[Scpg] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS

[L.SantoyoDesigns]

(LOS OSOS, CA)The Center of Natural Design will open to the public 
this weekend  for a series of Sustainable Resource 
Management/Permaculture Design workshops, with special guests Joseph 
Kennedy, Jeff Oldham and John Valenzuela, leaders in the fields of 
natural building, renewal energy, and sustainable landscape design, 
respectively.

The Center, a private retreat and learning facility on 10 secluded 
acres in Los Osos, Ca, brings together innovators in the field of 
sustainable design for collaboration and sharing with small groups of 
students. The Center's director, Larry Santoyo, is a business 
consultant and  one the country's premier teachers of Permaculture 
Design, and will be leading the educational collaborative.

To register and qualify for special weekend rates, please email the 
center at cnd at earthflow.com or call 805.528.3763

Check out upcoming classes at 
http://www.earthflow.com/PDCourseSL2003/index.shtml#schedule



Weekend Schedule:

Friday day (see Sunday below)

Friday night, July 18, 8pm: Slide Show/Talk on Natural Building 
Techniques with Joseph Kennedy Admission to Slide Show/Talk: $10

Joseph Kennedy is co-editor of The Art of Natural Building (New 
Society, 2001) and co-founder of Builders without Borders 
(http://www.builderswithoutborders.org/) , with projects on the 
US/Mexico border and US Indian reservations.




Saturday, July 19 9:30am to 5:30pm  Alternative Building and Energy 
Systems This workshop will provide students with an overview of 
eco-friendly, renewable and affordable technologies, with a 
Permaculture emphasis on how to assess their relative appropriateness 
for a given circumstance.
Joseph Kennedy will discuss Natural Building techniques and lead a 
hands-on workshop on building with earthbags.
Jeff Oldham will give insights into new energy efficient technologies 
( solar, wind, and hydroelectric)  and systems design.


Jeff Oldham, Manager of the Gaiam/Real Goods Design & Consulting 
Group <http://www.solardevelopment.com>(www.solardevelopment.com).   
Real Goods, under the direction of Jeff Oldham, pioneered the world's 
first high profile Ecolodge-"Harmony" in 1992 in Maho Bay, U.S. 
Virgin Islands, where a hybrid PV/wind system continues to provide 
reliable power, surviving both Hurricanes Hugo and Marilyn.



Sunday, July 20 9:30am to 5:30pm Ponds, polycultures, water works, 
grey water systems, water harvesting. Aquaculture and wetland 
environments are among the most productive on the planet. They 
nourish plant life, provide habitat, help recycle natural resources 
and more. This course section will survey the worlds principal 
wetland habitats, both natural and man made (such as marshes, 
estuaries, chinampas and constructed wetlands).

John Valenzuela will be sharing his knowledge and leading a 
discussion on choosing and using plants in the home landscape (on 
Friday as well).

John Valenzuela is a plant expert specializing in ethnobotany and 
traditional agriculture, teaches and consults on sustainable 
landscape design around the country.


Coming next week: Creating Community, Eco-vVllages and Eco-Economics with:

  Penny Livingston-Stark, Permaculture Institute of Northern Ca.

Scott Pittman, Permaculture Institute in New Mexico