[Lapg] February LAPG Newsletter
Taylor Arneson
taylorist at gmail.com
Thu Jan 31 16:27:01 PST 2008
Febuary 2008
Los Angeles Permaculture Guild Newsletter
Salud,
Feel free to repost this newsletter wherever appropriate and submit related
needs, surplus, events and articles. Community input is always encouraged .
. .
Thanks,
Taylor Arneson
taylorist at gmail.com
ARTICLES AND RESPONSES
-- First plant your garden
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/first-plant-your-garden/2008/01/16/1200419885264.html
-- Petition Agri Fuel Incentives for Monsanto and other GMO corporations
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/oca/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=895
-- Whiskey Barrel House at Findhorn
http://www.newstatesman.com/200801220004
-- Everything and the Kitchen Sink
http://www.hopedance.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=287&Itemid=97
-- Meat guzzlers
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/weekinreview/27bittman.html?ex=1202187600&en=a1087de0ce76df87&ei=5070&emc=eta1
-and response:
Man must eat what his local environment supports, and how mans body
needs specific nutrients related to his immediate environment. Man in the
jungle should eat many fruits, tropical vegetables, fish, very little meat,
man in temperate zones should eat more grains, leafy greens, beans, poultry
and fish. In the desert, cactus, desert figs, fruits, chiles, beans, little
grain, greens maybe reptiles, rodents and doves in winter. Northern plains,
deer, rabbits, poultry, grain, buffalo, potatoes or a few domestic stock. In
the arctic (where I Live} its hard to grow grain, you have only 3 months to
grow a garden. Ground and water is frozen at least 6 months a year. We have
a lot more meat animals than we do people. Selective hunting balances our
ecosystem, for example to many bears mean fewer moose, so eat more bears.
Eating meat in the arctic is a sustainable practice if managed versus
promoting too much agriculture (which I encourage some agriculture up
here).Domestic raising of reindeer,bison, goats and musk ox are also
sustainable practices for protein in the arctic where free roaming meat is
healthy for the few people who live in it and need fat and fur to stay
warm.This is a far different scenario than all you folks down south that
need to forget McDonalds and enjoy the fruits and vegetables you have that I
sometimes dream of having. Eat what you have in natural abundance where you
live even if its grasshoppers or cactus and we will all do fine and so will
the land.
- ed starten
--
NEEDS
-- Help Save the L.A. Eco-Village from the L.A. Unified School District
Bulldozers ~ Write a letter to school board member Monica Garcia and fax to
all the
school board members (they will have the final say). Come to an LAUSD
community meeting on Wed., Jan 30 at 6 pm at 100 N. New Hampshire, LA
90004 (one block west of Vermont Ave at First St. and speak up about why
you think it is important to save the Eco-Village neighborhood. See the
following websites for details:
http://laecovillage.org/LAUSD2008.html
and
http://urbansoil.net/wiki.cgi/White_House_Place_Primary_Center_Developments
-- Green Thumb seeks new home. I'm looking for a home to relocate my
lifestyle to. I love being outdoors, need indoor and outdoor space for 3
small rabbits, a big garden (current or to be created), have a hot tub I can
contribute, need a bedroom as well as a smaller office space/rabbit zone.
Can pay up to $1000 but closer to $750 is much more workable. I like to
contribute to the beauty of a home and make a food forest, build soil. If
you would like to look for a place with me or have a place please call me!
Joan 323-630-4673
-- Swan Song for the Lawn -Volunteers Needed -Ongoing starting in February
'08
Help convert resource consuming lawns in and around Los Angeles into
productive Fruit, Fuel, Food, Fiber and Medicine Producing Home Ecosystems!
No experience necessary.
Contact us at info at earthflow.com
-- ACCOMMODATIONS NEEDED -Los Angeles -Ongoing
Larry Santoyo, Permaculture Designer, Teacher seeks private
studio/guesthouse accommodations for frequent visits in and around downtown
Los Angeles, Silverlake and Santa Monica Areas -Will trade for permaculture
consulting, design and/or workshops.
-- I am always looking for people, M-F, who would like to volunteer working
on permaculture projects at a home in Malibu. Projects involve pruning,
planting, mulching, propagation, water harvesting techniques, compost
making, caring for chickens, light straw claw and earthen plaster, herb
spirals, and more. Anyone interested can contact me at
swjennings at gmail.comAlso, looking to build up the LAPCGuild wiki with
profiles of people doing
permaculture related activities in this city, so please submit anything you
got, pictures, stories, to swjennings at gmail.com
-- Eco Home needs help with promoting their tours - The number of visitors
has decreased recently and they are exploring new opportunities to spread
the word. Contact Dianne Carter at dcarterpr at earthlink.net. More about Eco
Home /www.ecohome.org/pages/index.html
-- I am looking for a few books that are expensive and not locally available
. . .
1. Food from Dryland Gardens: An Ecological, Nutritional and Social
Approach to Small-Scale Household Food Production by David Arthur Cleveland
2. Permaculture Guide to Fermentation and Human Nutrition by Bill Mollison
If you have any of these titles, let me know if willing to loan them out or
temporary exchange
contact . . . . . . . taylorist at gmail.com
-- EMANATE needs monetary and material donations for their installation,
Density Fields, with the Oyler-Wu Collaborative. All donations are
tax-deductible. Contact jenna at emanate.org or 323.913.0915. www.emanate.org
SURPLUS
Put it here and share the wealth (give-away or barter)
-- Be part of every permaculture function there is in our newly acquired
land in Venice, CA. We have a 55'x300' space a few minutes from the ocean in
a very good growing zone with space available to rent or build your own
natural space. We are needing strictly permaculture people to build a living
modelthat will provide answers for our cities many problems. We need your
skills and enthusiasm to be part of something very special.
contact: Bobby 310-466-9600
Must see!!
-- '91 Mazda pick up B2600i (fuel injected) with 260,000 miles on it. New
tires, new battery, and just passed smog. Selling for $1200. It just went
up to the Bay area and back and rode great. I have pictures on flickr
(under mamabotanica) if you want to see pics.
Thanks,
Joan 323-630-4673
-- We have Potted (1 to 5 gal) Garden Plants -Will trade for Avocados,
Bamboo and/or ???
-Achira, edible canna
-Opuntia, spineless fruiting cactus
-Yacon, sweet, crunchy tubers
Contact: Larry & Kathryn Santoyo <info at earthflow.com> 805.459.0452
-- room for rent -- $500, furnished, includes utilities and internet.
Mother and college age daughter seeking green female to share home with.
Sustainable and simple lifestyle. Responsible and tidy. Share kitchen,
living, dining, laundry. Have two small doting mature dogs and one cat.
Creating urban food woodland garden in backyard that could really use some
help with. Rental application, references and deposit required. Good area
in Monterey Park, just east of downtown Los Angeles. Pomona, Long Beach,
Golden State, Hollywood and San Bernardino freeways and public
transportation close. CSULA and ELAC close. email
njvshalom at sbcglobal.netif interested.
-- Free horse manure mixed with straw and woodchips available in Altadena
for free. From Pasadena take Fair Oaks North make a Left onto Mountain View
at the cemetery. Second house on the Right. You, load, you haul. Pitchfork
provided, bring large, thick, trash or mulch bag.
-- Available for pre-purchase! Quail Springs, An Experiment in Permaculture
by Joss Jaffe, is an important research and development tool supporting
permaculture design and the long term vision of Quail Springs. Pre-purchase
the book by contacting info at quailsprings.org. $30 includes CD, or $10 for
CD only, plus $5 shipping.
-- Hopedance offer: For $250 Hopedance Magazine will give you a full page to
do what you want (listings, calendars, ads, articles, art, etc.) plus you
get 1,000 copies of hopedance to do what you want. The page would be inside
the regular issue of HopeDance. The next issue is on Relocalization. Bob
Banner 805 544 9663 www.hopedance.org
-- Path to Freedom's Peddlers Wagon
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
www.weedtwister.com
-- Compost - Tim Dundon 626-794-1351 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
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. Check out his
new cob playhouses! He also builds rocket stoves and welds amazing
trellises. Hire him to lead a workshop or build something for you. email
cobanation at yahoo.com
WORKPARTIES, POTLUCKS AND EVENTS
-- Friday, February 1, 2008 @ Noon
Qingyun Ma | Center & Span
Join Qingyun Ma, Dean of the USC School of Architecture, for a Farmlab
Public Salon. Ma is one of the most influential architects in his field
through his participative practice and the range of social initiatives.
-- Saturday, Feb 2nd 8:30-4, Basic Tracking and Awareness - Malibu State
park. http://www.earthskills.com/class_descriptions.html#tracking
-- Sunday, February 3, 2008 Time – 12pm to Sunset On 41st Street (between
Long Beach and Alameda)
The SCFHEF Community Center & Gallery 1702 E. 41st Street, Los Angeles, CA
90058 (Metro: Exit Blue Line Vernon Station and walk four blocks North)
The South Central Farmers in solidarity with La Via Campesina and other
movements around the globe celebrate and fight for food sovereignty in all
communities. Not only is access to quality food important, but the ability
to have a say and participate in the entire food cycle is essential for
sustainability and healthy communities.
There will be Traditional Danza Azteca-Chichimeca, Children's Workshops and
Stories, Holistic Care & Products and more. As part of their commitment to
keep Bringing Food to the 'Hood, the SCFHEF hosts a monthly Tianguis
marketplace in collaboration with various community-based organizations,
artisans, and local merchants. Every first Sunday of the month, the
Tianguis transforms public space surrounding the original 14-acre farm into
a site for healthy eating, healthy economics, and healthy relationships.
-- Monday, February 4, Community Hall of Holy Nativity Church, 6700 W. 83rd,
Westchester/LA 90045. 7:30-9:00 pm Best selling author David Wann presents
17 forms of "real wealth" that can eradicate affluenza, a pandemic he helped
diagnose in the book, Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic. Wann's new
book, Simple Prosperity , Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle
www.davewann.com , draws on the latest research to document how social
connections, good health, contact with nature, stimulating work, leisure
time, great neighborhoods, and other forms of real wealth can build up our
immunity to affluenza. Admission free and open to all. Sposnsored by
Environmental Change-Makers, Contact: Joanne Poyourow 310-670-4777
LegacyLA at gmail.com
-- Friday, February 8, 2008 @ Noon
Melani Smith & Sumire Gant | All Roads Lead Home:
A Community Livability Plan for I-710 Corridor Neighborhoods in Long Beach,
CA
Explore the process one major Southland city has initiated in an effort to
shift its focus from just moving vehicles, to providing mobility options and
livability improvements
-- Saturday February 9 2008 10:00 a.m.
we will have a scion exchange and grafting demonstrations at the Ken
Edward's Center in Santa Monica. West LA CRFG.
http://mysite.verizon.net/res1vdt9/id9.html
-- Saturday, February 9, 2008 9 AM
Participation in this foray will be limited, so you must first contact foray
leader, Florence Nishida, no later than 5 PM on Friday, February 8 to obtain
the location and directions for the foray. You can leave a phone message at
310-455-2231 or send an email message to the foray leader.
Leader: Florence Nishida: <florence.nishida "at" gmail.com>---replace "at"
with @ / http://www.lamushrooms.org/santa-monicas-2008-02-09.html
-- Saturday, February 9, 2008 9:00 AM--1:00 PM
LAMS will be holding a foray at the El Cariso "Big Woods" in the Cleveland
National Forest to collect specimens for display at the LAMS Mushroom
Fair. The public is invited to participate. Leader: Steven Pencall <
fieldtrips at lamushrooms.org> /
http://www.lamushrooms.org/bigwoods-2008-02-09.html
-- Saturday-Sunday, February 9-10, 2008
24th Annual Los Angeles Wild Mushroom Fair
The The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden in Arcadia
(301 North Baldwin Ave., Arcadia) Ayres Hall
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Chester R. Leathers "Molds, Mortgages and Mayhem"
lamusrooms.org for more info
-- Sunday Febuary 17th, 12 noon - 4 pm Granada Hills
Taylor Arneson will be hosting a caravan to tropical backyard nurseries in
Granada Hills and Sunland, for people interested in purchasing, viewing or
sampling different fruits, nuts, herbs and other exotic edible and medicinal
plants. We will meet at a central location in the hollywood area TBD and
drive out together. Someone with a larger vehicle would be helpful if people
are interested in buying more than a few trees, please contact me {
taylorist at gmail.com }
-- Saturday, February 23rd here in Los Angeles, Mapping and Fruit Picking
Tour with fallenfruit.org
KCET, L.A.'s public television, has a monthly series of webcasts and fallen
fruit is featured on the current one: "Sustaining LA" focuses on four
artists who work on the city and its environment. There are new maps and
video about fallenfruit.org and we will be hosting a neighborhood mapping &
fruit picking tour.
PERMACULTURE COURSES:
-- Oct 2007 - March 2008
the 5th Annual Los Angeles Permaculture Design Course with Larry Santoyo.
One weekend a month for 6 months...
Learn from the most experienced team of Permaculture Design Educators and
Recognized Leaders in the World-Wide Sustainability Movement. EarthFlow
Design Works' Instructors include: Larry Santoyo, Jude Hobbs, Scott Pittman,
Toby Hemenway, John Valenzuela, Scott Horton and Joan Stevens. Will also
include additional field trips, hands on opportunities, local experts,
teacher trainees and other guest presentations.
Join us on the first weekends of October '07 through March '08 Venues take
us in and around Los Angeles, CA. $175 per any weekend - pre-registration is
required.
To register by phone and pay by credit card (Visa, MC, Amex), call
805.459.0452, 9am to 5pm PST. Email confirmation will be sent upon receipt.
Discounts, Trades & Payment Plans
As we truly want to make this training available to everyone, any and all
proposals will be considered!
-Santa Cruz, CA - Third Weekends of each Month, Feb-July
-San Luis Obispo, CA - Two-Week Intensive April 20- May 3, 2008
-New York City Open Center -3Day CityPermaculture Strategies Workshop -
April
-Woodbourne, Catskills, New York - Two-Week Intensive August 16-29, 2008
-Los Angeles, CA - First Weekends of each Month, Oct '08 - March '09
-Aveyron Region, France - Permaculture Highlights & Historical Preservation
Tour
More Hands-On WorkParties - Natural building and "the home ecosystem"
design on California's Central Coast and the Southland.
• Trades, Work-Trades and Payment Plans now available
• Teachers are also eligible for special Scholarship Discounts
http://earthflow.com/sbPDC08.php
-- February through July 2008
The Santa Barbara Permaculture Design Course Experience
Creating The Conditions for Sustainability to Happen...
February through July 2008.
One weekend a month for 6 months...
Join us on the second weekends of February through July 2008.
Locations will take us in and around Santa Barbara Co.
UPCOMING IN THE SPRING
-- Edible Landscaping and Perennial Food Gardening
Mar 2, 9, 16, 30; Apr 6, 13, Pasadena
See website for full announcement. Enrollment, payment, and refund
policy appears below course announcement.
Call or email Darren Butler to sign up:
allnet at ...
818.271.0963
www.ecoworkshops. com
-- Thursday and Friday, March 6 - 7, ~ Spinning and Felting at Quail Spring
with Andrea Bratt Frick, professional fiber artist
-- Saturday and Sunday, May 24-25 ~ Building a Cob Oven and Baking Bread
with Quail Springs' teaching team
$100 for each 2 day Skill Builder workshop, includes camping.
Register for the entire "Hands and Hearts" series for 2008 for $275 !
Optional materials fee may apply for each workshop. Meals will be organized
potluck.
Contact info at quailsprings.org for more information or to register.
-- April 26-27, Saturday and Sunday - FREE - Spring Gardening Service
Learning Weekend
Join Quail Springs as we plant and prepare our gardens this spring! This is
also a time for interested people to receive a tour of the site and learn
about site design, and enjoy the company of community. This event is free of
cost, with community potluck meals and camping nearby. All ages are welcome
and no experience is needed. RSVP to info at quailsprings.org to receive
current gate combos, potluck ideas, and tools/materials to bring.
ONGOING CLASSES AND EVENTS
-- Indigenous Skill Share
After the popularity of the december 30th skill share, it will now be taking
place every Saturday at the Venice Learning Garden on the corner of Venice
Blvd and Walgrove at noon to sunset.
-- Monthy meeting for LAMS Los Angeles Mytological Society are held at the
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, come at 7:00pm to have mushroom
photos and samples identified, and 8:00pm for a lecture. Check the website
for upcoming dates. . . . lamushrooms.com
-- Saturdays at 10 am multiple locatoins check website :
http://www.christophernyerges.com/schedule.htm
Christopher Nyerges leads walks in the San Gabriel mountains teaching skills
ranging from weapon making to wild salad harvesting
-- 4th Tuesday of the month, Beekeepers Association of Southern California
7:30 PM at the Kling Center, 12900 Blue Field Avenue, La Mirada, CA 90638
Come to meet people who actually keep bees in the Southern California area
and talk about colony collapse disorder Contact: Mark Hoppe (562)
841-9754 mhpower at quixnet.net
-- Sundays and Thursdays 2-7pm (come anytime you can)
Food Not Bombs is organized according to anarchist principles of
non-hierarchy and decentralization. We take food that would otherwise be
thrown away and make healthy, vegan meals for the hungry. We cook in the
Sunset Junction area of Silver Lake as well as Highland Park and serve our
delicious vegetarian food every Thursday and Sunday in Downtown Los Angeles.
Join us!
< http://lafoodnotbombs.org/ >
-- Food forest work days and plant sale in Sunland: Come see our food
forest, get your hands dirty in our beautiful, rich soils and hug our fruit
trees! We have lots of fun, exotic fruit trees and other plants and an
heirloom veggie patch. Get a taste of our delicious tomatoes (they are
still bearing!), salad mix, figs, etc, hang out with great people, and hear
the stories behind the forest. Every Sunday from 1-4. 7919 Glenties
Lane, Sunland. We are looking for someone who would like to run the work
days for a couple of months while I am out of town - please let me know if
you are interested! This is a great community spot in Sunland.
-- Tours of the Eco-Home™ environmental demonstration home in the Los Feliz
area of Los Angeles are scheduled
Contact: (323) 662-5207
ecohome at pacbell.net
Reservations in advance required.
-- Fridays Critical Mass is a spontanious public gathering of bicyclists who
use the power of numbers to advocate safe and sensible bicycle use of the
roads we share. Check you locality for upcoming rides and locations
http://midnightridazz.com/ or http://www.cicle.org or http://bikeboom.com
LAPG WIKI SPACE : http://lapcguild.wikispaces.com
ARASHI : https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/lapg
WISER EARTH Profile :
http://www.wiserearth.org/organization/view/625ef7965dec0b50f16a19ec91d1f79a#
SO. CAL PERM ORGS
Los Angeles:
- Earthflow http://www.earthflow.com/ - Larry Santoyo
santoyo at earthflow.com 805-459-0452
- LA Permaculture Guild: Camille Cimino camcim at yahoo.com Joan Stevens
323-630-4673 mamabotanica at sbcglobal.net .
Points north:
- Ojai Permaculture Guild: Dave White david at ojaicra.org 805-646-9809
- Santa Barbara Permaculture Network: Margie Bushman
sbpcnet at silcom.com805-962-2571
www.sbpermaculture.org
- Sierra PC Guild, Paul Racko paul at sierrapermaculture.org
http://sierrapermaculture.org
Points south:
- PC Institute of Southern California (Laguna Beach): Bill Roley
DrRoley at cox.net 949-494-5843
- San Diego Permaculture Center: San Diego Economic Conversion Council
sdecc at igc.org (619)
255-6111 (new one)
STAY IN TOUCH:
- Los Angeles PC Guild e-list --
https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/lapg
- South CA PC Guild e-list --
https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/scpg
- LACity Repair e-list -- http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/cityrepairla
- LA PC Guild on Tribe -- http://lapcguild.tribe.net
- LA Mytological Society -- http://www.lamushrooms.org
LINKS
Permaculture Activist Magazine : www.permacultureactivist.net
Permaculture Credit Union : www.pcuonline.org
Hopedance Magazine : www.hopedance.org
Urban Permaculture Guild : http://www.urbanpermacultureguild.org/
LA Permaculture Guild website : http://www.lapcguild.wikispaces.com/
LA EcoVillage: http://urbansoil.net/wiki.cgi
EcoVillage / Permaculture places :
http://www.ecologycenter.org/directory/results.php?sFAQ=permaculture
Sustainble World Radio Podcasts : http://www.sustainableworldradio.com/
FARMERS MARKETS OF SOUTHERN CA
http://www.farmernet.com/events/cfms
BOOK LISTS OF INTEREST
http://www.users.bigpond.com/brookman/books.html
http://www.pdxpermaculture.org/books.htm
http://www.patternliteracy.com/reading.html
FREE E BOOKS
http://www.holmgren.com.au/
http://www.rainbowbody.net/Finalempire/index.html
http://farmerbarter.googlepages.com/foodbook
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