[Scpg] ECO VILLAGE Slide show and Talk Fri March 12 7pm Sola House Santa Barbara Ca 2004

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

Fri March 12 7 pm Village, Ecovillage and Sustainable Communities Talk and 
Slide Show with Christopher Mare Permaculture Designer and Teacher Donation $3
312 E Sola St Santa Barbara

Christopher Mare designed and completed the world's first B.A. degree 
devoted to Ecovillage Design, a piece he entitled "Village Design: Ekistics 
for the 21st Century". He has studied Permaculture and Ecovillage Design in 
Scotland, Ireland, France, Australia, Mexico, Guatemala, and the USA. Mare 
recently finished an M.A. in Whole Systems Design at Antioch University 
Seattle. Recently, Mare set up the Village Design Institute 
http://www.villagedesign.org/ an educational nonprofit registered in the 
State of Washington, whose mission is to organize and disseminate a body of 
knowledge intended to facilitate the emergence of truly sustainable human 
settlements in the 21st century.Chris Mare is has bee accepted by the 
Fielding Institute here in Santa Barbara to do a PhD in Human Organizing 
Systems (Ecovillage Design)

Chris's Ecovillage Design Experience:
Village Design Course at Crystal Waters, Autumn 1996; presented by the 
Global Ecovillage Network
Ecovillage Design Course at the Farm, Tennessee, Spring 1997; presented by 
Albert Bates, Peter Bane, et. al
Village Design Course at the Farm Tennessee, Spring 2003; presented by 
Albert Bates, et. al
Ecovillage Design Practicum at Rosneath Farm, Dunsborough, Western 
Australia, Autumn 1996
Ecological Design School, La Rochelle, France, Spring 1998; offered by Phil 
Hawes, chief architect for Biosphere II
Participant in “Experience Week” and “Living in Community” programs at 
Findhorn, Scotland, Winter 1996
Study of traditional villages in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico, Winter 1999
Designed the world’s first ever B.A. degree devoted to “Ecovillage Design,” 
as featured in an article in Communities magazine, Autumn 2000

Teaching Experience:
Conceive, design, and present two-week residential course by the name 
“Fundamentals of Village Design” at Pragtri Farm, Summer 2003; a project of 
the newly-formed Village Design Institute
Conceive, design, and present “Ecovillage Design” class, Fairhaven College, 
WWU, Spring 2001
Designer and facilitator for “Group Manifestation” class, Fairhaven 
College, WWU, Spring 1997
Facilitator for “Applied Human Ecology” class, Fairhaven College, WWU – 
Winter, Spring, Autumn 1995

Directions to Gene Hoffmans house (called the Sola House) is 312 E. Sola
St, cross street is Garden. It is a two story wooden house, olive green
with teal blue trim.
Contact Margie Bushman 805-962-2571. sbpcnet at silcom.com www.sbpermaculture.org

NEXT MONTHLY MEETING for MARCH will be IANTO EVANS TALK at CEC in Santa 
Barbara

Thursday Mar 18 6:30, Potluck Followed By Slide Show and Talk $3 Donation 
With Ianto Evans cob builder and author
Bring food to share.
Community Environmental Council Gildea Center 930 Miramonte Dr, Santa 
Barbara CA
Contact Margie Bushman 805-962-2571. sbpcnet at silcom.com www.sbpermaculture.org

Sculpted House; A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob 
Cottage, which will be available for sale and signing by the author

What is cob? http://www.cobcottage.com
The word cob comes from an Old English root meaning "a lump or
rounded mass." It's a traditional building technique using earth
mixed with water, straw and often sand. Cob is easy to learn and
inexpensive to build. It dries to a hardness similar to lean concrete
and is used like adobe to create self-supporting, load-bearing walls.
Cob has been used for centuries throughout Western Europe, even
in rainy and windy climates, as far north as the latitude of Alaska.
This ancient technology doesn't contribute to deforestation,
pollution or mining, nor depend on manufactured materials or power
tools. Cob is non-toxic and completely recyclable, which is
important in this era of environmental degradation, dwindling natural
resources and chemical contaminants. Since cob adds thermal
mass, it is appropriate for use in passive-solar buildings.

April 16,17, 18 (CASBA ) CA STRAW BALE ASSOCIATION Spring Conference 
Mitilja Hotspring in Ojai Ca
For more info for the contact California Straw Bale Association gathering 
http://www.strawbuilding.org/ P.O. Box 1293 Angels Camp, CA 95222-1293 
209-785-7077

as part of Strawbale Gathering TWO PUBLIC TALKS IN SB and SLO CA

April 15 Thurs 7pm David Eisenburg " The Big Picture -Moving Toward 
Sustainable Building and Development" Faulkner Gallery Santa Barbara Public 
Library 40 E Anapamu $7 Donation
AND
Apr 16 Fri 7pm Ludwich Community Center 864 Santa Rosa (Park on Mill St) 
San Luis Obispo Ca $7 Donation
David Eisenberg is co-author of The Straw Bale House book, and co-director 
of the Development Center for
Appropriate Technology; PO Box 27513, http://www.dcat.net/
Co sponsored by CASBA , Sustainable Building Council of SLO and Santa 
Barbara Permaculture Network
Contact is 805-4666-6737 ext 204 greg at flyingment.com www.strawbalebuilding.org