[Ccpg] Fwd: LA Permaculture Guild Newsletter -January, 2009
Bob Banner
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Thu Jan 1 00:19:31 PST 2009
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> From: LAPG <santoyo at earthflow.com>
> Date: December 31, 2008 12:20:17 PM PST
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> Subject: LA Permaculture Guild Newsletter -January, 2009
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>
> LA Permaculture Guild
> Newsletter :: ::
> January 2009
>
>
> Happy New Year!
>
> Let's celebrate 2009 as The Year of Permaculture-in-Action...
> Coming this year: a series of hands-on events, as well as
> monthly challenges to take action in your own home, neighborhoods
> and, why not, around the world too! Start by sending us your ideas,
> events and actions...
> Let's see all that we can do together. Check out "Gardens for
> the Future" and "Guardians for the Future" below...
> Sure, there's a lot in this newsletter -but hey, it's a big, big,
> beautiful city out there!
>
> Peace & prosperity to all,
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> the New Year Celebratin' LAPG crew
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> PS -we'll be going to a web format newsletter soon
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> PPS -see LAPG newsletter archives here
>
> Kayak the LA River
> By Frederick Reimers
>
> "...in 1938, a massive flood killed 85 people and caused millions of
> dollars in damage, sealing the river's fate. Three years later,
> workers began laying 3.5 million barrels of cement and 7 million
> tons of reinforced steel onto the river's banks... It was indicative
> of Los Angeles' convoluted water practice: The river-the city's sole
> water source for 100 years-became nothing more than a storm drain..."
>
> SOCIAL, ECONOMIC & ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS & VIEWS
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>
> Kayaking the Los Angeles River
> Who knew you could paddle from the Burbank Airport to the Long Beach
> port?
>
> Please Obama -just say No to Vilsack!
> Oppose Tom Vilsack's Confirmation as Secretary of Agriculture
> Obama Picks Pro-GMO, Pro-Agribusiness Ex-Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to
> Head Agricultural Dept.
> Despite a massive public outcry, including over 20,000 emails from
> the Organic Consumers Association, President-Elect Obama has chosen
> former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack to be the next Secretary of
> Agriculture. Sign OCA's Petition to the US Senate Now!
>
> Californians Shape Up as Force on Environmental Policy By Lyndsey
> Layton
> California Democrats will assume pivotal roles in the new Congress
> and White House, giving the state an outsize influence over federal
> policy and increasing the likelihood that its culture of activist
> regulation will be imported to Washington.
>
> Inspiration for LA...
> Growing Power
> In a space no larger than a small supermarket live some 20,000
> plants and vegetables, thousands of fish, and a livestock inventory
> of chickens, goats, ducks, rabbits, and bees.
>
> Legalize Sustainability!
> Red tape ensnares L.A. flower grower's composting efforts By Mary
> Macvean
> Silver Lake Farms owner is cited by city agency for composting waste
> not generated in her home...
>
> The Chaparral Is Not Our Enemy: It's Just Very Misunderstood,
> Leading to Disastrous Fires
>
> By Robert Muller
> "...We have also been told that old chaparral is "senescent" and
> "needs" to burn in order to retain its vigor. Fire releases
> nutrients that have built up in the undecomposed litter, and is
> necessary to rejuvenate a stagnant ecosystem. Again, the evidence
> does not support such conclusions..."
>
> VIDEO
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> GlobalTribe: Mexico Eco-Punks
>
> In Mexico, host Amy Eldon got to meet a group of punks who are
> helping the over-populated and sprawling Mexico City launch an
> ecological revolution. From them, we learn about permaculture,
> natural methods of home improvements, and the importance of nature
> in the fight against urban decay.
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/
> CreativeVisionsGlobalTribeMexicoEcoPunks
>
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>
> Permaculture-in-Action
>
> Lawns into Gardens for the Future: A Free Community Exchange Program
>
>
>
> · Swan Song for the Lawn · Lawn Gone · Breakin' the Lawn ·
> Down by Lawn · Pass on Grass · Grass my Ass ·
> Lawn way from Home · Lawns Away · Garden Grows -Lawn Blows ·
> Lawn: Tragic -Garden: Magic · Lawn: Doody -Garden: Beauty
>
> EXCHANGE YOUR LAWN -FOR A GARDEN
>
> Here's How it Works...
> You supply the materials.
> We supply the design and organize a workshop to help you build a
> beautiful and bountiful Food Forest Garden. -All at NO COST.
> The Catch?!?
> You must grow organically, of course -and when the time comes...
> All you have to do is GIVE AWAY some of the extra fruits and
> vegetables!
> We'll even supply the fruit boxes and a listing on our community
> "lawns into gardens" links.
> Please, Front Yards Only ( other conditions and restriction may apply)
> Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood.
> Program and Services are Now Available
> Can't Convert your Own Front Yard?
> You can still participate and help others by donating time,
> materials and money to this program.
> Your participation helps support the training programs for our
> FoodForestry Gardening Services!
> Easy to Enroll -Sign up Now...
> info at earthflow.com
>
>
> CITY PERMACULTURE NEWS & NOTICES
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> The Permaculture Solution (R)Evolution Series Continues!
> January 3 & 4, Saturday 9-5, Sunday 10-5.
>
> Meet Scott Pittman, President, Permaculture Institute
> with Larry Santoyo for a Permaculture LA Workshop.
> Topics include: Designing & Building Your Own Home Ecosystem, Food
> Forestry, How to get involved with the Local, National & Global
> Permaculture Movement
> A Back to The City Movement...
> The Los Angeles Permaculture Guild has one of the largest and most
> dynamic City Permaculture groups in the world -who now work beyond
> the garden to bring sustainable solutions to city planning and
> community activism.
>
> Location: Project Butterfly Loft, 821 Traction Ave #108, Los
> Angeles, CA 90013 www.projectbutterfly.org
> Cost: $90. per day or $175. per weekend
> More Info: http://earthflow.com/LAPDC0708.php
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> Introduction to Permaculture
> Monday, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM; 5 sessions starting January 5, 2009,
> ending February 9, 2009
> Come find out about Permaculture, a holistic approach to integrating
> human shelter, plants, animals, soils and water to create a more
> sustainable community. This powerful course covers everything from
> natural building materials to creating edible, water saving gardens,
> and takes a look at useful stratgies used by communities to lessen
> their carbon footprint. register on-line
>
> Class cost $85 Instructor: Taylor Arneson
> Location: Santa Monica College - Bundy Campus
> Important: No class 1/19.
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> Women's Permaculture Gathering hosted by Joan and Camille
> Jan 13 (Second Tuesday) 7-10pm
>
> Post-holiday re-gift exchange: Bring any gifts that you know were
> meant for someone else. Maybe you'll find the one you were supposed
> to get!
> Joan's House, 2709 Medlow Ave. LA 90065
> Contact Joan to RSVP 323-630-4673 or mamabotanica at sbcglobal.net
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> HeartBeet Gardening is seeking to diversify its operations with an
> urban CSA program.
>
> We have hopeful ideas that this could become a really revolutionary
> program for urban edible gardening, but we need to start small and
> see if our idea will work. We seek to start in the spring of 09.
> email us at HeartBeet Gardening info at heartbeetgardening.com
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> CRSP Institute for Urban Ecovillages at the Los Angeles Eco-Village
> Ongoing Workshops & Special Events
> www.laecovillage.org
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> Will Work for Permaculture!
> Hands-On Permaculture -on-going
> The Chance Garden in Sherman Oaks is transforming into a community
> center for creativity and sustainable solutions. Also seeking
> workshop leaders and participants in music, dance, writing, art,
> permaculture, healing, sustainable design, alternative economics,
> etc. Bring what you have to the table and we'll see how we can work
> together.
> Joseph DeRusha <jderusha at gmail.com>
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> Tours of the Eco-Home™ environmental demonstration home in the Los
> Feliz area
> An on-going living research center that demonstrates ecological
> living in an urban environment. The Eco-Home™is a restored and
> retrofitted California style bungalow, circa 1911 that shows us how
> simple but wise property improvements can make your home warm,
> friendly yet environmentally sound and healthy. This historic home
> incorporates solar hot water heating, photovoltaic panels, ultra low
> flow water systems and other energy and water conservation measures.
> This "pioneering" home has hosted over 15,000 guests since opening
> its doors to the public in 1988. www.ecohome.org
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> Be sure to check out...
> everything gardens design
> everything gardens, inc. is a landscape design and install firm in
> Los Angeles. We believe that good urban design achieves a seamless
> blend of nature, art, and technology. Whether you are renewing a
> neglected corner, or starting from scratch, our sustainable gardens
> are built for lasting pleasure.
> 3010 glendale blvd, los angeles, 90039, 310.343.0741
> www.everythinggardens.net
>
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> CITY PERMACULTURE RESOURCE BOOKS
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> The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the
> Heart of the City
> by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen (Process Self-reliance Series)
> purchase
>
> Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A do-it-Ourselves Guide
> by Scott Kellogg and Stacy Pettigrew (South End Press) purchase
>
> The Planner's Guide to the Urban Food System
> by Arly Cassidy and Bowen Patterson (Self-published; via Post Carbon
> Cities)
>
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> VOLUNTEER & DONATE
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>
> Help Teach the Teachers...
> " We believe that teaching teachers Permaculture Design is one of
> the best ways to effect beneficial change. For over 10 years,
> EarthFlow Design Works has provided tuition scholarships to all
> kinds of Educators, from University Professors to HomeSchoolers,
> Village Activists and Family Advocates. You can help us help them -
> so they can reach many!"
> -earthflow design works
>
> 100% of your donation goes directly to help educators complete the
> Certificate Course.
> Please Donate to the Scholarship Fund for Teachers and help effect
> Change with Your Change!
>
>
>
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> The Emerald Necklace is a vision for a 17-mile interconnected
> network of multi-benefit trails, parks and greenways touching twenty
> cities and over 1/2 million residents along the Rio Hondo and San
> Gabriel Rivers. http://www.amigosdelosrios.org/necklace.htm
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> Hunger Action L.A. feeds needy people around Los Angeles.
> They would very much welcome donations from your backyard. Drop off
> fruit in bags at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood at 6054
> Yucca St. at Gower. Tuesdays from 1-5pm or Sundays at 12pm. For more
> info contact: 213 388-8228
> http://www.hungeractionla.org/
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> Help Support A Growing Trend!
> Become a volunteer, Provide needed supplies, Plant-a-Tree program
> Sponsor-a-Vet program. Buy Plants, vegetables and flower
> arrangements. For special orders or for more information on how you
> can help the ongoing projects of the Vets' Garden, contact Merle
> Fishman, 310/268-4062 http://www.gla.med.va.gov/vetsgarden/vetsgarden.cfm
>
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> PERMACULTURE COURSES:
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> New LA
> Permaculture Course Added in 2009
>
> 6 month Permaculture Design Community Action Courses
> SEASON 7
> 1) April 09 - Sept 09
> 2) Oct 09 - March 010
> The 1st Weekends of each Month -in and around LA
> Fire, Water, Earth & Air, Designing and Building the Home Ecosystem,
> Economy, Community & Culture...
> The LA Permaculture Design Course
> permaculture at earthflow.com
>
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>
> Permaculture Design Course in India
> January 15-26th, 2009
>
> Permaculture Design Certification Course taught by Warren Brush at
> the Satya-Jyoti farm (satya-jyoti.com), in the Alwar district of
> Rajasthan in Northern India. Satya-Jyoti is a unique skill-based
> education program that supports young women.
>
> Kolmi Majumdar at info at quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239.
>
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> Applied Watershed Restoration for Drylands -The Permaculture
> Institute with Craig Sponholtz
> Dates: June 6-10 -or- August 15-19 2009
>
> This is an intensive, project-oriented class -intellectually
> challenging and involves physical labor. Highly recommended for
> water professionals and serious conservationists. www.permaculture.org
>
> "...This course changed the way I teach... it not only changed my
> long established proffering on "Water in the Landscape" but my own,
> personally revered, disquisition on "Pattern Understanding" was
> challenged - and changed for the better. The Permaculture Institute
> and Craig Sponholtz presented complex dynamic systems ecology in a
> way that actually made fluvial geomorphology - fun and interesting
> (and how many people and organizations can you say that
> about!) ...we learned to build and actually apply appropriate
> techniques... and we were fortunate enough to witnessed the
> evolutionary stages of watershed restoration from Craig's site work
> over the past several years - it was a rare and incredibly valuable
> experiential education opportunity..." L. Santoyo, EarthFlow Design
>
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>
>
> Costa Rica -Permaculture Design Course
> February 27 - March 13, 2009
>
> Location: La Florida (Southern Pacific Region), Costa Rica at True
> Nature Community. Two-week residential intensive training in all
> aspects of permaculture with Scott Pittman and guests.
> www.permaculture.org
> Register Now
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>
> Jamaica- Permaculture Design & Development Course
> in Ocho Rios, April 19th - May 2nd 2009
> Community Development Project with Larry Santoyo,
> Toby Hemenway, Karl Kras & Local Experts.
>
> Island Music, Culture & Food, Beaches,
> Zip-Line Canopy Tour, Horseback Riding & More.
> Permaculture Jamaica
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> Open to all Design Course Graduates
> ADVANCED Permaculture Course
> Applied Site Planning & EcoVillage Design
> Catskills, New York -May 15th-22nd 2009
> Larry Santoyo and Toby Hemenway
> One-week applied Site Design for Broad Scale & EcoVillage
> Development. Projects include Site Evaluation: Reading the
> Landscape, Building Retrofit, Water Systems Design and Aspects of
> Economics & Permaculture.
> info at earthflow.com
>
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> VERY SPECIAL EVENT
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> Guardians of the Future January 9-11, 2009
>
> "The most remarkable feature of this historical moment on Earth is
> not that we are on the way to destroying the world... It is that we
> are beginning to wake up, as from a millennia-long sleep, to a whole
> new relationship to our world, to ourselves and each other." Joanna
> Macy
>
> Joanna & Fran Macy are coming to the Central Coast. The event is
> being held at Dancing Deer Farm in Templeton, CA (dancingdeer.org)
> sponsored by the Mothers for Peace and the Terra Foundation. -It is
> a rare and wonderful opportunity to experience the work of this
> world-renown eco-philosopher and activist - a woman who shares her
> deep wisdom freely and with great humor. She is a systems theorist,
> a Buddhist scholar, and the developer of The Work that Reconnects.
> (joannamacy.net) information and registration
>
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> FOR RENT
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> ROOM AVAILABLE
> Come share this beautiful Eagle Rock home with me.
> It's a great house - incredible views from every window. Built in
> the 30s, has lots of charm. Has a nice yard. The place is gorgeous.
> Amenities include a huge bathroom, gas fireplace, (brand new) gas
> stove, washer and dryer, hardwood floors, lots of storage in the
> garage, wireless internet, front porch/breakfast nook (exceptional
> view), gourmet kitchen. Rent is $875/month with $875 deposit.
> Utilities are split. Contact Joan Stevens 323-630-4673 for more
> details
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> ROOMS FOR RENT
> Beautiful house in Sherman Oaks, great location, must see.
> $800 shared bathroom -and- $1200 private bathroom
> Contact Joseph DeRusha <jderusha at gmail.com>
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> ROOMS FOR RENT
> Urban Eco-Community Forming in West L.A.
> http://home.igc.org/~onelove/
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> Bravo! to long-time housing advocate and community leader -Lois
> Arkin...
> RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES in and near the L.A. Eco-Village
> These opportunities are within the jurisdiction of the new Beverly-
> Vermont Community Land Trust (BVCLT) which will be acquiring more
> properties in the next few years to ensure permanently affordable
> ecological housing for low to moderate income households in the area.
>
> "...The more eco-oriented residents there are in and around LAEV and
> the BVCLT, the greater will be our collective strength in
> demonstrating the processes for making neighborhoods more
> sustainable..." For more info, please call Lois Arkin, CRSP
> Institute for Urban Ecovillages at:
> L.A. Eco-Village (LAEV) 213-738-1254
>
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> FOR SALE
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> Compost- Tim Dundon 626-794-1351 theroyalsoil at 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.
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>
> Path to Freedom's Peddlers Wagon
>
> Practical goods for your home and garden, including ollas, solar
> ovens, bike trailers and more. From the wonderful Dervaes family
> homestead!
> http://pathtofreedom.com/peddlerswagon/
>
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>
> Permaculture Books
>
> Gaia's Garden: a Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
> By Toby Hemenway
>
> Permaculture Designers' Manual by Bill Mollison
>
> Toolbox for Sustainable Cities By Scott Kellogg...
> and More! http://earthflow.com/books.php
>
> LA Green Drinks
>
> People concerned about environmental issues get together over a
> drink. West Side 1st, South Bay 2nd, Hollywood/Silverlake 3rd,
> Valley 4th - Thursday. Downtown 4th Wednesday.
>
> Green Drinks events are very simple, informal, unstructured, and
> self organizing but help connect the green network. Let's bring
> together the huge LA environmental community and have fun doing it!
>
> STAY LINKED IN LA:
>
> LA Post Carbon
>
> LA Eco Village
>
> Sustainable Santa Monica
>
> Sustainable Works
>
> Farmlab
>
> LA Mycological Society
>
> International Slow Food Movement in LA
>
> Fallen Fruit Maps
>
> West LA Rare Fruit Growers Association
>
> Homegrown Evolution
>
> Green LA Girl's Guide to Los Angeles
>
> Go to Green LA
>
> Edible Los Angeles
>
> Strategic Actions for a Just Economy
>
>
> STAY IN TOUCH:
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> Los Angeles
> Permaculture Guild List Serve
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> NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL:
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> Permaculture List Serve
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> OpenPermaculture List Serve
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> SoCAL PERMACULTURE GROUPS:
>
> Permaculture -EarthFlow LA
> Eco-Design for the City of Angels...
> 13456 Washington Blvd, Marina Del Ray, CA.
> info at earthflow.com
>
> LA Permaculture Guild:
> Larry Santoyo santoyo at earthflow.com
> Camille Cimino camcim at yahoo.com
> Joan Stevens mamabotanica at sbcglobal.net
>
> Westside Permaculture Gatherings
> Sean Jennings swjennings at gmail.com
>
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> Points North:
>
> Quail Springs
> New Cuyama, CA tel: 805.886.7239 info at quailsprings.org
>
> Santa Barbara Permaculture Network: Margie Bushman
> sbpcnet at silcom.com 805-962-2571
>
> San Luis Obispo -Permaculture Ranch
> Larry Santoyo santoyo at earthflow.com 805-459-0452
>
> Santa Cruz Permaculture Guild & Permaculture Meet-Up Group
> Ken Foster ken at terranovalandscaping.com
>
> Farmers Markets
>
> 90 certified markets listed in and around Los Angeles!
>
> OTHER INTERESTING LINKS
>
> Permaculture Institute
>
> EarthFlow Design Works
>
> Plants For A Future: a data base of 7,000 edible and medicinal plants!
>
> TED: Ideas worth spreading
>
> Tree Hugger's list of cool links
>
> Edible Communities Publications
>
> Hopedance Magazine
>
> Permaculture Activist Magazine
>
> Permaculture Credit Union
>
> Sustainble World Radio Podcasts
>
> Low Carbon Communities Network
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