[Scpg] L.A. Eco-Village/CRSP Special Events: March, April, May, August/Sept. 2003
Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson
lakinroe at silcom.com
Mon Mar 10 17:29:50 PST 2003
CRSP & THE LOS ANGELES ECO-VILLAGE INVITE YOU TO THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL EVENTS
ABOUT URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
SUMMARY OF EVENTS (SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS)
- L. A. Eco-Village Tours: Saturdays 3/15, 4/5 and 4/26, 11 am - 1
pm, $10 donation (sliding scale)
- Flexcar Presentation by Michael Woo: Friday, 3/14, 8 pm at LA
Eco-Village, self selected donations welcome
Flexcar is a new car-sharing organization that could help you go go free or
car light!
- "The Art of Natural Building" slide show talk at L.A. Eco-Village with
Joseph Kennedy of
Builders Without Borders, Friday, 3/28, 7:30 pm, $10 donation (sliding scale)
- 9th Annual Eco Maya Festival at Los Angeles City College, music, dance,
arts/crafts, food, more
Sat, 4/19 from 2 - 7 pm AND Sun, 4/20 from 10 am - 7 pm. FREE ADMISSION
- Ecological Urbanism HOPES Conference, Eugene Oregon, with Keynoters Lois
Arkin, Katie McCamant,
Richard Register, Stuart Cowan, others, 4/10-4/13
- Solar Installer Training Class sponsored by the Solar Living Center,
Saturday, May 3, 9 am - 5 pm,
$50 & $100 at L.A. Eco-Village. Must pre-register as noted below.
- Urban Permaculture Design Course with Larry Santoyo, Bill Roley, Toby
Hemingway, others.
Six weekends in August/September. $225 per weekend or $1,200 for whole
course. Pre-registration required.
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SATURDAYS MARCH 8TH AND 15TH, AND APRIL 5TH AND 26TH 11 AM - 1 PM
LOS ANGELES ECO-VILLAGE TOURS
Meet at 117 Bimini Place (see Directions at bottom)
Los Angeles 90004 at 11 am
The tour covers the following:
1. Introductions and interests among members of tour group.
2. History and context for the L.A. Eco-Village
3. Definition of an ecovillage and our place in the the international
movement for more sustainable communities
4. Walking tour to observe actual conditions, actual and planned changes
to the neighborhood as well as visionary possibilities.
5. On-going questions and answers throughout the tour with Eco-Village
guide(s) and spontaneous encounters with neighbors.
6. Problems and progress in healthy development of an intentional
community. What you need to know if you are considering entering a process
with us or starting ecovillage processes in your own neighborhood.
Reservations required: Lois Arkin 213/738-1254 or <crsp at igc.org>
Suggested donation: $10 per person (self selected sliding scale ok)
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F R I D A Y M A R C H 14 8 : 00 P . M .
FLEXCAR: A TALK BY L.A. FLEXCAR GENERAL MANAGER MICHAEL WOO
A car sharing organization that could help you go car-free!!!! Are you ready?
at
Los Angeles Eco-Village
117 Bimini Place
Los Angeles 90004
(see Directions at bottom)
No charge but donations are welcome.
RSVP to Lois Arkin, 213/738-1254 <crsp at igc.org>
Michael Woo joined Flexcar in August, 2002 with over 25 years of experience
in transportation, affordable
housing, and public policy. He was the first trained urban planner and the
first Asian American to be elected to the Los Angeles City Council, where
he served for eight years. He chaired the City Council's Transportation
and Traffic Committee, and was directly involved in key decisions about
station locations and routing of the MetroRail Red Line system. Woo gave up
his Council seat in 1993 to run for Mayor of Los Angeles, surpassing 22
other candidates to reach second-place with 46 percent of the citywide vote.
Mike held a fellowship at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
and subsequently taught courses at USC, UCLA, and Caltech. President
Clinton appointed him Western States Director of the Corporation for National
Service, the federal agency which runs the AmeriCorps*VISTA national
service program.
FLEXCAR now operates car-sharing programs for more than 9,000 members in
more than
a dozen cities and counties across the U.S. With flexible pricing plans,
members can
reserve and drive any of these cars whenever and wherever they need to,
without filling out complicated
paperwork, paying for insurance, gas or repairs. Flexcar has established
strategic partnerships in its
various cities. L.A. Eco-Village will begin to explore such a partnership
in our neighborhood.
Flexcar's innovative program provides members with access to a fleet of
environmentally friendly vehicles,
including gas-electric hybrids and electric cars. Here in LA, members have
access to vehicles in downtown,
Burbank, Pasadena, Santa Monica and Long Beach. Members reserve the
vehicles for hourly use with Flexcar
covering the cost of the car, gas, parking, insurance and maintenance.
Members access the cars via a specially coded Smartcard, and pay hourly or
monthly for use of the vehicles. Flexcar does not require security
deposits or dues to participate in its program.
See <www.flexcar.com> for a preview.
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F R I D A Y M A R C H 2 8 8 : 0 0 P. M.
"THE ART OF NATURAL BUILDING": A SLIDE SHOW AND BOOK TALK WITH
EDITOR/AUTHOR JOSEPH KENNEDY
OF BUILDERS WITHOUT BORDERS
117 Bimini Place
Los Angeles 90004
Suggested Donation: $10 (sliding scale okay)
RSVP to Lois Arkin, 213/738-1254 <crsp at igc.org>
The search for housing that is healthy, affordable, and environmentally
responsible is leading a growing
number of people to take a fresh look at building techniques long shunned
by the modern construction industry.
Recently, books on specific techniques such as straw-bale construction, cob
or rammed earth have become
available, but there has been little to introduce the reader to the entire
field. The Art of Natural
Building fills that void wholly by being a complete and user-friendly
introduction to natural building for
non-professionals as well as architects and designers. From straw bale and
cob to recycled concrete and
salvaged materials, this anthology of articles from leaders in the field
focuses on both the practical and
the esthetic concerns of ecological building designs and techniques. Above
all, this empowering guide
demonstrates that anyone can design and build a home from natural materials
that is beautiful, low-cost, and
environmentally-sensible.
Profusely illustrated, The Art of Natural Building is divided into five
sections. The first provides an
overview of the natural building movement from the various perspectives of
sustainability, lifestyle, and
health. The second section looks at planning and design, followed by a
section that focuses on specific
techniques and the vast variety of materials used in natural building.
Next, examples of diverse natural
dwellings are shared--from a Hybrid Hobbit House to a thatched studio and a
cob office. Finally, complementary
systems, such as solar appliances, composting toilets, and alternative
power systems are covered. Packed with
additional resources and a bibliography, this is the encyclopedia of
natural building!
All three editors are central practitioners in the natural building movement.
Catherine Wanek is the publisher and editor of The Last Straw Journal.
Joseph F. Kennedy has expanded the
boundaries of ecological architecture with NASA's space station
habitability module. Michael Smith is the
co-author of The Cob Cottage (Chelsea Green, 2001), among other books.
NOTE: Other dates and locations for this event include:
Mar 20 Thurs Berkeley 7:30 to9:30 (Builder's Booksouce 1817 4th Street,
Berkeley 800 843 2028 or 510 845 6874 )
Mar 21 Fri or Sun (Mar 23) Santa Cruz,Josho Somine 831/427-3311
josho23 at yahoo.com
Mar 22 Sat SLO ( 7pm Public Library downtown 1-888-206-7070,
hopedance at aol.com ), $5 donation
March 24 Monday Santa Barbara Livingreen 7pm (Technical Talk for Architect
and Planners contact 805-962-2571)
Mar 25 Tues Santa Barbara (7pm Faulkner Gallery, Downtown Library
805-962-2571) $3 donation
Mar 26 Wed Meiners Oaks 5pm Dinner at Farmer and Cook (near Ojai) 339 W
El Roblars 805-640-9808
Mar 26 Wed Ojai (Ojai Retreat Center 7pm reservation required (805)
640-1142.) $5 donation
Mar Thurs 27 Ventura (cancelled) day off,
Mar 28 Fri Los Angeles (LA ECovillage 7:30 pm 213/738-1254, Lois Arkin
<crsp at igc.org>) $10 Sliding Scale
Mar Sat 29 San Diego (David Bainbridge (858) 635-4616, bainbrid at alliant.edu)
Mar 30 Sun Laguna Beach (DrRoley at aol.com 949-494-5843)
Tour Organizers and main contact
Contact Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <sbpcnet at silcom.com>
805-962-2571 www.sbpermaculture.org
Cosponsored by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Hopedance Magazine and
South Coast Permaculture Guild,
Santa Cruz Permaculture, Central Coast Permaculture Guild, Ojai
Permaculture Guild, LA Eco-village,
Permaculture Institute of Southern Ca, Ojai Retreat Center, San Diego
Permaculture Guild
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A P R I L 1 0 T H - 1 3 T H
H.OLISTIC O.PTIONS FOR P.LANET E.EARTH S.SUTAINABILITY (HOPES) CONFERENCE
IN EUGENE OREGON
on
ECOLOGICAL URBANISM
Sponsored by the University of Oregon Department of Architecture and Allied
Arts
For schedule details and very affordable fees,
see: http://edc.uoregon.edu/index.html
Lois Arkin of CRSP/L.A. Eco-Village will be a keynote speaker along with
Mark Lakeman of Portland City Repair; Stuart Cowan, co-author "Ecological
Design";
and Kathryn McCamant, co-author of "Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to
Housing
Ourselves;" Richard Register of Eco-City Builders; and Jim Leach of
Wonderland Hill
Development Company
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S A T U R D A Y & S U N D A Y A P R I L 1 9 & 2 0
ECO MAYA FESTIVAL 9TH ANNUAL MOTHER EARTH DAY CELEBRATION
CONNECTING ENVIRONMENT, CULTURE & HERITGE
Music - Entertainment - Crafts - Food - Education - More
F R E E A D M I S S I O N
at
Los Angeles City College
Hours: Saturday: 2 pm - 7 pm Sunday: 10 am - 7 pm
The Eco Maya Festival is an environmental hemispheric event, connecting the
indigenous cultural heritage
of the Americas with the urban mecca of diversity in Los Angeles. The
Festival provides a cross-cultural
nesting environment where families join in a two-day celebration of
culture, education, entertainment, and
fun. Website <http://www.ecomayafestival.com>
L.A. Eco-Village will have a booth at the Festival
If you would like to have a booth at the Festival, contact Julio Santizo,
Festival Producer,
127-1/2 Bimini Place, 323/960-7879 <ecomaya at azteca.net>.
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S A T U R D A Y M A Y 3 9 A. M. T O 5 P. M.
SOLAR INSTALLER TRAINING CLASS SPONSORED BY SOLAR LIVING INSTITUTE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH L.A. ECO-VILLAGE
at
L.A. Eco-Village
117 Bimini Place
Los Angeles 90004
(see Directions at bottom)
Workshop Fee: $100 with some partial scholarships available as noted below.
TO REGISTER, contact the Solar Living Institute at 707/744-2017 or email to
<sli at solarliving.org>. Some half price scholarships of $50 are available
to those
associated with affordable housing projects.
This class is made possible by a Renewable Energy Consumer Education grant
from the
California Energy Commission.
If you are a contractor, an electrician, or affiliated in any way with
affordable housing, this
class is for you. The day-long class is geared to those with previous
electrical experience who
need the code and installation information specifically related to
photovoltaic installations. The
goal of the program is to increase the pool of qualified installers
available to serve the public
throughout the state. The recommended prerequisite for attending this
class is apprentice or
journeyman level electrician status or equivalent experience. The course
covers basic PV concepts,
site analysis, performance calculations, pv array and balance of system
installation issues,
special wiring considerations, wiring methods, and issues relationg to the
NEC code and utility
interconnection. Photovoltaic system equipment will be available to
demonstrate the principles
shared in class.
The class is taught by a pool of experienced instructors who have years of
hands-on solar electric
experience. Students are provided with a 200 page course manual, a 600
page Solar Living Sourcebook and
other resource materials.
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AUGUST & SEPTEMBER URBAN PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE WITH LARRY SANTOYO, DR.
BILL ROLEY, TOBY HEMINGWAY, OTHERS
SIX WEEKENDS (each weekend can stand alone)
Tentative Schedule: August 9-10, August 16-17, August 30-31, September
6-7, September 20-21, September 27-28
Fee: $225 per weekend or $1,200 for full course.
WATCH FOR DETAILS. For an introduction to permaculture, do an internet
search for <permaculture>
and enjoy all the goodies that come up.
Sponsored by EarthFlow Design Works of Los Osos and CRSP/L.A. Eco-Village
in association with HopeDance Magazine,
Southcoast Permaculture Guild, Permaculture Institute of Southern
California, Eco-Home Network, others (if
your L.A. organization would like to be associated with this series, please
contact Lois Arkin at <crsp at igc.org>).
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D I R E C T I O N S T O L. A. E C O - V I L L A G E
From the intersection of First Street and Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles:
1. Go one block east on First Street to Bimini Pl.
2. Turn right on Bimini Pl. to first building on right
3. Come into lobby at 117 Bimini Pl.
This location is convenient to the Metro Redline Beverly/Vermont exit, the
#204 and the #754 Rapid buses on Vermont,
the #16 bus on Third Street, the #14 or #11 buses on Beverly, and many more.
Call MTA at 213/626-4455 for additional transit details or go to
<www.mta.com> for trip planning.
1st and Vermont is about 1/4 mile south of the Hollywood Freeway at the
Vermont exit, about 4 miles north of
the Santa Monica Freeway at the Vermont exit, and about 3 miles west of the
Harbor Freeway at the 3rd Street
exit.
For more detailed directions, call Lois at 213/738-1254 or <crsp at igc.org>
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Thanks,
Lois Arkin
CRSP/L.A. Eco-Village <www.ic.org/laev>
ENA Council Member, Western U.S., Ecovillage Network of the Americas
<www.ecovillage.org>
213/738-1254
crsp at igc.org
p.s. We intend to regularly update this schedule. Watch the summary of
events at the top to learn about
new activities.
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