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Dear guilders and friends, 

Here is a calendar of summer and fall permaculture events from the California
south coast to northern Cal.  Please also forward it to those you think may be
interested.

See you on the swales.

ew

p.s. If this spams you - sorry, that Suharto said it'd be ok to send.  Let me
know and i'll thin the list.

 

 South Coast Permaculture Guild News - June ‘98
_Ventura - Santa Barbara - San Luis Obispo region, Southern California_

for event listings please contact Wes Rowe 805.964.1555 <lakinroe at silcom.com>
or Eric Werbalowsky 805.652.1142 <ewerb at aol.com> .

Three remaining workshops in current Cal Poly SLO Permaculture Sunday Series,
call 805-756-2053 to register ($49 each day)

May 23 - 24 Sat. / Sun California Straw Building Symposium and Workshop  -
Guest presenters: Ken Haggard, Polly Cooper, Bob Theis, and others. Slides,
demonstration of techniques, building with straw alongside experienced others.
Cal Poly SLO

May 31 Sunday Community Interdependence Skills -Activities: Soap making,
basketry, community scale industry. Cal Poly SLO

June 7 Sunday Seed selection and saving - Activities: Selection criteria for
adapting plants to your site, seed harvesting and storage techniques.
Permaculture Party and Award Ceremony. Cal Poly SLO

June 1 Permaculture Language of Design Bill Mollison interviewed on Scott
London’s Insight and Outlook radio program - Part 1, KCBX 90.9 in SB, Mondays
@ 4:30 pm

June 8 Part 2 For info contact <insight at west.net> or www.west.net/~insight

June 12 Fri. Visioning a Permaculture Site with noted permaculturist Larry
Santoyo (see bio at end of calendar) at Community  Environmental Council (CEC)
Gildea Resourse Center, 930 Miramonte Drive, Santa Barbara, 7:30pm. Donation
$3. Jim Bell will assist. Please park on the street because of the winding
driveway and small lot.

June 13-14 Sat./Sun. Patterns: Evaluating Permaculture Site Designs - two-day
workshop with Larry Santoyo. Larry will lead us to understand nature’s
patterns and how to connect with them. We will evaluate as many as 5 urban and
rural design sites in our area. Sat. / Sun. 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Pre-
registration needed, workshop $75. The course will start Sat. at CEC with a
half day lecture followed by site visits, and on Sun. in Goleta at a chosen
site. Contact Margie Bushman 962-2571 for info and registration. SCPGuild
members and PDC graduates Jim Bell, Denise Bourque and Todd Buynak with be
assistant teachers. Flyer and Registration form included.

June 21-July 4 Permaculture Design Course “Earth Stewardship and Community”
two-week residential course on Cal Poly SLO campus, featuring Larry Santoyo
and senior instructors from throughout the West. The course begins and ends
with Summer Solstice celebrations. This is a great opportunity to live and
learn permaculture in a temporary village where meals and services are
developed with permaculture practices in mind. Call Cal Poly Conference
Services for a packet of registration info 805-756-7600.

July 1 Wed. South Coast Permaclture Guild Meeting at the CEC Gildea Resource
Center, 7:00 pm. Come and bring problems and solutions for discussion as we
work with permaculture site designs. We will also present a short video and
slides on the famous 20 year old Village Homes project in Davis, CA., designed
by Michael Corbet. A housing development that children and adults love, using
many permaculture ideas with fruit trees everywhere. This will also be a
planning meeting for those who want to go on the roadtrip to visit Village
Homes, July 11-12. Contacts Jim Bell, Wes Rowe, and Margie Bushman 962-2571.

July 11 - 12 Sat. / Sun Road Trip to Village Homes in Davis, CA
Village Homes was built 20 years ago as an ambitious eco-housing projects that
has matured beautifully. It was designed to use its drainage water on the land
in ponds and swales, grow food, use vines to shade houses, lessen car contact
with pedestrian traffic. Come see it and be inspired, it can be done. No
charge. Please note the July 1 planning meeting. Contact Wes or Margie
962-2571 to arrange car pooling, camping, etc. 

June 15-19 thru July Summer Camp Farming Fun for children at CEC’s urban farm
camp experience. This year’s camp has expanded to include 2 full days at
Fairview Gardens 12 acre organic farm. Camp will include planting seeds,
harvesting, work in greenhouses, nature walks games art etc. Camp sessions 8
am -5 pm Mon - Fri. . Sessions for 2nd-3rd grades and 4th-7th grades. Cost
$160 per session. Call CEC Summer Camp Director Tahara Ezrahti for reg. info
805-963-0583 x114.

Future Events - Strawbale, cob building to be announced

September Spermaculture of Permaculture lecture at the CEC Gildea Resource
Center with Permaculture Teacher and Site Designer Bill Roley. Bill will share
his experience from projects in SoCal and Mexico. Dr. Roley is the Director of
Permaculture Institute of Southern CA based in Laguna Beach.

TBA
 Permaculture Teachers Course Two-day workshop with Bill Roley. This is hands-
on training for anyone who wants to teach permaculture. Work will focus on
theory, curriculum development and creating a design toolkit. A teacher’s
guide will be available for the course. Please let Wes and Bill know your
interest. Contact <DrRoley at aol.com>

Fall Permaculture Course Reunion at the Ojai Foundation. Margie Bushman is
wondering if any one else is interested in having a permaculture course
reunion. Contact her to get this going.

Larry Santoyo bio.
Larry is an internationally recognized Land Use Planner and Environmental
Business Consultant. He has over fifteen years experience in resource
protection and natural systems management. He has taught environmental design
courses at UC Berkeley and CalPoly San Luis Obispo. Larry is one of the
nation's premier Permaculture designers and teachers.

Guild Member News

Financial scholarships fund. We are looking to offer financial scholarships to
our SCPG workshops. Our workshops are organized on a break-even basis to keep
costs down. If any individuals or organizations can contribute to a financial
scholarship for one (or more) workshops,  please call Margie Bushman or Wes
Roe. Perhaps we could sponsor someone from our guild to attend the Cal Poly
SLO Design Course June 21.

Can gardens help youth at risk? Join the effort on Saturdays 4 - 8 pm to
enhance the gardens at Villa Esperanza, SB Juvenile Detention Center. Call
Jill Cloutier, 963.5433, Jim Bell, 965.7576 <jmbl at west.net> to see how to
help.

Free plastic pots – Dave and Daniel Commons have 5" to 10" plastic pots to
give away plus some gallons and trays,  call 964-3938 or email
<commonsi at silcom.com>

Used Building Stuff to give away or sell every Wednesday
in Santa Barbara News Press Classifieds: Building Materials.

Historical and recent aerial photos of SB County - very helpful when designing
sites. Contact County Cartographer Mark Bright, 568-2088 to make an
appointment. The 1956 aerial photos shows great detail which you can only view
at the county. But you can look at the 1997 color aerial photos and purchase
them at local supplier, Pacific Western Aerial Survey, 329 S Salinas St., SB,
CA  	ph. 805 963-0382

Natural Building / Design Workshops this Summer 

Cob, Straw, Timber framing etc. at
Vital Systems 
c/o East Bay Waldorf School
3800 Clark Rd
El Soabronte CA 94803

Penny Livingston's Center 
Permaculture Institute of Northern CA
PO Box 341, Pt Reyes, CA  94956 
415 663-9090     <pinc at nbn.com>
Monthly Garden Tours 1st Sun. of every month 9 am - 1 pm, including examples
of ponds and waterfalls design, straw bale construction, chicken tractors,
ducks, composting systems, cob  construction, rainwater catchment, solar
dryer, herb  spiral and more $5 -10 donation

Penny Livingston also teaches Permaculture Design Course at:
 Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
15290 Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, CA 95465
<oaec at igc.org>

Cob Building Workshops around US 
Cob Cottage 
P.O. Box 123
Cottage Grove OR 97424

Design courses and natural building 
Sustainable Living News, WE-Design
P.O. BOX 45472-m, Seattle, WA (

Permaculture, biodynamic, bioIntensive etc.
Wild Iris Springs Organic Farm School
PO Box 1219, Redway CA 95560

“Stewarding the Earth and Nurturing Our Souls” Introduction to Permaculture
Design with Larry Santoyo. Training courses at Harbin Hot Springs, healing
arts center and hot springs resort. Harbin's 1100 acres of creeks, meadows and
forests are near Middletown, just north of Napa Valley's wine country.

One day workshops	June 6 and 27, July 18

Weekend intensives 	July 24 - 26 , August 14 - 16

Permaculture Designer Trainee Course	November 29-Dec. 13

Registration
Other workshops are scheduled throughout the West:  Please call for private
consultations, more information or to help schedule workshops in your area.
Santoyo & Associates			e-mail	dotcalm at got.net
309 Cedar St. #85				phone	1.800.469.5857 or 
Santa Cruz, California 95060		web	 	www.permaearth.org