[Ccpg] River Road Green Home Tours, July 17 and 18

[jan spencer]

hi central coast permaculture enthusiasts

this is a message i sent out to people in my neighborhood who will be 
our river road neighborhood green home tour in a couple weeks

it provides a glimpse of a really great series of green home tours here 
in eugene and how we organize them

i would love to see how others put the word out

and, if you happen to be in eugene over the summer, check the schedule 
further below, if you are in town join us on a tour,,,,

best wishes

jan spencer

www.suburbanpermaculture.org


> good afternoon green neighbors for the green home tour,
>
> we are two weeks from the river road green home tours, saturday, july 
> 17, sunday, july 18
>
> this year, there will be two separate but equal green home tours in 
> river road, great places to visit both days
>
> both days we will meet at rosetta park, benjamin and evergreen at 11 AM
>
> bikes are suggested, cars are ok, too. both tours will last until 2 to 
> 2 30 PM +-
>
> there will be an open property at my place at 3, following the 
> saturday tour
>
> thanks much for being on the tour, there is a lot to see in river 
> road. the more people see of creative projects for taking care of more 
> needs closer to home, the better, just read the paper for reasons 
> why,,,,,,,
>
> all participants are cc'd above, i hope thats ok, you can connect with 
> each other if you like, the chronology above is the same as both 
> tours, starting saturday and going to sunday , heiko is the first 
> visit saturday, lawrence the last on sunday
>
> there will be other bike tours all around eugene this summer, 9 or 10 
> in different neighborhoods. they are being coordinated by a 
> neighborhood committee with representatives from 15 different 
> neighborhood organizations, its a great activist group and will be 
> organizing a big eco teach in late october that will focus on 
> culture/economics/lifestyle closer to home, check the COS website for 
> updates
>
> for the river road tours, the line up is below. please help with the 
> publicity,
>
> that can be done in several ways
>
> 1] please send out messages to your friends and e mail lists, both in 
> river road and elsewhere, even out of town to friends, its useful just 
> for people to know this kind of grass roots education is happening. i 
> know of nowhere with this kind of organized/systematic green home tour 
> at the n'hood level is happening, more people need to know about this
>
> 2] if you care to, you can make copies of the flyers attatched, one is 
> 8 by 11, can be stapled to telephone poles around where you live, i am 
> doing this in my part of the n'hood. also, the quarter page size 
> flyers can be used as hand outs - print some, cut them up and hand 
> them out
>
> 3] buy a full page ad in the register guard or rent a blimp,,,,, 
> whatever other ways you can help let people know is great! - at work, 
> church, groups you are involved with,,,,,,,,,, its really important 
> people find out about what others are doing to live more people and 
> planet friendly,,,,,,
>
> this is really helpful, thanks!
> *_
> here is the line up, below is what you can _**_cut and paste for an e 
> message
> _*
>
> Dear Friends and Neighbors,
>
> Please join us for the first of ten bike tours in Eugene this summer. 
> The NLC Committee on Sustainability [COS] an eco activist city wide 
> neighborhood committee, is coordinating the tours. See the city wide 
> schedule further below.
>
> For the on line updated schedule of all the neighborhood tours, go to 
> http://eugenesustainability.org/
>
> The tours are free, causal, social and a lot of fun. Bikes are 
> recommended but you can follow in a car. Please keep young kids on 
> best behavior, we will be visiting special and sensitive homes and 
> gardens that are personal and important to the people who live there. 
> Please no pets.
>
> River Road
>
> Saturday, July 17 and Sunday, July 18
>
> Both days meet at 11 AM at Rosetta Park, Benajmin and Evergreen
>
>
> Here's the River Road Line Up in Chronological Order and what each 
> site has
>
> [Sneek preview of several sites] 
> http://www.suburbanpermaculture.org/sneek/sneek.html
>
> Saturday 11AM Rosetta Park
>
> Comments on Herbicide Free Rosetta Park
>
> In transit view Jan's place and John Pitney's place
>
> Heiko - Front Yard Food Forest - WOW! its a fully mulched and planted 
> infant food forest, right in the middle of sububia! Heiko designs and 
> installs food forests. Then special guest visit with Jean across the 
> street, small front yard garden, chickens in back
>
> In transit view new front yard garden
>
> Kat and Matt - Neighbors collaborate for mutual benefit
>
> Kat - Riparian restoration along the willamette greenway - removing 
> invasive species, planting natives
>
> Jen and Doug - Chickens, brambles emeritus, solar electric. Citizen 
> planted trees in neighboring open space, potential garden 
> collaborations with future church next door
>
> Quentin and Liz - Front yard garden and permaculture site plan
>
> In transit view several front yard gardens
>
> Teresa and Than - Reclaim automobile space, garden front and back and 
> in vacant lot next door, bees, chickens, food preservation 
> demonstration by teresa,,,,,,,,
>
> tour finished, visit Jan's open property, 212 benjamin
>
> Open Property at Jan's after the Saturday bike tour, 212 Benjamin 3 to 
> 5 www.suurbanpermaculture.org
>
> At Jan's place - Reclaim automobile space, passive solar redesign, 
> 5600 gallon rain water storage, chickens, food hedge, food 
> preservation, collaboration with neighbors, look at next door bill and 
> marie's, fence lines, begin food forest, galvalume roof, passive solar 
> bungalow, water features, roof garden,,,,,,
>
> Sunday - again, meet at Rosetta Park at 11
>
> In transit - Al's beginnings on a front yard forest garden, 5 houses 
> west, Mark, just moved in, permaculture intentions on a one acre 
> suburban site
>
> Dharmalaya - Beautiful straw bale structure, mini straw bale 
> structure, permaculture site plan, solar electric, garden, food 
> forest, much more
>
> Jason and Kaverii - recently moved in, allies and next door to 
> Dharmalaya - just beginning their permaculture adventure, a look at 
> site plan, intentions and possibilities. [note, Heiko lives over the 
> back yard fence]
>
> River Road Elementary School - School Garden, raised beds, fruit 
> trees, education, neighborhood involvement,,,,
>
> Michael - Native plants front yard, garden, chickens, micro bike shop
>
> Sandra - Great back yard - fruit/nut trees, chickens, raised beds, 
> green house, reclaim automobile space
>
> Jen, Neighbors, Ellen and Gary - Four houses in a row with front yard 
> gardens
>
> In transit, view small rainwater catchment, chickens, edible landscaping
>
> Lawrence - Cob green house - very nice! [see sneek preview] , garden, 
> edible landscaping, depaving
>
> tour finished
>
>
> Here's the current Schedule for other neighborhoods in Eugene.
> Meeting locations and times yet to come for several tours - TBA
> see the COS website http://eugenesustainability.org/ for updates
>
> Summer 2010 Green Home Tours
> Brought to You by the NLC Committee on Sustainability [COS]
> Grass to garden, rain water collection, solar, creative 
> collaborations, food pres, restoration, reclaim auto space, 
> greenhouses, green building/design and much more
> July
> 17 - River Road, 11 AM - Meet Rosetta Park, Benjamin and Evergreen
> 17 - After the home tour, 3 to 5 Open Permaculture Property – 212 
> Benjamin
> 18 - River Road, 11 AM - Meet Rosetta Park, Benjamin and Evergreen
> August
> 7 - Friendly, 11 AM - Meet Friendly Market, 2757 Friendly
> 8 - Friendly (excursion into Crest Dr 8/7) TBA
> 14 - Jefferson Westside, 10 AM - Meet Monroe Park
> 21 - Amazon Neighborhood TBA
> September
> 4 - Whiteaker Neighborhood TBA
> 11 – Bethel Neighborhood TBA [first tour ever in Bethel]
> 19 - Laurel Hill Valley, 1 PM - Meet NW Youth Corps, 2621 Augusta 
> [first tour ever in Laurel Hill]
> 25 - Southeast Neighbors, 10 AM - Meet 450 E. 30
> full schedule at www.eugenesustainability.org
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