Hello Permaculture Guild,
Wow! With the glorious sunshine this morning it feels like a whole season has begun. A whole new lease on life! As the saying goes, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Enjoy the sun. Enjoy the fun. Enjoy the process of this life unfolding. Recently we have applied 15 yards of compost to Our Global Family Farm which will bring lots of life to the farm!
We have had 10 field trips from local schools to City Farm SLO during the month of May. Here are some photos of the field trips: https://www.flickr.com/photos/124814213@N08/sets/
The next work party on the 2nd Saturday will be June 8th, 9am to 12noon. Please come to be part of the possibilities of transforming the land into a regenerative food forest ecosystem. https://www.cityfarmslo.org/educate-youth
Here are some other glorious items to share with you:
FARMGIRLS Summer Camp – June 25-28 (listed on page 30 of the New Times Summer Guide issue of May 23 – May 30)
June 25 -28, 2019 (Tuesday – Friday)
8am – 12noon
For girls ages 7 – 14
$165 per registration
Registration is open until June 21st
(Parents can come any day for FREE.)
Registration link: http://www.permaculture.us.com/farmgirls/farmgirls-summer-camp
Location: Our Global Family Farm at City Farm in San Luis Obispo www.cityfarmslo.org
1221 Calle Joaquin Road – San Luis Obispo
FARMGIRLS Summer Camp is Girl Power for our Future Food System! FARMGIRLS Summer Camp is held at Our Global Family Farm, a permaculture demonstration site located at City Farm SLO. It features food crops and indigenous food cropping systems from the four corners of the globe. FARMGIRLS Summer Camp will include farming, cooking, eating, making crafts, singing and nature hikes. The FARMGILRS summer camp is a place where women and girls of all ages can learn about how to grow food in an ecological approach that follows the ethics of permaculture: care for the earth, care for one another, and share the abundance. Together we can create a food system that is Regenerative, Healthy, Local, and Resilient.
San Luis Obispo Food & Farm Adventures MeetUp Group
June 8th at the Finley Farm in Solvang 11am to 1pm
This month our adventure will be a combined event with Santa Barbara Food & Farm Adventures.
https://www.meetup.com/San-Luis-Obispo-Food-and-Farm-Adventures/events/261569188/
Details - Let's learn about garlic and seasonal food at the Finley Farm in Solvang
For all of you who love garlic, this farm tour is for you to learn all about garlic production and will increase your appreciation for garlic. Depending upon this year's harvest, we may have the opportunity to harvest garlic and hopefully taste it. In addition, sweet peas, onions and plenty of other vegetables will be growing. Produce will be available for purchase at their farm stand. $11.00 fee is for Johanna's time and tour and hopefully fresh garlic bulb. Fee is payable to Gerri French of the SB Food and Farm Adventures the day of the MeetUp. Come meetup with us!
Some of us may be interested in attending the Los Olivos Jazz and Olive Festival which starts at 1:00 nearby.
May 31 – Strategies for Ocean Regeneration – Marine Permaculture
Santa Barbara Permaculture Presents
Reverse Climate Change with Marine Permaculture
Strategies for Ocean Regeneration
with Dr. Brian von Herzen of the Climate Foundation
Friday Evening Talk, May 31, 6:30-9pm 2019
Admission $5, Students Free
Fe Bland/BC Forum, SBCC West Campus
800 Block of Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109
Saturday Workshop, June 1, 9:30am -12:30pm
Admission $20, Students Free (must preregister on Eventbrite)
Antioch University Santa Barbara Campus
Reinforced Adobe Buildings – Sustainable Solutions Presentation in Montecito on June 15th with Art Ludwig and Sasha Rabin
You can join them at the Reinforced Adobe Building workshop in Montecito, June 15th 3-5pm to learn the valuable skill of cob building, where you will join them in influencing the policies that are advancing building codes to be more sustainable and fire-proof!
Permaculture Design Course (PDC) at Sunburst Sanctuary, Lompoc, September 16 – 29, 2019
Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) Course will be offered this fall at Sunburst Sanctuary. Sunburst Sanctuary is a majestic, 4000-acre ranch 30 miles north of Santa Barbara in the rolling hills of California’s Central Coast region. The site is a rich setting for studying a broad range of regenerative systems, as it includes vegetable production and emerging fruit production systems; rangeland and livestock; small- and large-scale compost production; thriving wilderness and wildlife; extensive creek systems; a meditation retreat center; and a cooperative residential community. Here is the website: https://sunburst.org/pdc/
Care of the earth and growing organic food have been perennial themes of Sunburst Community’s 50-year history of living together, working together, and raising consciousness on the planet. Sunburst was an early pioneer of large-scale production and distribution of organic foods, and remains committed to seeking ways that humanity can have a beneficial rather than harmful impact on the planet and each other.
Living in a Modern Ecovillage – located in the Netherlands
Welcome to the "Aardehuizen", or "Earth houses". It took over 3
years to build and was built by the people themselves following
Earthship principles, using mostly recycled, reused, and locally
sourced building materials. 23 houses; 70 people; mostly families
live here. Short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2GHXxe0y6s
Check it out... http://www.ecosnippets.com/environmental/living-in-a-modern-ecovillage/
Climate Smart Farming Opportunities…..
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