[Sdpg] SC Permaculture Guild Mar/April 2005 Permaculture Newsletter

Wed Feb 23 07:45:42 PST 2005

S C Permaculture Guild Mar/Apr. 2005 Newsletter

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Feb 26 Sat 9 -4 pm  Monte Vista School Mulching Party to prepare for Fruit 
Tree Orchard Planting on Thurs March 10
We are covering a large area 175x 30 feet with Compost, Card Board and 
Mulch during the Day, mulch The Nature Trail
Please bring Shovels, Pitch Forks ,gloves Wheel Barrows,Card Board (let us 
know if you have a source of Card Board.). food to share
Monte Vista School 730 Hope Avenue Santa Barbara (Mountain Side off State St)
Contact Margie Bushman 962-2571 sbpcnet at silcom.com or MV Judy Sims Teacher 
687-5333, hjsims at earthlink.net

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Ongoing Permaculture Discussion Group/to Cover Permaculture Principles and 
Practices in Santa Barbara CA
Meeting Wed Mar 2
   6 :30 pm At Judy Sim's Kindergarten Room at Monte Vista School 730 Hope 
Avenue Santa Barbara Come and see the Video Farming with Nature A Case 
Study of Temperate Permaculture in Austria and meet to discuss the planning 
for the Common Vision Fruit Tree Orchard Planting at the School on Mar 10 
8:30 Am - late afternoon. Also next month's meeting will be Friday April 22 
location TBA .
For more info and directions and location contact Margie Bushman 
805-962-2571 or sbpcnet at silcom.com, www.sbpermaculture.org
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2005 PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE: Los Angeles, California at The 
Los Angeles Eco-Home
EcoUrbanism and the Future of Sustainability Natural Building * Green Home 
& Garden Design * Green Business * newEcology * Practicing Democracy * 
EcoVillage Community
PART ONE March 5-6 and March 12-13, PART TWO April 2-3 and April 9-10, PART 
THREE May 7-8 and 14-1
For Registration  CONTACT: David Silverstone at (323)465-7653 or email 
David at GreeningPlanet
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Santoyo at (805) 459.0452 or email 
<permaculture at earthflow.com> www.earthflow.com
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Mar 5 Sat , FROM 10 AM - 4 PM CITY REPAIR LA Ecovillage with Mark Lakeman 
of City Repair Portland -Roadtrip from SB to LA
At the Intersection of Bimini and White House Place in L.A. Eco-Village, to 
find out about www.cityrepair.org
We'll be making music, fun and change in L.A. The street will be closed off 
and painted . If it rains, event is cancelled.
L.A. Eco-Village 117 Bimini Place Los Angeles 90004 Lois Arkin crsp at igc.org 
213/738-1254
ROADTRIP from Santa Barbara contact Margie Bushman sbpcnet at silcom.com 
805-064-1555 for Carpooling
PS Mark Lakeman will be a Workshop in LA Mar 5 & 6 contact Camille Cimino @ 
(213) 480-8002 or camcim at yahoo.com to find out more details

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March 5 THE GREENING OF CUBA Film Showing  6:30 - 9:00 pm Pasadena, $5-$10 
donation Space is limited please RSVP
A Sustainable Living Resource Center  631 Cypress Ave  626.795.8400 
dervaes at pathtofreedom.com www.PathtoFreedom.com

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March 7, Monday,7:00 P.MPeople's Urbanism Lecture by Mark Lakeman
Gallery 727, 727 South Spring Street #12, downtown LA
Join visionary architect Mark Lakeman as he inspires and guides the grid 
structure of a typical American city into a vital social commons with 
Portland's City Repair Project <www.cityrepair.org>.
James Rojas from the Latino Urban Forum will present how Latinos are using 
urban space in East Los Angeles. LUF work has been instrumental in creating 
the Evergreen Cemetery Jogging Path and other open space campaigns in Los 
Angeles.
This event is free. For further information call and RSVP call: 626 
437-4446 or email the Latinourbanforum at yahoo.com

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.Mar 10 Thurs. 8:30 - 4pm Fruit Trees For Schools Tour Planting Day and 
Celebration Monte Vista School Santa Barbara
By getting students and their teachers in touch with the Earth by planting 
fruit trees we create a catalyst to transform the schools in California 
into physical models of sustainability. Fruit trees begin to help transform 
social paradigm of scarcity to abundance.
Part of a Larger Tour of in California Schools Organized by 
www.commonvision.org
Monte Vista School 730 Hope Avenue Santa Barbara (Mountain Side off State St)
Contact M.V. teacher Judy Sims, 687-5333, hjsims at earthlink.net to let her 
know you can help plant trees or contribute funds to help

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Mar 10-Mar 20 Basics of Building with Cob: (10 days) Los Olivos, SB CA $680
With Betty Seaman and Ianto Evans  http://www.cobcottage.com
Cob Cottage Company Box 123 Cottage Grove, OR 97424 Phone or FAX (541) 
942-2005
The best time to call is Monday, Wednesday, or Friday between 10:00 AM 
and  5:00 PM

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Mar. 18 Fri -Sunday Mar. 20 Weekend Workshop Planting Fruit Trees  Cuyama 
Learning Center , 30 miles east of Santa Barbara
RSVP by email (clc at wyp.org) call 805.886.7239 for direction www.wyp.org 
.Bring Food to share, tools and your own camping gear.

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March 19-April 2, 2005 Post-Petroleum: Permaculture and Natural Building 
with Katey Culver and Howard Switzer
$1200 for two weeks, $100 per day or $175/day for couples, with meals & 
lodging. The second half of the Permaculture Design Course is offered July 
22-30. www.thefarm.org/etc/courses.html
Ecovillage Training Center PO Box 90, Summertown, TN 
38483  ecovillage at thefarm.org  931-964-4474  931-964-2200

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March 22-23, 2005, Introduction to Permaculture and Ecological Gardening 
Hopland, CA $290.00
This two-day course will explore the design principles and strategies of 
permaculture with an applied focus on ecological garden.
Contact: Solar Living Institute  sli at solarliving.org or 
707-744-2017  www.store.solarlivingstore.com
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Apr 16   30 Apr 2005 Permaculture Design Certificate Tui NZ  Robina McCurdy
  info at planetorganic.org.nz  www.planetorganic.org.nz PL.A.N.E.T. Organic 
PO Box 130 ,Takaka 7172,

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April 24  May 27, June 1  June 29,July 10  Aug 5 2005 TN, The Farm 
Community. Apprenticeship program in organic food production, natural 
building/permaculture.$300 /week program /board /lodging, participation in 
all courses
Ecovillage Training Center PO Box 90, Summertown, TN 
38483  ecovillage at thefarm.org  931-964-4474 www.thefarm.org/etc/

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April 24 - May 7, 2005 PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE Crystal Waters Ecovillage 
Queensland, Australia
SEED International and Crystal Waters College 50 Crystal Waters Kilcoy Lane 
Conondale, QLD 4552 Australia ph/fax: +61 (07) 5494 
4833  info at permaculture.au.com www.permaculture.au.com MORAG GAMBLE AND 
EVAN RAYMOND

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April 25-29, 2005 Permaculture Integral (Hands-On 5-Day ) Session One: 
Biointensive Permaculture, Heart and Home , Hopland, CA
Cost $595.00  Solar Living Institute  sli at solarliving.org or 
707-744-2017  www.store.solarlivingstore.com

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April 29 - May 5 2005 Biomimicry and Design Course La Cusinga Lodge, 
Pacific Coast, Uvita, Costa Rica
Janine Benyus, author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature Dayna 
Baumeister, PhD, biologist/co-founder Biomimicry Guild
Registration: www.biomimicry.net/cr.htm $1925.00 Student registration: 
$1625.00 (current ID required)

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May 1 -June 1 Permaculture Design Certification Course Ecoversity Sante Fe NM
505.424.9797, info at ecoversity.org, or visit www.ecoversity.org.

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May 2 - 15 : Permaculture Design Course in Rougemont, Quebec (in french) Canada
Contact Kootenay Permaculture Institute spiralfarm at yahoo.com 
http://www3.telus.net/

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May 7-20 Permaculture and Herbalism, Permaculture Design Certification 
Course,Heartwood Institute,Garberville Ca
with Tom Ward, Nadine Chapdelaine & Staff
Tuition: $500 plus accommodations. 877-936-9663 ww.heartwoodinstitute.com/

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May 16 - June 10,Hands-On Exploration of Sustainable Materials & Methods 
Guest Speaker Pliny Fisk  Precott AR $1500
For more information or to register:  www.ecosainstitute.org, 
info at ecosainstitute.org or (928)541-1002.

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May 16th - September 2nd, 2005  Permaculture Design & Organic Production 
Skillbuilder  at : O.U.R. Eco-Village, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 
CANADA : www.ourecovillage.org
$4500 Can., Includes camp, meals, tuition and field trips. Two (2) 
scholarships of $500 Can. are available.
The standard 72-hour Permaculture Design Certificate Course will be taught 
throughout the four months.
Contact Tyrone LaFay /Brandy MacPherson 250-743-3067 Fax: 250-743-3019 
our at pacificcoast.net

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May 2022  Starting and Sustaining Intentional Communities Occidental Arts 
& Ecology Center  Occidental CA
Dave Henson, and Adam Wolpert,  $425/$375 if registered two weeks in 
advance (includes meals and lodging)
To register (707) 874-1557, ext. 201 or e-mail inquiry at oaec.org  www.oaec.org/

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May 20-29, 2005 Village Building Convergence 5 Human-Scale Community Action 
at the Urban
Crossroads  - Portland, OR
A 10-day celebratory event of Portland neighborhood communities physically 
transforming their own urban environment,
Now in its 5th year and taking place from May 20-29, VBC5 surrounds the 
transformation of 17 neighborhood project spaces into remarkable places. 
The VBC5 also features free hands-on workshops and nightly keynote
presentations by cultural visionaries from around the nation including. 
Leaders in the fields of green construction, community building and 
permaculture and will attend from around the world.
Contact thecircle @cityrepair.org - 503.235.8946 www.vbc.cityrepair.org/vbc5/

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7th International Permaculture Conference/Convergence Slovenia in June. 2005
PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE of EUROPE Istedgade 79 - 1650 København V - Denmark
Tlf: +45 3331 5694 - Fax: +45 3325 7179 - Email: vestergror at dk-online.dk
www.Permaculture-Europe.org - www.IPC7.org

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June 6- July 29 Natural Building in Community  Northern CA
Instructors: Michael G. Smith, Darryl Berlin, and guests
Topics: straw bale; cob; round pole framing; straw light-clay (slipstraw); 
earthen floors; natural plasters and paints; earthbags, rammed tires, 
rubble trenches, and other alternative foundations; sustainable materials 
harvesting; home power generation; passive solar design; structures and 
processes for intentional communities;
Cost: $2800 includes camping and 3 delicious organic meals per day. Written 
application required. Group size limited to 6
contact 707-895-3302 or email workshops at emeraldearth.org. 
www.emeraldearth.org.

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June 10-July 31 Women’s Internship in Natural Health & Earth Living 
Earthaven  Ecovillage $2400 
This circle of women deeply explores their relationships with the earth, 
other women, and their own bodies. You will leave initiated into women’s 
wisdom with a heart forever changed!  Women Only!!
Direct any questions to Kimchi Rylander at (866) 666 9935 or 
info at earthavenlearningcenter.org www.earthavenlearningcenter.org

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June 18-25 Comprehensive Cottage Construction Willaims Oregon $490
Contact Jim Haim  331 Meadowbrook Ln  Williams, OR 97544  431-846-0393 
info at cobtogether.com www.Cobtogether.com

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June 20th-August 13th Ecovillage and Permaculture Program: Integrating 
Land, Building, and Social Sustainability
Lost Valley Educational Center, Dexter, Oregon  University credit available 
enquire
In order to provide a high-quality experience, course size is 
limited.register early  www.lostvalley.org/
Contact Marc Tobin  (541) 937-3351 ext. 104  sustainability at lostvalley.org

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June 23- July 13, 2005 Permaculture at Ecoversidade Brazil  $2,100
Students may extend their stay and participate in Bioconstrunido, a 
renowned natural building course that attracts students and professionals 
from all over the world. The course takes place July 16 - 22, 2005 at a 
small additional cost.
Application deadline: April 30* 
888-515-7333  info at LivingRoutes.org 
www.livingroutes.org/programdetails/northamer/overview

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June 22-27, 2005 Permaculture Teacher Training ,Wolf Gulch Farm, 
Jacksonville, Oregon
Jude Hobbs and Tom Ward Course Tuition: $600 -$675 (includes course 
materials,camping, and  organic meals)
Contact Maud Macrory at tompowell7 at aol.com or (541) 
899-9668  www.cascadiapermaculture.com

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July 9-17 for the 9th Bioregional Congress Convenes in the Blue Ridge North 
Carolina at  Earthaven Ecovillage
info www.biocongress2005.org or write CBC-9, Earthaven Ecovillage, 1025 
Camp Elliott Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711 USA.

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July 11 - Aug 5, 2005  Permaculture and Water in Arid Regions with Guest 
Speaker John Todd. Prescott Arizona  : Tuition - $1,500
For more information or to register:  www.ecosainstitute.org, 
info at ecosainstitute.org or (928)541-1002.

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David Holmgren co-originator of Permaculture www.holmgren.com.au/ will be 
in Santa Barbara , Northern CA ,Oregon and Washington starting Aug 1, 2005 
More details of Workshops and Lectures will be on Santa Barbara 
Permaculture Network www.sbpermaculture.org soon
Tues/WEd Aug 2 / 3 ,Lecture/Program  in Santa Barbara with Fund raiser for 
Permaculture Credit Union 7pm location to be announced for evening lecture 
and daytime program
Contact Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 805-962-2571 sbpcnet at silcom.com

Aug 6,7,8,9 Northern Ca Workshop with David Holmgren setting up location at 
IONS details still be arrange
Contact Permaculture Institute of Northern California 
info at permacultureinstitute.com 415-663-9090

David Holmgren in Washington State organized Friends of the Trees
Aug 18 Thurs Day Long Workshop,Permaculture Solutions for the World $40 
Olympia WA
Aug 27-28 Two Day Workshop at Twist, $130 both days , $70 one day
27 Permaculture Principles 28 ECosystem Restoration
Aug 30-Sept 1, 3 day Advanced Course Permaculture Design Theory and 
Principles Seattle $175
Contact  Washington/ Oregon Friends of the Trees 
friendsofthetrees at yahoo.com www.friendsoftrees.net 360-927-1274

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August 12-October 2 Internship in Ecovillage Living and Permaculture Design 
Earthaven  Ecovillage NC $2400
This 8-week internship includes the 8-day Permaculture Fundamentals and the 
8-day Permaculture Practicum as well as the following weekend programs: 
Earthaven Experience, Edible and Medicinal Plants, Starting an Ecovillage, 
Earthen Plaster and Paints, and Ecovillage Planning and Design. Between 
weekend programs, interns are provided with the opportunity to explore many 
aspects of life in a developing ecovillage through hands-on work experience 
which also serves to ground their permaculture training.
Contact Earthaven Learning Center:(866) 666-9935 1025 Camp Elliot Rd, Black 
Mt NC 28711 www.earthavenlearningcenter.org

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Permaculture Activist Magazine North America  Articles Needed
Issue #57 Twentieth Anniversary Issue Deadline June 1
Issue #58 Urban Permaculture Deadline September 1
Peter Bane 828-669-6336 pcactivist at mindspring.com  PO Box 1209, Black 
Mountain, NC 28711.www.permacultureactivist.net

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PERMACULTURE CREDIT UNION -- COME ON IN
Loans immediately available to members from any state

Join the only Credit Union that is based on Permaculture Principles and 
Ethics. Signature loans for amounts up to $5,000 at competitive rates and 
shared-secured loans at even cheaper rates up to $100,000 are available 
immediately to members. Anyone who has taken a Permaculture course, is a 
member of an affiliated Permaculture Institute, or believes in the 
Permaculture ethics is eligible to become a member for $5 membership fee 
plus a $50 share deposit.
Teachers/Organizers we can help you by offering credit-worthy students the 
ability to borrow money to pay for Permaculture courses. Contact the PCU to 
inquire about these and other loan programs.
. Also the PCU is making loans on mortgages, rainwater catchment, home 
energy efficiency systems, solar heating and electricity systems, 
landscape, and car loans. We offer a 0.75 % discount on loans for earth 
friendly projects and Earth friendly car discounts: two types are 
available, .75% for vehicles with 35mpg or higher average and 1.5% for 
vehicles with 45mpg or higher average(which is usually the hybrid cars).
!!!!!!!!!!!PCU now has a Credit Card please go to website for info!!!!!!!!!
Please call us at 505 954 3479, toll free 1-866-954-3479 or FAX 505 424 
1624. Visit us online at www.pcuonline.org, email perma at pcuonline.org, or 
write to us.
Permaculture Credit Union
4250 Cerrillos Road
PO Box 29300
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87592-9300

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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), los 
angeles (lapg at arashi.com and the san diego
list (sdpg at arashi.com)

TO SUBSCRIBE to this mailing listserve

Basically, the info is more web based now so log on the each website you 
want to subscribe to
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REMINDER ONCE you are signed onto one or all of the listserves type in 
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the listserve

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South Coast Permaculture Guild Contacts and other Organizations of Interest.
South Coast Permaculture Guild Margie Bushman sbpcnet at silcom.com 
805-962-2571 www.sbpermaculture.org
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network: Margie Bushman sbpcnet at silcom.com 
805-962-2571
Ojai Permaculture Guild: Dave White david at ojaicra.org 805-646-9809
Central Coast Permaculture Guild: Rob Kimmel zigge at kcbx.net 805-438-5745 
San Luis Obispo
San Diego Permaculture Center: San Diego Economic Conversion Council 
sdecc at igc.org (619) 255-6111
Santa Cruz Permaculture Vince Pastori 831/763-3848 permasc at sasquatch.com
Cal Poly Student Farm in SLO:The SARC (Sustainable Ag Resource Center) 
805-756-5086
Hunter Francis wfrancis at calpoly.edu San Luis Obispo
Path to Freedom ,Pasadena Ms. Anais Dervaes dervaes at pathtofreedom.com
LA Permaculture Guild Joan 323-630-4673 joaniebird007 at yahoo.com Camille 
camicimino at yahoo.com
Southern East Sierra: Tom Drummond 760-377-5011 Ridgecrest
Pc Institute of Southern Cal: Bill Roley DrRoley at aol.com 949-494-5843 
Laguna Beach
Santoyo&Associates santoyo at earthflow.com 800-469-5857 www.earthflow.com
Permaculture Institute of Northern California 
info at permacultureinstitute.com 415-663-9090
Permaculture Activist Magazine Website <http://www.permacultureactivist.net>
Permacultura http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura/
PERMACULTURE CREDIT UNION http://www.pcuonline.org
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