[Sdpg] Nov. 19, Cob Building slide show & book signing

[SDECC & San Diego Permaculture Center]

HAND SCULPTED HOUSES

Ever wonder what to do with the clay under your feet?  Build a cob cottage!
On November 19th, cob builders Ianto Evans and Linda Smiley will visit San
Diego to speak on this natural building material.  Evans and Smiley are
coauthors of the book, "The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and
Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage"  Their presentation includes
a slide show and books will be available for sale and signing.

WHEN:  Tuesday, Nov 19, 2002, 7- 8pm

WHERE:  Ocean Beach People's Food Co-op, 4765 Voltaire Street (come see
this new 'green building'!)

DONATION:  $3

FOR MORE INFO:
Sustainable Earth Enterprises, (858) 513-4247
San Diego Permaculture Center, (619) 298-8879 or sdecc at igc.org


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Ianto Evans of Cob Cottage Company (www.deatech.com/cobcottage) is an
applied ecologist, landscape architect and pioneer in earth structures
(cob), with building experience on six continents. Linda Smiley is a
director of The Cob Cottage Company, as well as a master cobber and
recreational therapist. She also teaches workshops in cob, sculpting sacred
spaces, intuitive design, and natural plasters and finishes.

The San Diego event is one stop on a Southern California book tour
organized by the CA South Coast Permaculture Network and sponsored by Santa
Barbara Permaculture Guild, Hopedance Magazine, Solstice Grove & the
Permaculture Institute of Northern California, Santa Cruz Permaculture
Guild, Earthflow Design Works, Sustainable Building Council of the Central
Coast, Be Well Construction, The Terra Foundation, Four Element Farms,
Central Coast Permaculture Guild, Ojai Permaculture Guild, LA Ecovillage,
San Diego Permaculture Center, Permaculture Institute of Southern Cal,
Ecology Center, South Coast Permaculture Guild, Campus Center for
Appropriate Technology (CCAT) Humboldt State University, Patagonia, and
Sustainable Earth Enterprises.

For a tour schedule and posters you can down load and post in your region
to help promote the tour: http://islandseed.com/scpg.html