[Scpg] AUG 12/Permaculture Mtg Santa Barbara & Events Announcement List

Sat Aug 7 05:33:08 PDT 2004

Hi Everyone-

Bob Ferris and Carlene Ramus will be our hosts for the next South Coast 
Video Discussion Group meeting on Thursday August 12, at 6:30pm.  Bob is 
the new (this year) director of the Community Environmental Council, and 
Carlene is an architect who has been active with the Sustainability Project 
for several years.

They share a home on Conejo Rd, a unique area off of Sycamore Canyon, and 
they invite us to actually begin using our permaculture skills with this 
visit!

So get ready to practice.  We've all done a lot of reading, gone to 
workshops, been involved in the discussion group about permaculture, 
now  let's see if we can put these skills to use.  This site is a perfect 
opportunity, it has a lot of ivy, unstable hillsides, keep your eyes open 
for other challenges.  Let's see if we can begin, at least in our minds and 
through discussion, help formulate a design that might be helpful for Bob 
and Carlene from a permaculture perspective.

Our video this meeting will be continue with a water theme, since Santa 
Barbara and the southland is facing a serious drought.  We will show "Man 
Made Marshes" with Bill Wolverton, a former member of NASA, who later went 
on to design biological water treatement systems for homes and 
municipalites in the South.  Our host Carlene is a raw foods advocate, and 
some of our discussion time will include some of her thoughts about how 
this particular lifestyle contributes not only to personal health, but is 
healthier for the planet.  Bring your questions!

Wes Roe and I have been doing the community organizing for this group and 
the small non profit we formed, the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network for 
the last 6 years. We find we could use some help!  We will propose at this 
and future meetings some simple things those of you interested in helping 
could do.  It's not much, but in addition to helping us, it helps create 
community, the thing we all seem to want.  Each month, with this 
newsletter, we will include a Wish List, sponsorship opportunities, and 
maybe even requests for contributions for specific needs.

Thanks for your help, and hope to see you at the August meeting-
Margie Bushman

August 2004

Wish List:
    * person with computer skills to help us solve some problems with old 
computer
    * person to help type up master list for press release labels
    * person to update our media contact list for our region (we are fairly 
current, not a huge job)

Sponsorship Opportunities:
    * sponsor SB Public Library, with a subscription to the Permaculture 
Activist magazine
    * sponsor a teacher for upcoming Robina McCurdy environmental education 
workshop
    * sponsor purchase of permaculture for children books for teachers 
attending workshop ($300, whole or partial amount)

Contributions Needed:
    * none at this time.

The meeting will begin at 6:30, with time for gathering and a tour of the 
site with Carlene and Bob, so please arrive on time so we have enough time 
to take a good look. We love to encourage generosity and sharing, so bring 
your favorite snacks, food from your gardens, or seeds to exchange for the 
gathering time.

Directions (as provided by Bob & Carlene):
Go to the Salinas Street Circle (roundabout off of Salinas St).  Bear right 
on Sycamore Canyon Road.  Bear left on Stanwood Drive across the single 
lane bridge.  Take the first left on Conejo.  Follow Conejo up past two 
sharp turns and 327 will be on your right.  Parking is tight so car 
pool.  There are additional parking spaces up the hill.  Address is 327 
Conejo Rd.   Suggestion: if possible always go online (mapquest etc) or to 
your own maps for general verification of directions if you are unfamiliar 
with area.

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Other upcoming events, announcements & permaculture courses are listed 
below (not necessarily in chronological order):

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Sunday Aug 22
Workshop: Facilitating Permaculture with and for Children/(S.E.E.D. Workshop)
with Robina McCurdy, from Tui Community, New Zealand
A one day workshop for teachers & educators will be held on Sunday Aug 22,
10-4:30pm, with Robina McCurdy of the Institute of Earthcare Education
Aotearoa (the indigenous Maori name for New Zealand), a non-profit
charitable trust committed to the ethics and practices of
sustainability.  The workshop will be held at the Community Environmental
Council Gildea Resource Center, a five acre site with gardens and passive
solar buildings,  in Santa Barbara, California.  Cost $75 ($60 if paid by
Aug 8). Please make checks for workshop out to: SB Permaculture Network, 
312 E. Sola St, #1,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

DESCRIPTION:

FACILITATING PERMACULTURE WITH/FOR CHILDREN
- for school teachers and environmentally caring parents and resource
people.
This workshop is an introduction to the work of S.E.E.D. (Schools
Environmental Education & Development), an Earthcare Education Aotearoa
programme which Robina developed and piloted over seven years, that is now
established in South Africa and Brazil and influencing school programmes in
Australia and NZ. S.E.E.D. works in cooperation with teachers, students and
parents to create a practically applied integrated land-use design for the
school grounds as a comprehensive outdoor classroom. It combines the
following elements: community participation, culture (eg song, drama,
dance), environmental awareness, permaculture design, practical
implementation of the design by children, teachers and parents together.
S.E.E.D. recognizes schools as community resources and communities as school
resources, and the training incorporates strategies to strengthen this
relationship.
This workshop is a hands-on introduction for practical educators, in the
principles and some methods of the S.E.E.D. programme.
It will cover:
* permaculture education within your school¹s curriculum
* some methods of school community participation and decisionmaking
* site survey and permaculture design at each age group/class level
* some practical implementation with children eg gardens, playgrounds, water
features, nature conservation areas
* environmental & gardening clubs & after-school programmes* children¹s
gardens and nature areas at home

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Aug 23, 7pm, donation $5
Transforming Schools Through Permaculture, SLIDE SHOW with Robina McCurdy
Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu St., SB

Description:
TRANSFORMING SCHOOLS THROUGH PERMACULTURE -  Slide show & talk depicting
the stages of S.E.E.D. (Schools Environmental Education & Development),
which Robina began developing in New Zealand schools and later piloted as a
fully fledged 'environmental education in action' programme in squatter
settlements of Capetown, South Africa, funded by the Danish, British & NZ
High Commissions.
Robina McCurdy is a state and Steiner trained primary school teacher, and
has a Permaculture Diploma in Trusteeship, Media and Education, and
qualifications in Seed Technology. For three decades Robina has been
engaged in broadscale community development, and for the past 18 years in
permaculture design and teaching, organic growing, the development of
environmental education resources and the creation of participatory
processes for decision making and collective action. She has taught and
applied these powerful community-building methods with households,
neighbourhoods, schools, farms, ecovillages and bioregions, in Aotearoa/New
Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Brazil and USA. her website is
www.planetorganic.org.nz

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OTHER WORKSHOPS AND SLIDE SHOWS IN SOUTHERN CALIF FEATURING ROBINA McCURDY:

Sat Aug 21 7pm San Luis Obispo Library, TUI COMMUNITY in AOTEAROA/NEW
ZEALAND, talk and slide show Admission $5

Tues Aug 24, 5pm. Dinner and Social to meet Robina McCurdy at the Farmer 
and the Cook Restaurant, Meiners Oaks (near Ojai) 805-640-9808, preceeds 
slide show held later in evening at Full Circle Farm.

Tues Aug 24 8pm Ojai Slide Show “Ecovillages & Sustainable Communities
around the Planet” with Robina McCurdy, Full Circle Farm, Donation $5

Thurs., Aug. 26, 7:30 pm Los Angeles . COMMUNITY GLUE.Slide Show /Talk L.A.
Eco-Village, 117 Bimini Place, Los Angeles 90004, 213/738-1254 Robina
shares global examples of processes and activities which build healthy
community and bind it together, followed by discussion. $10 (sliding scale ok)

Fri. Aug. 27, and Sat Aug. 28 Los Angeles 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
"Creating a Culture of Abundance in Urban Ecovillages" $100 - $200 (sliding 
scale).
Make check out to CRSP and send to 117 Bimini Place #221, Los Angeles CA
90004 by August 23.

SUN AUG 29, 9-4:30: Path to Freedom Urban Homestead, a sustainable living
resource center, in Pasadena, CA. A one day workshop: Design in Partnership
with Nature. Sliding scale: $135 - $45. Space is limited to 25-30 people
for this event, so please reserve and send payment by August 19th. Contact:
Anais Dervaes Email: dervaes at pathtofreedom.com Website: www.PathtoFreedom.com

Sun 29 Aug 7pm, Pasadena Slideshow: Permaculture Gardens Around the Planet, 
with Robina McCurdy, Sliding scale, $15 - $5). Contact: Anais Dervaes 
Email: dervaes at pathtofreedom.com
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Other Permaculture Events & Workshops:

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Sept.10-12, Natural Patterns and Permaculture Principles: Ecological Design
Workshop Tunitas Creek Ranch, Half Moon Bay, CA
With Toby Hemenway and Larry Santoyo
Two highly skilled and articulate Permaculture teachers, Toby Hemenway,
author of Gaia’s Garden, A Guide to Home Scale Permaculture, and  Larry 
Santoyo,
Permaculture designer, will present a system of practical techniques that 
develop the skills of ecological
design. The workshop will empower you to work with the land and apply
design principles that increase the diversity, resilience and harmony of
your own home-landscape or farm.
For more info www.bioneers.org, e-mail agworkshops at bioneers.org or call
831-338-1202. If you are ready to register, call the Bioneers main office
toll-free at 877-246-6337, ext. 115.

Sept. 18 Sat.- Oct.1. Fri.PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE
near Boynton Canyon in Sedona. Arizona
Permaculture Teacher is Larry Santoyo
This course is a residential two week "intensive" on ten remote wilderness
acres at the foothills of the red rocks near Boynton Canyon in Sedona. The
main structure on the property is a monolithic dome powered by wind and solar.
Full two week intensive, $1050, Per each 4 day block, $350, Per individual
class day, $90
Cost includes: Tuition & registration, Materials, Field Trips,
Certification (for full 2 week intensive only), Camping & Meals.
Contact Donna Lay at 928-634-5304www.arizonapermaculture.org
lukericker at earthlink.net

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Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571
sbpcnet at silcom.com
www.sbpermaculture.org

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order 
to grow." - Anonymous

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571
sbpcnet at silcom.com
www.sbpermaculture.org

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order 
to grow." - Anonymous