Quail Springs
Learning Oasis
WE’RE THINKING ABOUT ALL OF YOU EFFECTED BY THE FIRE –
WHETHER BY EVACUATION, WARNINGS, OR OF THE SMOKE WHICH WE KNOW IS VERY
CHALLENGING TO COPE WITH. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR THE WELLBEING OF
ALL GO OUT TO ALL OF YOU AND THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.
LOVE FROM ALL OF US AT QUAIL SPRINGS….
Upcoming Work Parties!
Weekend Mud Slinging.....
Quail
Springs is excited to host our third annual and sold-out Permaculture Design
Course (PDC), and the First Annual So Cal Permaculture Convergence, this
August. To accommodate the fifty students and attendees, we are
excited to build a simple yet large teaching area that will be made with a
process called "fence cob" over the next 5 weeks preceding the
PDC. This structure will also serve as a milling area once we begin to
build our EcoNest - Core Mentoring Center in the coming year.
We need your HELP to build this Classroom and
Converging space! Come and cob during our three weekend work
parties over the next month.
Weekend #1: July 18, 19, 20
Weekend #2 July 25, 26, 27
Weekend #3 August 1, 2, 3
If
you have never cobbed before, come and learn, if you have some experience
cobbing, come and share your wealth (and mud) with others. Join us and
camp on the land, bring your families, work clothes, potluck foods, and music
instruments. Please RSVP to info@quailsprings.org for
each weekend you wish to participate.
We are also looking for old doors, windows, wood for bucks and 6x6x10 gauge
steel wire fencing or something similar for the project. Please let us know
right away if you have any of these materials to donate as we need them before
the work weekends begin. Thank you!
"Home for Us to Grow" Campaign
The Quail Springs "Home
for Us to Grow" Capital Campaign is in its preliminary formation stage, but
that we are looking for able and energetic Quail Springs' friends and
supporters who have the time to help with it to contact us. We are not
yet asking for general contributions for this effort, but we would like the
opportunity in the near future (in the next few months) to be able to sit
down in person with each and every one of you to further explain the campaign
and how you might be able to help us in that effort. Please contact
Jan Smith, at jan@quailsprings.org if you
are interested.
Living Building Committee
This fall, we will be
pioneering regulatory changes to allow for us to construct buildings that are
ecologically equitable, have no toxicity, and use natural materials. Some
of the people involved in "green building" movement recognize that
there is need for a higher standard of sustainability and are introducing a new
standard to the building industry called the "living building"
designation. We are looking for people to work with us on a committee in
organizing several big events this October that will be instrumental in
informing professionals, politicians and the public about the issues of why we
need to create living buildings here in Southern California and beyond. If you
are interested, please contact our director, Warren Brush, at w@quailsprings.org.
Permaculture Design Course and So Cal
Permaculture Convergence
The Permaculture
Design Course and So Cal Permaculture Convergence are
full, a positive reflection of the growing popularity and value for
permaculture in our region. We will continue to offer one or more Design
Courses every year. The Convergence will hopefully become an annual event
hosted by diverse groups in Southern California. Click on the links above
to learn more.
Support our Efforts at Quail Springs
with a monthly donation of $5
or more, please. For
every $25 or more in monthly commitments, we will plant a tree in our
next planting-weather-window in your honor. We need your generous
financial support today! Donate Here Now!
Thank
You.
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PO Box 417
New Cuyama, California 93254
United States
