What is permaculture?
Permaculture is an ecological design system which all related elements can be hung from ,this includes everything connected to our ecological footprint and the natural world around us.

South Coast Permaculture Guild Contacts and other Organizations of Interest

South Coast Permaculture Guild  Margie Bushman sbpcnet@silcom.com 805-962-2571
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network:  Margie Bushman sbpcnet@silcom.com 805-962-2571
Ojai Permaculture Guild: Dave White        artdetour@mac.com   805-646-9809
Central Coast Permaculture Guild: Rob Kimmel  zigge@aol.com  805-438-5745
San Diego Permaculture Center: San Diego Economic Conversion Council sdecc@igc.org (619) 298-8879
Cal Poly Student Farm in SLO:Alexis Pouillon   alexis@value.net
                                Hunter Francis    wfrancis@calpoly.edu
Long Beach Organics: David Krieger-DeWitt        dakd@earthlink.net  562-438-9000
Southern East Sierra: Tom Drummond                                       760-377-5011        
Pc Institute of Southern Cal: Bill Roley                DrRoley@aol.com       949-494-5843
Santoyo&Associates                              dotcalm@fix.net          800-469-5857
LA EcoVillage: Lois Arkin                       crsp@igc.org             213/738-1254
Permaculture Activist Website                   http://www.metalab.unc.edu/pc-activist
Permacultura    http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura/spanish/QueEsPermacultura.htm
PERMACULTURE CREDIT UNION               http://www.pcuonline.org

Hi everyone

November 2000 Newsletter Content:
1) List of Nov. 2000 Events,no monthly meeting, Natural Building in American SW, Rescuing Heirloom
2) List of Future Events, Permaculture Design Course in Ojai
3) Perma News San Diego Perm.Guild news,SCPG website, Morning Valley, Report from Louisiana
4) List of interesting Websites, Greenpeople,
5) Subscribe to South Coast, Central Coast, San Diego Permaculture Guild Listserves
6)Please send listings and events for next email news by Nov 25 to lakinroe@silcom.com

1. NOVEMBER EVENTS
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GARY DUNCAN FROM SMARTSHELTER NETWORK
Natural Building in the American Southwest  Slide Show and Talk

Nov 8: Wed Ojai...7pm Happy Valley School Auditorium, contact Dave White,
Ojai Permaculture Guild, 805-646-9809; artdetour@mac.com.
Nov 9: Thursday Santa Barbara..... , 7:00pm at the Santa Barbara Public
Library Main Branch Downtown, Faulkner Gallery, donation $3, contact 962-2571
or sbpcnet@silcom.com.
Nov. 10: Friday San Luis Obispo... 7pm at the Community Room at the SLO Library
co-sponsored by HopeDance (544-9663), Sustainable Building Council, CC Permaculture Guild
and the Canaries of the Central Coast, Future Electric

Talk and slideshow will cover
strawbale building, passive solar design, adobe, cob, pressed earth,
earthships, environmental illness, electromagnetic fields, Feng Shui, water
catchment, biological waste water treatment, remodeling, solar electric,
solar hot water, pressed block, permaculture, green houses, green building,
finance, insurance, Russian Stoves, timber frame, green power....and more.
Plus a special look at Environmental Illness for those affected by
sensitivities or allergies caused by buildings, toxic indoor air quality
problems, cleaning products, furnishings, perfumes, etc. Go to
www.smartshelter.com for details.

Nov. 11 Setting Up a Natural Building Network in California with Gary Duncan
At the CEC Gildea Resource Center 930 Miramonte Dr Santa Barbara.
A half day workshop from 1-6pm Cost $60
In South Western Colorado there exists a unique organization called Smart Shelter Network.  It studies & documents Natural, Sustainable & Green Building structures.  It provides consulting & resource information for people wanting to build environmentally  responsible buildings.  It offers advocacy & education to builders, inspectors, politicians, insurers & banks about Natural Building. It's members form task forces to study specific issues.  Smart Shelter Network exists to document, analyze, promote and educate its citizens about Natural Building in their area. Learn how a similar network can be formed in our region. 
Workshop will cover:
‚       Overview of a Natural Building Network
‚       Functions of a Network
‚       Forming a Natural Building Network for Coastal Southern California
‚       Slide Show of Natural Building techniques with the builder/architect in mind
Gary Duncan has been in the building trade 35 years forming SmartShelter Network after experiencing an illness from toxic building materials and observing the unsustainability of his profession. He has catalogued natural buildings over the past 6 years with more than 3000 slides and several hundred documented case studies.
Cost/$60 For more info & registration call SBPN 805/962-2571, email: sbpcnet@silcom.com.
Cosponsors The Sustainability Project,Cohearts, Mac's Solar, Community Environmental Council

NOVEMBER 8TH, THURSDAY 7:30 PM, DAVID ENGWICHT, author of "Street Reclaiming: Creating Livable Streets and Vibrant Communities." Australian author, lecturer and community facilitator of convivial streets and neighborhoods, David will be on a book and workshop tour across North America. You can learn more about David's work at <http://www.lesstraffic.com/>
Also Thursday Nov 9 9:30-12 Noon at MTA Board Room one Gateway Plaza Downtown Los Angeles free
RSVP to: Los Angeles Eco-Village, Lois Arkin, 213/738-1254 or <crsp@igc.org>. Give city and phone number or email if you can carpool. South Coast Permaculture Guild is one of the cosponsors

Thursday November 16 at 7-9pm Rescuing Heirloom Garden Plants with Kent and Diane Whealy
at Victoria Hall 33 West Victoria Street Santa Barbara CA
Santa Barbara Organic Garden Club, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network will co-and other sponsors
Kent Whealy is the director of the Seed Savers Exchange (SSE), a nonprofit
organization that he and his wife Diane founded in 1975. SSE is a
grassroots network of 8,000 gardeners, orchardists and plant collectors
who are maintaining heirloom varieties of vegetables, fruits, grains,
flowers and herbs, which they distribute through SSE’s annual
publications. In 1986 Kent began developing Heritage Farm, a unique
educational facility near Decorah, Iowa that maintains and displays
collections of 18,000 heirloom vegetables, 700 nineteenth century apples,
200 hardy grapes and herds of Ancient White Park cattle. In 1990 Kent was
awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his efforts to conserve genetic
resources.
Seed Savers Exchange www.seedsavers.org.
For more Info contact
Jenny Benjamin
Community Relations Coordinator Pacifica Graduate Institute
(805)969-3626 ext 172
jenny@pacifica.edu

Thursday November 16 7pm Status and Distribution of Valley Oak in Santa Barbara County
St Mark's-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church, Los Olivos
Frank Davis, UCSB Professor in the School of Environmental Science and Management, will present his research findings about the long-term trends in valley oak populations in the Santa Ynez and Los Alamos valleys. A short update on sudden oak death (SOD), which is affecting coast live oak, tanbark oak, and black oak in Northern and Central California, will follow Dr. Davis' presentation.
Santa Ynez Valley Natural History Society
P.O. Box 794
Los Olivos, CA 93441
For more information: John Evert 688-0413 or Claudia Tyler 455-5711 tyler@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Saturday, November 18 9:30 am - 2pm Techiques for Growing Oaks from Acorns
UC Sedgwich Reserve  (Rain date Dec 2) For directions, call numbers below.)
Workshop leaders are Douglas McCreary, Natural Resources Specialist with UC's Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program, and Claudia Tyler, manager of the Santa Barbara County Oak Restoration Program. We will plant acorns at a restoration site at Sedgwick Reserve using several different planting methods and tour the oak regeneration studies being conducted there. We conclude with a visit to Las Cruzitas Ranch to observe its valley oak restoration project.
Co-sponsored by: Santa Barbara County Oak Restoration Program, Sedgwick Reserve, UC (Cooperative Extension) Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program, and Santa Ynez Valley Natural History Society
For more information please call Claudia Tyler at 455-5711 or John Evarts at 688-0413, or email tyler@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Saturday November 18: Volunteer Day at Esperenza School, Tijuana,
Meet at Saddleback College Parking lot at 7:30 Am and return around 5:00PM or
the Chula Vista 4th Street Trolley stop a 8:30 ­9:00 Am
Edible landscaping and gardening, architectural tiling and building techniques will help expand the schools services in the community. One hundred and fifty fruit trees where planted this spring and irrigation with continual work and support is needed in the form of workparties like this one
Mexico edible
Call William Roley  949-494-5843 of email DrRoley@aol.com for questions

Friday November 17 Lecture Earthbuilding with Earthblock Inc, Jim Hallock and Stephen Gates.
Ojai Foundation, Ojai Ca 7-9pm suggested donation $10

Nov 18-23 Earth Building with Jim Hallock and Stephen Gates of Earth Block Inc.
Cost $15/day  9-12:30 and  2-5 pm at the Ojai Foundation, Ojai Ca 805-646-8343
Housing for $20/night  Spontaneous potlucks and community dinners available bring own lunch
This intensive is for students or professionals interested in expanding their knowledge of green building practises.
The course is designed to cover earth building techniques,rammed earth,pressed earth block, earthen bag, ceramic houses and traditional adobes . During the course an actual pressed block structure will be constructed.Participants will have the opportunity to broaden their understanding of permaculture principles as they are applied to building design and construction.
Course provides extensive job placement along with hands on experience. Opportunities for work trades and scholarships are available
Jim Hallock is the founder of Earth Block, Inc specializing in press block adobe residential design and building Jim teaches internationally and holds a contractors's license in CA and NM. He has over 30 years experience in the building industry
Stephen Gates is a permaculture designer focused on the blurring the line between architecture and agriculture and mainstreaming community. He is well versed in many forms of alterative building and design.
PLEASE CONTACT For more info and registration
The Ojai Foundation
www.ojaifoundation.org
9739 Ojai-Santa Paula Road, Ojai Ca
805-646-8343


2. FUTURE EVENTS
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Dec 1-15 Permaculture Design Course with Penny Livingston-Stark and Brock Dolman
Cost $995 includes tent village accommodations and meals
At Ojai Foundation , Ojai Ca
Contact for information is Gigi Coyle at 760-938-1177 . Some scholarships available
This two week intensive in sustainable systems design will focus on the practical design and hands on implementation of restorative systems .Learn permaculture Solutions for Watershed Restoration, Preserving of Wildlife, Sustainable Food systems, Building Design, non toxic Natural Building Materials, Edible Landscaping, energy Conservation, Site Planning and Design. and more
Upon completion of course participants will receive a certificate of Permaculture Design

Penny Livingston-Stark is a internationally recognized Permaculture Teacher and Designer with over 20 years experience in this field. Founder of Sustainable Living Designs and co founder and Co director of the Permaculture Institute of Northern California

Brock Dolman founding member of both the Sowing Circle LLC intentional community and Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. Brings 20 year's of experience to his work as OAEC's Permaculture Program Director

PLEASE CONTACT For more info and registration
The Ojai Foundation
www.ojaifoundation.org
9739 Ojai-Santa Paula Road, Ojai Ca
805-646-8343

Jan 8-29 2001 Permaculture Design Course Makapala, Big Island, Hawaii
Contact Annmarie Banchy POB 373 Hakalau, Hi 96710 808-963-6664 abanchy@interpac.net
website www.permacultureportal.com

Feb 9 2001 Permaculture Design Course Anihue, Chile
Contact CRMPI  970-927-4158 jerome@permaculture.net   www.crimpi.org


3.PERMA NEWS
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South Coast Permaculture Website is coming soon
We first would like to thank guild member Michael Lind of Oakview Ca for volunteering to build our guild website, will have further news once the site is up and running

SDECCC San Diego Permaculture Center Newsletter and Fundraiser
The SD Permaculture Center is supported primary by membership dues and contributions. this year the center hopes to raise $12,000 to sustain the Permaculture Center. they are asking folks to become members of San Diego Economic Conversion Council which is the umbrella organization of the Permaculture Center. Become a member and get there great newsletter.
Memberships are $35 individual, $50 family, $100 sponsor, $500 retainer, $20 student/fixed income
Checks payable to SDECC mail to 4452 Park Blvd Suite 205 San Diego CA 92116 
Permaculture Center (619) 298-8879 fax (619) 298-2298 sdecc@igc.org www.igc.org/sdecc

Morning Valley Farm looking for Helping Hands
We are looking for helping hands on Morning Valley Farm and we can provide a special place to live and possibly more for the right people. We are especially looking for a multi talented type man to manage the gardens and help with some of the natural. building and other projects. But what ever your skills or interests you can probably be of help!
        Morning Valley Farm is a 21 yr. old service project dedicated to demonstration and education of natural life alternatives: permaculture/ organic gardening, natural building, nat. energy, nat. healing etc. A key element to the farm is the expression of love in beauty. Embellishment with many forms of art is intended to attract media attention as well as higher consciousness to the sustainability movement. Much has been accomplished on the 190 acre farm over the years but more help is needed!!!
You can read more about Morning Valley Farm on our web site: www.bindujewelry.com/mornvalley.html
Candace and Loren Stolley P.O. box 1744 Lower Lake, CA. 95457-9411 (707) 994-1814
bindujewelry@jps.net

Permaculture News from Permaculture Course in Louisiana with Bill Mollison
Just returned from a 3 Day Permaculture Course in Louisiana with Bill Mollison one of the founders of Permaculture. At the Course a group of Macedonian made a presentation at the course with Australian Permaculture Teacher and Designer Geoff Lawton who had done the permaculture design for the Refugee Camp Restoration Cegrane refugee camp in Macedonia. Please read below from the webpage http://www.rudina.org.mk/english.htm and hear there words of the Macedonian and how they have inter grated permaculture into their community as a result of Geoff help in the project. The idea is to present a new model of land restoration and community help in areas that suffer war and other human problems. The North West Louisiana Commerce Center in Minden Louisiana www.nwlcc.com where the course took place is an 15,000 acre defense base once had arms manufacturing which is being converted to an Eco-industrial Park, and a Permaculture design and teaching facility. And a place for humans around the world to come and get Permaculture training so they can repair the earth and rebuild their communities after natural and man made disasters like war . Training to put people on the ground all over the world with knowledge and training before disaster hit.

News from Villa Esperanza Gardens at Juvenile Hall Santa Barbara, Ca needs help and plants
Members of our Guild have been busy volunteering time every wednesday 10:30-12:30pm for over 3 years slowly building up the garden with the teenagers and creating a wonderful solitude with fruit trees vines flowers and annuals. We move with the teenagers their moods and desires so the garden develops with their energy and pace. Because of the discipline system we sometimes have some of the teenagers for as little as one month, and a constant flow of new teenagers ever month. We have put in rock gardens , banana circle, swales and finally this year a system of swales, rock boomerangs and earthworks that has finally stop the heavy erosion by flooding in the garden. We always could us more volunteers to help as the two original founders Jill Cloutier and Kim Redmond are taking a well deserved rest. Oscar Carmona has joined to help each week with Wes Roe.
We could use surplus plants, fruit trees, bananas, ornamentals, bulbs, herbs tools or any donations to help the garden.
Contact Wes Roe 964-1555 lakinroe@silcom.com

Announcing the Opening of The Permaculture Credit Union
The Permaculture Credit Union is a reality. A new kind of environmentally responsive financial institution has been created and chartered. It is possibly the first credit union founded upon the Earth Care principles of Permaculture ethics, namely respect for natural systems, respect for people, and no waste ( which in banking will mean the reinvestment and recycling of surplus back into the community being served). Our mission is to pool the financial resources of people who subscribe to these ethical principles and provide a financial vehicle that will allow these resources to be put to work creating a sound sustainable, environmentally responsible future. We believe we have targeted a market that is severely unserved by existing financial institutions- those people who are committed to a cleaner environment, healthy food and water, sustainable energy use, and a more conscious lifestyle. It will create the opportunity for members to control the use of money in the community and contribute to the revitalization of local well-being.
Permaculture Credit Union
4250 Cerrillo Road
Santa Fe , NM 87505 (505) 954-3479 fax (505) 424-1624  perma@pcuonline.org
http://www.pcuonline.org/


4. WEBSITES OF INTEREST
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Green People Webpage for Listing of Businesses, Events and Services
I thought you would find http://www.greenpeople.org a valuable
resource where you can list your business/service for Free.
GreenPeople says this directory will be the biggest and most easily searchable, eco-friendly directory on the net. It only takes a few minutes to enter your listing.

5.LISTSERVE
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To get Up to Date Permaculture Ongoing Announcements for courses , events and posting of articles of interest try subscribing to our local Permaculture Listserves ccpg serves San Lois Obispo ,scpg serves Santa Barbara down and including Los Angeles, and sdpg serves San Diego area. Below are the instructions how to sign up
thanks to John Howe for setting them up
this works the same for each separate list:
central coast list(ccpg@arashi.com), south coast(scpg), and the san diego
list (sdpg@arashi.com)

TO SUBSCRIBE to this mailing listserve

send mail to: <Majordomo@arashi.com>
with the following command in the body of email message:
subscribe sdpg
There will be a return message requesting your confirmation/authorization
that you want to subscribe, so respond to it as requested.
TO UNSUBSCRIBE
use the word unsubscribe instead of subscribe as above
Hope this helps took me a few times to get it right

Please send listings and events for next email news by November 25 to lakinroe@silcom.com

Mail Address    South Coast Permaculture Guild and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
                224E Figueroa ST #C
                Santa Barbara CA 93101

"What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any
group is doing on the planet. We don't know what details of a truly
sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need
people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of
the critical gangs that are doing that."
Dr David Suzuki geneticist, broadcaster
and international environmental advocate

Permaculture education includes principles and practices of
sustainable soil, water, crop, forest, architectural, business, and
finance systems ­ ethical investment, community loan support and small
business management.

Permaculture, from PERMAnent agriCULTURE, is an integrated system of
design including not only agriculture, horticulture, architecture and
ecology but also land access strategies and economic systems for small
businesses and communities.

Taken from the Latin, permanens, to endure or persist through time and
cultura, cultures - permaculture is an interdisciplinary design
science focused on sustainable system design. Sustainable systems are
defined as those that, over their lifetime, produce energy equivalent
to or in excess of what they consume.

Permaculture operates on three ethics: care of the earth, care of the
species and return of excess to the first two.