South Coast Permaculture Guild Events Listing for November 2000
Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson
lakinroe at silcom.com
Sun Nov 5 22:33:38 PST 2000
What is permaculture?
Permaculture is an ecological design system which all related elements can
be hung from ,this includes everything connected to our ecological
footprint and the natural world around us.
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:Alexis Pouillon alexis at value.net
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 dotcalm at fix.net
800-469-5857
LA EcoVillage: Lois
Arkin crsp at igc.org 213/738-1254
Permaculture Activist
Website http://www.metalab.unc.edu/pc-activist
Permacultura
http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura/spanish/QueEsPermacultura.htm
PERMACULTURE CREDIT UNION http://www.pcuonline.org
Hi everyone
November 2000 Newsletter Content:
1) List of Nov. 2000 Events,no monthly meeting, Natural Building in
American SW, Rescuing Heirloom
2) List of Future Events, Permaculture Design Course in Ojai
3) Perma News San Diego Perm.Guild news,SCPG website, Morning Valley,
Report from Louisiana
4) List of interesting Websites, Greenpeople,
5) Subscribe to South Coast, Central Coast, San Diego Permaculture Guild
Listserves
6)Please send listings and events for next email news by Nov 25 to
lakinroe at silcom.com
1. NOVEMBER EVENTS
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GARY DUNCAN FROM SMARTSHELTER NETWORK
Natural Building in the American Southwest Slide Show and Talk
Nov 8: Wed Ojai...7pm Happy Valley School Auditorium, contact Dave White,
Ojai Permaculture Guild, 805-646-9809; artdetour at mac.com.
Nov 9: Thursday Santa Barbara..... , 7:00pm at the Santa Barbara Public
Library Main Branch Downtown, Faulkner Gallery, donation $3, contact 962-2571
or sbpcnet at silcom.com.
Nov. 10: Friday San Luis Obispo... 7pm at the Community Room at the SLO
Library
co-sponsored by HopeDance (544-9663), Sustainable Building Council, CC
Permaculture Guild
and the Canaries of the Central Coast, Future Electric
Talk and slideshow will cover
strawbale building, passive solar design, adobe, cob, pressed earth,
earthships, environmental illness, electromagnetic fields, Feng Shui, water
catchment, biological waste water treatment, remodeling, solar electric,
solar hot water, pressed block, permaculture, green houses, green building,
finance, insurance, Russian Stoves, timber frame, green power....and more.
Plus a special look at Environmental Illness for those affected by
sensitivities or allergies caused by buildings, toxic indoor air quality
problems, cleaning products, furnishings, perfumes, etc. Go to
www.smartshelter.com for details.
Nov. 11 Setting Up a Natural Building Network in California with Gary Duncan
At the CEC Gildea Resource Center 930 Miramonte Dr Santa Barbara.
A half day workshop from 1-6pm Cost $60
In South Western Colorado there exists a unique organization called Smart
Shelter Network. It studies & documents Natural, Sustainable & Green
Building structures. It provides consulting & resource information for
people wanting to build environmentally responsible buildings. It offers
advocacy & education to builders, inspectors, politicians, insurers & banks
about Natural Building. It's members form task forces to study specific
issues. Smart Shelter Network exists to document, analyze, promote and
educate its citizens about Natural Building in their area. Learn how a
similar network can be formed in our region.
Workshop will cover:
‚ Overview of a Natural Building Network
‚ Functions of a Network
‚ Forming a Natural Building Network for Coastal Southern California
‚ Slide Show of Natural Building techniques with the
builder/architect in mind
Gary Duncan has been in the building trade 35 years forming SmartShelter
Network after experiencing an illness from toxic building materials and
observing the unsustainability of his profession. He has catalogued natural
buildings over the past 6 years with more than 3000 slides and several
hundred documented case studies.
Cost/$60 For more info & registration call SBPN 805/962-2571, email:
sbpcnet at silcom.com.
Cosponsors The Sustainability Project,Cohearts, Mac's Solar, Community
Environmental Council
NOVEMBER 8TH, THURSDAY 7:30 PM, DAVID ENGWICHT, author of "Street
Reclaiming: Creating Livable Streets and Vibrant Communities." Australian
author, lecturer and community facilitator of convivial streets and
neighborhoods, David will be on a book and workshop tour across North
America. You can learn more about David's work at <http://www.lesstraffic.com/>
Also Thursday Nov 9 9:30-12 Noon at MTA Board Room one Gateway Plaza
Downtown Los Angeles free
RSVP to: Los Angeles Eco-Village, Lois Arkin, 213/738-1254 or
<crsp at igc.org>. Give city and phone number or email if you can carpool.
South Coast Permaculture Guild is one of the cosponsors
Thursday November 16 at 7-9pm Rescuing Heirloom Garden Plants with Kent and
Diane Whealy
at Victoria Hall 33 West Victoria Street Santa Barbara CA
Santa Barbara Organic Garden Club, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa
Barbara Permaculture Network will co-and other sponsors
Kent Whealy is the director of the Seed Savers Exchange (SSE), a nonprofit
organization that he and his wife Diane founded in 1975. SSE is a
grassroots network of 8,000 gardeners, orchardists and plant collectors
who are maintaining heirloom varieties of vegetables, fruits, grains,
flowers and herbs, which they distribute through SSE’s annual
publications. In 1986 Kent began developing Heritage Farm, a unique
educational facility near Decorah, Iowa that maintains and displays
collections of 18,000 heirloom vegetables, 700 nineteenth century apples,
200 hardy grapes and herds of Ancient White Park cattle. In 1990 Kent was
awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his efforts to conserve genetic
resources.
Seed Savers Exchange www.seedsavers.org.
For more Info contact
Jenny Benjamin
Community Relations Coordinator Pacifica Graduate Institute
(805)969-3626 ext 172
jenny at pacifica.edu
Thursday November 16 7pm Status and Distribution of Valley Oak in Santa
Barbara County
St Mark's-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church, Los Olivos
Frank Davis, UCSB Professor in the School of Environmental Science and
Management, will present his research findings about the long-term trends
in valley oak populations in the Santa Ynez and Los Alamos valleys. A short
update on sudden oak death (SOD), which is affecting coast live oak,
tanbark oak, and black oak in Northern and Central California, will follow
Dr. Davis' presentation.
Santa Ynez Valley Natural History Society
P.O. Box 794
Los Olivos, CA 93441
For more information: John Evert 688-0413 or Claudia Tyler 455-5711
tyler at lifesci.ucsb.edu
Saturday, November 18 9:30 am - 2pm Techiques for Growing Oaks from Acorns
UC Sedgwich Reserve (Rain date Dec 2) For directions, call numbers below.)
Workshop leaders are Douglas McCreary, Natural Resources Specialist with
UC's Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program, and Claudia Tyler,
manager of the Santa Barbara County Oak Restoration Program. We will plant
acorns at a restoration site at Sedgwick Reserve using several different
planting methods and tour the oak regeneration studies being conducted
there. We conclude with a visit to Las Cruzitas Ranch to observe its valley
oak restoration project.
Co-sponsored by: Santa Barbara County Oak Restoration Program, Sedgwick
Reserve, UC (Cooperative Extension) Integrated Hardwood Range Management
Program, and Santa Ynez Valley Natural History Society
For more information please call Claudia Tyler at 455-5711 or John Evarts
at 688-0413, or email tyler at lifesci.ucsb.edu
Saturday November 18: Volunteer Day at Esperenza School, Tijuana,
Meet at Saddleback College Parking lot at 7:30 Am and return around 5:00PM or
the Chula Vista 4th Street Trolley stop a 8:30 9:00 Am
Edible landscaping and gardening, architectural tiling and building
techniques will help expand the schools services in the community. One
hundred and fifty fruit trees where planted this spring and irrigation with
continual work and support is needed in the form of workparties like this one
Mexico edible
Call William Roley 949-494-5843 of email DrRoley at aol.com for questions
Friday November 17 Lecture Earthbuilding with Earthblock Inc, Jim Hallock
and Stephen Gates.
Ojai Foundation, Ojai Ca 7-9pm suggested donation $10
Nov 18-23 Earth Building with Jim Hallock and Stephen Gates of Earth Block Inc.
Cost $15/day 9-12:30 and 2-5 pm at the Ojai Foundation, Ojai Ca 805-646-8343
Housing for $20/night Spontaneous potlucks and community dinners available
bring own lunch
This intensive is for students or professionals interested in expanding
their knowledge of green building practises.
The course is designed to cover earth building techniques,rammed
earth,pressed earth block, earthen bag, ceramic houses and traditional
adobes . During the course an actual pressed block structure will be
constructed.Participants will have the opportunity to broaden their
understanding of permaculture principles as they are applied to building
design and construction.
Course provides extensive job placement along with hands on experience.
Opportunities for work trades and scholarships are available
Jim Hallock is the founder of Earth Block, Inc specializing in press block
adobe residential design and building Jim teaches internationally and holds
a contractors's license in CA and NM. He has over 30 years experience in
the building industry
Stephen Gates is a permaculture designer focused on the blurring the line
between architecture and agriculture and mainstreaming community. He is
well versed in many forms of alterative building and design.
PLEASE CONTACT For more info and registration
The Ojai Foundation
www.ojaifoundation.org
9739 Ojai-Santa Paula Road, Ojai Ca
805-646-8343
2. FUTURE EVENTS
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Dec 1-15 Permaculture Design Course with Penny Livingston-Stark and Brock
Dolman
Cost $995 includes tent village accommodations and meals
At Ojai Foundation , Ojai Ca
Contact for information is Gigi Coyle at 760-938-1177 . Some scholarships
available
This two week intensive in sustainable systems design will focus on the
practical design and hands on implementation of restorative systems .Learn
permaculture Solutions for Watershed Restoration, Preserving of Wildlife,
Sustainable Food systems, Building Design, non toxic Natural Building
Materials, Edible Landscaping, energy Conservation, Site Planning and
Design. and more
Upon completion of course participants will receive a certificate of
Permaculture Design
Penny Livingston-Stark is a internationally recognized Permaculture Teacher
and Designer with over 20 years experience in this field. Founder of
Sustainable Living Designs and co founder and Co director of the
Permaculture Institute of Northern California
Brock Dolman founding member of both the Sowing Circle LLC intentional
community and Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. Brings 20 year's of
experience to his work as OAEC's Permaculture Program Director
PLEASE CONTACT For more info and registration
The Ojai Foundation
www.ojaifoundation.org
9739 Ojai-Santa Paula Road, Ojai Ca
805-646-8343
Jan 8-29 2001 Permaculture Design Course Makapala, Big Island, Hawaii
Contact Annmarie Banchy POB 373 Hakalau, Hi 96710 808-963-6664
abanchy at interpac.net
website www.permacultureportal.com
Feb 9 2001 Permaculture Design Course Anihue, Chile
Contact CRMPI 970-927-4158 jerome at permaculture.net www.crimpi.org
3.PERMA NEWS
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South Coast Permaculture Website is coming soon
We first would like to thank guild member Michael Lind of Oakview Ca for
volunteering to build our guild website, will have further news once the
site is up and running
SDECCC San Diego Permaculture Center Newsletter and Fundraiser
The SD Permaculture Center is supported primary by membership dues and
contributions. this year the center hopes to raise $12,000 to sustain the
Permaculture Center. they are asking folks to become members of San Diego
Economic Conversion Council which is the umbrella organization of the
Permaculture Center. Become a member and get there great newsletter.
Memberships are $35 individual, $50 family, $100 sponsor, $500 retainer,
$20 student/fixed income
Checks payable to SDECC mail to 4452 Park Blvd Suite 205 San Diego CA 92116
Permaculture Center (619) 298-8879 fax (619) 298-2298 sdecc at igc.org
www.igc.org/sdecc
Morning Valley Farm looking for Helping Hands
We are looking for helping hands on Morning Valley Farm and we can provide
a special place to live and possibly more for the right people. We are
especially looking for a multi talented type man to manage the gardens and
help with some of the natural. building and other projects. But what ever
your skills or interests you can probably be of help!
Morning Valley Farm is a 21 yr. old service project dedicated to
demonstration and education of natural life alternatives: permaculture/
organic gardening, natural building, nat. energy, nat. healing etc. A key
element to the farm is the expression of love in beauty. Embellishment with
many forms of art is intended to attract media attention as well as higher
consciousness to the sustainability movement. Much has been accomplished on
the 190 acre farm over the years but more help is needed!!!
You can read more about Morning Valley Farm on our web site:
www.bindujewelry.com/mornvalley.html
Candace and Loren Stolley P.O. box 1744 Lower Lake, CA. 95457-9411 (707)
994-1814
bindujewelry at jps.net
Permaculture News from Permaculture Course in Louisiana with Bill Mollison
Just returned from a 3 Day Permaculture Course in Louisiana with Bill
Mollison one of the founders of Permaculture. At the Course a group of
Macedonian made a presentation at the course with Australian Permaculture
Teacher and Designer Geoff Lawton who had done the permaculture design for
the Refugee Camp Restoration Cegrane refugee camp in Macedonia. Please read
below from the webpage http://www.rudina.org.mk/english.htm and hear there
words of the Macedonian and how they have inter grated permaculture into
their community as a result of Geoff help in the project. The idea is to
present a new model of land restoration and community help in areas that
suffer war and other human problems. The North West Louisiana Commerce
Center in Minden Louisiana www.nwlcc.com where the course took place is an
15,000 acre defense base once had arms manufacturing which is being
converted to an Eco-industrial Park, and a Permaculture design and teaching
facility. And a place for humans around the world to come and get
Permaculture training so they can repair the earth and rebuild their
communities after natural and man made disasters like war . Training to put
people on the ground all over the world with knowledge and training before
disaster hit.
News from Villa Esperanza Gardens at Juvenile Hall Santa Barbara, Ca needs
help and plants
Members of our Guild have been busy volunteering time every wednesday
10:30-12:30pm for over 3 years slowly building up the garden with the
teenagers and creating a wonderful solitude with fruit trees vines flowers
and annuals. We move with the teenagers their moods and desires so the
garden develops with their energy and pace. Because of the discipline
system we sometimes have some of the teenagers for as little as one month,
and a constant flow of new teenagers ever month. We have put in rock
gardens , banana circle, swales and finally this year a system of swales,
rock boomerangs and earthworks that has finally stop the heavy erosion by
flooding in the garden. We always could us more volunteers to help as the
two original founders Jill Cloutier and Kim Redmond are taking a well
deserved rest. Oscar Carmona has joined to help each week with Wes Roe.
We could use surplus plants, fruit trees, bananas, ornamentals, bulbs,
herbs tools or any donations to help the garden.
Contact Wes Roe 964-1555 lakinroe at silcom.com
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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Green People Webpage for Listing of Businesses, Events and Services
I thought you would find http://www.greenpeople.org a valuable
resource where you can list your business/service for Free.
GreenPeople says this directory will be the biggest and most easily
searchable, eco-friendly directory on the net. It only takes a few minutes
to enter your listing.
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), and the san diego
list (sdpg at arashi.com)
TO SUBSCRIBE to this mailing listserve
send mail to: <Majordomo at arashi.com>
with the following command in the body of email message:
subscribe sdpg
There will be a return message requesting your confirmation/authorization
that you want to subscribe, so respond to it as requested.
TO UNSUBSCRIBE
use the word unsubscribe instead of subscribe as above
Hope this helps took me a few times to get it right
Please send listings and events for next email news by November 25 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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