[Lapg] April LAPG newsletter
Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson
lakinroe at silcom.com
Wed Mar 28 12:12:56 PDT 2007
April 2007
Los Angeles Permaculture Guild Newsletter
Here's issue number 3 and I'm getting the hang of
it now. Thanks to those who sent in notices.
There are a lot of events happening on April 1st,
so I'm sending this a bit early.
There is a growing community of permaculture
friendly folks in our fair city. Some of us want
to collaborate, brainstorm, share resources, or
hang out with each other - but connecting in this
vast geographic area can be tough. So the goal
with this newsletter is to provide an avenue for
communication and connection. See the categories
below and please send me your needs, resources,
surpluses etc. I will send this out as close to
the first of each month as I can. I hope it will
enable like-minded people to find each other and
begin transforming LA into a sustainable human habitat.
peace,
Jennifer Murphy
<mailto:truffulatuft at peacenet.com>truffulatuft at peacenet.com
Feel free to repost this newsletter where appropriate
NEEDS
You need a housemate, a ride, property, a source
of cheap gravel....? Put it here.
-- I'm looking for a venue for Sat. April 7th
evening and Sun. 8th, all day for a Quantum
Healing workshop and lecture, given by Rolando
Poe (livingonenessfoundation.org). It can be a
private home or any facility with a room large
enough to seat 30 people. Preferably there
would be no charge or a very small fee for the
use of the space. Rolando is a very accomplished
martial artist and healer. If you have a space or
know of one, or if you'd like more info, please
email me. Cory Brennan <mailto:cory8570 at yahoo.com>cory8570 at yahoo.com
-- TreePeople has 2 new positions to fill -
Regional Forestry Manager job in the Harbor Area
and the Northeast Valley. Candidates must a very
strong working familiarity with these regions and
be bilingual in Spanish and English. Contact
Rachel Dawson (818) 623-4843, <http://www.treepeople.org>www.treepeople.org
-- Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture
Farm is seeking part-time Development Director -
Someone who is experienced in fundraising,
passionate about our mission, highly creative and
capable of working independently. 10 hour/week, 3
month contract with the intention to
grow. Contact Warren Brush
<mailto:w at quailsprings.org>w at quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239.
-- Summer and Fall Internships - in depth
volunteer service learning - Work and live "on
the farm" through volunteer internships for
several weeks to a few months. Assist with
ongoing permaculture development of the farm and
share in community life and meals. Contact
info at quailsprings.org with your resume/storyline
of experience, skills, and interests and for more info.
-- Earthflow Design Works seeks: Venues for
upcoming Permaculture Design Course (2nd weekends
of Oct 07 -Mar 08); Residential and Commercial
Sites for demonstrating Lawn Conversions to
Vegetable/Food Forest; Used Vegetable Oil
supply/contacts; Web Designers to trade for
Permaculture Design Course; Landscape
Contractors; Marketing and Promotional
Assistants/Commission Sales. Contact Larry
Santoyo <mailto:santoyo at earthflow.com>santoyo at earthflow.com 805-459-0452
-- Back room/studio with fireplace in Altadena,
available now, $550/month, utilities and parking
included. Shared swimming pool, yard space,
kitchen and partial use of main home. Evolving
permaculture/co-housing scene with green building
remodeling slated for future. Near park, mountain
trails, 20 minutes to downtown. Call Marialyce at 626/797-9110
WORKPARTIES
You want help sheet mulching your yard? Building
a cob oven, busting concrete, planting trees,
...? Put out the call here. Please be specific as
possible about dates and times and locations.
-- Saturday, Sunday, April 7 & 8 - Service
Learning Opp - Projects may include garden
preparation in a permaculture fashion, watershed
restoration, gabion building, tree planting and
more! All ages are welcome to volunteer and
experience is not necessary. Food is potluck and
camping is nearby. Rescheduled in the event of
inclement weather. Contact info at quailsprings.org
or 805-886-7239 to RSVP or for more info.
-- Saturday, April 21, 9:00 am
Help clean up and restore a part of the Ballona
Wetlands Ecological Reserve. Work gloves, water
and tools will be provided. Marcia Hanscom (310) 821-9045
-- Adopt the Wash! Permaculture students are
designing and initiating a community garden next
to the Tujunga Wash (between Burbank and
Chandler). Resources and energy needed. Contact
Bruce Woodside at <mailto:warnwood at mac.com>warnwood at mac.com
SURPLUS
You've got 400 empty barrels, ducklings for sale,
a pile of plywood, great dumpster pickings...?
Put it here and share the wealth (give-away, barter or sell)
-- Somebody must want my odds and ends of a
veggie oil fuel system - I sold my diesel but
still have 5 gallon containers, a strainer, and a
variety of other bits and pieces of my system
available. Free to good home! Joan
<mailto:mamabotanica at sbcglobal.net>mamabotanica at sbcglobal.net
-- I have about 20 three-gallon size white
food-grade buckets (no lids). Also about 30 black
plastic 3 gallon pots and several five to ten
pound bags of artists clay (needs slaking, good
for cob?). Jennifer truffula_tuft at hotmail.com
RESOURCES
goods and services of interest to the community..
let us know about helpful sources you've found
-- Path to Freedom's Peddlers Wagon
<http://pathtofreedom.com/peddlerswagon/>http://pathtofreedom.com/peddlerswagon/
- Practical goods for your home and garden,
including ollas, solar ovens, bike trailers and
more. >From the wonderful Dervaes family homestead.
-- Ergonomic Weed Twister by Ergonica - If you
wish to remove a misplaced plant or weed and
minimally till the soil, try the Ergonica Weed
Twister. This surgically precise tool is made in
So. Cal. by people who may be your
neighbors. The Weed Twister comes in three sizes
to accommodate different situations and people.
Ray Cruz<http://www.weedtwister.com/>
<http://www.weedtwister.com/>www.weedtwister.com
-- Compost - Tim Dundon 626-794-1351
<mailto:theroyalsoil at 2doo.com>theroyalsoil at 2doo.com
www.2doo.com Tim is the King of Compost. He will
deliver a huge dumptruck of horse manure and
sawdust for 80.00 to your hungry soil. He might
offer you some sage philosophy for free while he's at it.
-- Earthflow Design Works offers the following
products, services and skills: Permaculture Land
Planning and Design -Training and Services;
Jewelry Designs; Clothing Designs. Graphic Design
& Photography. See <http://www.earthflow.com>www.earthflow.com for more info
-- Cob-a-nation with Ray Cirino! Ray is THE guy
for cob in Los Angeles. His beautiful ovens,
benches and other structures can be seen at LA
Eco-Village, Path to Freedom and many private
residences around the city. He also builds rocket
stoves and welds amazing trellises. Hire him to
lead a workshop or build something for you. email
<mailto:cobanation at yahoo.com>cobanation at yahoo.com
EVENTS
workshops, booksignings, field trips... put them here
Sunday, April 1, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monthly Tianguis marketplace in collaboration
with community-based organizations, artisans, and
local merchants. Every first Sunday of the
month, the Tianguis transforms public space
surrounding the original 14-acre South Central
farm into a site for healthy eating, healthy
economics, and healthy relationships. SCFHEF
Community Center & Gallery, 1702 E. 41st Street, Los Angeles
Sunday April 1st, 2:00pm-5pm
EM - a free seminar to examine the benefits of
effective microorganisms for air, water, soil,
and health. Glendale Civic Auditorium, 1401 N
Verdugo Rd., Glendale,
<http://www.emamerica.com/data/company/news-releases/>http://www.emamerica.com/data/company/news-releases/
Sunday, April 1st 3-7pm
Emanate: Ukendt (Igloo) - An installation by Anja
Franke with John Southern and Nicholas Blake.
Come for the fun, stay for the ice cold sundries
and chill beats! Ukendt is a dome-shaped, outdoor
construction of bamboo and industrial felt. The
piece is a cold climate icon rendered using warm
climate materials and techniques appropriate to
Southern California. 1619 Silver Lake Blvd., Los
Angeles, CA 90026, 323.913.0915, <http://www.emanate.org>www.emanate.org
Sunday, April 1, 7:00 PM
Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature, and
Deep Economy will speak at Pasadena Presbyterian
Church, 585 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101
Saturday, April 7 - 2:30 to 4:30 pm
The Learning Garden - The Poets' Spirit - (open
mike). Please join with us to share and explore
creative vibes and visions with music, poetry,
dance and art, inspired interaction of knowledge
and imagination. Good opp to check out the
Learning Garden, a beautiful model of how school
gardens can transform the lives of students,
teachers and communities. Venice High School,
13000 Venice Blvd. Los Angeles, (310) 722-3656,
<mailto:learninggardenmaster at yahoo.com>learninggardenmaster at yahoo.com
Thursday, April 12
Municipal Green Building Conference Expo -
register now - The Los Angeles Chapter of the US
Green Building Council and The Gas Company
present the Sixth Annual Municipal Green Building
Conference and Expo: Countdown to Green. Come
discover the benefits of building green at the
only education and demonstration forum
specifically designed for Southland
municipalities and the regional design community.
Roxana Vera <mailto:rvera at usgbc-la.org>rvera at usgbc-la.org
Friday, April 13
Kat Steele and Paul Stamets - Double the goodness
with 2 great speakers in one night: Kat Steele of
the Urban Permaculture Guild from 5-6PM, and the
one and only Paul Stamets, Mushroom Expert at
7:30pm. LA Eco-Village, 117 Bimini Pl, LA 90004,
RSVP to 213/738-1254 or crsp at igc.org www.laecovillage.org
Saturday April 14, 10 am to 7 pm
“Earth Day on the Promenade” Throughout the Third
Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Free festival
for the whole family. Kid-focused programming on
stage, with award-winning musicians, and 60
information booths. 888-295-8372
<mailto:info at earthdayla.org>info at earthdayla.org
April 14 – May 12, Opening reception Saturday, April 14, 2-5pm.
EcoArt: Confronting Core Environmental Issues -
Eleven artists confront the contemporary local,
national, and global issues surrounding
environmental and economic sustainability.
323.644.6295 Junior Art Center, Barnsdall Park,
4814 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles 90027
Survival Skills/Wild Food with Christopher Nyergis
Saturday, April 14, 10 a.m. $51. Survival Skills
Intensive - desert survival skills, such as
shelter, solar stills, etc. You’ll learn about
wild edibles, how to make fire without matches,
and more. Hahamongna Watershed Park
Saturday, April 21, 10 a.m., $20. Wild Food
Outing - explore a trail along the Arroyo Seco
with a mix of urban and chaparral plants, as well
as riparian. Learn how to make a simple vest. SW
corner of Washington and West, in Pasadena, north of the Rose Bowl.
Saturday, April 28, 10 a.m., $34. Wild food
Cooking - We’ll make stew, salad, biscuits,
cactus dish, etc., from items we collect from the
wild, and previously-collected foods. Switzer’s
Camp in the Angeles National Forest.
<http://www.christophernyerges.com/schedule.htm>http://www.christophernyerges.com/schedule.htm
Sunday, April 22 - Friday, April 27
Six day Keyline Design Course near Santa Barbara.
The Keyline Design Workshop will be an intensive
blend of technical & practical sessions that are
targeted at professional land managers &
consultants & anybody interested in practical &
cost-effective broad-scale landscape restoration.
Includes the demonstration of the famous Yeomans
Keyline Plow - a multi-award winning implement
that harvests water, halts erosion and creates
soil in its wake! Contact Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network:
<mailto:margie at sbpermaculture.org>margie at sbpermaculture.org
805-962-2571. In-depth article on Keyline design:
<http://www.yeomansplow.com.au/basis-of-keyline.htm>http://www.yeomansplow.com.au/basis-of-keyline.htm
Through June 1
The Garden of Brokenness - the culture farmers
at Farmlab have created a lively and thought
provoking eco-experience at their fabulous digs
in Chinatown. Farmlab, 1745 N. Spring St. #4, Los
Angeles, CA 90012. Call 323.226.1158 for more
information and hours.
<http://farmlab.org/2007/02/garden-of-brokenness-exhibition-opens.html>http://farmlab.org/2007/02/garden-of-brokenness-exhibition-opens.html
Sunday April 29 (last Sunday of every month), 10:00am - 3:00pm
Mercadito "from the community for the community"
Healthy foods, natural products, hand-crafted
art, books, jewelry, children's activities, live
music, and more. PROYECTO JARDIN 1718 Bridge
Street in Boyle Heights (323) 881-8834
Tuesday, Wednesday, May 1 & 2 - Keyline Design
Workshop at Quail Springs with Darren Doherty,
Australian Keyline & Permaculture Designer &
Teacher $250 ($25 discount if paid by April 10 )
Camping with access to a kitchen. Meals during
the workshop are provided for $25. Motel nearby
in New Cuyama. Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
margie at sbpermaculture.org 805-962-2571. See April 22 for more info.
Friday, May 4 - one day Keyline Design Seminar
near San Luis Obispo. Contact Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network:
<mailto:margie at sbpermaculture.org>margie at sbpermaculture.org
805-962-2571. See April 22 for more info.
upcoming Permaculture Design Courses:
May 14 - 27th
Quail Springs Permaculture Farm and Learning
Oasis near Santa Barbara CA. Instructor: Geoff
and Nadia Lawton. $1450 for payment after
February 1 (camping and meals included). Contact:
P.O. Box 417, New Cuyama, California 95254, (805)
886-7239, <mailto:info at quailsprings.org>info at quailsprings.org
Oct 2007 - March 2008
the 5th Annual Los Angeles Permaculture Design
Course with Larry Santoyo. Held the second
weekend of each month
<mailto:santoyo at earthflow.com>santoyo at earthflow.com 805-459-0452
SO. CAL PERM ORGS
Los Angeles:
- Earthflow
<http://www.earthflow.com/>http://www.earthflow.com/
Larry Santoyo <mailto:santoyo at earthflow.com>santoyo at earthflow.com 805-459-0452
- LA EcoVillage: Lois Arkin <mailto:crsp at igc.org>crsp at igc.org 213/738-1254
- LA Permaculture Guild: Camille Cimino
<mailto:camcim at yahoo.com>camcim at yahoo.com Joan
Stevens 323-630-4673
<mailto:mamabotanica at sbcglobal.net>mamabotanica at sbcglobal.net.
Points north:
- Ojai Permaculture Guild: Dave White
<mailto:david at ojaicra.org>david at ojaicra.org 805-646-9809
- Santa Barbara Permaculture Network: Margie
Bushman
<mailto:sbpcnet at silcom.com>sbpcnet at silcom.com
805-962-2571 www.sbpermaculture.org
Points south:
- PC Institute of Southern California (Laguna
Beach): Bill Roley <mailto:DrRoley at cox.net>DrRoley at cox.net 949-494-5843
- San Diego Permaculture Center: San Diego
Economic Conversion Council
<mailto:sdecc at igc.org>sdecc at igc.org (619) 298-8879
STAY IN TOUCH: LISTS
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LINKS
Permaculture Activist Magazine
<http://www.permacultureactivist.net>www.permacultureactivist.net
Permaculture Credit Union <http://www.pcuonline.org>www.pcuonline.org
Hopedance Magazine <http://www.hopedance.org>www.hopedance.org
Urban Permaculture Guild
<http://www.urbanpermacultureguild.org/>http://www.urbanpermacultureguild.org/
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