[Scpg] June LAPG Newsletter

[Jennifer Murphy]

June 2007
Los Angeles Permaculture Guild Newsletter

There is a growing community of permaculture friendly folks in our fair city. Some of us want to collaborate, brainstorm, share resources, or hang out with each other - but connecting in this vast geographic area can be tough. So the goal with this newsletter is to provide an avenue for communication and connection. See the categories below and please send me your needs, resources, surpluses etc. I will send this out as close to the first of each month as I can. I hope it will enable like-minded people to find each other and begin transforming LA into a sustainable human habitat.

peace,
Jennifer Murphy
truffulatuft at peacemail.com

Feel free to repost this newsletter where appropriate

NEEDS 
You need a housemate, a ride, property, a source of cheap gravel....? Put it here.

-- Seeking Summer Interns at Quail Springs
Work and live "on the farm" through volunteer internships starting with up to one month. Assist with ongoing permaculture development of the farm and share in community life.  Contact info at quailsprings.org with a written storyline of experience, skills, and interests and for more info.   

-- Quail Springs seeking part-time Development Director
We are seeking a part-time Development Director (DD) to join our team in an important time of capacity building for Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm. We are seeking someone who is experienced in fundraising and passionate about our mission. Contact info at quailsprings.org

-- Earthflow Design Works seeks: still seeking venues for upcoming Permaculture Design Course (1st weekends of Oct 07 -Mar 08); Residential and Commercial Sites for demonstrating Lawn Conversions to Vegetable/Food Forest; Used Vegetable Oil supply/contacts; Web Designers to trade for Permaculture Design Course; Landscape Contractors; Marketing and Promotional Assistants/Commission Sales. Contact Larry Santoyo santoyo at earthflow.com 805-459-0452

WORKPARTIES
You want help sheet mulching your yard? Building a cob oven, busting concrete, planting trees, ...? Put out the call here. Please be specific as possible about dates and times and locations.

-- Saturday, June 9th, 9 AM to 4 PM is the next Ballona Wetlands Community Clean-up and Restoration. The second Saturday of each month. Fun, exercise, and great people. Along the Ballona Creek bike path just east of Lincoln Blvd. http://www.ballona.org/f-stewards.asp
 
-- Service Learning Weekend- June 30th and July 1st at Quail Springs near Ojai. Come out to learn, work and play on the farm!  Projects may include permaculture gardening, watershed restoration, and more.  All ages are welcome to volunteer and experience is not necessary.  Food is potluck and camping is nearby.   Contact info at quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239 to RSVP or for more info

SURPLUS
You've got 400 empty barrels, ducklings for sale, a pile of plywood, great dumpster pickings...? Put it here and share the wealth (give-away, barter or sell)  

-- Young cockerels need good homes. Organically Raised Pet Roosters raised holistically and organically. Hand-raised, these are spunky but adorable young roosters. Ready to go to new homes by end of May/beginning June. $10 per cockerel, price negotiable on certain conditions. We are expecting cockerels in these breeds:  Buff Brahma (Bantam), Black Cochin (Bantam) , Golden Laced Cochin (Bantam), Partridge Rock (Bantam), Silver Penciled Rock (Bantam), Buff Brahma (Standard). Hens of these breeds may also be available.  Jordanne Dervaes jordanne at pathtofreedom.com or 626-795-8400   

RESOURCES
goods and services of interest to the community.. let us know about helpful sources you've found

-- Hopedance offer: For $250 Hopedance Magazine will give you a full page to do what you want (listings, calendars, ads, articles, art, etc.) plus you get 1,000 copies of hopedance to do what you want. The page would be inside the regular issue of HopeDance. The next issue is on Relocalization.  Bob Banner 805 544 9663 www.hopedance.org 

-- Path to Freedom's Peddlers Wagon http://pathtofreedom.com/peddlerswagon/ - Practical goods for your home and garden, including ollas, solar ovens, bike trailers and more. From the wonderful Dervaes family homestead.

-- Ergonomic Weed Twister by Ergonica - If you wish to remove a misplaced plant or weed and minimally till the soil, try the Ergonica Weed Twister.  This surgically precise tool is made in So. Cal. by people who may be your neighbors.  The Weed Twister comes in three sizes to accommodate different situations and people. Ray Cruz
www.weedtwister.com

-- Compost - Tim Dundon 626-794-1351 theroyalsoil at 2doo.com www.2doo.com Tim is the King of Compost. He will deliver a huge dumptruck of horse manure and sawdust for 80.00 to your hungry soil. He might offer you some sage philosophy for free while he's at it.  

-- Earthflow Design Works offers the following products, services and skills: Permaculture Land Planning and Design -Training and Services; Jewelry Designs; Clothing Designs. Graphic Design & Photography. See www.earthflow.com for more info

-- Cob-a-nation with Ray Cirino! Ray is THE guy for cob in Los Angeles. His beautiful ovens, benches and other structures can be seen at LA Eco-Village, Path to Freedom and many private residences around the city. He also builds rocket stoves and welds amazing trellises. Hire him to lead a workshop or build something for you. email cobanation at yahoo.com

EVENTS
workshops, booksignings, field trips... put them here
 
Sunday, June 3, 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
South Central Farmers Tianguis
SCFHEF Community Center & Gallery
1702 E. 41st Street (between Long Beach and Alameda), Los Angeles, CA 90058 (Metro: Exit Blue Line Vernon Station and walk four blocks North)
Reflecting upon the past, present, and future of the South Central Farmers one year after eviction. Displaced, but not defeated, the farmers continue their work to bring change to their communities. Music by Farm Life and Pachamama; Traditional Danza Azteca; Children’s Workshops and Stories; Holistic Care & Products; Cooking Demo and More! http://www.southcentralfarmers.com/
 
Advanced Permaculture Training with Geoff Lawton
June 11 – 14, Regenerative Design Institute, Bolinas, CA
Prerequisite: Permaculture Design Certificate or current enrollment in a Permaculture Design Certificate Course. Course Fee: $500, includes campsites and organic meals! For additional course details and registration go to:
http://www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/advanced-permaculture-training-with-geoff-lawton-coming-june-2007
 
Saturday, June 16, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Cooking with Native Acorns, Instructor: Orchid Black
Learn about historical and cultural uses of acorns and their importance to the native peoples. Lecture is followed by preparation of acorn goodies to be enjoyed at the end of class. Theodore Payne Foundation, 10459 Tuxford Street, Sun Valley, 91352 http://www.theodorepayne.org/

Throughout the month 
Survival Skills/Wild Food with Christopher Nyergis
Wild Food Outing - Saturday, June 2, 10 a.m., $20. We'll explore the chaparral plants of the Cobb Estate, and the many introduced plants. We’ll also discuss knife sharpening. Cobb Estate, Altadena
Survival Skills Intensive - Saturday, June 9, 10 a.m. $51. Focus will be upon fire skills, and we’ll also address traps, wild food, water purification. Hahamongna Watershed Park, Pasadena. 
Weaponry and Survival Skills Workshop, Saturday, June 16, 10 
a.m., $34. We’ll cover some of the basics of primitive weaponry, and also identify wild edibles, and learn about fire-making, and more. Orcas Park, Hansen Dam
Weaving Workshop, Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m., $25. Learn how to collect natural fibres and make twine, rope, brushes, sandals, netting, and baskets. A wonderful skill! We’ll also learn about wild foods! Upper Arroyo Seco, Altadena.
Wild Food Cooking - Saturday, June 30, 10 a.m., $20. We’ll find wild herbs and foods of the chaparral along the Arroyo Seco. There are many introduced plants in this area, as well as riparian sections. Upper Arroyo Seco, Altadena.
 http://www.christophernyerges.com/schedule.htm 
 
Saturday, June 23, 2007 from 10 am - 3 pm  
Strategic Planning for Non-Profit Organizations with Ron Milam 
Have an idea that will change the world? Want to launch an organized effort that makes your idea reality? Or, are you already at a non-profit organization and want to take it to the next level? Where do you start? Learn the answers to these questions and develop a plan for your own organization. LA EcoVillage, 117 Bimini Pl, LA 90004. $75 (sliding scale available) Reservations required: 213/738-1254 or crsp at igc.org
 
Sunday, June 24, 10:00am - 3:00pm 
Caracol Marketplace
PLANT SALE, Books, Art, Clothes, Photography, Herbal Medicine/Natural Body Care, Free Community Workshops: Detoxify your Mind, Body and Spirit with Dr. Elena Esparza, Healthy and delicious foods, music, and a mellow vibe. Also this month an Open Mic Session!
PROYECTO JARDIN Community Garden
1718 Bridge Street, Boyle Heights, East Los, Behind White Memorial Medical Plaza, cross streets State and Boyle north off César Chávez
http://www.imixbooks.com/caracol.html

Monthly Green Building Panel Discussion: 
Landscape Design & Graywater Systems 
Tuesday, June 26, 6:30 – 8:30PM
Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica 
Join us for a panel discussion on how to integrate green landscape design and graywater systems into your projects! free of charge. Registration recommended but not required. http://www.globalgreen.org/gbrc/index.htm 
 
Tuesday, June 26 from 6 - 7:30 pm 
Role Playing for Sustainability - drop-in discussion and practice
Need a little help talking to friends, relatives and colleagues about your passions without causing eyeballs to roll?  Come and practice with others who share your values.  We're going to try out this drop-in practice session for a few months. No charge.  LA EcoVillage, 117 Bimini Pl, LA 90004

Exhibits:
-- Through August 31
Ukendt (Igloo) - An installation by Anja Franke with John Southern and Nicholas Blake. Ukendt is a dome-shaped, outdoor construction of bamboo and industrial felt. The piece is a cold climate icon rendered using warm climate materials and techniques appropriate to Southern California. Emanate, 1619 Silver Lake Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026, 323.913.0915, www.emanate.org 

Coming up later this year:
For educators: Gunter Pauli - Thinking in Systems / Teaching for Sustainability. Monday, July 30, to Friday, August 3, hosted by Our Community School, 16514 Nordhoff St., North Hills, CA 91343, for more information, contact Carolina Goodman - dgcg2 at sbcglobal.net
 
starts August 4, Saturday, 10:00am - 12:30pm
California Native Plant Garden Design Course at Theodore Payne Foundation - a 3-part series of design classes for the home gardener. Led by Cassy Aoyagi, of C&K Landscape Design
You will learn a sound foundation in design, including what is involved in the design process, the importance of sustainability, design styles, how to model a garden after patterns in nature, devising a base/plot plan, hardscape materials, irrigation, soils and more. You will do your own base map for the second class and - during the third class - you will present your own design to the class for feedback and comments. This course is not for absolute newcomers to natives. $135 for members/$180 for nonmembers. http://www.theodorepayne.org/
 
Saturday & Sunday, August 25 and 26 from 10 am to 5 pm
How to Start a Successful Ecovillage, Cohousing or Intentional Community - a two day workshop with Diana Leafe Christian
author of Creating a Life Together: practical tools to grow ecovillages and intentional communities and the soon to be released book "Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community" LA EcoVillage, 117 Bimini Pl, LA 90004. Reservations required:  213/738-1254 or crsp at igc.org
 
Quail Springs Timberframe Workshop is scheduled for November 5-11.  The Clay/Straw Building Training is November 12-17.  Cost is TBA.   If you would like to be on an initial interest contact list, please email info at quailsprings.org. 

upcoming Permaculture Design Courses:

Oct 2007 - March 2008
the 5th Annual Los Angeles Permaculture Design Course with Larry Santoyo. Held the FIRST weekend of each month santoyo at earthflow.com 805-459-0452  note - Larry is still looking to trade scholarships to the course -for- venues, lodging and sponsorship

SO. CAL PERM ORGS
Los Angeles:
- Earthflow http://www.earthflow.com/ Larry Santoyo santoyo at earthflow.com 805-459-0452
- LA EcoVillage: Lois Arkin crsp at igc.org 213/738-1254
- LA Permaculture Guild: Camille Cimino camcim at yahoo.com Joan Stevens 323-630-4673 mamabotanica at sbcglobal.net.

Points north:
- Ojai Permaculture Guild: Dave White david at ojaicra.org 805-646-9809
- Santa Barbara Permaculture Network: Margie Bushman sbpcnet at silcom.com 805-962-2571 www.sbpermaculture.org

Points south:
- PC Institute of Southern California (Laguna Beach): Bill Roley DrRoley at cox.net 949-494-5843
- San Diego Permaculture Center: San Diego Economic Conversion Council sdecc at igc.org (619)
255-6111 (new one)

STAY IN TOUCH: LISTS
- Los Angeles Permaculture Guild e-list  https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/lapg
- Southern CA Permaculture Guild e-list https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/scpg
- LACity Repair e-list http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/cityrepairla
- Los Angeles Permaculture Guild on Tribe http://lapcguild.tribe.net 

LINKS
Permaculture Activist Magazine www.permacultureactivist.net
Permaculture Credit Union www.pcuonline.org
Hopedance Magazine www.hopedance.org
Urban Permaculture Guild http://www.urbanpermacultureguild.org/  

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