[Sdpg] South Coast Permaculture Guild Events Listing for APRIL 2001.
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What is a sustainable community?
"Sustainable communities live in social, cultural, and physical
environments in which we can satisfy our needs and aspirations without
diminishing the chances of future generations...
A sustainable community is designed in such a way of life, business,
economy, physical structures and technologies do not interfere with
nature's inherent ability to sustain life"
Words of Fritjof Capra from notes taken at Schumacher College July 2000
Morag Gamble
Taken from Eco-news The Newsletter of Sustainable Futures Issue 2
50 Crystal Waters MS16 Maleny QlD 4552 Australia info at permaculture.au.com,
www.permaculture.au.com
South Coast Permaculture Guild Contacts and other Organizations of Interest
South Coast Permaculture Guild Margie Bushman sbpcnet at silcom.com 805-962-2571
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network: Margie Bushman sbpcnet at silcom.com
805-962-2571
Ojai Permaculture Guild: Dave White artdetour at mac.com 805-646-9809
Central Coast Permaculture Guild: Rob Kimmel zigge at aol.com 805-438-5745
San Diego Permaculture Center: San Diego Economic Conversion Council
sdecc at igc.org (619) 298-8879
Cal Poly Student Farm in SLO:The SARC (Sustainable Ag Resource Center)
805-756-5086
Hunter
Francis wfrancis at calpoly.edu
Long Beach Organics: David
Krieger-DeWitt dakd at earthlink.net 562-438-9000
Southern East Sierra: Tom
Drummond 760-377-5011
Pc Institute of Southern Cal: Bill
Roley DrRoley at aol.com 949-494-5843
Santoyo&Associates santoyo at earthflow.com
800-469-5857
LA EcoVillage: Lois
Arkin crsp at igc.org 213/738-1254
Permaculture Activist Magazine Website <http://www.permacultureactivist.net>
Permacultura
http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura/spanish/QueEsPermacultura.htm
PERMACULTURE CREDIT UNION http://www.pcuonline.org
Hi everyone
April 2001 Newsletter Content:
1) List of April 2001 Events, SCPermaculture Discussion Group,Ojai
Earthwork Techniques, EcoVariety night
2) List of Future Events, ,Permaculture Teachers Course, Mushrooms and
Permaculture,
3) Perma News International Permaculture Gatherings, Hopedance Mag,
Permaculture Credit Union
4) List of interesting Websites -Ecospirit and Sustainable Futures from
Australia
5) Subscribe to South Coast, Central Coast, San Diego Permaculture Guild
Listserves
6)Please send listings and events for next email news by April 28 to
lakinroe at silcom.com
1. APRIL 2001 EVENTS
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Earth Stone & Water Mar. 31- Apr. 2
- earthwork techniques for solar, thermal, and cultural benefits
with environmental artist /kiva builder Skip Schuckmann + eco-design
consortium of Gerhard Steineger, Stephen Gates, Martin Hoffman, and Jason
Stahlheber -- at an amazing permaculture home and botanical garden
Sun. Apr. 1- Workshop begins 9:15 with a design demonstration, collaboration,
and implementation of earthwork practices using abundant local resources.
Enjoy lunch,dinner and evening fire circle celebration with us.
Mon. Apr. 2- Breakfast 8:30 am , optional hands-on work with our workshop
projects.
Workshop fee is sliding scale, suggested $49/day for full accomodations and
meals. Barter-exchange is available if completed prior to event. Register by
sending a check to Ecospirit.
For more information, please contact Andrea Rolston <andrea at ecojai.org>
Early Register now for Riparian EcoManagement & Arundo Donax - Apr. 28-30 our
final Spring Workshop, a must for local watershed stewards
ecospirit
PO Box 1766, Ojai CA 93024 ¥ www.ecojai.org ¥ ph. 646-1136
Saturday March 31 and April 28 EcoVariety Nights in Ojai ,Ca
EcoVariety Nights are three community celebrations of art, music,
words, dance and food which begin each workshop. EcoVariety Nights are
presented from 7-10 pm on Saturday March 31and April 28, at
a new organic food store and café "The Farmer and the Cook," 339 W. El
Roblar, in Meiners Oaks near Ojai. Performers are invited to call Eric
for a time slot (805) 652-1142 or email ewerb at aol.com. There will be
dessert goodies and surplus crafts, fruits and garden goods are often
shared. Requested donation is $3.
April 12, Thurs. 7pm Permaculture Discussion Group to Cover Permaculture
Principles and Practises in Santa Barbara CA
Community Environmental Gildea Resource Center 930 Miramonte Dr Santa Barbara
This will be an interactive meeting showing video covering many parts of a
lecture series on Permaculture Design by Bill Mollison one of the founders
of Permaculture , audio tapes, other Permaculture Videos, slides and
discussion each month. First series will last 3months and cover Design,
Water, Natural Building etc
For more info contact Margie Bushman 962-2571 or email sbpcnet at silcom.com
Permaculture Design Certificate Courses April 1-14 2001 and Sept 30- Oct 13
2001
Permaculture On Ground Training April 16-27 and Oct 15 -26
These course supports efforts to develop a North American demonstration
of sustainable agriculture and commerce at the deactivated Louisiana
Army Ammunition Plant, where plans are under way to renovate the area
using Permaculture practices. It is amazing place to learn permaculture.
Contact for more info
Northwest Louisiana Commerce Center
2618 York Ave
Minden, Louisiana 71055
877 459-5120 and 318-459-5185
www.nwlcc.com
April 18 Wednesday at 7 p.m. SANTA BARBARA ORGANIC GARDEN CLUB PRESENTS
"ROSE LADY" JAN WEVERKA
Community Environmental Gildea Resource Center 930 Miramonte Dr Santa Barbara
The featured speaker will be Jan Weverka, the well-known "Rose Lady" from
Monrovia who was featured in last month's Sunset magazine. She will
demonstrate how to grow gorgeous roses without pesticides, helped by our
backyard bird and insect allies. Organic Club member Mardena Waller will
moderate.
Contact: Linda Saltzman 563-2089
lbuzzell at aol.com
April 28-29 Introduction to Permaculture Instructors: Penny
Livingston-Stark, James Stark & Friends
Fundamentals of sustainable design Fee: $250.00
Permaculture Institute of Northern California 2001 Courses
PO Box 341 Pt. Reyes Station, CA 94956
(415) 663-9090
April 29 Sunday 6:30-9 pm Natural Building Network of South Coast
California Meeting
Hatch & Parent community meeting room 1018 State St., Santa Barbara
Donation $10 to cover Gary Duncan's costs
to hear Gary Duncan, founder and director of Smart Shelter Network in Colorado.
He will describe his work with natural building techniques to foster
sustainable structures and to avoid the use of toxic building materials.
We also invite local architects/builders/artisans to speak for 3-5 minutes
about their current projects pertinent to the aims of Natural Builders
Network. Please respond by April 10 if you are interested in speaking that
evening.
Any questions? Please contact MAFroley at MindSpring.com
2. FUTURE EVENTS
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May 4-18, 2001 EARTH ACTIVIST TRAINING
With STARHAWK and PENNY LIVINGSTON-STARK
Learn how to create the world you want to live in.
A permaculture design course for visionary activists: Learn the skills
to transform a piece of land, a community, and our political and economic
systems. The tools we need to envision and design a just, free and
sustainable culture are the same ones we need challenge the vested interests
that keep destructive systems in place.
Permaculture is a system of ecological design. Spend two weeks in the
coastal California hills learning:
Nature and wilderness awareness.
Diversity in ecosystems and in our movement.
Pattern thinking in design, strategy, and movement building.
Solutions that exist: alternative energy, organic farming, natural
building, bioremediation and restoration.
Soil and forest ecology and ecological economics.
How to collect, conserve, and clean water.
Movement building, strategy and direct action principles and practices.
Consensus process, facilitation and conflict transformation.
How to transform fear, rage, grief and frustration into creative action.
How to stay grounded and centered in tough and challenging situations.
How to create ritual and weave magic into action.
ŠŠand more!
This program leads to a certificate in permaculture design.
Core facilitators:
Starhawk is a lifelong activist, direct action trainer, ecofeminist and
author of many books that link earth-based spirituality with political
struggle, including The Spiral Dance, The Fifth Sacred Thing, and The Twelve
Wild Swans: A Journey to the Realm of Magic, Healing and Action.
Penny Livingston-Stark is internationally recognized as a prominent
permaculture teacher and designer. Penny specializes in creating resource
rich landscapes, non-toxic natural building materials, site planning &
design, using ecologically sound principals and methods.
May 4-18, Western Sonoma County, California
Cost: We are actively fundraising to provide this on a pay-what-you-can
basis to activists. Work trades, payment plans and scholarships available.
For those who can pay, we estimate the real cost of providing this program
to be $1200 per person‹if you can pay more, that will help subsidize someone
who can¹t. Please don¹t let money keep you away‹we¹ll work it out!
To apply, or for more information, contact:
Madrone Productions
PO Box 410187
SF CA 94141-0187
415-789-7674
email: vetiwitch at hotmail.com
May 19-25 Cob Workshop near San Diego, CA
Cost is $560
Check out there website for more details www.deatech.com/cobcottage
Cob Cottage Company P.O. Box 123 Cottage Grove, OR 97424 phone/fax
541-942-2005
May 4-18 Permaculture Design Course with Bill Mollison co founder of
Permaculture
Course Location Araluen Holiday Camp North-west Tasmania, Australia
Tuition & Fees Residential (including all meals) $ 1,395.00 All costs are
in Australian
dollars and Non-residential (including lunch & tea) $ 1,115.00
THE PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE, 31 Rulla Road, Sisters Creek 7325 Tasmania
Australia
Phone: (International) 61.(0)3.6445.0945 Fax: (International)
61.(0)3.6445.0944 Email: tagariadmin at southcom.com.au
Since the first Permaculture Design Course was offered in 1972, people from
widely diverse backgrounds and interests have graduated. Farmers, ranchers,
landowners, foresters, landscape designers, architects, builders, planners,
developers, accountants, financiers, bankers, publishers, attorneys, aid
workers, educators, environmentalists and students have all brought
Permaculture techniques into their homes, businesses and communities.
This course is for anyone interested in gaining practical skills and
perspective for sustainable living and productivity.
During this two week residential course, you will gain an understanding of
Permaculture theory, building your knowledge of all the necessary aspects to
become fully conversant with Permaculture design. By the end of the course,
you will be able to confidently create your first Permaculture design plan.
May 19-25, Permaculture Teacher Training Course
Heartwood Institute in Garberville California
Teachers Jude Hobbs and Tom Ward and others
Tuition is $550 includes meals, lodging and instruction
This is the first Permaculture Teachers Training since Lea Harrison and Max
Lindegger came from Australia in 1990. We hope to see a new generation of
teachers rise up and step forward to the challenge of facilitating
Permaculture Design Courses. there is a standard Course Curriculum and we
will help everyone discover and improve their strengths and pick up new
tricks to demonstrate and illustrate whole systems education..
Course Topics
*Teaching systems , principals and patterns
*teaching as an organism
*life long learning
*Staying Healthy
*Time and participation Management
*Adult learning styles
*Interns and apprentices
*Team Teaching
*Keeping up the spirit and more
Who should Attend?
Permaculture Design Course Graduate and individuals with permaculture
knowledge and experience and who are interested in teaching Permaculture
Course Site
Is Heartwood Institute is a residential education facility of 80 - 100
people focusing on healing arts of massage and transformational therapies.
The course site includes a cobb house, two strawbale buildings, several
yurts , domes and ranch style classrooms and living spaces. The campus is
240 acres of rolling mountains , meadows and forest of douglas fir, oak and
buckeye. and madrone. Permaculture has been practise on site since 1985.
Course is run by Island Mountain Institute. a non profit sustainable
agriculture organization
For more info contact Shemaia at 707-923-1324 Shemaia_Skywater at hotmail.com
Send for brochure at
Island Mountain Institute
Att Shemaia Skywater
220 Harmony Lane
Garberville, Ca 95542
June 9 & 10Mushrooms & Permaculture Seminar
Davis Bynum Winery 8075 Westside Road Healdsburg, CA 95446
Cost $275 for both days,Sat. only - $175, Sun. only - $125.
Checks payable to: Davis Bynum Winery
Learn how to integrate mushroom cultivation into Permaculture gardens
and land restoration projects within the surroundings of a three acre
Mediterranean Food Forest. Hosted by Davis Bynum winery and Sonoma
Permaculture, this knowledge-filled weekend course will introduce
participants to highly talented mushroom authorities, permaculturists, and
cooks.
Saturday will feature Paul Stamets of Fungi Perfecti, author of
*Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms*. Paul will discuss both the
integration of edible & medicinal mushrooms into Permaculture gardens, and
the applications of mushroom cultivation to habitat restoration
On Sunday, Tom Alexander of Bemushroomed, and Charmoon Richardson of
the Wild About Mushrooms Co., will discuss how to build and operate a small
scale mushroom cultivation laboratory
Register soon. Participation will be limited to allow for individual
contact with the instructors.
For info Charmoon Richardson - seminar coordinator
phone: 707-887-1888
e-mail: charmoon at sonic.net
http://www.sonic.net/mycoperm
June 22-28 Building a Rural Off-the-Grid
Ecological Base Camp Fee: $350.00
Tom Watson, Penny Livingston-Stark, James Stark
An advanced permaculture workshop where you will learn to
Install a water tank and solar pump, Selectively harvest Douglas Fir trees
in a way that enhances the forest and build simple structures, Build a camp
kitchen, Install solar showers, Create a Biological treatment system for
sewage &
grey water.
It is recommended that participants have taken an Introduction to
Permaculture Course or the Permaculture Design Course.
Permaculture Institute of Northern California 2001 Courses
PO Box 341 Pt. Reyes Station, CA 94956
(415) 663-9090
Permaculture Courses at Earth Haven Ecovillage in North Carolina
Contact: Culture's Edge, 1025 Camp Elliott Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711,
828-669-3937,
Courses in Permaculture Training , Design Courses ,Permaculture Residency
Programs, Village Design, Sustainable Forestry, Natural Building and more
starting March 17
http://www.permaculture.net/~EPTA/Culture'sEdge.htm
3.PERMA NEWS
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Hopedance Magazine Pathways to Sustainable Living and Positive solutions
A magazine that comes out every two months is a great source of information
on activities for the Permaculture Community in Southern Ca and our
activities we Santa Barbara Permaculture Network are involved as editors
and distributors latest issue March/April is Energy
Please subscribe to support this great regional magazine at $20 per year 6
issues
P.O. Box 15609
San Luis Obispo Ca 93406
hopedance at aol.com www.hopedance.org
Latinamerican Permaculture Congress for end-September of this year 2001.
Marsha Hanzi here from Brazil. We are organizing the Latinamerican
Permaculture Congress in a beautiful mountain valley in the state of Bahia
here in Brazil for end-September of this year. As you are in Southern
California, you may have contact with Spanish-speaking people who would be
interested in participating. It would be very good to have some
Spanish-speaking USA representatives present..."Marsha Hanzi"
<hanzibra at svn.com.br>
You can see the Congress homepage at www.ecolinkvillage.net/permacultura
The homepage of the Bahian Permaculture Institute:
www.geocities.com/ipbbr
The Natural Builders Network listserv
For those folks who are interested in a listserv that is primarily about
networking natural builders, please see the following:
The Natural Builders Network listserv was birthed after a half-day workshop
with Gary Duncan from smartshelter.com (on November 11, 2000). The listserv
is a way to keep the energy flowing and the communications moving regarding
creating a Network of Natural Builders in the area from San Luis Obispo to
San Diego. The idea is to create a network of engineers, builders,
architects, insurance agents, lenders, contractors, strawbale construction
folks and attorneys "to compete with the non-renewable toxic and
environmentally destructive aspects of conventional building." (Gary Duncan)
If you are interested in joining, simply send a message to
majordomo at omnipost.com and type in subscribe NBN.
thanks,
bob banner
temporary coordinator of the NBN listserv
Announcing the Opening of The Permaculture Credit Union
The Permaculture Credit Union is a reality. A new kind of environmentally
responsive financial institution has been created and chartered. It is
possibly the first credit union founded upon the Earth Care principles of
Permaculture ethics, namely respect for natural systems, respect for
people, and no waste ( which in banking will mean the reinvestment and
recycling of surplus back into the community being served). Our mission is
to pool the financial resources of people who subscribe to these ethical
principles and provide a financial vehicle that will allow these resources
to be put to work creating a sound sustainable, environmentally responsible
future. We believe we have targeted a market that is severely unserved by
existing financial institutions- those people who are committed to a
cleaner environment, healthy food and water, sustainable energy use, and a
more conscious lifestyle. It will create the opportunity for members to
control the use of money in the community and contribute to the
revitalization of local well-being.
Permaculture Credit Union
4250 Cerrillo Road
Santa Fe , NM 87505 (505) 954-3479 fax (505) 424-1624 perma at pcuonline.org
http://www.pcuonline.org/
4. WEBSITES OF INTEREST
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Ecospirit www.ecojai.org is a nonprofit environmental group in
Ojai,dedicated to care of the Earth and It's inhabitants through
cultivation of healthy community inspired by natural patterns.
This Spring Ecospirit presents a full series of community education and
celebration events through March and April . there are also
apprentice-training postions available for young adults seeking
professional ecological skills. thanks for your efforts Andrea Rolston and
Akiva
Sustainable Futures www.permaculture.au.com is a Permaculture Organization
that organizes courses at Crystal Waters the first Permaculture Designed
Ecovillage located in Australia. Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond who will be
coming to Santa Barbara at the end of July 2001 to teach a workshop and do
a lecture run a series of programs at Crystal waters through the year. Also
the Ladakh Farm Stay Project and Australian City Farms and Community
Gardens Network which they are coordinators.
5.LISTSERVE
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To get Up to Date Permaculture Ongoing Announcements for courses , events
and posting of articles of interest try subscribing to our local
Permaculture Listserves ccpg serves San Lois Obispo ,scpg serves Santa
Barbara down and including Los Angeles, and sdpg serves San Diego area.
Below are the instructions how to sign up
thanks to John Howe for setting them up
this works the same for each separate list:
central coast list(ccpg at arashi.com), south coast(scpg at arashi.com), and the
san diego
list (sdpg at arashi.com)
TO SUBSCRIBE to this mailing listserve
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want to subscribe to
SoCal PCG subscription
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Please send listings and events for next email news by April 28 to
lakinroe at silcom.com
Mail Address South Coast Permaculture Guild and Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network
224E Figueroa ST #C
Santa Barbara CA 93101
"What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any
group is doing on the planet. We don't know what details of a truly
sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need
people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of
the critical gangs that are doing that."
Dr David Suzuki geneticist, broadcaster
and international environmental advocate
Permaculture education includes principles and practices of
sustainable soil, water, crop, forest, architectural, business, and
finance systems ethical investment, community loan support and small
business management.
Permaculture, from PERMAnent agriCULTURE, is an integrated system of
design including not only agriculture, horticulture, architecture and
ecology but also land access strategies and economic systems for small
businesses and communities.
Taken from the Latin, permanens, to endure or persist through time and
cultura, cultures - permaculture is an interdisciplinary design
science focused on sustainable system design. Sustainable systems are
defined as those that, over their lifetime, produce energy equivalent
to or in excess of what they consume.
Permaculture operates on three ethics: care of the earth, care of the
species and return of excess to the first two.
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