[Scpg] 7/17 Permaculture Credit Union - a whole new relationship with money!

[Joan Stevens]

> Meet Don Sarich, CEO of the Permaculture Credit
> Union
> for Talk & Discussion
> Saturday, July 17, 10 am, LA EcoVillage 
> 117 Bimini Place, Los Angeles CA 90004 
> For more info contact: Joan Stevens
joaniebird007 at yahoo.com
> or Lois Arkin crsp at igc.org 213/738-1254
> 
> "It's Eleven O'Clock, Where Is Your Money and What
> Is It Doing?"
> 
> For those who care about the health of the planet
> and a sustainable future, 
> the important question is, "Is
> your money working for or against the future that
> you envision?"
> 
> The Permaculture Credit Union is a unique credit
> union chartered in 2000, 
> (www.pcuonline.org) that is membership owned, and
> dedicated to the "Ethics 
> of Permaculture"----Care of the Earth, Care of
> People, and Re-investment of 
> surplus to benefit the Earth and it's inhabitants.
> It is rated one of the 
> ten best green banking and investing firms in the
> U.S. by Co-op America and 
> the Social Investment Forum's Community Investing
> Campaign in 2003.  The 
> Permaculture Credit Union has pioneered a
> Sustainable Loan Discount Program 
> that covers home energy efficiency upgrades, loans
> for fuel efficient cars, 
> mortgages for non-toxic, sustainable houses, solar
> installations, and 
> permaculture landscapes.  The credit union is based
> in Santa Fe, New 
> Mexico, but operates in California and all other
> states in the USA, and has 
> 615 members and total assets of $2,546,000.
> 
> Permaculture (PERMAanent agriCULTURE, or CULTURE) is
> a design system for 
> creating sustainable human environments.  The word
> was coined by Australian 
> biologist and author Bill Mollison in the late
> 1970's who sees "invisible 
> structures" like member owned credit unions as a
> central element in the 
> vision for a sustainable future that permaculture
> presents.
> 
> Don Sarich graduated from the University of
> Northwest with a Bachelor of 
> Science, with dual majors of Business Administration
> and Accounting along, 
> with minors in Finance and Economics. Sarich has
> been involved with the 
> credit union movement for eleven years. He was
> elected to the Board of 
> Directors of the Northwest Indiana Chapter of Credit
> Unions. He is an 
> Associate member of the Institute of Credit Union
> Executives, and was hired 
> as full time President/CEO for the Permaculture
> Credit Union in March, 2003.
> 
> The event is taking place at the Santa Barbara
> Central Public Library, 
> Townley Room on Sunday, July 18, at 1pm.  No
> reservations are required. For 
> more information, please call (805)962-2571, email
> at sbpcnet at silcom.com, 
> or visit www.sbpermaculture.org.  The Santa
> Permaculture Network, The Santa 
> Barbara Organic Garden Club sponsor the program.
> 
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> 
> also these locations:
> 
> Los Angeles: Sat, July 17, 10am, LA EcoVillage 117
> Bimini Place, Los 
> Angeles CA 90004 Joan Stevens
> <joaniebird007 at yahoo.com>and Lois Arkin 
> <crsp at igc.org> 213/738-1254
> Ojai: Sat, July 17, 5pm, Dinner and Talk Farmer &
> The Cook Restaurant 339 
> El Roblar Dr , Meiners Oaks 93023 805-640-9608
> http://www.farmerandcook.com/
> Santa Barbara: Sun, July 18, 1pm, Talk Santa Barbara
> Downtown Public 
> Central Library, Townley Room contact Santa Barbara
> Permaculture Network 
> www.sbpermaculture.org sbpcnet at silcom.com
> 805-962-2571
> Pasadena: Sun, July 18, 6pm, Talk Path to Freedom
> Sustainable Living Ctr., 
> 631 Cypress Ave Pasadena CA 91103 626.795.8400
> dervaes at pathtofreedom.com 
> www.PathtoFreedom.com
> San Diego: Friday 7 pm July 23  Talk , San Diego, at
> the site of the new 
> (under-construction), strawbale, energy efficient
> "Friends Center" at 3850 
> Westgate Place in City Heights contact San Diego
> Permaculture Center: 
> sdecc at igc.org 619.255.6111
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 


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