Sustainable World
Radio: Fridays at 9-10 am am PST on KCSB 91.9
FM Santa
Barbara, California and streaming live on
www.kcsb.org
. Also found on
www.sustainableworldradio.com, later in the month
Join Jill Cloutier of Art of
Sustainable World Radio on Fri Oct 31, 9-10 am , for an interview
Michal Vital is a nationally renowned architect and green building
consultant and volunteer with
BUSTAN
www.bustan.org
. Michal was one of the team
leaders that built BUSTAN's strawbale medical clinic . The Negev
is a rocky desert region and 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 health hazards caused by these. Bustan views
sustainability in both political and environmental terms and works for
common Jewish and Bedouin interests. She was the lead teacher of
BUSTAN'S first permaculture course
Wes Roe of Santa Barbara Permaculture Network will be in the studio to
take part in the interview
MORE INFO ON MICHAL VITAL AND
FUNDRAISING TOUR FOR BUSTAN
~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
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 health hazards caused
by these. 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".
Permaculture (PERMAnent agriCULTURE) is a design system based on
ecological principles for creating sustainable human
environments.
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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@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
margie@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
(
sergio@sergiolub.com ) to
RSVP and for specific directions$20 and an item for a potluck meal, all
proceeds benefit BUSTAN.
Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network
an educational non-profit since 2000
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara,
CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
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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@sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org
"We are like trees,
we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order to grow." -
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