[Ccpg] Wed Sept 15: free "Practical Permaculture" class in Santa Barbara

[bob banner]

> On Wednesday, Sept 15 from 7 pm - 8:45 pm, one of Santa Barbara's  
> most experienced permaculture teachers and designers, Loren  
> Luyendyk, will present a free class, "Practical Permaculture: 5 Easy  
> Ways to Introduce PC into your Home and Garden" at the South Coast  
> Watershed Resource Center at Arroyo Burro/Hendry's Beach, 2981 Cliff  
> Drive in Santa Barbara. This program is presented by the  
> Permaculture Guild of Santa Barbara (www.permacultureguildsb.org)


> Loren, a Santa Barbara native, will give us advice on how to handle  
> issues like water, food, shelter, energy and community -- for both  
> novices and experienced gardeners and permaculturists. He has over  
> 10 years experience in horticulture and sustainable design locally  
> and internationally.  Graduating in New Zealand with a degree in  
> Botany from the UCSB Education Abroad Program in 1996, Loren spent a  
> short stint running a hydroponics greenhouse in Antarctica before  
> returning to NZ to study Permaculture and Biodynamic Farming and  
> Gardening.
>
> Upon returning to the US, he continued to study Permaculture and  
> applied his knowledge to managing several small farms and starting a  
> landscape design and installation business, Santa Barbara Organics (www.sborganics.com 
> ), in 1999.
>
> He formed Surfers Without Borders (www.surferwithoutborders.org) in  
> 2008 to promote sustainability, cultural integration, and  
> environmental awareness amongst surfers and coastal communities in  
> the developing world.  SWoBs focuses on creating sustainable supply  
> chains for water, food, and energy in order to reduce negative  
> impacts on the ocean.
>
> For more information, please contact...
>
> Linda Buzzell-Saltzman
> Member, Communications Team
> Permaculture Guild of Santa Barbara
> www.permacultureguildsb.org
> lbuzzell at aol.com (805) 563-2089
>
> "...the greatest change we need to make is from consumption to  
> production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only  
> 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility  
> of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very  
> system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food and  
> shelter."
> - Bill Mollison
>

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