[Scpg] L.A. Urban Permaculture Certificate Series Starts 8/9 + Solutions Film/Video Events at L.A. Eco-Village & CRSP

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

Dear Friends,

Please see text below or printable flyers attached in Word for upcoming
Permaculture Series (EVENT #1) and Solutions Film/Video events (EVENT #2)

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Thanks,
Lois Arkin
213/738-1254

EVENT #1

EarthFlow DesignWorks*
in cooperation with the Los Angeles Eco-Village and CRSP sponsors the

*L.A URBAN PERMACULTUE DESIGN COURSE*

A Hands-on Course in Urban Sustainability
the first certificate course ever held in Los Angeles

*SIX WEEKENDS STARTING AUGUST 9/10*

Permaculture Design/ is the art and science that applies patterns found
in nature to the design and construction of human and natural environments.

"Though the problems of the world grow increasingly complex ...
the solutions are embarassingly simple"
-Bill Mollison, founder of the worldwide permaculture movement

Sessions include lectures, tours, workshops, projects, and... fun:

PART I
*Fire, Water, Earth & Air... New Ecology and Sacred Geometry*:
Introduction to Permaculture and Natural Pattern Understanding
Two weekends: Aug. 9&10 and Aug. 16 & 17

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PART II
*Food, Water, Shelter...Earth-Friendly Techniques & Technologies*:
Sustainable Resource Management, Building the Home Ecosystem
Two weekends: Aug 30&31 and Sept 6&7

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PART III
*Creating Community...Self-Reliance, Eco-village and Eco-Economics*:
Ecovillage Design and Community Celebration
Two weekends: Sept. 20&21 and Sept. 27&28

*Taught by a team of outstanding veteran permaculture trainers led by
Larry Santoyo**, *

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*EarthFlow Design Works; and including:
*Toby Hemenway, Author, "Gaia's Garden"
*Penny Livingston-Stark,Permaculture Institute of N. Calif.
*Bill Roley, Permaculture Institute of Southern California
*John Valenzuela, Design Consultant

*And others, including:* Lois Arkin, L.A. Eco-Village; Anna Marie
Carter, The Seed Lady of Watts; Jude Hobbs, Permaculture Designer;Linda
Seeley, Deep Ecologist, the Terra Foundation; Dr. Richard Smith,
Eco-Psychologist


**Six weekends: August 9-10, 16-17, 30-31; September 6-7, 20-21,
27-28 (all sessions required for certificate, but single day
and individual weekend registrations are invited).

Workshop sites in Malibu, the Valley, Hollywood Hills, Downtown
L.A., South Central L.A., Claremont

Fees: 12-day certificate course - $1,200
or each weekend - $225
or each day - $125

Cost includes registration and tuition, materials, field trips,
certification and lunch. Payment due by start of class. Space is
limited.

For more information, contact: (800) 469-5857, (213) 738-1254,
or register on-line at www.earthflow.com

*In association with TreePeople, Watts Family Gardens, Eco-Home Network,
Hope Dance Magazine, the Permaculture Institute of Southern California,
L. A. City Councilman Eric Garcetti, Southern California Council on
Environment and Development, Earth Day L.A., Santa Monica College Center
For Environmental and Urban Studies, Wetlands Action Network, City of
Azusa, Friends of the L.A. River, Ecovillage Network of the Americas,
Wright Way Organic Resource Center, LAUSD Board Member David Tokofsky,
Ecology Center of Southern California, Global Green, L.A. Community
College District Trustee Nancy Pearlman (If your organization would like
to be associated with this historic event, please call or email Lois
213/738-1254 or <crsp at igc.org>
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EVENT #2

*HopeDance Media, CRSP, the Los Angeles Eco-Village & the Bicycle Kitchen*

Present

*A SOLUTIONS VIDEO/FILM FESTIVAL*

*VISIONS FOR OUR FUTURE*

*TUESDAY EVENINGS (& 1 SAT) BEGINNING AUGUST 5TH*

At

*Los Angeles Eco-Village*

*(home of the Bicycle Kitchen)***

117 Bimini Place

Los Angeles

(one block east of Vermont and one block south of First Street)

*/Bike parking outside and Bike Repair Co-op Inside/*



*Tue, Aug 5, 8:30 pm: *Report from the Underground by Paul Stamets
(Fungus Among Us)

*Tue, Aug 12, 8:30 pm: *The Global Gardner with the founder of
Permacultue, Bill Mollison

PLUS 2nd feature: The Ladder of Matter--Tim the Composter

*Sat, Aug 23, 3:00 pm: *Paul Hawkens, author of /The Ecology of
Commerce/, speaking at the Bioneers Conference on "The End of
Sustainability" PLUS 2nd feature: A Sense of Place with John Todd
(living machines) and Kirkpatrick Sale

*Sat, Aug 23, 8:30 pm: *William McDonough, The Next Industrial
Revolution PLUS 2nd feature:

Ecological Design, Inventing the Future (featuring design pioneers and
based on the book /Design Outlaws/)

*Tue, Aug 26, 8:30 pm: *Visions of Utopia, focusing on seven intentional
communities and ecovillages PLUS 2nd feature:
Pedal--Bike Messengers

*Tue, Sept 16, 8:30 pm: *Wade Davis presentation on Indigenous Culture
PLUS 2nd feature: More Fun and Less Stuff

*Tue, Sept. 23, 8:30 pm: *Creating and Sustaining Peace in an Urban War
Zone PLUS 2nd feature:

Arundati Roy (author of /The God of Small Things/) in "Dam-age," the
story of her incarceration for resistance against the India Dam Project.

*Admission by Donation $5 to $10 per event (sliding scale). $30 for a
series pass*

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*More info: Call 213/738-1254 or 213/382-2228 *

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Lois Arkin
Executive Director, CRSP
Resident Los Angeles Eco-Village
Western Regional Council Member, Ecovillage Network of the Americas
(ENA) <www.ena.ecovillage.org>

117 Bimini Place #221
Los Angeles CA 90004
Phone: 213/738-1254
Fax: 213/386-8873
email: crsp at igc.org
web: www.ic.org/laev

CRSP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to small cooperative
ecological communities, founded in 1980. L.A. Eco-Village, founded in
1993, has been the primary project of CRSP for the past 10 years,
and is in transition to resident control and ownership. LAEV is a
demonstration of the processes for retrofitting an older built out mid
city neighborhood for sustainability.
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