October '07 through March '08 Venues take us in and around Los Angeles, CA. $175 per any weekend - pre-registration is required.
To register by phone and pay by credit card (Visa, MC, Amex), call 805.459.0452, 9am to 5pm PST. Email confirmation will be sent upon receipt.
Discounts, Trades & Payment Plans
As we truly want to make this training available to everyone, any and all proposals will be considered!

-Santa Cruz, CA - Third Weekends of each Month, Feb-July
-San Luis Obispo, CA - Two-Week Intensive April 20- May 3, 2008
-New York City Open Center  -3Day CityPermaculture Strategies Workshop - April
-Woodbourne, Catskills, New York - Two-Week Intensive August 16-29, 2008
-Los Angeles, CA - First Weekends of each Month, Oct '08 - March '09
-Aveyron Region, France  - Permaculture Highlights & Historical Preservation Tour
 More Hands-On WorkParties - Natural building and "the home ecosystem" design on California's Central Coast and the Southland.

• Trades, Work-Trades and Payment Plans now available
• Teachers are also eligible for special Scholarship Discounts

http://earthflow.com/sbPDC08.php

--  February through July 2008
The Santa Barbara Permaculture Design Course Experience
Creating The Conditions for Sustainability to Happen...
February through July 2008.
One weekend a month for 6 months...
Join us on the second weekends of February through July 2008.
Locations will take us in and around Santa Barbara Co.


UPCOMING IN THE SPRING

-- Edible Landscaping and Perennial Food Gardening
Mar 2, 9, 16, 30; Apr 6, 13, Pasadena
See website for full announcement. Enrollment, payment, and refund
policy appears below course announcement.
Call or email Darren Butler to sign up:
allnet@...
818.271.0963
www.ecoworkshops. com

-- Thursday and Friday, March 6 - 7, ~ Spinning and Felting at Quail Spring
with Andrea Bratt Frick, professional fiber artist

-- Saturday and Sunday, May 24-25 ~ Building a Cob Oven and Baking Bread
with Quail Springs' teaching team
$100 for each 2 day Skill Builder workshop, includes camping.
Register for the entire "Hands and Hearts" series for 2008 for $275 !
Optional materials fee may apply for each workshop. Meals will be organized potluck.
Contact info@quailsprings.org for more information or to register.

 
-- April 26-27, Saturday and Sunday - FREE - Spring Gardening Service Learning Weekend
Join Quail Springs as we plant and prepare our gardens this spring! This is also a time for interested people to receive a tour of the site and learn about site design, and enjoy the company of community. This event is free of cost, with community potluck meals and camping nearby. All ages are welcome and no experience is needed. RSVP to info@quailsprings.org to receive current gate combos, potluck ideas, and tools/materials to bring.


ONGOING CLASSES AND EVENTS

-- Indigenous Skill Share
After the popularity of the december 30th skill share, it will now be taking place every Saturday at the Venice Learning Garden on the corner of Venice Blvd and Walgrove at noon to sunset.

-- Monthy meeting for LAMS Los Angeles Mytological Society are held at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, come at 7:00pm to have mushroom photos and samples identified, and 8:00pm for a lecture. Check the website for upcoming dates. . . . lamushrooms.com

-- Saturdays at 10 am multiple locatoins check website :
 http://www.christophernyerges.com/schedule.htm
Christopher Nyerges leads walks in the San Gabriel mountains teaching skills ranging from weapon making to wild salad harvesting

-- 4th Tuesday of the month, Beekeepers Association of Southern California 7:30 PM at the Kling Center, 12900 Blue Field Avenue, La Mirada, CA  90638
Come to meet people who actually keep bees in the Southern California area and talk about colony collapse disorder     Contact: Mark Hoppe (562) 841-9754 mhpower@quixnet.net
 
-- 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/ >

-- Food forest work days and plant sale in Sunland:  Come see our food forest, get your hands dirty in our beautiful, rich soils and hug our fruit trees!   We have lots of fun, exotic fruit trees and other plants and an heirloom veggie patch.  Get a taste of our delicious tomatoes (they are still bearing!), salad mix, figs, etc, hang out with great people, and hear the stories behind the forest.   Every Sunday from 1-4.   7919 Glenties Lane, Sunland.   We are looking for someone who would like to run the work days for a couple of months while I am out of town - please let me know if you are interested!   This is a great community spot in Sunland.

-- 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.


-- Fridays Critical Mass is a spontanious public gathering of bicyclists who use the power of numbers to advocate safe and sensible bicycle use of the roads we share. Check you locality for upcoming rides and locations
http://midnightridazz.com/ or http://www.cicle.org or http://bikeboom.com


LAPG WIKI SPACE   :   http://lapcguild.wikispaces.com

ARASHI : https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/lapg

WISER EARTH Profile : http://www.wiserearth.org/organization/view/625ef7965dec0b50f16a19ec91d1f79a#

SO. CAL PERM ORGS
Los Angeles:
- Earthflow http://www.earthflow.com/  -  Larry Santoyo santoyo@earthflow.com 805-459-0452
- 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 PC 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:
- Los Angeles PC Guild e-list -- https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/lapg
- South CA PC Guild e-list -- https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/scpg
- LACity Repair e-list -- http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/cityrepairla
- LA PC Guild on Tribe -- http://lapcguild.tribe.net
- LA Mytological Society -- http://www.lamushrooms.org

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/
LA Permaculture Guild website : http://www.lapcguild.wikispaces.com/
LA EcoVillage: http://urbansoil.net/wiki.cgi
EcoVillage / Permaculture places : http://www.ecologycenter.org/directory/results.php?sFAQ=permaculture
Sustainble World Radio Podcasts : http://www.sustainableworldradio.com/


 FARMERS MARKETS OF SOUTHERN CA

http://www.farmernet.com/events/cfms

BOOK LISTS OF INTEREST

http://www.users.bigpond.com/brookman/books.html

http://www.pdxpermaculture.org/books.htm

http://www.patternliteracy.com/reading.html

FREE E BOOKS

http://www.holmgren.com.au/

http://www.rainbowbody.net/Finalempire/index.html

http://farmerbarter.googlepages.com/foodbook



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