[Scpg] OCT/NOV 2008 Santa Barbara Permaculture Network/Upcoming Events
Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
lakinroe at silcom.com
Mon Oct 27 06:24:18 PDT 2008
Hi Everyone-
We just returned from our trip to the
annual Bioneers Conference (www.bioneers.org ) in
San Rafael, Calif, where we had a exhibit booth
promoting the International Permaculture
Conference (IPC9) in Africa in 2009 to a
receptive audience of over 3000 attendees. It was
wonderful sharing the vision of the African
organizers for this event with it's theme "Plan
Africa ~-Food and Empowerment" (www.ipc9.org),
and we come home ready to go to work helping them
achieve some of their goals as part of the IPC9
support committee.
Always inspiring, especially in times of
great change, this Bioneers conference especially
meaningful as we try and figure out if we really
are ready for a paradigm shift. Yikes, sounds
great in theory, but a little scary as it unfolds
in reality. Climate Change for all the Bioneers
presenters seemed to be the underlying theme and
as David Orr expressed, "the greatest challenge
of our times" with only a small window of time
to solve, all hands on deck! And with a federal
government that currently doesn't even have an
energy plan, how could this be? Other countries
do and are moving towards a future without using
carbon as an energy source. Sweden for instance,
has a plan to phase out all fossil fuels and
nuclear power by 2020. These are dirty and
dangerous ways to derive energy, we can do better.
Bill McKibben, David Orr, Janine Beynus,
Naomi Klein all expressed the need to rally
around this issue, or we don't have a future, and
suggest forming a strong constituency to
influence the next president spending his first
100 days in office with a focus on this issue.
We only have about 7 years to reduce emissions by
20%, and then continue to reduce by 80% over the
next 20 years. This will mean massive change for
all of us, but is entirely possible, and as true
with most paradigm shifts, could be the best
thing to happen to us, hmn, a green collar
economy? Just needs some focus, and creative,
innovative thinking, what permaculture is all
about.
It's hard to hear all of this and come home to
daily routine and business as usual, always the
dilemma. So we share a few resources learned
from the Bioneers presenters, hope you will
inform yourselves, find ways to act:
www.1sky.org, One Sky Campaign, Climate
Leadership NOW movement, encouraging initiatives
on municipal, state and national levels.
www.biomimicryinstitute .org Biomimicry's
Climate-Change solutions: "How Would Nature Do
It". San Diego and it's Clean Tech Initiative to
be a Biomimicry hub.
Presidential Climate Action Project - PCAP What
should the next President do about Global
Warming? A national initiative to develop bold
and decisive climate action plan for the next
President. www.climateactionproject.com
"The Green Collar Economy", by Van Jones,
currently on the NY Times best seller list.
We hope you will join us as we continue
to learn about permaculture and sustainable
solutions from other parts of the world, with our
next in the ongoing series "Permaculture Around
the World", this time with architect Michal Vital
of the BUSTAN permaculture Center in the Negev
Desert of Israel, please see below for more
information. David Eisenberg is here as a part
of a week long Natural Building Colloquium, he
has an evening lecture Green Building and Beyond
the public is welcome to attend in Ventura,
details also below. And check out what
permaculturist Devin Slavin is up to in Ventura
with his Grow Food Party Crew and Growing Gardens
of Gratitude - A Village Building Convergence in
November on You Tube (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwwHWln08Z4)
Transform neighborhoods in a weekend? Well maybe
another world is possible.
This is a very limited sampling of all the things
that occur in our community, we suggest
subscribing to the South Coast Permaculture Guild
listserve to be to be alerted to all the
permaculture events happening in our region, all
groups and organizations represented, so much
going on
www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/scpg.
. We truly are a community, have many "barn raising" happening all the time.
Hope to see you at an event soon-
Margie Bushman
SB Permaculture Network
Upcoming Events:
Saturday, Oct 28, 7-9pm
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network "Permaculture Around the World Series"
Talk with Michal Vital, "Bustan Sustainable
Community Action for Land & People,
Working at the Nexus of Social and Environmental
Justice in the Negev Region of Israel
SB Public Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu St, Santa Barbara
No reservations needed, Fundraiser donation for BUSTAN, $10
More info, (805) 962-2571, margie at sbpermaculture.org, www.sbpermaculture.org
Wednesday, Oct 29th, 6:30 p.m., Free
Green Building and Beyond - With David Eisenberg
Transitioning to Sustainability
Today, many changes are taking place in how
buildings and developments are designed and built
as well as how they are regulated. Green
building, Smart Growth, and Sustainable
Development are becoming commonplace terms and
many new programs, codes and standards are
emerging to accommodate these changes. Yet there
is still a disconnect between the level of the
changes in codes and standards and the programs
being put into place, and the level needed to
adequately respond to what the scientific
community tells us is needed today.
Poinsettia Pavilion, 3451 Foothill Road, Ventura, CA
Nov 21-Nov 23, 2008
Grow Food Party Crew
Growing Gardens of Gratitude - A Village Building Convergence
Ventura, CA
Is it possible to transform a town into an edible oasis in one weekend?
Imagine cruising around town with friends and
neighbors in a garden planting celebration like no
other! Imagine hundreds of people doing this all
over Ventura, CA on the same weekend – as one
giant party of gratitude!
Join us in making our town an abundant, edible
paradise of fruits, berries, nuts, veggies and
flowers
(more info below)
AbundanceInBalance.com
December Preview, Save the Date:
Sat, Dec 6, All Day
Annual Roadtrip to Cal-Earth (The California
Institute of Earth Art & Architecture)
in Hesperia, to visit demonstration site of
structures built by visionary architect, Nader
Kahlili.
This is an amazing adventure see what can be done with earth
with truly low cost beautiful housing that does not tax the earth's biological
resources. We will leave Santa Barbara at 6:30am
and be back by 6 pm. Potluck Lunch.
For more info call Wes Roe at
964-1555 or email wes at sbpermaculture.
More info and wonderful photos at: www.Calearth.org
In Depth, More Details:
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network ~Permaculture Around the World Series~
Bustan Sustainable Community Action for Land & People
Working at the Nexus of Social and Environmental
Justice in the Negev Region of Israel
with Michal Vital
Tuesday, October 28, 7-9pm 2008
Fundraiser Donation for BUSTAN, $10
Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network hosts
the second in the series “Permaculture Around the
World” on Tuesday, October 28 with Michal Vital,
Israeli Architect and Eco-builder, speaking about
her involvement with the non-profit BUSTAN, in
the Negev Desert of Israel.
The word "bustan" refers to a
fruit-yielding orchard in both Hebrew and Arabic
and symbolizes the work of Bustan
(www.bustan.org). It is a partnership of Jewish
and Arab eco-builders, architects, academics, and
farmers promoting social and environmental
justice in Israel/Palestine with a focus on the
Bedouin villages of the Negev Desert. BUSTAN
utilizes the principles of permaculture and
non-violent direct action across ethnic divides.
Founded in 1999, Bustan's first project
was a two day festival in the "unrecognized"
village of Dreijatt, bringing together hundreds
of Bedouin and Jewish Israelis, celebrating
cultural diversity, mutual education on history
and environmental issues, and collecting
signatures for a petition to recognize the
village with legal status. Two months later the
village was formerly recognized. In 2003 Bustan
organized five hundred Jewish and Bedouin
volunteers to build an entirely sustainable
medical clinic in the village of Wadi el Na'am.
This strawbale solar powered structure is
featured in the book, "Build Like You Give A
Damn", and was nominated for the Aga Khan Award,
one of the most prestigious architecture prizes
in the world. At another village a school dump
was transformed into a water conserving orchard,
while teaching children about local ecology In
2007 Bustan moved to Beersheva and opened the
Green Center and began teaching ongoing
permaculture workshops and trainings. Bustan
views sustainability in both political and
environmental terms and works for common Jewish
and Bedouin interests.
The Negev is a rocky desert region with
dusty mountain ranges, dry riverbeds (wadis) and
unique deep craters imprinted on the landscape.
It is the largest, yet most peripheral region of
the country, located in southern Israel, and
makes up 60% of Israel's land, but only 8% of
Israel's population live there. A fragile
environment, it hosts Israel's largest toxic
waste dump Romat Hovav, a nuclear power plant,
petro-chemical factories, a waste incinerator and
other environmental hazards. Local populations
already marginalized are particularly vulnerable
to these health hazards. Romat Hovav is located
near Beersheva, the main city of Negev, and since
its opening has had a history of leakages,
overflows, and failures.
Michal Vital is a nationally renowned
planner and green building consultant and
volunteer with BUSTAN since its inception.
Michal was one of the team leaders that built
BUSTAN's strawbale medical clinic, and has
planned numerous ecologically friendly buildings
throughout the country. She was the lead teacher
of BUSTAN'S first permaculture course. She will
be speaking in Santa Monica, Santa Barbara and
San Francisco area as part of her Bustan Speaking
Tour titled "Permaculture for Justice".
The event takes place at the Santa Barbara Public
Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu St, in
downtown Santa Barbara, on Tuesday, October 28,
7-9pm, 2008. No reservations are required,
fundraiser donation for BUSTAN $10. For more
information please call (805) 962-2571, or email
<mailto:margie at sbpermaculture.org>margie at sbpermaculture.org;
www.sbpermaculture.org. Sponsored by the Santa
Barbara Permaculture Network and Sustainable
Habitats.
Bustan Speaking Tour "Permaculture for Justice".
Santa Monica, Santa Barbara and Walnut Creek
Oct 27-Oct 29 2008
Oct 27, 7pm Santa Monica Public Library, 601
Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica , on Monday,
October 27, 7-9pm, 2008. No reservations are
required, fundraiser donation for BUSTAN $10. For
more information please call (323) 667-1330, or
email David Kahn <info at sustainablehabitats.org>
Sponsored by Sustainable Habitats.
www.sustainablehabitats.org and the Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network www.sbpermaculture.org
Oct 28 , 7pm Santa Barbara Public Library,
Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu St, in downtown
Santa Barbara, on Tuesday, October 28, 7-9pm,
2008. No reservations are required, fundraiser
donation for BUSTAN $10. For more information
please call (805) 962-2571, or email
<mailto:margie at sbpermaculture.org>margie at sbpermaculture.org;
www.sbpermaculture.org. Sponsored by the Santa
Barbara Permaculture Network and Sustainable
Habitats.
October 29th, 6 PM , Walnut Creek. CA (near San
Francisco) The home of Sergio Lub, Please email
Sergio
(<mailto:sergio at sergiolub.com>sergio at sergiolub.com
) to RSVP and for specific directions$20 and an
item for a potluck meal, all proceeds benefit
BUSTAN.
<<<<<<<
Green Building and Beyond - With David Eisenberg
Transitioning to Sustainability
Wednesday, October 29th
6:30 p.m.
Poinsettia Pavilion
3451 Foothill Road, Ventura, CA
(A Free Event)
Today, many changes are taking place in how
buildings and developments are designed and built
as well as how they are regulated. Green
building, Smart Growth, and Sustainable
Development are becoming commonplace terms and
many new programs, codes and standards are
emerging to accommodate these changes. Yet there
is still a disconnect between the level of the
changes in codes and standards and the programs
being put into place, and the level needed to
adequately respond to what the scientific
community tells us is needed today.
Faced with the realities of a lower-carbon
future, along with growing concerns about the
supply and cost of energy, water and other
critical resources, we need to look beyond old
assumptions about how we address these emerging
crises, and no sector contributes more to the
problems or presents greater opportunities going
forward than the built environment. A new dialog
is needed to open the doors to truly sustainable
practices. This dialog must be able to cut across
the artificially constructed boundaries between
disciplines and areas of regulatory
responsibility-to create a regulatory system that
is as deeply integrated and comprehensive in
balancing risk and innovation as the leading edge
projects that are being planned and designed to
surpass the current minimum standards.
If you have something to contribute to this
dialog, please join us in this process.
Don't miss this fantastic line-up of speakers.
The topic will be Green Building, Natural
Building, and the disconnect between building
codes, standards, programs, and true
sustainability.
Key Note Speaker: <http://www.dcat.net/about_dcat/staff.php>David Eisenberg
Panel Speakers:
Brenden McEneaney, Green Building Program Advisor for the City of Santa Monica
Jim MacDonald, CBO Director of Building and Safety for the County of Ventura
Brandy Gallagher, founder and developer of O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE
Paula Baker-Laporte, FAIA author of “Prescriptions for a Healthy Home”
Robert Laporte, Natural Builder, co-founder and
steward of the EcoNest Company \
<<<
Grow Food Party Crew Presents:
Growing Gardens of Gratitude - A Village Building Convergence
November Twenty-First through Twenty-Third, 2008, Ventura, CA
Is it possible to transform a town into an edible oasis in one weekend?
Imagine cruising around town with friends and
neighbors in a garden planting celebration like no
other! Imagine hundreds of people doing this all
over Ventura, CA on the same weekend – as one
giant party of gratitude!
Join us in making our town an abundant, edible
paradise of fruits, berries, nuts, veggies and
flowers!
Register with one or more of the following options:
1. APPLY to be a Party Crew Facilitator – leading
the design and project implementation of multiple
gardens.
2. Become a Party Crew Member – plant gardens,
play music, cook food, promote the party,
whatever else we can think of!
3. Request a garden at a site in your
neighborhood - IE house, community area, business
or school
4. Make a donation - of materials, money, or help advertising.
Visit
<http://groups.google.com>http://groups.google.com
and search for "Grow Food Party Crew"
•Check the Discussions on Growing Gardens of
Gratitude for updates and more information.
•In the files section, download the Gratitude
Gardens Registration Form and email it to
<mailto:growfoodpartycrew at gmail.com> growfoodpartycrew at gmail.com
"The only limitation is the imagination of the designer." -Bill Mollison
--
Devin Slavin
Regenerative Design & Education
AbundanceInBalance.com
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Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
an educational non-profit since 2000
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie at sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org
"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in
new directions, in order to grow." - Anonymous
First Annual Southern California Permaculture Convergence August 2008
http://socalifornia.permacultureconvergence.org
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