[Scpg] S C Permaculture Guild Nov/Dec 2004 Newsletter
Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson
lakinroe at silcom.com
Fri Nov 5 07:21:57 PST 2004
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hi everyone
great programs happening , please note the change in location of
Bill Roley's Thinking Like a Watershed in Ojai, on Thurs Nov 11 in Ojai at
7pm to Farmer and the Cook Restaurant in Ojai. Check out the Permaculture
Credit Union Credit Card "Financial institutions shape the world we live
in, choose an institution based on the ethics of permaculture"., take a
look at the upcoming 9th Bioregional Congress write up near bottom of
Newsletter.
thanks wes
ps
Please send listings and events for next email newsletter to
lakinroe at silcom.com by Dec 28, 2004
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SC PERMACULTURE GUILD for Ca, US and the World Events Listing for Nov/Dec 2004
ANNOUNCING Permaculture Credit Union Credit Card
hi everyone
The membership of the Permaculture Credit Union voted this year to
establish a Credit Card Program. Our Permaculture Credit Card Program is
in the Credit Union System(non profit, membership owned) not the Banking
System. The Credit Card will help support the PCU.
Please consider becoming a member of the Permaculture Credit Union
too. A membership form can be downloaded on website , a minimum deposit is
$50 and $5 membership fee to open an account. Financial institutions shape
the world we live in, choose an institution based on the ethics of permaculture
INSTRUCTION TO APPLY (you do not have to be a member of PCU to apply)
GO to Permaculture Credit Union www.pcuonline.org
Click on Services Page then click on Visa MyCUcard.com to apply for the
Permaculture Credit Union Credit Card
CLICK Apply Now, then go to * Credit Union and scroll down to Permaculture
CU ., then fill out online.
thanks Wes Roe Board Member Permaculture Credit Union
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 sbpcnet at silcom.com, www.sbpermaculture.org
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November 6 & 7 HARVESTING RAINWATER FOR HOME AND GARDEN Idyllwild, CA
$150 includes Saturday and Sunday lunches
Scott Horton LaSemillaBesada at hotmail.com or (510) 433-0894
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Thursday Nov 11
Evening with Bill Roley & Watershed Talk
5pm Dinner
7pm Slide Show & Talk (location change, this event originally scheduled for
Oak Grove School)
Farmer and the Cook Restaurant
39 El Roblar Drive, Meiners Oaks, CA (near Ojai)
www.farmerandcook.com
Please RSVP if planning on coming for dinner, 805-640-9608
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Nov 12 Fri 7pm Thinking like a Watershed Slide Show & Lecture Donation $5
Santa Barbara CA
Explore watershed issues applying Permaculture principles and design
techniques that interconnect your home and backyard to the whole watershed
with Dr. Bill Roley Director, Permaculture Institute of So. California
Community Environmental Council’s South Coast Watershed Resource Center
,Arroyo Burro Beach, 2981 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara
Contact Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 805-962-2571 sbpcnet at silcom.com
www.sbpermaculture.org
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Nov 13 Saturday How to Think Like a Watershed: Collect, Conserve, and
Clean the Water in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Saturday, November 13, 9:00 a.m. Noon, and
1:00 4:00 p.m.
A tour of the watershed beginning at the SB Botanic Garden, the Natural
History Museum, Eseling Park and the Arroyo Beach Watershed Resource Center
will round out a day of adventure finishing at the restaurant at Arroyo
Beach and the Best Management Practices of its owner.
$40 members/$50 non-members/$25 students
Contact Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens 805-682-4726 ext 102 Tues-Fri 9-4pm
to register,
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Nov. 12 -14 Compost Toilet workshop, taught by expert and author Joe
Jenkins (Humanure).Lompoc CA
The fee is now on a sliding scale, $100 - $150 for adults, $25 - $50 for kids.
For details and a registration form www.elfontheweb.org/Humanure/Humanure.html
ELF - Environmental Learning Foundation info at elfontheweb.org (805) 451-4610
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November 20 - December 4, PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE Pahoa, Puna District
Hawaii
Michael Pilarski ,Friends of the Trees Society,Bruce Hill, Kanahena Farm &
Nursery Manis Martin, Boaz Martin, Moke Kim
Course tuition, early registration: $1,000. $250 deposit holds your place
Manis Martin, Pangaia RR 2, Box 3311, Pahoa, HI 96778 (808) 965-9988
pangaia at pangaia.cc www.pangaia.cc/
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November 22-27th Working in Overseas Permaculture Projects,Tutor: Robyn
Francis & guests
For people working/intending to work in sustainable community aid
programmes in Third World countries and areas of need. Course topics
include appropriate technology and housing, tropical & dryland food
production, health & nutrition, community centred development facilitation
& basic project management - ties to Accredited Permaculture Training at
Diploma level.
Note: people who have completed this training in the past are now involved
in exciting projects facilitating change in India & Nepal, Indonesia, East
Timor, South East Asia, South & Central Americas, Africa and Middle East.
Djanbung Gardens Permaculture Education Centre 74 Cecil St, Nimbin
NSW robyn at permaculture.com.au
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November 22 - December 3, Natural Building and Traditional Architecture
Tlaxco, Mexico
$1200 includes tuition (limited to 12 non-Mexicans). Checks payable to
Alejandra Caballero
Cob Cottage Company P.O. Box 123 Cottage Grove, Oregon 97424 USA
Telephone/FAX (541) 942-2005 www.cobcottage.com/
Dec .4 Saturday Roadtrip to visit visionary Architect Nader Khalili
Calearth www.Calearth.org in Hesperia Ca. this is an all day annual trip to
visit the demonstration site, the Nature Center and new housing in Hesperia
all using earth architecture to build them. This is an amazing adventure
see what can be done with earth
and it is truly low cost beautiful housing that does not tax the earth's
biological resources.
We will leave Santa Barbara at 6:30am . for more info call Wes Roe 964-1555
or email lakinroe at silcom.com, potluck lunch
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Slide Show And Talk with Mark Lakeman of City Repair Portland in Southern CA
Join visionary architect Mark Lakeman as he inspires and guides the grid
structure of a typical American city into a vital social commons with
Portland's City Repair Project (www.cityrepair.org). Now a national
movement, City Repair is about cities, towns, grids and the intersections
where our lives can converge. Multidisciplinary, City Repair combines
architecture, urban planning, anthropology, community development, public
art, permaculture and ecological design in projects that transform public
space.
Dec 2 Thursday Noon City Repair, A Street Corner Revolution slide show
and talk with Mark Lakeman $5 Faulkner Gallery Downtown Library a
professional presentation for County,City employees, politicians, builders
and architects
Dec 2 Thursday 7pm City Repair, A Street Corner Revolution slide show and
talk with Mark Lakeman $5 Faulkner Gallery Downtown Library contact Santa
Barbara Permaculture Network sbpcnet at silcom.com, www.sbpermaculture.org
805-962-2571
Dec. 3, Fri 7:30 pm: "The Village Lives," a slide show and talk with Mark
Lakeman of Portland's City Repair $10 (sliding scale ok). Reservations
recommended 213/738-1254 or <crsp at igc.org> LA Eco-Village
Dec. 4, Sat.10 am - 4:30 pm. "Redesigning our Intersection," a design
workshop with Mark Lakeman. $100 - $50 sliding scale. Reservations required
213/738-1254 or <crsp at igc.org>.
Dec. 5 , Sun. 10 am - 4:30 pm. "Intersection Repair in L.A. Eco-Village."
Wear old clothes and shoes. We'll be building some of the projects we
designed on Sat. 12/5. $100 - $50 sliding scale. Reservations required
213/738-1254 or <crsp at igc.org>.
LA Eco-Village 117 Bimini Place Los Angeles CA 90004
Cosponsors L.A. Eco-Village, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Hopedance
Magazine, The Sustainability Project, The
Community Environmental Center, Los Angeles Permaculture Guild, South Coast
Permaculture Guild,www.GreenHomesForSale.com
Tentative locations San Diego, Ojai , Berkeley and Arcata contact
sbpcnet at silcom.com , www.sbpermaculture.org for these dates
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Dec 8 Wed 7pm Starhawk Talk and Booksigning Earth Path: Grounding Your
Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature.
Santa Barbara Public Library Downtown Faulkner Gallery Donation $5
Earth Spirit, Earth Action
update on Starhawk book tour <http://www.starhawk.org/>
A talk for people new to the ideas of blending earth-based spirituality
with political action on behalf of the planet and its peoples
Contact Student Sustainability Coalition @ SBCC "Leif Skogberg"
<leif_forest at hotmail.com> or Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
lakinroe at silcom.com
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Jan 5 - 22 2005 Permaculture Design Course The Island School Cape Eleuthra
Bahamas
With Toby Hemenway and Chris Shanks Cost $1350
Contact ch_shanks at hotmail.com www.islandschool.org
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January 9 - 21, 2005 Cob and Natural Building in Zipolite, Mexico
Cost: $1,250. Participant tuition allows us to pay for building materials
and hire local workers.
Contact (541) 899-3751 http://www.housealive.org/mexicoflier.htm
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January 14 to January 31 2005 Permaculture Design Course Punta Mona Costa Rica
Contact egreensun at ecomail.org or info at puntamon.org for more info on cost,
dates and registration.
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January 21th- February 22nd 2005 4 WEEK EXPLORATION OF PERMACULTURE,
NATURAL BUILDING & SUSTAINABLE WAYS OF LIVING IN THAILAND
Join us for this month-long exploration of sustainable living skills and
cultural immersion in the Land of Smiles. Our 12-acre piece of land is
situated in a river valley in Western Thailand not far from the Burmese
border. We have a beautiful river for swimming, bathing and playing.
In this hands-on, intensive training course we will create an overall
design, develop the land, and build the first earthen dwellings at the new
home of The Whispering Seed, a sustainable learning center for orphaned and
abused children focused on natural child rearing, alternative education
practices, and cross-cultural exchanges
Contact www.whisperingseed.org permaculture at whisperingseed.org
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January 16-30, 2005 Earth Activist Training Northern CA with Penny
Livingston and Starhawk
"What can permaculturalists and activists learn from each other that would
make each more effective? What skills do people need to know in order to
really, truly, and realistically 'Save the Planet'?" Using permaculture as
the foundation, EAT offers students a rich array of solutions, tools, and
strategies to redesign our world. The curriculum is not only immediately
useful for students' own lives, but holds real hope for our collective future.
$1100-1600 contact <mer at starhawk.org>707.583.2300 ext 119 CA
http://www.earthactivisttraining.org/
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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
DAWN SouthWest WORKSHOPS 2004-2005 in Tucson Arizona
This is your invitation to join in creative and thoughtful activities that
teach permaculture strategies: a way to live on the earth that takes care
of the earth, people, and can produce a surplus to share. There will be a
conscious effort made to introduce ways of thinking about the design of an
entire site, while building and gardening and conserving water and other
resources. If this interests you as well as the fun of learning how to
build beautiful,creative, natural, low-cost extensions of the earth, please
do sign up and plan to have fun while building sustainably! Check our
website at <http://www.caneloproject.com/dawn
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NEW ONLINE COMMUNITIES DIRECTORY AVAILABLE
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We are very pleased to announce that the new Online Communities
Directory website is now open to the public!
http://directory.ic.org
The Directory is a free searchable database of intentional
communities. You can browse through our alphabetical community
list or search for communities based on location, keyword, and
various aspects of community living that are important to
community seekers.
Continental Congress Convenes in the Blue Ridge North Carolina July 9-17
for the 9th Bioregional Congress
Eco-activists and cultural visionaries from all over the continent will
gather in the Katúah Province of North Carolina July 9-17 for the 9th
Bioregional Congress of the northern Americas. Committed to transforming
the human relation to nature toward greater justice, harmony, and fullness
of life, over 250 scientists, artists, farmers, government officials,
business leaders, clergy, and students from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
are expected to converge on Earthaven Ecovillage near Black Mountain.
Since the first Congress in 1984, hundreds of creative talents, veteran
social change agents, and earnest environmentalists have been pioneering
lifeways and cultural technologies to restore the earth and champion local
communities. Tapping deep wellsprings in the human heart, the body of
knowledge developed collectively and held by the Congresses is now
formidable: The Bioregional palette includes powerful tools for deepening
democracy, re-invigorating local economies and communities, nurturing
wildness in the land, and expressing the noblest passions of our common
life. The special focus of this event will be to create an integrated
"tool-kit" with which local bioregional organizers may galvanize their
home-places toward social and ecological regeneration.
The Congress will be hosted by Earthaven Ecovillage, a ten-year-old
intentional community and one of the first permaculture designed villages
in North America. This will be the first time a Congress has been held in
the Southeast. Previous congresses in Missouri, Michigan, British Columbia,
Maine, south Texas, Kentucky, central Mexico, and most recently in the
Flint Hills of Kansas have distinguished themselves in creating "Ceremonial
Village," a lively holographic enactment of new, deeply wild, ecological
culture. In choosing Earthaven as the site for CBC-IX, the organizers
selected a setting that already embodies many of these characteristics, and
promises to provide one of the most advanced platforms yet encountered by
the movement. Located off-grid in a once-abandoned farming valley southeast
of Asheville, Earthaven is famous for its many excellent examples of
natural building as well as demonstrations of biological waste treatment,
sustainable forestry, cooperative local business, renewable energy, and
organic food polyculture.
Congress delegates are expected to swell the ranks of Earthaven's residents
to near its ultimate projected population, and will give visitors and hosts
alike the feel and flavor of a rich, eco-savvy 21st-century village life.
High functions of plenary Council, small groups and large circles,
eco-theater, dancing, puppetry and creek-splashing, a village school, a
daily newspaper, and common meals will structure the Congress days and
nights. Experienced activists will also offer workshops on permaculture
design, ecovillage and community living, consensus decision-making,
alternative currency systems, city repair, ecological restoration,
community health, peak oil, mapping for local empowerment, natural
building, media and politics, regional foodsheds, and more.
For information visit www.biocongress2005.org or write CBC-9, Earthaven
Ecovillage, 1025 Camp Elliott Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711 USA.
PERMACULTURE CREDIT UNION -- COME ON IN
Loans immediately available to members from any state
Join the only Credit Union that is based on Permaculture Principles and
Ethics. Signature loans for amounts up to $5,000 at competitive rates and
shared-secured loans at even cheaper rates up to $100,000 are available
immediately to members. Anyone who has taken a Permaculture course, is a
member of an affiliated Permaculture Institute, or believes in the
Permaculture ethics is eligible to become a member for $5 membership fee
plus a $50 share deposit.
Teachers/Organizers we can help you by offering credit-worthy students the
ability to borrow money to pay for Permaculture courses. Contact the PCU to
inquire about these and other loan programs.
. Also the PCU is making loans on mortgages, rainwater catchment, home
energy efficiency systems, solar heating and electricity systems,
landscape, and car loans. We offer a 0.75 % discount on loans for earth
friendly projects and Earth friendly car discounts: two types are
available, .75% for vehicles with 35mpg or higher average and 1.5% for
vehicles with 45mpg or higher average(which is usually the hybrid cars).
Please call us at 505 954 3479, toll free 1-866-954-3479 or FAX 505 424
1624. Visit us online at www.pcuonline.org, email perma at pcuonline.org, or
write to us.
Permaculture Credit Union
4250 Cerrillos Road
PO Box 29300
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87592-9300
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and posting of articles of interest try subscribing to our local
Permaculture Listserves ccpg serves San Lois Obispo ,scpg serves Santa
Barbara down and including Los Angeles, and sdpg serves San Diego area.
Below are the instructions how to sign up
thanks to John Howe for setting them up
this works the same for each separate list:
central coast list(ccpg at arashi.com), south coast(scpg at arashi.com), and the
san diego
list (sdpg at arashi.com)
TO SUBSCRIBE to this mailing listserve
Basically, the info is more web based now so log on the each website you
want to subscribe to
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REMINDER ONCE you are signed onto one or all of the listserves type in
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South Coast Permaculture Guild Contacts and other Organizations of Interest.
South Coast Permaculture Guild Margie Bushman sbpcnet at silcom.com
805-962-2571 www.sbpermaculture.org
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network: Margie Bushman sbpcnet at silcom.com
805-962-2571
Ojai Permaculture Guild: Dave White david at ojaicra.org 805-646-9809
Central Coast Permaculture Guild: Rob Kimmel zigge at kcbx.net 805-438-5745
San Luis Obispo
San Diego Permaculture Center: San Diego Economic Conversion Council
sdecc at igc.org (619) 255-6111
Santa Cruz Permaculture Vince Pastori 831/763-3848 permasc at sasquatch.com
Cal Poly Student Farm in SLO:The SARC (Sustainable Ag Resource Center)
805-756-5086
Hunter Francis wfrancis at calpoly.edu San Luis Obispo
Path to Freedom ,Pasadena Ms. Anais Dervaes dervaes at pathtofreedom.com
LA Permaculture Guild Joan 323-630-4673 joaniebird007 at yahoo.com Camille
camicimino at yahoo.com
Southern East Sierra: Tom Drummond 760-377-5011 Ridgecrest
Pc Institute of Southern Cal: Bill Roley DrRoley at aol.com 949-494-5843
Laguna Beach
Santoyo&Associates santoyo at earthflow.com 800-469-5857 www.earthflow.com
Permaculture Institute of Northern California
info at permacultureinstitute.com 415-663-9090
Permaculture Activist Magazine Website <http://www.permacultureactivist.net>
Permacultura http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura/
PERMACULTURE CREDIT UNION http://www.pcuonline.org
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