[Scpg] MAY 13 Permaculture Meeting SB &SCPG Events Announcements May,June,July, Aug 2004

Sun May 9 17:53:14 PDT 2004

Hi Everyone

Our next South Coast Permaculture Guild Video Discussion group meeting will 
be held on Thursday, May 13, at 6:30pm.  It will be held at a very special 
location, at La Casa De Maria/ El Bosque Retreat Center, located in 
Montecito (800 El Bosque Rd, off of East Valley Rd, closest freeway exit is 
San Ysidro Rd) (www.lacasademaria.org)

Loren Luyendak & Julie Diaz will host the evening, showing off the organic 
orchard and gardens at the retreat center that they manage and are 
responsible for.  Loren will also give a short talk about Permaculture and 
Natural Farming, a shorter version of an excellent presentation he did 
recently at the Santa Barbara Organic Day in the Parks, which celebrated 
some of our new pesticide free parks in the City of Santa Barbara.  Among 
other things, he spoke of biodiesel & veggie oil operated vehicles, so 
bring your questions, let's open up this discussion!

The meeting will begin at 6:30, with time for gathering and a tour of the 
site with Loren & Julie, so please arrive on time if you want to see the 
grounds.

Meeting Schedule:
    * 6:30-7pm Gathering and tour of site
    * 7-7:15 Announcements/Show & Tell
    * 7:15-7:30 Talk by Loren
    * 7:30- 8:45 Video & Discussion

This month's Video feature is:
Aquaculture, The Synergy of Land & Water,
Sustainable water management in the Austrian Alps, with Sepp Holzer.
(A previous video with Sepp Holzer and his farm in the Alps practicing 
permaculture methods, was one of the most popular videos we have shown)

We love to encourage generosity and sharing, so bring your favorite snacks, 
food from your gardens, or seeds to exchange for the gathering time.  Loren 
also has a nursery with plants for sale, and the retreat center gardens 
have fruit & produce available.  The Loft meeting room we will be using 
costs $25, so bring a dollar or two to contribute & help share that expense.

Hope to see you soon!
Margie Bushman

Other upcoming events, announcements & permaculture courses are listed 
below (not necessarily in chronological order):
<<<<
<<<<
May 9: GLOBAL GARDENER
If you want to know about Right Livelihood Award winner and guru of the
Permaculture movement, Bill Mollison, this is the FiLM to see!! HopeDance 
FiLMS presents films every Sunday, 8pm at the Friendship Manor (on the 
corner of El Colegio and Los Carneros) in the Theatre up the stairs at the 
main El Colegio Entrance. Tickets are only available at the Isla Vista Food
Coop (6575 Seville Road; 968-1401 (no money accepted at the door; only 66
tickets will be sold! first come first serve!)
Organic sandwiches, chips and cookies are often available at the film.
Parking is at the Manor Corner Parking Lot (the entrance is on the southeast
corner of the empty lot at Camino Pescadero and El Colegio, on the east side
of Friendship Manor. The opening is nearly opposite the west end of Cervantes
Road.) Do not park in the underground parking structure!
$5 (Students $3) Monies go to HopeDance Media (www.hopedance.org).
Call Art for details at 968-1965.

May 27, 7pm
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network ECO-Film Night
Presents:The Real Patch Adams
A documentary film by Judith Bourque
Thurs, May 27, 7pm, $3donation
SB Public Main Library, Faulkner Gallery

Patch Adams, physician, clown, & founder of the Gesundheit 
Institute(www.patchadams.org), has been putting into practice the idea that 
"healing should be a loving human interchange, not a business", for more 
than 20 years.

Join us and our co sponsors as we explore the idea of sustainable & caring 
health care with this film and two other shorts:

·       The Canadian Single Payer Health System, A Model for Reform
·       Health for All Californians Campaign SB 921

which discuss successful national health care in Canada and what might be 
possible for California in the future. For more info: (805) 962-2571, or 
sbpcnet at silcom.com, www.sbpermaculture.org .
Co-sponsored by Health Care for All California(www.healthcareforall.org), 
Santa Barbara Chpt, 805-682-5183.

American filmmaker Judith Bourque, long-term resident of Sweden, traveled 
to West Virginia to the Gesundheit Institute, the non-profit foundation 
that Patch created to make real the building of a dream. There, among 
beautiful mountains, hardwood forests and waterfalls, Gesundheit! advocates 
hope to construct a holistic rural hospital and healthcare community based 
on the vision of what healthcare should be like. That means patient care 
where laughter, joy and creativity will be an integral part of the healing 
process. Healthcare will be provided without cost and doctors will carry no 
malpractice insurance. Doctors and patients will relate to each other on 
the basis of mutual trust, and patients will receive plenty of time from 
their doctors. Allopathic doctors and practitioners of alternative medicine 
will work side by side.If you think that all sounds like a utopian 
impossibility, it isn't. Patch and his colleagues practiced medicine 
together that way for 12 years in what he calls their "pilot project." They 
saw 15,000 patients.Through an in depth interview with Patch you will hear 
his story...about the journey from suicidal despair in his youth to making 
the decision to devote his life to the study of what makes people happy. 
The viewer will also get to follow Patch on his travels to other countries 
as he clowns for sick children or teaches courses in "The Joy of 
Living."  This film provides the opportunity to think about some very 
important subjects in a light hearted and thoroughly entertaining manner. 
It is of interest to anyone who works in healthcare, as well as anyone who 
is or will ever be a patient...in other words, everyone.

The Canadian Single Payer Health System: and A Model for Reform and Health 
for All Californians Campaign SB 921 which interviews Californians who have 
been impacted by the rising cost of premiums and lack of access to care 
despite having insurance, graphically demonstrate the need for structural 
reform of our fragmented health care system. The video explains how 
California Senate Bill 921 (Kuehl), proposes unifying California's present 
fragmented health system financing, with a single state agency collecting 
affordable premiums and paying fair reimbursement to current providers. 
With all Californians paying a fair share, the cost for quality, 
comprehensive care is affordable for all. With unified administration, the 
cost is controllable.

<<
Ongoing Permaculture Discussion Group/to Cover Permaculture Principles and 
Practices
in Santa Barbara CA
Meeting 2nd Thursday of the month at members houses most months
This will be an interactive meeting showing video covering many parts of a 
lecture series on Permaculture Design by Bill Mollison one of the founders 
of Permaculture, audio tapes, other Permaculture Videos, slides and 
discussion each month.
For more info and directions and location contact Margie Bushman 
805-962-2571 or lakinroe at silcom.com, www.sbpermaculture.org

<<
May 22, 2004 FUND RAISER & PARTY,
at Center of Natural Design, Los Osos CA

Permaculture Friends,

As some of you may already know, the Center of Natural Design will be
closing operations in Los Osos, CA at the end of this month. We have,
for now, lost our bid to buy the property as well as the opportunity
to renew our lease.  Plans are underway to open again (soon!) at a
new location.
* We will be holding a goodbye party and fund raiser at
The Center Saturday, May 22. $5 raffle tickets (3 for $10) with a
variety of prizes.  Please RSVP.(contact us if you would like to sponsor a 
prize
or sell tickets -thank you!).
Featuring live music by singer/songwriter Tawny Ellis and musician
Gio Loria of KneeGirl (http://www.kneegirl.com/ ), a slideshow
retrospective of the years here at the center, bocce, and an
all-around good time!  More info to follow...

Thank you all for your support and encouragement over the years and
especially, in these past few days.

With respect and gratitude,Kathryn and Larry Santoyo
805.528.3763, 805.459.0452 -cell
http://earthflow.com

<<
Los Angeles CA Forming an LAPG EMail Contact List for Permaculture Events in LA
Contact Joan Stevens <joaniebird007 at yahoo.com> to be added to email list
LA PROGRAMS
Sunday, May 16, 3pm - 8pm BIODIESEL MIXIN MIXER
3 hour presentation given by Jules Dervaes & 10 page "Introduction to 
Biodiesel" available.
Cost: Suggested $5.00 - $10.00 donation This event includes a potluck so 
bring healthful food and drink to share!
Sunday, May 23, 2pm - 6pm  HOMEBREW BIODIESEL
Learn the bio-basics: Take part in making a batch of biodiesel from Learn 
the bio-basics: Take part in making a batch of biodiesel from waste 
vegetable oil using the fumeless water heater processor.
Cost: $50.00
For more information or to make a reservation for these events 
or  workshops please contact:
Path to Freedom  A Sustainable Living Resource Center  631 Cypress 
Ave  Pasadena, CA 91103  626.795.8400
dervaes at pathtofreedom.com
Pearl of the Pacific Peace Park with James Hubbell in Tijuana is scheduled 
for 4 weeks this summer, starting in July. Students from Russia, China, 
USA, and Mexico will be participating. The LA Permaculture Guild in 
cordination with Dr. Bill Roley would like to sponsor and set up a team for 
designing and installing the plant landscape. If you are interested in 
participating or sponsoring this event please contact Joan Stevens 
(joaniebird007 at yahoo.com) or Camille (camillecimino at earthlink.net)

<<
ONE Day Cob Workshops Santa Barbara County 
www.islandseed.com/scpg.html#Cob_Cottage_Workshops
May 1 - Building an Earthen oven, May 15 - Creating a garden wall and 
bench, May 29 - Building a childs playhouse (cordwood and cob), June 12 - 
Building and outdoor fireplace, June 26 - Sculpting a bread oven / bench, 
July 10 - Get plastered! Outdoor Earthen plasters to finish off projects. 
One day class is $125. Includes lunch. 8 a.m.- 6 p.m. Discounts given for 
paying cash and enrolling in all 6 classes. Barters are considered. (805) 
737-9586. or Betty at(805) 698-3840.

<<
Aug 2004, Permaculture Workshops and Slide Shows in Southern California
Robina McCurdy Planetary Permaculture Teacher of the Institute of Earthcare 
Education from Aotearoa, New Zealand
Sat Aug 21 evening 7pm Slide Show and talk on in San Luis Obispo Ca (tentative)
Sun Aug 22 Workshop 9 or 10 am to 4pm Permaculture for Teachers (Children 
and Permaculture)
Monday Aug 23 evening 7pm Santa Barbara Slide Show Faulkner Gallery(confirmed)
Tues Evening 7pm Ojai Slide Show and talk (at 5pm special dinner at Farmer 
and Cook Restaurant near Ojai)
Contact Margie Bushman sbpcnet at silcom 805-962-2571 www.sbpermaculture.org
AUG 28 & Sun 29  - WORKSHOPS and Slide Shows, LOS ANGELES ,
Contact: Anais Dervaes; dervaes at pathtofreedom.com www.pathofreedom.com

<<
PERMACULTURE AND NATURAL BUILDING  COURSES CA $USA
May 10-14, 17-22, 2004 Permaculture Design Course, Northern Arizona: $650
Contact: Andy Millison 928-776-2499 for registration info 
azpermaculture at hotmail.com
http://www.azpermaculture.org/html/quailvalley.html

<<
May 16th (Sunday) - July 10th (Saturday) 2004 Land Apprenticeship and 
Permaculture Happening "LAPH"
Cost: $1800.
For applications and further information, www.LamaFoundation.org/
e-mail to Austin at Registrar at LamaFoundaiton.org or phone 505-586-1269

<<
May 23rd to June 5th 2004 Permaculture Design Course New Orleans, 
Louisiana, USA,
The Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer at 
Tulane University,
Geoff Lawton and Andrew Jones
Contact ajventure at hotmail.com http://www.permaculture.org.au/

<<
May 29th June 12th, 2004 PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE Skywater Center - 
Garberville, California Cost $1100
Instructors - Penny Livingston-Stark, Brock Dolman, James Stark & Scott 
Brinton, Rachel & Todd
from the Wilderness Awareness School, with guest Dennis Martinez, 
restoration forestry & others
PINC PO Box 341 Point Reyes Station, CA 94956 415-663-9090 
info at permacultureinstitute.com www.permacultureinstitute.com

<<
3-Month Organic Farming & Permaculture Internship May 24th, 2004, through 
August 20th Heartwood Institute Garberville, CA
$4,150. Includes tuition, three organic meals at Heartwood and a camping space
Contact Jason Harre, Island Mountain Institute for Sustainable Agriculture 
220 Harmony Lane Garberville, CA 95542
more info info at imisa.org , 877-936-9663 http://www.imisa.org

<<
June 1-30, 2004Summer Session desire & design Gesundheit! 
InstituteHillsboro, West Virginia Tuition is $1,000
Composition, cybernetics, clowning and permaculture The School for 
Designing a Society
Rather than orienting participants to find a comfy spot in the current 
social system, the School offers time, ambiance, tools, and company 
in  which people can imagine and design a system they would prefer. Susan 
Parenti,Rob Scott,Andrew Faust,Jeff Glassman,Patch Adams and Judy Wicks:
School for Designing A Society go to www.designingsociety.com, Gesundheit! 
Institute go to www.patchadams.org, info  contact Andy: (304) 653-4338, 
android at patchadams.org

<<
June 2-18, 2004 CommonVision Mobile Permaculture Course Santa Cruz to Santa 
Barbara
$800-1000 sliding scale, Common Vision’s Mobile Resource Center (MRC)- a 
school bus converted to run on vegetable oil, with a library, solar 
electricity, a greenhouse for sprouting, drying racks for herbal medicines, 
a kitchen, sleeping accommodations for 12.
Contact jodi at commonvision.org www.commonvision.org

<<
June 4-14 World Village of Bamboo Artisans The Farm TN
Bamboo artisans, teachers, and students from many countries and cultures 
will come together to share multi-disciplinary,
cross-fertilization re: tools, techniques, and ideas. 
http://www.thefarm.org/etc/courses.html
$100.00 for people from developing countries to $400.00 for developed or 
overdeveloped countries
TO REGISTER,= 1-931-964-4151 or write: EARF, 30 Myers Road, Summertown, TN 
38483-7323 or e-mail WorldBambooVilla at aol.com.

<<
June 7 - July 30 2004 Natural Building in Community 8-week apprenticeship 
CA Fee: $2400
Whether you are working towards a career in natural building or want to 
build your own home, you need a broad exposure to many different 
techniques, as well as the theoretical background to combine them into a 
beautiful, efficient passive solar design.
Emerald Earth Workshops PO Box 764, Boonville, CA 95415; (707) 972-3096; 
www.emeraldearth.org; <lorax at ap.net>

<<
June 13-20, 2004 Build Here Now 2004! 6th Annual Natural Building and 
Permaculture Convergence
The Lama Foundationinfo at lamafoundation.org (505) 586-1269 
www.LamaFoundation.org/

<<
June 18 - 20 Reclaiming Economics: Local Strategies For Promoting 
Community, Ecology, and Self Reliance
Earthaven Permaculture Ecovillage Black Mountain North Carolina 
www.reclaimingeconomics.org

<<
June 19– Hubbell Homes Tour, San Diego County.CA 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
For the first time, six owners of Hubbell-designed homes are inviting the 
public to enjoy the beauty and artistry of their one-of-a-kind residences 
during a one-day fundraising event $40/person and $25/student 16 and under 
are free
Purchase tickets or to volunteer see the website www.hubbellandhubbell.com. 
619.819.0250 hubbellopenhouse at yahoo.com.

<<
June 21-August 13, 2004 Ecovillage and Permaculture Certificate Program: 
Dexter Oregon
Integrating Land, Building, and Social Sustainability 
ww.lostvalley.org/EPCPreg.html
Lost Valley Educational Center, Dexter, Oregon contact Marc Tobin Phone: 
(541) 937-3351 ext. 104 Fax: (541) 937-2243
Email: sustainability at lostvalley.org

<<
June 23-28,2004 Advanced Certification Course: Permaculture Teacher 
Training Wolf Gulch Farm, Jacksonville, Oregon
With Jude Hobbs and Tom Ward Course Tuition: $600 (includes course 
materials and three organic meals a day)
Maud Macrory at tompowell7 at aol.com or (541) 899-9668 
www.cascadiapermaculture.com

<<
June 26 -July3, The 2004 Natural Building Colloquium will be hosted by 
Gaiatecture, a sustainable architecture firm and The Peaceweavers community 
at The Thunder Mountain Wellness Center in Bath, New York (the Finger Lakes 
region), . For more information, please contact gaiatecture at hotmail.com/ 
585-624-2540 or pw at peaceweavers.com/607-776-4060.

<<
June 12 -26 Permaculture Design Certificate Course/Honduras
Geoff and Nadia Lawton on Sustainable Harvest International's demonstration 
farm in Santa Barbara, Honduras
Sustainable Harvest International, visit: www.sustainableharvest.org 
contact Bruce Maanum: bruce at sustainableharvest.org

<<
June 27- July 2 2004 1st World Congress of Agroforestry
Information and registration: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/wca
Ms. Mandy Padgett Stage mrpadgett at ifas.ufl.edu, Congress Coordinator Office 
of Conferences & Institutes
University of Florida/IFAS PO Box 110750, Gainesville, FL 32611-0750 Tel: 
1-352-392-5930 • FAX: 1-352-392-9734

<<
July 1st, the Tonantzin Tlalli Institute (ITT-Mother Earth¹ in 
nahuatl)bilingual Permaculture Design Course/Mexico
Paraje Bonanza, located near Ejutla de Crespo, about an hour's drive south 
of Oaxaca City, with Goeff Lawton
www.pacificos.org and write us at info at pacificos.org.

<<
July 10 -23 Ecoversity Permaculture Design Course/Sante Fe NM 2004
Scott Pittman Tuition: $890.00 www.ecoversity.org
info at ecoversity.org ,505.424.9797 ext. 1 ,EcoVersity, Attn: Registrar, 2639 
Agua Fria, Santa Fe, NM 87505

<<
June 12 -26 Permaculture Design Certificate Course/Honduras
Geoff and Nadia Lawton on Sustainable Harvest International's demonstration 
farm in Santa Barbara, Honduras
Sustainable Harvest International, visit: www.sustainableharvest.org 
contact Bruce Maanum: bruce at sustainableharvest.org

<<
June 17-July 1, 2004Permaculture Design Course/Maui, Hawaii June 17-July 1, 
2004
Marian Scott is a woman of great wisdom, an elder among us, who in the 
early 1980's, studied with Bill Mollison, the originator of the concept of 
permaculture. Marian began her own teaching and Permaculture design career 
in 1982. She currently lives on Maui where she has a suburban, drylands 
Permaculture
$ 950 tuition for 14 day training $1,950 includes tuition plus food & lodging
For further information and to register, please contact: Saharah at 
Kolealea Retreat Center (808) 572-0085 (888) 248-7017 (toll free)

<<
July 10 -31, 2004 Three Week Permaculture & Sustainable Living Design Course
Orcas Island, WA
Fee: $1450 ($1350 if paid by June 1st) Bullock Brothers 
http://www.permacultureportal.com
Samuel Bullock PO Box 107 Dear Harbor, WA 98243 USA 
bullock_orcas at hotmail.com (360) 376-2773

<<
July 17 - August 1, 2004 Permaculture Design Course at Green Oaks Farm in 
Pescadero, CA.
Instructor Team: Penny Livingston-Stark, Weston Miller, Brock Dolman, James 
Stark, and many local instructors.
Tuition:$950 tuition includes course instruction, divinely catered ,meals, 
and camping.
Contact (831) 840-6045. www.permacultureinstitute.com

<<
July 30 -Aug 6, 2004 Permaculture Teacher Training Course Heal the World by 
Teaching Permaculture Sonoma County
Ocean Song Farm & Wilderness Center, CA (www.oceansong.org) $715.-$915. 
(sliding scale) , Michael Kramer and Chris Peck
Call Kat Steele to register at 510-547-7889 
http://urbanpermacultureguild.org/pcttOSInfosheetOS2004.html

<<
July 31- August 14th "Permaculture Design Course" Lama Foundation, Taos New 
Mexico.
Rico Zook and Josho Simone, $750 
http://www.lamafoundation.org/permaculture_design.htm<<

LA Permaculture Design Course - Fall 2004
Eco-Urbanism and the Future of Sustainabilty
http://www.earthflow.com/PDCourseLA2004/index.shtml
6 weekends - September , October, November
September 11/12 & 18/19
October 9/10 & 16/17
November 13/14 & 20/21
Contact Larry Santoyo at info at earthflow.com for more info and how to register

<<
7th International Permaculture Conference/Convergence 2005 Slovenia in 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
PS IF you want to get the First Newsletter on the Convergence by mail 
contact lakinroe at silcom.com

<<

-end-

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571
sbpcnet at silcom.com
www.sbpermaculture.org

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order 
to grow." - Anonymous