[Central Coast CA Permaculture] November 11 - cover crop planting party at City Farm & December 6 - 10 Earthworks with Warren Brush

[Teresa Lees]

Hello Community,

This coming Saturday, November 11th is your opportunity to come to City Farm to help plant cover crops from 10am – 12noon. 
City Farm is located at 1221 Calle Joaquin Road in SLO, along Highway 101 past Alfano Motors. (And now you’ll see the new BMW car dealership being built right next door to the farm.) See the event notice here below, including the graphic design for Our Global Family Village.
Hope to see you there. The land is becoming very productive and active with many farmers and farm education projects. Come check it out.

And in December there is an Earthworks for Resilience workshop here in SLO with Warren Brush. Scroll down to see more information….. 




CITY FARM EVENT NOTICE for November 11, 2017


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November 11, 2017 10:00 A.M.
City Farm SLO Work Party


Sowing a Winter Cover Crop


Come join friends and neighbors in preparing City Farm SLO for Winter.


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We’ll be working the hard caked clay of uncovered areas surrounding the Student Garden and Pergola.


Tasks will include mowing and digging up weeds, watering, tilling the ground, sowing seed and mulching pathways.


This work will promote soil health, beautify the landscape, and enhance fertility for future plantings and events.


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Tools and machines are provided. Wear sturdy shoes. Bring your own work gloves and water bottle. Be prepared for windy or cold weather and full sun.


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City Farm veggie snacks will be provided


Pitch in and help maintain the momentum of the Fall Harvest Festival to make this a place to serve and enjoy.


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Live Well & Spark A Climate Revolution

Book Signing & Talk

 

with Author & NASA Climate Scientist

Peter Kalmus

Bicyclist, Backyard Gardener & Beekeeper

 

 

 

 

Sunday, November, 12, 6:30–8:30pm

FREE Event

 

Location: Bici Centro, 434 Olive St, Santa Barbara, CA

 

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1351132924995557

 

 

These two disparate things---reducing my own fossil fuel use and increasing my ability to love— are actually intimately connected.  

  There is no separation between me and the rest of the life on this planet.  Peter Kalmus

 

 

 

Join Santa Barbara Permaculture Network as we host Peter Kalmus, author of the newly published book Be the Change; Live Well & Spark a Climate Revolution, on Sunday November 12, 2017, at Bici Centro in downtown Santa Barbara.   Special guest Paul Relis, a co-founder of the Community Environmental Council (CEC) after the devastating oil spill in the Santa Barbara Channel in 1969, will introduce Peter, linking two generations of committed and passionate citizen activists. 

 

Alarmed by drastic changes now occurring in the Earth’s climate systems,  Kalmus,  a climate scientist and suburban father of two,  embarked on a journey to change his life and the world.  He began bicycling, growing his own food, meditating, and making other simple, fulfilling changes.  Ultimately, he slashed his climate impact to under a tenth of the US average, and became happier in the process.

 

Being the Change explores the connections between our individual daily actions and our collective predicament.  It merges science, spirituality, and practical action to develop a satisfying and appropriate response to global warming.  The core message to his book is deeply optimistic: living without fossil fuels is not only possible, it can be BETTER.

 

Peter Kalmus is an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University, and a BA in Physics from Harvard, maintaining clearly in his book and talks, he is speaking on his own behalf, not representing any of the scientific agencies he works for.  Kalmus is a contributing editor and columnist for YES! Magazine.

 

The event takes place on Sunday, November 12, 6:30 – 8:30pm, and will be held at Bici Centro, 434 Olive Street, in an outdoor courtyard.  Please come early to explore the community bike center.  Books will be available to purchase, author donating profits.  The event is FREE and no reservations are required.  For More Info: margie at sbpermaculure.org; www.sbpermaculture.org;  805-962-2571.

 

 

Event sponsors: Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition (Bici Centro), Community Environmental Council (CEC), & Oasis Design

 

-this event is a part of the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Civics 101 for Climate Change educational series-

 

 

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE https://www.facebook.com/events/1351132924995557

 

 

 

Additional Resources:

 

Peter Kalmus website http://becycling.life


Being the Change | New Society Publishers

https://www.newsociety.com/Books/B/Being-the-Change

 

Paul Relis, author of Out of the Wasteland: Stories from the Environmental Frontier:  http://www.paulrelis.com/

 

To My Fellow Climate Scientists: Be Human, Be Brave, Speak Truth.  YES Magazine

http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/science/to-my-fellow-climate-scientists-be-human-be-brave-tell-the-truth-20170207

 

Peter Kalmus A Scientist pioneers a low carbon Lifestyle in Altadena CA 

http://newyork.thecityatlas.org/people/peter-kalmus/


"Being the Change" is proof that weaning oneself off fossil fuels is not only possible, but also joyful and fun for a young suburban family.

https://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/how-one-american-family-has-moved-away-fossil-fuels.html

 

How California Could Get to 100 Percent Renewable Energy/Peter Kalmus

http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/just-transition/how-california-could-get-to-100-percent-renewable-energy-20170928


Climate Change and Be-cycling With Peter Kalmus Interview https://www.rootsimple.com/2015/02/039-climate-change-and-be-cycling-with-peter-kalmus/

 

 

 

 

Earthworks for Farm Resilience 
EARTHWORKS FOR FARM RESILIENCE 

With Warren Brush 
DECEMBER 6-10, 2017 
San Luis Obispo | California 
http://permaculturedesign.us/resilience/ 

Join international educator, Warren Brush, with a dynamic teaching team, in San Luis Obispo, California. Learn about earthworks and hydration strategies for ecological farming, land restoration, water harvesting and earth reparation for agroecosystem stability... 


Worldwide, topsoil erosion averages 30 to 40 tons per hectare (2.5 acres) a year or 30- to 40- times faster than the replacement rate of topsoil. The need for people is growing daily with hands-on skills in hydrological restoration and the integration of farming utilizing the principles that lead to ecological stability. Whether you are working on your own landscape, farm, or as a consultant, this course will grow your skills in the appropriate design and construction of structures that will reduce erosion, increase productivity, harvest & store water, and create resiliency in the ecologies that sustain us. 

REGISTER TODAY 
The program offers an overview of: 
Ethics and principles of permaculture as applied to land restoration and regenerative design 
Land component identification 
Natural patterning in farm application 
Water harvesting, drought-proofing and erosion mitigation systems applications 
Natural patterning classification and an introduction to Fluvial Geomorphology 

Earthworks & soil renovation techniques and machinery applications. 
Planting structures and guild development 
The following systems will be explained and participants will be able to assist in surveying, mapping and construction of various elements of: 

Swales 
Soil Armoring 
Dams 
Anti-evaporation structures 
Water flow harvest structures 
Keyline Plow 
Erosion mitigation structures



Thank you Kellen and Kelly for putting together this beautiful video that shares about the upcoming event...

https://vimeo.com/238458969

 

 

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