[Lapg] Marisha Auerbach in Los Angeles- 2 events

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Friday, August 7 at 7:30 pm at L.A. Eco-Village        Seedsaving as an 
Activist Practice
with
Marisha Auerbach

Seedsaving gives us the unique opportunity to dance with life and play a 
distinct role in our nourishment.  We can nurture plants for the special 
qualities that may sustain us in an uncertain future.   As corporations 
attempt to take control of our genetic diversity, seed saving becomes an 
important political act.  Come join us to learn how you can take 
responsibility for your own food supply by saving your own seeds from 
your garden.  We will be discussing harvest of cultivated and native 
seeds as well as flowers and vegetable crops.  Seed saving is a great 
localizing buffer against the globalization of our food supply, because 
it encourages diversity and increases the resilience in our gardens to 
pests and diseases.

Fee:                     $10 (self selected sliding scale ok)
Reservations:   Required.  Call 213/738-1254 or 323/325-8663 or 
crsp at igc.org

About Marisha Auerbach

Marisha Auerbach has been practicing, studying, and teaching 
permaculture in the Pacific Northwest for the past decade. She is 
involved with many communities around Cascadia including Lost Valley, 
Tryon Life Community Farm, and City Repair. As an itinerant permaculture 
designer, Marisha calls the greater Olympia area home, especially the 
Wild Thyme Farm, a 150 acre permaculture demonstration farm and FSC 
certified forest in the northern Willapa Hills. Marisha encourages 
sustainable futures through sharing knowledge with others on a variety 
of topics including: permaculture, polyculture gardening, flower and gem 
essences, local economics, community building, ethnobotany, herbalism, 
edible landscape design, and organic gardening among others. She is 
enthusiastic about creating perennial forage systems and building local 
community as a response to peak oil. Marisha's interest in local 
economics and creating useful items using her resources has manifested 
as several projects: past work on local community marketplaces in 
Olympia, Queen Bee Flower and Gem Essences, Herb'n Wisdom for 
permaculture consulting and herbal products, and Growing Greetings which 
produces plantable greeting cards and other products. Marisha has a 
small plant nursery which focuses on edible flowers and other gourmet 
specialty food items. Marisha graduated from the Evergreen State College 
in 1998 where she focused on ethnobotany, ecological agriculture, and 
sustainability studies. She continues to interact with students from the 
Evergreen State College by offering internships. More info at 
http://www.herbnwisdom.com/Bio.php

RELATED EVENT AT EDENDALE FARM IN SILVERLAKE, 2131 Moreno Dr.,  Los 
Angeles 90039

Saturday August 8, 2009 from 9 am to 3 pm.   
Grow Your Own Healing:  Herbal First Aid Kit for Emergencies
with
Marisha Auerbach (see bio above)

Please join us for a workshop to learn about herbal plants to use for 
first aid.  We will be identifying and planting medicinal herbs that 
support our immune systems, prevent infection, aid digestion, heal 
wounds, and nourish our skin.  Afterwards, we will discuss how to craft 
these herbs into medicinal preparations for first aid kits.  We gather 
in community to build resilience and inspiration for meeting our needs 
locally in celebration of the green world.

Fee:                    $30.00 includes hand outs.
Registration:  Advanced registration required. 323/325-8663 and leave 
message or email David Kahn at david at sustainablehabitats.org

These two events with Marisha Auerbach are co-sponsored by Sustainable 
Habitats and Edendale Farm and Learning Center in the Silverlake 
neighborhood of Los Angeles, a permaculture demonstration project.

Edendale Farm Map:
http://maps.google.be/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2131+moreno+drive+los+angeles&sll=50.789714,5.558739&sspn=0.030331,0.077162&ie=UTF8&ll=34.097822,-118.267565&spn=0.009933,0.01929&z=16&iwloc=A