South Coast Permaculture Guild Sept/Oct 2005 Newsletter
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South Coast Permaculture Guild Contacts and other Organizations of
Interest.
South Coast Permaculture Guild Margie Bushman sbpcnet@silcom.com
805-962-2571
www.sbpermaculture.org
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network: Margie Bushman sbpcnet@silcom.com
805-962-2571
www.sbpermaculture.org
Ojai Permaculture Guild: Dave White david@ojaicra.org 805-646-9809
Central Coast Permaculture Guild: Rob Kimmel zigge@kcbx.net 805-438-5745
San Luis Obispo
San Diego Permaculture Center: San Diego Economic Conversion Council
sdecc@igc.org (619) 298-8879
Santa Cruz Permaculture Vince Pastori 831/763-3848
permasc@sasquatch.com
Cal Poly Student Farm in SLO:The SARC (Sustainable Ag Resource Center)
805-756-5086 Hunter Francis wfrancis@calpoly.edu San Luis Obispo
Path to Freedom ,Pasadena Ms. Anais Dervaes
dervaes@pathtofreedom.com
LA Permaculture Guild Joan 323-630-4673 joaniebird007@yahoo.com and
Camille camicimino@yahoo.com
Southern East Sierra: Tom Drummond 760-377-5011 Ridgecrest
Pc Institute of Southern Cal: Bill Roley DrRoley@cox.net 949-494-5843
Laguna Beach
Santoyo&Associates santoyo@earthflow.com 800-469-5857
www.earthflow.com
LA EcoVillage: Lois Arkin crsp@igc.org 213/738-1254
Permaculture Institute of Northern California
info@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
Hopedance Magazine
www.hopedance.org
The Permaculture and Natural Building Calendar Printed issue list our Courses please subscribe to support the magazine
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Ongoing Permaculture Monthly Discussion Group/to Cover Permaculture Principles and Practices in Santa Barbara CA
For more info and directions and location contact Margie Bushman 805-962-2571 or sbpcnet@silcom.com, www.sbpermaculture.org
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September & January session of the Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness (RDNA) Training Program
We can still accept registrations for our September ’05 term and we are ready for your applications now for the January ’06 term of this advanced year-long hands-on training. The course is devoted to helping students develop skills necessary to further sustainable & regenerative practices in their personal and professional lives. Students meet 2 full days per week; the full course lasts one year (3 trimesters). www.permacultureinstitute.com/rdna
Regenerative Design Institute Permaculture Institute of Northern California (415) 663-9090 info@permacultureinstitute.com
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Sept 5-17 Permaculture for Third World & Indigenous Peoples and Diverse Cultural Groups
Part 1: Working in Other Cultures September 5-8, 2005 Part 2 Pc for Overseas Development Projects September 12-17
TUTOR: Robyn Francis and guests COST: $475 includes tuition,lunches & refreshments Registration fee for both courses: $725
Djanbung Gardens PEC Permaculture Education & ERDA Institute Trust
PO Box 379 Nimbin NSW 2480 Australia www.permaculture.com.au
Contact: Robyn Francis PH 02-6689 1755 Mob 0429 147 138 robyn@permaculture.com.au
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Sept. 9-11 th Annual Northwest Permaculture Conference and Bioregional Gathering Eugene.OREGON
$70 at the event / $60 by pre-registration Fri. free; $40 Saturday; $30 Sundaywork trade available - meals included in registration fee
For more info call Jan at (541) 686-6761 by email at spencerj@efn.org www.heliosnetwork.org/epg/
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Sept 9-11, 16-18 Oct 21-23, 28-30, Nov 11-13, 19-21, 2005, Urban Permaculture Design Course, Alameda Point Collaborative Community. CA Weekends
with Christopher Shein, Kat Steele, Nik Bertulis, Scott Horton, Babak Tondre, Rain Geesler, Debbie Collins and many more local guest presenters...
Fee: $700-$900 (Sliding Scale) Contact: (510) 547-7889 www.apcollaborative.org
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Sept 11 2-6pm Intro to Permaculture Workshop at Snail Haven Farm and Sanctuary, Dehesa, Eatern San Diego County CA
Taught by Jane Higginson ($35),
6 PM - 7:30 PM -- Remembrance Day Peace Vigil (FREE), and Evening Refreshment (please bring), with guest speaker Marcia Boruta, Director of San Diego Economic Conversion Council/Permaculture Center: "Permaculture for Peace":
Permaculture. For more information, directions, and enrollment, contact us at (619) 390-0717 or janehigginson@earthlink.net
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Sept. 18, 2005 Elfin Permaculture's 10th annual Permaculture Design Course Online
The certificate course runs six months Contact BarkingFrogsPC@aol.com
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September 19th - October lst, 2005 .PDC Melbourne University, Australia with BILL MOLLISON and GEOFF LAWTON
It was asked "What will they teach?"... they answered &. "We will labour to teach them to 'paint new landscapes on the clouds of tomorrow's skies.'
Contact THE PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE 31 Rulla Road, SISTERS CREEK 7325, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA
Ph: 61 (0)3 6445 0945 Fax: 61 (0)3 6445 0944 Email: sales@tagari.com.au www.targari.com.au
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September 17-29, 2005 The Call of the Hummingbird Bioregional, Alto Paraiso, Chapada dos Veadeiros, Brazil
Contact www.ochamado.org
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September 18th Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. 5th annual California Organic Festival Alameda and Alice Keck Park SB CA
New, larger and incredibly lovely venue: the city's crown jewel of parks, Alice Keck Park Park, with Micheltorena
Street blocked off, as well as the adjacent Kid's World Park section of Alameda Park.
The Pesticide Awareness and Alternatives Coalition (PAAC) www.organicfestival.com
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September 19-23, 2005, Permaculture Integral: Returning the Surplus Real Goods Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA
with Benjamin Fahrer, Erik Olson and Kat Steele
http://store.solarlivingstore.com/peha5inthres.html ,http://urbanpermacultureguild.org/slipcflyer2005.pdf
Fee: $480 or $99 a day Contact: (707) 744-2017
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SEPT 20 Sun 25 Design for Sustainable Community’ at Sahale, Olympic Peninsula, WA
Robina McCurdy Permaculture Teacher NZ
Selma Ruth Email : selmaruth@hotmail.com Cell Phone: 510.759.4607 www.greenworld-earthcare.org
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September 24-25 Permaculture and the Ancient Forest Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center Washington
Join us and instructor Marisha Auerbach for a weekend in the forest.
Participants will depart from this workshop with a greater understanding of how natural systems like the ancient forest can provide sustainable solutions applicable to urban and rural areas.
For more information or to register, check out the Opal Creek website at www.opalcreek.org
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September 26-30 Cob Building Intensive Workshop Orella Ranch in Gaviota $675
This introduction to cob building workshop will teach you how to prospect and test for appropriate building sediment, how to mix co, various cob wall building techniques, the installation of windows into cob walls, methods for attachment of wood (e.g. doors, roofs), and how to sculpt niches, shelves and furniture.
Call: 707.744.2017 to reserve your spot! www.solarliving.org
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September 24- October 7 Permaculture Design Occidental CA
OAEC: 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, CA 95465
(707) 874-1557 x201 . inquiry@oaec.org http://www.oaec.org/OAEC_Courses.html
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Oct 1 & 2, 15 & 16, 29 & 30, and Nov 12 & 13 Permaculture Design Course, Phoenix, AZ
Cost $650, $600 for early registration
For more information contact Don Titmus, 480-962-6353 FDPC@4dirs.com www.permaculture.net/phxguild/course.html
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Oct Tentative Booksign Tour/Talk Author David Theoropulous of "Invasion Biology: A critique of a pseudoscience." S.CA
Owner of J.L Hudson, seedsman the largest public access seed back in the US. Check out his website http://dtheo.org/
Contact Camille camcim@yahoo.com> for dates in LA ,Ojai and SB or to help with setting up dates
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OCT 6- 9 Thurs - Sun Permaculture for Sustainable Society Arcata CA Robina McCurdy Permaculture Teacher NZ
Workshop series, at Campus Center for Appropriate Technology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Jeff Adams Email: jma50@humboldt.eduWebsite: www.humboldt.edu/~ccat
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Oct 4 - Oct 12. Mark Lakeman of City Repair Tentative Speaking Tour in Southern Ca (SLO,SB,LA) ????
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.
Contact for dates and info LA Camille camcim@yahoo.com>, SB sbpcnet@silcom.com,SLO hopedance@aol.com
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Oct 5-19, 2005, Permaculture Design Course, Kalimpong, India
with Rico Zook and Kat Steele and local teachers
http://www.urbanpermacultureguild.org/
Fee: $450-650 (sliding scale) Airfare to India not included Contact: (505) 586-1269
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October 9-16, Basics of Building with COB, Cuyama Learning Center in the Santa Barbara Backcountry
Betty Seaman from the Cob Cottage Company and co-founder of Spirit Pine Ranch
$760 (This basic fee includes tuition, materials, three vegetarian meals daily and camping. Discounts apply for early registration…
Cob Cottage Company, Box 123, Cottage Grove, OR 97424, Phone (541) 942-2005, FAX (541) 942-3021. The best time to call is Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM www.cobcottage.com
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October 14, 2005 Friday noon to 6pm 20th Anniversary of the San Diego Economic Conversion Council
University of San Diego Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice.
Contact sdecc@igc.org or call (619) 255-6111.for more details
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October 22nd - November 4th Kerrmaculture III PDC Quiet Valley Ranch, Texas Hill Country.
The course is intended to finalize a master plan for the Ranch, addressing edible landscapes, green building, erosion control, water catchment and waste management. Cost : $900, $800 by October 10th
Kirby Fry 512-663-9538 ,Rick Wright 830-377-3253 kerrmaculture@yahoo.com www.kerrmaculture.org
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October 31 November 12. FALL PERMACULTURE COURSE High Falls NY
Instructor Geoff Lawton (www.permaculture.org.au) $950 plus accommodation and food. Deposit $200
Check to:Hancock Permaculture Center 372 West Front Street Hancock NY 13783
917-771-9382 greenman124@yahoo.com www.hancockpermaculture.org
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November 2005. Mesoamerican Convergence on Sustainable Development Lago de Atitlan, Guatemala
Permacultura America Latina (PAL) and the Institute for Mesoamerican Permaculture (IMAP) plan to host an eight-day convergence with the participation of forty Mesoamerican grassroots organizations from eight countries
For more information please email pal@permacultura.org or call 505-989-1695 in Santa Fe.NM http://www.permacultura.org/
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November 11-20, 2005 Advanced Permaculture Design Workshop Hacienda Santa Barbara Chapultapec, Huamantla, México
Join a small, select group of permaculturists for ten days in central highlands Mexico for an advanced design workshop creating a permaculture plan for renovation of a 16th century hacienda to become a small, rustic eco-inn. The pre-requisite for this workshop is completion of a Permaculture Design Certification Course. Participants will get invaluable experience working on a medium to large-scale, real-time, real-site project designing permaculture systems to support the inn and a small school for the village and surrounding area to be included in the complex.10-day workshop $900 double occupancy room, three meals a day,
For more information, contact Scott Horton at (951) 659-5362 or LaSemillaBesada@hotmail.com
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November 17, 2005 - May 17, 2006-MONTH SUSTAINABLE LIVING INTERNSHIP: Near Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand
An in-depth immersion in communal living, organic gardening, seed-saving, natural building, other sustainable living techniques, and full participation at a public demonstration living and learning center. This internship is only available to 4 people,
Contact Pun Pun contact Peggy Reents at parents@yahoo.com.
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Nov 16-26, 2005, Permaculture Design Course, Sikkum, India
with Rico Zook and Kat Steele and local teachers
http://www.urbanpermacultureguild.org/india-1-flyer2005.pdf
Fee: $450-650 (sliding scale) Airfare to India not included Contact: (505) 586-1269
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November 27 - December 11 13th annual Permaculture Design Course Lost Valley, Oregon
Instructed by Rick Valley, Jude Hobbs, & Marisha Auerbach
For More Information, or to register, call: (541)937-3351, ext.112 or http://www.lostvalley.org/
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Indigenous Permaculture, or Cosmovision, www.indigenous-permaculture.org
is a way of thinking and living by following the original instructions we were given to live in balance with the world. These teachings assist people in achieving a symbiotic sustainable life within their environment by utilizing indigenous agricultural practices.
Indigenous Permaculture is not new, it is wisdom from the past that tells us how to follow our original instructions from the Creator. By doing this we ensure our existence and a future for generations.
Indigenous Permaculture 3288 21st Street, #192 San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 552-5448
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2005-2006 PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE: Los Angeles, California
DATES: One weekend a month for six months... SECOND WEEKENDS OF:OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER 2005 & JANUARY, FEBRUARY & MARCH 2006
PART ONE October 8 & 9 and November 12-13 2005 Fire, Water, Earth & Air... New Ecology and Indicators of Sustainability:
PART TWO December 10 & 11 2005 and January 14 & 15 2006 Food, Water, Shelter & Energy... Earth-Friendly Techniques:
PART THREE February 11 & 12 and March 11 & 12 2006 Creating Community... Eco-Urbanism and Eco-Economics:
LARRY SANTOYO, Director, EarthFlow Design Works & The Center of Natural Design.
With very special guest instructors including:TOBY HEMENWAY, Author, Gaia's Garden, SCOTT PITTMAN, Director, The Permaculture Institute,
TUITION COSTS $90.00 per day, $175.00 per weekend, $950.00 for all six weekends
Materials and other fees may apply.Some payment plans and work-trade scholarships still available.
For loan info contact the Permaculture Credit Union http://www.pcuonline.org/
TO REGISTER & FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: <permaculture@earthflow.com>
In cooperation with: The Terra Foundation & The Center of Natural Design, Materials & Applications,
Greening Development and Consulting, EcoHome, The Green Building Resource Center -Global Green USA & the City of Santa Monica, HopeDance Media, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, The Los Angeles Permaculture Guild, The Permaculture Institute, PatternLiteracy.com, FoodForestry, Guyayaki, Nutiva Hemp Products, Fountainhead, EarthFlow Design Works,Sustainable World Radio
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May 2007 International Permaculture Convergence, Conference Brazil
More info. and Website as details get organized, You will need to have a PDC to attend the Convergence
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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.
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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@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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LISTSERVES of South Coast Permaculture Guild of Southern CA
To get Up to Date Permaculture Ongoing Announcements for courses , events 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@arashi.com), south coast(scpg@arashi.com), and the san diego
list (sdpg@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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