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South Coast Permaculture Guild Oct 2001 Newsletter
Oct 2001 Newsletter Content:
1) List of Oct 2001 Events, Book Signing Tour
Gaia's Garden by Author in Southern Ca ~ SB Organic Club "Water the
New Gold" ~ Cal Poly Student Farm~Parade of Green Buildings
SB ~ Perm.for Third World and Indigenous People.~ Sustainable Living Tour
LA,
2) List of Future Events Roadtrip to Calearth
Hesperia Ca ~ Permaculture Patterns Course ~ Bill Mollison Design Course
Tasmania ~ Todos Santos Baja Perm Course ~ Earth Activist Training ~
Permaculture Design Course in Oregon ~ LA ECovillage Programs
3) Perma News+Jobs Hopedance Magazine Permaculture
101 Special ~ Permaculture Jobs ~ Perm Garden Service ~, New Permaculture
Book Gaia's Garden ~ Permaculture Credit Union ~ Online Permaculture
Design Course ~ Santa Cruz Permaculture Guild Joins South Coast
Permaculture Network
4) List of interesting Websites - Permaculture in
Bolivia ~ Bullock's Portal Washington
5) Subscribe to South Coast, Central Coast, San Diego
Permaculture Guild Listserves
6)Please send listings and events for next email news by Nov 28 to
lakinroe@silcom.com
What is Permaculture/ Sustainability?
"Permaculture is revolution disguised as gardening", (Mike
Feingold) taken from an article Seeds of Peace by Jane Rasbash
after she took a Ecovillage Training Workshop at Findhorn in
Scotland in 1999.
http://www.findhorn.org/ecovillage/archives/training/jane.html
South Coast Permaculture Guild Contacts and other Organizations of Interest.
South Coast Permaculture Guild Margie Bushman sbpcnet@silcom.com 805-962-2571
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network: Margie Bushman sbpcnet@silcom.com 805-962-2571
Ojai Permaculture Guild: Dave White artdetour@mac.com 805-646-9809
Central Coast Permaculture Guild: Rob Kimmel zigge@aol.com 805-438-5745
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
Long Beach Organics: David Krieger-DeWitt dakd@earthlink.net 562-438-9000
Southern East Sierra: Tom Drummond 760-377-5011
Pc Institute of Southern Cal: Bill Roley DrRoley@aol.com 949-494-5843
Santoyo&Associates santoyo@earthflow.com 800-469-5857
LA EcoVillage: Lois Arkin crsp@igc.org 213/738-1254
Permaculture Activist Magazine Website <http://www.permacultureactivist.net>
Permacultura http://permaculture.freeservers.com/Spanish/QueesPermacultura.htm
PERMACULTURE CREDIT UNION http://www.pcuonline.org
1.OCT. 2001 EVENTS
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Permaculture Discussion Group to Cover Permaculture Principles and Practises in Santa Barbara CA
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 contact Margie Bushman 962-2571 or email sbpcnet@silcom.com.NO MEETING OCT
Oct 22 to Nov1 BookSigning Tour For Toby Hemenway author Gaia's Garden "A Guide to Home Scale Permaculture"
The first book to locate Permaculture in the American Landscape
Activist Editor Toby Hemenway has assembled a practical and user friendly guide to backyard permaculture. Skillfully written and full of examples from the foremost permaculture gardens across the country, the text introduces permaculture principles at work, explaining the basics of this ingenious language of design. Chapters cover Soil, Water Management, and Choice of Plants, as well as more advanced subjects as Interplanting, Guilds, Forest Gardens and Garden Evolution. Drawing on a wealth of Permaculture Lessons and Lore, the author documents the dramatic successes of ordinary men and women in bringing barren landscapes to life and in doing so, he swings wide the permaculture gate for all garden lovers to enter.
TOBY HEMENWAY AUTHOR OF GAIA'S GARDEN A GUIDE TO HOME SCALE PERMACULTURE
SOUTH CALIFORNIA BOOK SIGNING / SLIDE SHOW TOUR
Oct 22 Mon. 7 PM Slide Show/ Book Signing Ecology Center Bookstore 2530 San Pablo Ave Berkeley Ca
Contact Kristina Perry (510) 849-3714. stina@igc.org or Bookstore 510-548-3402 http://www.ecologycenter.org/
Oct 23 Tues. 7PM San Luis Obispo First Presbyterian Church corner of Marsh and Morro St SLO
contact Rob Kimmel Central Coast Perm.Guild zigge@aol.com 805-438-5745 and Hopedance
hopedance@aol 805-544-9663 Donation $3
Oct 25 Thurs.7 pm Santa Barbara Public Library Faulkner Gallery 7pm East Anapuma St Santa Barbara
contact Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Margie Bushman sbpcnet@silcom.com 805-962-2571 Donation $3
Oct 26 Fri 7pm Ojai Local Hero Bookstore 224 E Ojai Ave
Ojai Permaculture Guild: Dave White artdetour@mac.com 805-646-9809
Oct 26 Fri 5PM A Special Dinner with Toby Hemenway at FARMER AND COOK RESTAURANT Meiner Oaks near Ojai $10 each Contact Wes Roe lakinroe @silcom.com or 805-964-1555 if you are attending the dinner
Oct 27 Sat 2:00 p.m. First Church of the Brethren 3850 Westgate Place, San Diego donation $10 or what you can afford
Oct 28 Sun 3:00 pm Coastal Sage Gardening 3685 Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach
San Diego contact San Diego Permaculture Center: sdecc@igc.org (619) 298-8879 www.igc.org/sdecc
Oct 29 Mon 7pm Well's Fargo Bank Conference Center Room 260 Ocean Ave 2nd Floor Laguna Beach
Oct 29 Mon 5pm Tentative Book Signing Latitude 33 Bookstore Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach contact Pc Institute of Southern Cal: Bill Roley DrRoley@aol.com 949-494-5843
Oct 30 Tues 7:30 pm LA Ecovillage, Los Angeles 7:30pm $10 donation (sliding scale ok) Space limited. RSVP to
213/738-1254. Lois Arkin crsp@igc.org www.ic.org/laev
Oct 31 Wed LAEcovillage Forest/ Garden Workshop with Toby Hemenway Eco-Village. $50 - $75 (sliding scale). Space
is limited. Pre-payment required. Info: 213/738-1254.
Nov 1 Thurs 7-9 pm Santa Cruz Lunden/Nelson Community Center 301 Center St Santa Cruz
contact Vince Pastori Santa Cruz Permaculture 831/763-3848 permasc@sasquatch.com
This Book Signing Tour is Being Organized by the Santa Barbara
Permaculture Guild for South Coast Permaculture Guild
Please contact us at sbpcnet@silcom.com 805-962-2571 for general questions
, thanks again for support of Hopedance Magazine and Permaculture Activist Magazine
Visit the book's web page at www.chelseagreen.com/Garden/GaiasGarden.htm
COSPONSORED BY South Coast Permaculture Guild, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Central Coast Permaculture Guild, Ojai Permaculture Guild, Santa Cruz Permaculture, San Diego Permaculture Center, PC Institute of Southern California, LA Ecovillage , Ecology Center Berkeley
Hopedance Magazine www.hopedance.org and Permaculture Activist Magazine www.permacultureactivist.net
ALSO a host of local cosponsors in each area that promoting the event
ps Toby Hemenway will be at the three Day Bioneer Conference www.bioneers.org San Rafael Ca .Oct 19,20, and 21 drop in and Talk with him at the Permaculture Credit Union Table http://www.pcuonline.org at the Bioneers
Oct 17 Wed 7 pm: WATER: THE NEW GOLD. Wesley Roe, one organizers of the South Coast
Permaculture Guild, will speak on Water Catchment systems for the home
gardener -- just in time for the rainy season. Water is becoming an
ever-scarcer and ever-more-expensive resource in Southern California, and
sustainable home gardening will require creative solutions. Wes will help us
to take advantage of the winter rains to provide water for next summer's
garden! To be held at the Community Environmental Council Gildea Center, 930
Miramonte Drive, Santa Barbara.
For more info or to get on our e-mail list for upcoming meetings, call Linda
or Larry Saltzman: 563-2089
Oct 20/21 Sat/Sun:The Parade of Green Buildings in Santa Barbara County, Ca
Join the Sustainability Project and CEC on this special tour of innovative and environmentally friendly homes, offices and stores.
The second annual Parade of Green Buildings, a two-day tour of green buildings in greater Santa Barbara, will take place on Saturday and Sunday, October 20 and October 21. The Saturday tour will be in Santa Ynez Valley and the Sunday tour in Goleta and Santa Barbara. Seven notable green buildings, some residences, some commercial/institutional buildings will be open to the public for touring between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. both days. “The purpose of the project is to educate the local building community, as well as the interested general community, about green practices,” said Dennis Allen, chair of the event. Tour participants will be able to view innovative projects and systems that have been incorporated into pioneering projects. Project architects, contractors, and green product representatives will be present at every site with blueprints, samples of products, and literature, for those who want to explore the technical and performance information of any given element used in the buildings.There will be a kiosk at each site with information explaining the guiding philosophy of the project as well as the sustainable energy, water, materials, air quality, and waste management features of that project.Buses from Santa Barbara Airbus will be available to tour participants.
Ticket prices are $30 per day and include bus transportation to the tour stops, an organic lunch, and an informational booklet about sustainable building with special emphasis on the buildings featured on this year’s Parade.For further information, please call Dennis Allen at 805/682-4305 or April Wethe at 805/963-1955x113.
Oct 21 Tree Planting Workparty at Student Farm Cal Poly State University SLO
Keep your calendar's open for two upcoming workshops at the Student Farm.
Sunday, October 21, we will be hosting a tree-planting workparty led by
experienced "tree people" native to our area. On Saturday, November 17,
Biodynamic farmer Steve Moore will be doing a morning workshop on a special
biodynamic compost preparation, "BD 500" (horn manure). Both are free to the
public. Details will follow soon.
Hoping to see you at the Student Farm -
Hunter Francis
Program Coordinator
Sustainable Agriculture Resource Center
Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, CA.
(805) 756-5086
(Sustainable-Agriculture-Resource-Center/cpslo_unit@polymail.cpunix.calpoly.ed
Oct 22 7-9 & Oct 23-24 8:30am - 5pm The Soil Food Web "Part of the Bioneers Wisdom of Hoe Series"
UC Santa Cruz Arboretum with visits to the Center for Agroecology Farm and Garden
With: Dr. Elaine Ingham, Bob Cannard, and Gabriel Howearth
Who should come:Farmers, gardeners,soil scientists and ag educators -- anyone interested in learning more about the
dynamics of the soil fertility cycle.
Cost: $195
For more info soil@bioneers.org
To Register:1-877-246-6337 http://64.45.12.200/rdi/wisdom01_page.html For more info on Workshop
Oct 22-27, 2001 Permaculture for ŒThird' World & Indigenous Peoples
ERDA INSTITUTE at Djanbung Gardens, Nimbin NSW Australia
with Robyn Francis & special guest Rosemary Morrow
Are you ready for the challenges of working in another culture?
This course aims to prepare you for working in developing countries, with traditional cultures and indigenous communities, perhaps more importantly it will highlight what you need to know and what skills you need to refine to be effective in your work.
The course explores strategies for sustainable development as a two-way process in which skills in facilitation, cross-cultural communication and working with people are just as important as the practical gardening, design and technical skills you take with you.
³Effective Œaid¹ is empowering people with the information and confidence
to solve their own problems² - Bill Mollison
Course activities include case studies, presentations, in-depth discussions, role play, group work and practical activities, guest speakers, slides & videos of international projects.
Topics include:
- subsistence agriculture for humid & arid tropics & the impact of green revolution technology and globalisation
- working with sustainable traditional cultural practices, building on what exists
- adapting Permaculture to local conditions, cultural and social factors
- health and nutrition, food security & kitchen gardens
- environmental health and housing
- facilitating self-help & self-determination, community directed problem solving & empowerment
- communications, education, working with low literacy groups
- appropriate development & technology options
- ethics of interference, cultural sensitivity, racism
- expectations versus reality
- burn-out & taking care of yourself.
A challenging week of intense information sharing, treading on the edge of personal development.
A basic working knowledge of permaculture is assumed thus the PDC or introductory permaculture course is a pre-requisite.
(NB if you haven't done a PDC, there is one commencing at Djanbung Garden 1 week after this course - register for both and receive special discount - also special reduction for refresher students)
ŒGo to the people, live among them, learn from them, love them.
Start with what they know, build on what they have.
But the best leaders, when their task is accomplished, their work is done, the people all remark ³We have done it ourselves.² Œ - anon
TUTOR: Robyn Francis & guests.
Robyn Francis is an internationally respected permaculture designer and educator with an 18 year track record including founding director of Permaculture International Ltd, Permaculture Education and Erda Institute. Her experience ranges from the hands-on practicalities of food production through to eco-village and community development in diverse cultures and climates.
In this course Robyn Francis draws from her experience working in India and Indonesia, with Australian Aboriginal and New Zealand Maori as well as a wealth of knowledge gleaned from years of international travel & working with Permaculture activists involved in projects and programmes around the world and with indigenous communities.
Rosemary Morrow - well known for her excellent practical permaculture books & her incredible work in Vietnam & Cambodia.
COST: $385/ $340 conc. ($100 deposit)
includes tuition, course notes& lunches
VENUE: Djanbung Gardens Permaculture Education Centre is purpose designed to facilitate a meaningful & quality learning experience with 5 acres of intensive working permaculture systems for practical involvement and an extensive library for research. Just 15 minutes walk from the heart of the village and it¹s facilities, close to Rainbow Power Company and next door to Jarlanbah Permaculture Community. Some accommodation is available on site during the course and for wwoofing and internships.
Djanbung Gardens Permaculture Education Centre
home to:
Permaculture Education
ERDA Institute Trust
Nimbin Eco-Village Project Office
Robyn Francis - permaculture designer & educator
PO Box 379, Nimbin NSW 2480 Australia
Ph 02-6689 1755 Fax 02-6689 1225
permed@nor.com.au www.earthwise.org.au
Oct 27 Sat. Sustainable Living Tour Los Angeles All day leaving at 7:45am
Join Landscape Architect Owen Dell via chartered bus on an exciting field trip to Los Angeles to visit LAEcovillage (neighborhood in the built out mid city area that is working towards becoming a healthy urban community) , Ecohome a(on-going research center that demonstrates ecological living in an urban area and Hall House (a private home in Los Angeles retrofitted to hold to hold rainwater on site through some revolutionary new techniques such as cisterns , berming and others to slow down runoff and reduce need for imported water and have a beautiful garden
Limit: 18 Fee: $95 members/ $115 non-members
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden classes, 805 682-4726, ext 102
Oct. 27-28 Plaster and Cob Workshop
Penny Livingston-Stark
Come Explore the Magic of Mud. Learn how to build garden walls and benches
with cob. During this workshop you will also learn to make your own interior
paints and plasters using all non-toxic ingredients. These finishes surpass
most commercially available paints and plasters in quality and aesthetics.
Fee: $250.00
Permaculture Institute of Northern California 2001 Courses
PO Box 341 Pt. Reyes Station, CA 94956
(415) 663-9090
2. FUTURE EVENTS
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Nov. 3 Saturday Roadtrip to visit visionary Architect Nader Khalili at
Calearth 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@silcom.com, potluck lunch
Check his Website for pictures of the Earth buildings and more info and articles below
www.Calearth.org
3 Programs at LA Ecovillage Los Angeles CA in November
1)Comunidad Ecológica Social Tierra Viva, a video and talk about ecovillage
development work in and near Mexico City. Watch for the date.
2)"Ecovillages in Central America, the Caribbean and South America", a slide
show and talk with Liora Adler, Ecovillage Network of the Americas
(ENA)Council Representative.
3)"Ecovillages in Europe, Africa and Asia," a slide show and talk with Albert
Bates, founder, Ecovillage Training Center in Tenn., and ENA representative
to the Global Ecovillage Network.
Contact for dates and times LA EcoVillage: Lois Arkin crsp@igc.org 213/738-1254
Pattern and Design Nov. 11-12
Richard Feather Anderson & Penny Livingston-Stark
Our world surrounds us with patterns indicating the many processes that
created them. By applying natural patterning to design, we create
environments that are harmonious within the natural systems surrounding us.
In this course discover the many functions of patterns and learn how to
enhance or eliminate, diffuse or concentrate various energies through
pattern application. Fee: $300
Permaculture Institute of Northern California 2001 Courses
PO Box 341 Pt. Reyes Station, CA 94956
(415) 663-9090
December 2-15, 2001 Dexter, OR (near Eugene) 11 Annual Permaculture Design Course
This intensive, in-depth course will provide a working knowledge of permaculture theory, design, and implementation via hands-on projects, lectures, discussions, slide shows, field trips and design projects. Topics will include permaculture philosophy and methodology; observation skills and site analysis; natural cycles and pattern recognition; ponds, swales and keyline systems; soil building; animals; edible landscaping; agroforestry; urban permaculture and village design; community economics; and more.
Team-taught by Toby Hemenway, Jude Hobbs, Rick Valley, and guests.
Sliding scale $900-1100 includes tuition, meals, shared dorm rooms, and a subscription to Permaculture Activist
Limited work trades available
Contact: Lost Valley Educational Center
81868 Lost Valley Lane, Dexter, OR 97431.
541-937-3351.
info@lostvalley.org
Permaculture Courses at Earth Haven Ecovillage in North Carolina
Contact: Culture's Edge, 1025 Camp Elliott Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711, 828-669-3937,
Courses in Permaculture Training , Design Courses ,Permaculture Residency Programs, Village Design, Sustainable Forestry, Natural Building and more starting March 17
http://www.permaculture.net/~EPTA/Culture'sEdge.htm
Jan 4-18 2002 EARTH ACTIVIST TRAINING -
Learn how to create the world you want to live in with Starhawk & Penny Livingston-Stark
Cazadero, Western Sonoma County, California
A permaculture design course for visionary activists
Learn the skills to transform a piece of land, a community, and our political and economic systems. Discover the
tools we need to envision and design a just, free and sustainable culture are the same ones we need challenge the
vested interests that keep destructive systems in place.
Cost: We are actively fundraising to provide this on a pay-what-you-can basis to activists. Work trades, payment
plans and scholarships available. For those who can pay, we estimate the real cost of providing this program to be
$1200 per person if you can pay more, that will help subsidize someone who can't. Please don't let money keep
you away‹we'll work it out!
To apply, or for more information, contact:Madrone Productions PO Box 410187 SF CA 94141-0187 415-789-7674
email: madrone@mindspring.com
11th to 25th January, 2002 Permaculture Design Course BILL MOLLISON Tasmania Australia
In 1978, there was nothing quite like Permaculture. Twenty-two years later Permaculture laps the globe, with over 4,000 projects across 120 countries. Bill Mollison, founding Director of the Permaculture Institute will present this valuable course on his home turf, Tasmania. We eagerly invite those who wish to expand their horizons and experience Bill in action to bring your questions and your intellect down to Tasmania and take this course.
Bill continues to research sustainable system design. He is preparing two books devoted to this passion, and is in fine form for a course on his home turf. "I will try to paint landscapes in their mind throw pictures on the clouds of tomorrow s sky".
Student numbers are strictly limited.
For info and a Course Brochure contact:
tagariadmin@southcom.com.au
Tagari Publications - Permaculture Institute
31 Rulla Road
Sisters Creek Tasmania 7325
Australia Ph: 61 (0)3 6445 0945 Fax: 61 (0)3 6445 0944
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DON'T MISS OUT - RARE OPPORTUNITY - BILL MOLLISON presents Permaculture Design 11 to 25 January, 2002
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THE POWER OF DUCK by Takao Furuno, Tagari's newest book. A Manual on sustainable rice and duck farming. Abundantly illustrated, tabled and photographed. Recommended by Bill Mollison, Founding Director, Permaculture Institute.
Need an excuse to go someplace warm this winter? Here's a few
suggestions....
Three Permaculture Courses:
Host: Instituto Permacultura de Baja
This winter experience the beauty and warmth of the Todos Santos Oasis
and learn about Permaculture, Earthworks, and Fibercrete Construction.
Course 1:December 1,2 and 3 2001. Introduction to Permaculture and Earthworks Practicum
English and Spanish. Cost: $275US
at the Way of Nature, Todos Santos, Baja California Mexico. In our
tropical permaculture garden-in-progress, amongst avocados, mango,
coconuts, and Bauhinia trees, participants will learn the basics of
Permaculture, PLUS hands-on earthwork techniques for profitably
rehumidifying and revegetating many climates. Team-taught by Keith
Johnson and Peter Bane of the Permaculture Activist and Earthaven
Ecovillage, with Mike Collins and staff of Instituto Permaculture de Baja
Course 2: January 12,13, and 14, 2002. Fibercrete Construction Practicum
English and Spanish. Cost: $275US.
Fibercrete guru Mike McCaine, Mike Collins formerly of Sonoma Permaculture
(Now joining the team at Instituto Permacultura de Baja) demonstrate
Fibercrete construction through the construction of a curvaceous guest
cabana at The Way of Nature.
Course 3: February 16,17, and 18, 2002. Introduction to Permaculture with Permaculture Planting
Practicum. English and Spanish. Cost: $275US
Learn permaculture basics and hands-on fun planting a tropical garden
using techniques practical to any climate. Team-taught by Wes Roe and Margie Bushman
South Coast Permaculture Guild and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network (CA.)
and the folks at Instituto Permacultura de Baja.
All courses take place at The Way of Nature pensione down in the oasis
gardens of Todos Santos, the world famous surf spot. The quiet calm,
warmth, and beauty of this town will linger in your memory for a long
time to come. Rooms and camping available. http://thewayofnature.com/
Contacts:
In English: Michael Collins till Sept 23, at 707-875-3441
E-mail sonoperm@monitor.net, Sonoma Permaculture, P.O. Box. 423
Occidental, California U.S.A.
After Sept 23 Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 805-962-2571 sbpcnet@silcom.com
For Registration in Baja Mexico of Courses after Oct.1
Contact Way of Nature in Todos Santos Telephone 011-52-112-66060 Email: baja@wayofnature.com, www.wayofnature.com
3.PERMA NEWS AND EMPLOYMENT
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Hopedance Magazine Nov/Dec 2001 Issue will be a Special on PERMACULTURE AND PEACE
Please read below and send in ideals and material to make this a real education and inspiring resource for the future
Need material for a special issue on PERMACULTURE for the Nov/Dec 2001 issue
of HopeDance Magazine (hopedance.org). Essays, stories, reviews of books &
videos, resources, bibliography, photos, art, ads, conferences, workshops...
both in california and throughout the world. Due date is October 12th. Send
material to editor@hopedance.org or POB 15609, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 or
call 805 544 9663 for details.
Rising Sun Designs Permaculture Garden and Design Service in Santa Barbara CA
Permaculture Design Grad is Offering Services in Santa Barbara in Permaculture Design , Organic Gardens and more
Contact Loren Luyendyk 805-884-3398
Land Dance Permaculture Specialists Now Available in Ventura and Santa Barbara County
Services offered: Permaculture Landscape Design, Bio-intensive Gardens, Structured Landscapes and Land Maintenance
Contact Jonah Dusi 805-640-3782 cell 805-455-5842 Permaculture Design Graduates www.landdance.com
Part-time employment and intern opportunities available.
The Artistry of Biodiversity
Be a part of a sustainable earth works team. Help construct and maintain edible landscapes...install and care for orchard "food forests," ponds and water systems...learn to care for and harvest a "rare" foods and fruit collection and tend specialty market gardens...learn the art of building with stone, bamboo, strawbales and mud...and much more
Have fun, work hard, help the world be a better place!
Male or female, Permaculture Design Course graduates preferred. Must be reliable, flexible and fit for heavy work, willing to learn and must have a sense of humor!
Hourly wage depending on experience.
Contact
Larry Santoyo
EarthFlow Designs
800.469.5857
santoyo@earthflow.com
JUST RELEASED PERMACULTURE BOOK
GAIA'S GARDEN A GUIDE TO HOME SCALE GARDENS
The first book to locate Permaculture in the American Landscape
Activist Editor Toby Hemenway has assembled a practical and user friendly guide to backyard permaculture. Skillfully written and full of examples from the foremost permaculture gardens across the country, the text introduces permaculture principles at work, explaining the basics of this ingenious language of design. Chapters cover Soil, Water Management, and Choice of Plants, as well as more advanced subjects as Interplanting, Guilds, Forest Gardens and Garden Evolution. Drawing on a wealth of Permaculture Lessons and Lore, the author documents the dramatic successes of ordinary men and women in bringing barren landscapes to life and in doing so, he swings wide the permaculture gate for all garden lovers to enter.
GAIA'S GARDEN
A Guide to Home-Scale PERMACULTURE
240 pages copiously illustrated with table of useful species organized by size, type, hardiness requirements and yields plus glossary, bibliography and resources, list suppliers, and a forward by John Todd
$25.00 + 2.50 shipping
Send check to
The Permaculture Activist
PO Box 1209
Black Mountain NC 28711
Hopedance Magazine Pathways to Sustainable Living and Positive solutions
A magazine that comes out every two months is a great source of information on activities for the Permaculture Community in Southern Ca and our activities we Santa Barbara Permaculture Network with others of the South Coast Permaculture Guild are involved as editors and distributors latest issue Sept/Oct 2001 Activism issue can be picked up free in Ojai ,Ventura, Lompoc , Santa Ynez Carpinteria , Oxnard, SLO outlets
Please subscribe to support this great regional magazine at $20 per year 6 issues
P.O. Box 15609
San Luis Obispo Ca 93406
hopedance@aol.com www.hopedance.org
Announcing the Opening of The Permaculture Credit Union
The Permaculture Credit Union is a reality. A new kind of environmentally responsive financial institution has been created and chartered. It is possibly the first credit union founded upon the Earth Care principles of Permaculture ethics, namely respect for natural systems, respect for people, and no waste ( which in banking will mean the reinvestment and recycling of surplus back into the community being served). Our mission is to pool the financial resources of people who subscribe to these ethical principles and provide a financial vehicle that will allow these resources to be put to work creating a sound sustainable, environmentally responsible future. We believe we have targeted a market that is severely unserved by existing financial institutions- those people who are committed to a cleaner environment, healthy food and water, sustainable energy use, and a more conscious lifestyle. It will create the opportunity for members to control the use of money in the community and contribute to the revitalization of local well-being.
The PCU is now close to 200 with $500,000 in share and term and needs to grow to $1,000,000 in order to offer more services to the Permaculture Community.
Permaculture Credit Union
4250 Cerrillo Road
Santa Fe , NM 87505 (505) 954-3479 fax (505) 424-1624 perma@pcuonline.org
http://www.pcuonline.org/
Permaculture Course ONline starting Oct 14,2001
Elfin Permaculture's sixth annual Permaculture Design Course Online will
begin Oct. 14, 2001. The course runs about six months and includes reading
from texts, weekly posts of "lectures" sent via email, email discussion of
course topics, and a set of student reports, including a full permaculture
design report from all certificate candidates. Instructors are Dan and
Cynthia Hemenway of the USA, assisted by Willem Smuts of South America and
Tim Packer of New Zealand.
We list full details of the program, including financial arrangements, in the
course protocol, listed at http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/frames.html
Enrollment is limited to 20 full students, of whom no more than ten may
submit full designs in this session. There are a variety of other
arrangements, including unlimited room for monitors, detailed in the course
protocol.
One scholarship is currently available for this course. This can be split as
two half scholarships, etc.
The deadline for completed scholarship applications to be received at Barking
Frogs Permaculture Center, Sparr FLORIDA, USA, is August 1, 2001. No
extensions for any reason. Email Dan Hemenway at Permacltur@aol.com for
details on how to apply. Contributions for additional scholarships, and to
assist scholarship students with purchase of reading matter, are greatly
needed.
Santa Cruz Permaculture is now part of the Network of Guilds of the South Coast Permaculture Guild.
Welcome Santa Cruz Permaculture , you can contact Vince Pastori 831/763-3848 permasc@sasquatch.com
And thanks for joining in to promote and organize Toby Hemenway Book Signing Tour in Santa Cruz
4. WEBSITES OF INTEREST
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Permaculture Center in Bolivia (ILP-Bolivia)
http://communities.msn.com/ilppictures
I still have to translate some of the stuff into spanish, but we do take volunteers, work with ecotourism, students from abroad and make handcraft to sell... all of these helps us to build our Permaculture Center in Bolivia... we are trying to convert a whole village into an ecovillage.
It would be nice to have more contact between networks at a moment in which the world needs of all the peace warriors to be present from North to South and East to West.
Enrique Hidalgo - ILP-Bolivia - Casilla 3727 Correo Central Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America
Feel free to spread the word and let us know what kind of work you are doing...maybe we can start a cooperative work together?
All the best in the Universe for you network, lets keep in touch...
Bullock's Permaculture Portal in Orcas Island Washington
http://www.permacultureportal.com/
Welcome to Bullock's Permaculture Portal. A helpful gateway for permaculture courses, events, services, and resources. The Portal is also the online home for our extraordinary permaculture site on Orcas Island. For 18 years, we have applied our shared experience to create what experts refer to as the finest permaculture site in North America. Together we develop and implement practical solutions for sustainable living while offering hands-on, accredited permaculture design courses.
5.LISTSERVE
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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
SoCal PCG subscription
http://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/scpg
SanDiego PCG subsciption
http://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/sdpg
CentralCoast Cal PCG subscription
http://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ccpg
REMINDER ONCE you are signed onto one or all of the listserves type in sdpg@arashi.com or ccpg@arashi.com, or scpg@arashi.com to post a message to the listserve
Please send listings and events for next email news by Nov 28 to lakinroe@silcom.com
Mail Address South Coast Permaculture Guild and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
224E Figueroa ST #C
Santa Barbara CA 93101
"What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any
group is doing on the planet. We don't know what details of a truly
sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need
people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of
the critical gangs that are doing that."
Dr David Suzuki geneticist, broadcaster
and international environmental advocate
Permaculture education includes principles and practices of
sustainable soil, water, crop, forest, architectural, business, and
finance systems ethical investment, community loan support and small
business management.
Taken from the Latin, permanens, to endure or persist through time and
cultura, cultures - permaculture is an interdisciplinary design
science focused on sustainable system design. Sustainable systems are
defined as those that, over their lifetime, produce energy equivalent
to or in excess of what they consume.
Permaculture operates on three ethics: care of the earth, care of the
species and return of excess to the first two.
The Movement
Permaculture is also a world wide network and movement of individuals and groups working in both rich and poor countries on all continents. Largely unsupported by government or business, these people are contributing to a sustainable future by reorganizing their life and work around permaculture design principles. In this way they are creating small local changes but ones which are directly and indirectly influencing action in the wider environment, organic agriculture, appropriate technology, communities and other movements for a sustainable world. After 20 years Permaculture may rank as one of Australia's most significant "intellectual exports".