[Ccpg] Opportunity for column

Mon Jan 26 16:57:02 PST 2009

Hi David, Wally, and all,

Thanks for the opportunity to get the word out, David.  And thanks, Wally,
for taking on the writing. Warren Brush (Executive Director) or I will give
you a call asap for the requested update on our programs.  Wondering, is the
focus green/natural building, or do you also want to share permaculture
trainings?  And, is there a deadline we're working with?  Look forward to
chatting, and to the column!

Best,

Kolmi

Kolmi Majumdar

Programs Manager 

Quail Springs Learning Oasis & Permaculture Farm

www.quailsprings.org 

info at quailsprings.org

(805)886-7239

From: Wally Geer [mailto:go2wallyworld at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 3:33 PM
To: David Goldstein; ccpg at arashi.com; lbokun at earthlink.net; ewerb at ewerb.com;
info at quailsprings.org; 'Rachel Morris'
Subject: RE: Opportunity for column

Dear Everybody:  In talking to David, he is letting me take a pass at a
article.  However, I would appreciate some help from Quail Springs Farm, by
having someone get in touch with me to get a little update on what programs
you have in the works these days (I can be reached via E-Mail at
go2wallyworld at hotmail.com  or my cell phone at 805-896-8926).

Thank you & Best Regards,  Wally Geer 

> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:20:09 -0800
> From: David.Goldstein at ventura.org
> To: ccpg at arashi.com; lbokun at earthlink.net; ewerb at ewerb.com;
go2wallyworld at hotmail.com; info at quailsprings.org; rachel at vccool.org
> Subject: Opportunity for column
> 
> Quail Springs, VC COOL, and Permaculturists:
> 
> I write the weekly Eye on the Environment column, which appears on
> Sundays, typically on page A-18 of the Ventura County Star. I
> occasionally invite guest columnists to use my space.
> 
> Would anyone like to promote upcoming green building events by using
> the below notes, and perhaps the attached, to write a column for
> publication? It can be either around 550 words (for the bottom of the
> page) or around 750 words (two columns of text the Star runs along the
> side of a page). 
> 
> Here are the rules: Avoid jargon and acronyms, don't editorialize or
> polemicize, and keep most of it to an eighth grade reading level. Also,
> keep it factual, rather than spiritually inspired (the type of language
> that was in Bob Banner's press release about Quail Springs included a
> call for "spirited" apprentices, expressions of "love" for straw and
> clay, and other stuff the Star editors would cut).
> 
> 
> Here's material you could start with (use without crediting me on the
> by line, and e-mail me a finished product)...
> 
> 
> In the northern backcountry of Ventura County, a non-profit
> organization runs the 450 acre Quail Springs Farm. This weekend, they
> are hosting free "service learning" events, which include tree
> plantings on the farm and in the Los Padres National Forest. The farm is
> a demonstration site for "sustainable living, shelter, water, energy
> and food," according to its manager and founder, Joe? Green?. In
> upcoming months they will lead workshops on native restoration, natural
> building, organic gardening, and ways to slow erosion, using their
> former Cuyama Valley cattle ranch as a site for demonstration,
> restoration, and learning. Quail Springs can be reached at 886-7239.
> 
> Later this month, they are offering Living Craft Project - Natural
> Building Training at Quail Springs. Using clay, straw, sand, and wood,
> and they will show how to create shelter. It is part of their Living
> Craft Project. Living Craft Project is a school of natural building.
> Quail Springs is currently searching for four apprentices, willing to
> work at the ranch while learning building techniques. For more
> information, go to towww.quailsprings.org/events.
> 
> 
> Another upcoming workshop about green building will be hosted by VC
> COOL, a Ventura County-based non-profit. It will focus on Natural
> Building, including local earthen (Cob) building. That event will take
> place Monday, January 26 at 6:00 PM at the Patagonia Firehouse Building,
> 280 W. Main Street, Ventura. It is a free event, hosted by the 
> California Central Coast Chapter (C4) of the U.S. Green Building
> Council, which is presenting it as a double-header of "Natural
> Building" with Carolyn Hernandez of the Natural Building Network, and
> "Building with Cob (earthen-building) in Ventura" with Rachel
> Morris, President and co-founder of VCCool.
> 
> There will also be a follow-up Open House at Rachel's work-in- progress
> earthen-cob-building, Sunday, February 1st, 1-2 p.m. To RSVP for the
> open house, please emailaction at vccool.org, or call (805) 648-1267. The
> local Green Home & Family Magazine is this month's C4 event host.
> 
> These events are co-ordinated with the Green Building Council, an
> organization of local professionals in the building industry. The Green
> Building Council meets regularly to... They have also recently .... 
> 
> 
> 
> Please reply to all.
> 
> Thanks,
> D.G.
> 
> david.goldstein at ventura.org
> Ventura County PWA, W&S, IWMD
> 800 S. Victoria Ave. #1650
> Ventura, CA 93009-1650 
> 805/658-4312 www.wasteless.org
> 

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