[Central Coast CA Permaculture] gearing up for March community events
Teresa Lees
treelees at charter.net
Mon Feb 29 09:41:19 PST 2016
Hello Permaculture Community,
Here is a glance at what is coming up during the month of March.
We are building a community who cares for the earth, cares for people, and
shares all they can!
March 1 - SLOW Money SLO meeting at SLO Grange Hall
March 2 - Hope's Village meeting at Salvation Army office
March 2 - Septic Decommissioning Discussion at Mitchell Park's Senior Center
March 7 - Farmer's Guild Meeting & Forest Garden Greenhouse Presentation
March 10 - Carbon Farming Presentation with Darren Doherty in Santa Barbara
March 11 - Remember Fukushima Five Years Later at Steynberg Gallery
March 12 - SLO Preparedness Expo at Madonna Expo Center
March 17 - Visioning Session for SLO Grange Hall
March 19 - Love SLO work day at City Farm
March 19 - Earth Day Prep & Potluck Community Work Day at Branch Mill
Organic Farm
March 26 - Worm Tea Application at Our Global Family Village
March 29 - Permaculture Guild Meeting: Bringing Food Home film and
discussion at SLO Grange Hall
March 29 - April 3 is the Acorn Gathering Natural Living Skills Camp in
Santa Ynez
And remember there is a Permie House being formed in Oceano:
We are creating a household for people interested in Permaculture and or
Dharma/Meditation. It's a 5 br. House in Oceano built in 1912, currently
being fixed up. It has a fairly large fenced yard with a grey water system
to recycle water for the garden.. Would like to see a group household of
compatible people form. The owner would like to see some organic, permie
types in there or maybe meditator/yogis also. Room rents average $500.
Please email John at <mailto:jtbroberg at gmail.com> jtbroberg at gmail.com if
you are interested. We will have all 5 rooms available over the next couple
of months.
March 1 - SLOW Money SLO meeting at 6pm at SLO Grange Hall
We'll start with networking and sharing some great local food, followed by
introductions all around. Then Jeff Wade will share updates on Slow Money
SLO projects and operations, and we'll hear from three speakers:
Javier Magana,
<http://SlowMoneySLO.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f30b53530b6d0e63843f
86700&id=5ea3779477&e=49f5369194> Red Barn Farms at
<http://SlowMoneySLO.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f30b53530b6d0e63843
f86700&id=f3cc59314b&e=49f5369194> SLO City Farm
<http://SlowMoneySLO.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f30b53530b6d0e63843f
86700&id=2d89896c84&e=49f5369194> Baba Small Batch - artisan hummus and
salads (with samples to share!)
Josh Ayers,
<http://SlowMoneySLO.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f30b53530b6d0e63843f
86700&id=d44e0b4e55&e=49f5369194> GleanSLO Program Manager
We are eager to share the developments and accomplishments of the last few
months and our new
<http://SlowMoneySLO.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f30b53530b6d0e63843
f86700&id=6ca01e7438&e=49f5369194> Slow Money SLO goals for 2016!
For more information, visit
<http://SlowMoneySLO.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f30b53530b6d0e63843f
86700&id=f900948e86&e=49f5369194> SlowMoneySLO.org
March 2 - Hope's Village meeting at 10am at SLO Salvation Army
Please join us this Wednesday, March 2nd at 10:00am at the SLO Salvation
Army for our next meeting...we'll be talking about recent decisions out of
Sacramento, our site search, and celebrating the lives of three of our
folks. Any questions, give a call (Coffee & cake will be served!) 815 Islay
St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Becky Jorgeson HOPE'S VILLAGE OF SLO 805.234.5478
www.hopesvillageofslo.com <http://hopesvillageofslo.com/>
Also we are in need of sleeping bags for the homeless people we help in and
around SLO...you can reach Tim at 440-9144 or Becky at 234-5478 .... even if
you have a used one that is clean, we will come pick up ... thanks in
advance!
March 2 - Septic Decommissioning Discussion 5:30pm - 7:30pm at Senior Center
in Mitchell Park
Please join us for an evening of conversation and information regarding the
reuse and decommissioning of the septic systems into water catchment / reuse
systems in Los Osos. This is an exciting proposition with the potential to
have tremendous savings and impact.
<http://slogreenbuild.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a519540615db7c5b562
58b806&id=152f69f75d&e=843d7ca4e2> Learn more about the plan here. Presented
by Green Building Alliance
March 7 - Farmer's Guild meeting at 5pm with booking signing with Jerome
Osentowski at 7pm - 9pm
'The Forest Garden Greenhouse- How to Design and Manage an Indoor
Permaculture Oasis' (flyer attached)
In his groundbreaking book, Jerome Osentowski, one of North America's most
accomplished permaculture designers, shows how to bring a forest garden
indoors, even on unlikely terrain and in cold climates, using near-net-zero
technology. The Forest Garden Greenhouse advocates a unique approach to
indoor agriculture using permaculture design concepts that take season
extension into new and important territory, whether you're growing food or
medicinals for your family or commercially. Jerome is the Director and
founder of Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute and a permaculture
designer for thirty years. He has built five greenhouses for himself and
scores of others for private clients and public schools in the Rockies and
beyond and has taught a PDC for the past 30 years in a row.
March 10 - Fighting Climate Change with Carbon Farming with Darren Doherty
in Santa Barbara
7:30pm - 9pm at Faulkner Gallery in the Santa Barbara Public Library
If every farmer in the USA practiced Carbon Farming, in less than 10 years,
we would sequester ALL the CARBON that has been emitted since the Industrial
Age.
Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/1533723326928002/
March 11 - Fukushima Five Years Later Remembrance at 7:00pm - 9:00pm at
Steynberg Gallery
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace invites you to join us in a remembrance of
the Fukushima disaster. Come to acknowledge the devastation and to gain an
understanding of the current conditions. (flyer attached)
Dinner available beforehand by reservation: 5:30 - 6:30 evyjust at gmail.com
Curry, Panini (meat or vegetarian) $8.00 - $10.00 - order your meal by March
8
March 12 - SLO Preparedness Expo 9am - 5pm at Madonna Expo Center
For years you've heard that you need to plan in the event of a natural
disaster and for years you've said, "I'll get to it someday." Maybe you
don't know where to start or what you need to be prepared?
This FREE event will feature interactive vendor booths, demonstrations and
seminars to help you better assist your family and the community in the
event of a natural disaster.
Website: <http://sloexpo.com/> http://sloexpo.com/
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/905550179543773/
March 17 - Visioning Session for SLO Grange Hall at 2pm - 6pm with potluck
to follow
This collaborative event will help us define the future vision of our SLO
Grange so that we stay relevant to our Grangers and to the community,
working together to achieve common goals.
We kindly ask you to prepare for this workshop by completing one or both of
the two Pre-Workshop Assignments listed below. If you are unable to attend,
you may still complete these assignments and submit them to the Grange prior
to the workshop. We love to get everyone's ideas! You may also email your
Vision Paper and Collage, if it's digital.
Please RSVP via phone or email-and please let us know if you are able to
share a dish for our Post-Visioning Potluck. Thank you!
Pre-Workshop Assignments
Collage: Create a collage of clippings, magazine pictures, photos, drawings,
sketches, words, etc. representing Your Vision of the SLO Grange.
Specifically:
. Why is the Grange important to our community right now?
. Who are our members or who should they be?
. What do they want?
. What types of events do our members want?
. What is the Grange's role within our SLO community?
. What should the future Grange look and feel like?
Vision Paper: If you could imagine the Grange to be anything, and if
resources were unlimited, what could the Grange be?
RSVP (805) 543-0639
1sun at sbcglobal.net
March 19 - Love SLO work day at City Farm 9am - 12:30pm
Love SLO is a new community-wide day of service to be held in San Luis
Obispo, California as part of the national Love Our Cities movement. This
spring, the San Luis Obispo community will come together to celebrate their
hometown and work alongside one another to benefit organizations throughout
the city. This year's - day of service will be held on Saturday, March 19,
2016.
Love SLO began with a vision to make San Luis Obispo an even better place to
live. Inspired by the desire to meet needs of local community members,
demonstrate kindness and impact lives, a group of community leaders came
together to turn this vision into a reality.
Those interested in participating in Love SLO are asked to visit
<http://loveslo.com/> www.loveslo.com to register to volunteer for specific
service projects in early 2016.
March 19 - Earth Day Prep & Potluck Community Work Day 9am - 3pm at Branch
Mill Organic Farm
Hey friends! Branch Mill Organic Farm would love your presence on March 19th
to help us work on the land in preparation for our Second Annual Earth Day
Festival. Please come with family and friends, water, sun protection,
attitude to get work done, have fun and bring a yummy dish for the potluck
after we finish work. Looking forward to seeing you!
Branch Mill Organic Farm: http://branchmillorganics.com/
Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/238171496521140/
March 26 - Worm Tea Application 9am - 12noon at Our Global Family Village at
City Farm
$5 - $10 per family to help cover the cost of the worm tea application
City Farm is at 1221 Calle Joaquin at the end of the cul-de-sac
This special work day includes bringing the SLO County Worm Farm folks with
their Black Diamond Vermicompost Tea to be applied to the crops and soil. We
will be planting Asian vegetables too. Come enjoy the process and learn from
the best! Cristy Christie and her crew will be on hand to educate us about
worm tea. What is worm tea you may ask?
What is "worm tea"? http://www.slocountyworms.com/tea/
Aerated Compost Tea is made from Vermicompost and water which goes through a
thorough and highly active aerating process. Quality compost Tea will
increase species diversity of leaf, stem, flower, seed-surface and soil
microorganisms. These microorganisms will select, eat and destroy the
disease-causing pests and organisms in the soil and on the plant. Benefits
of using Tea for foliar or root applications:
* Boosts plant's natural immune system, suppresses foliar diseases and
interferes with pathogens trying to infect the plant tissue.
* Soil structure is improved. Water retention and oxygen reach the
root system and increase root depth.
* Nutritional quality of the plant is enhanced.
March 29 - Bringing Food Home film and discussion at 6pm at SLO Grange Hall
(flyer attached)
BRINGING FOOD HOME is a film focusing on sustainable solutions for local
food in Northern New Mexico. The documentary features several farms and
gardens in the region practicing regenerative agriculture. Produced over the
last two years, the documentary hopes to provoke constructive dialogue,
inspiring Santa Fe and other cities to embrace urban agriculture as
essential to a resilient community.
The flurry of reactions around the creation of Gaia Gardens, a one-acre farm
within a residential zoning area in Santa Fe, provided the impetus for this
documentary. The controversy has raised a larger question for the community:
how will this high-desert city sustain itself in the future?
The film goes beyond the specifics of Gaia Gardens' circumstances to explore
the need for visionary policy change, as well as a radical shift in our
relationship to food. Local farmers, land-use professionals, educators and
policy makers present insights into fostering a sustainable future.
Panel discussion of our local food system here in San Luis Obispo to follow
the film.
Movie trailer: https://vimeo.com/133098783
Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/686591681482527/
March 29 - April 3 is the Acorn Gathering Natural Living Skills Camp in
Santa Ynez
The vision of The Acorn Gathering LLC is to create a safe and sacred space
for people to learn about primitive & earth-based skills. It is our hope
that through our time together, and the teachings that are offered by our
incredibly talented instructors, we will all come away with a deeper
understanding and respect for ourselves, our community and the Earth.
Website: http://acorngathering.com/
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