[Scpg] OCT/NOV 2008 Santa Barbara Permaculture Network/Upcoming Events

Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network lakinroe at silcom.com
Mon Oct 27 06:24:18 PDT 2008


Hi Everyone-


	We just returned from our trip to the 
annual Bioneers Conference (www.bioneers.org ) in 
San Rafael, Calif, where we had a exhibit booth 
promoting the International Permaculture 
Conference (IPC9) in Africa in 2009 to a 
receptive audience of over 3000 attendees. It was 
wonderful sharing the vision of the African 
organizers for this event with it's theme "Plan 
Africa ~-Food and Empowerment" (www.ipc9.org), 
and we come home ready to go to work helping them 
achieve some of their goals as part of the IPC9 
support committee.

	Always inspiring, especially in times of 
great change, this Bioneers conference especially 
meaningful as we try and figure out if we really 
are ready for a paradigm shift.  Yikes, sounds 
great in theory, but a little scary as it unfolds 
in reality.  Climate Change for all the Bioneers 
presenters seemed to be the underlying theme and 
as David Orr expressed, "the greatest challenge 
of our times"  with only a small window of time 
to solve, all hands on deck!  And with a federal 
government that currently doesn't even have an 
energy plan, how could this be? Other countries 
do and are moving towards a future without using 
carbon as an energy source.  Sweden for instance, 
has a plan to phase out all fossil fuels and 
nuclear power by 2020.  These are dirty and 
dangerous ways to derive energy, we can do better.

	Bill McKibben, David Orr, Janine Beynus, 
Naomi Klein all expressed the need to rally 
around this issue, or we don't have a future, and 
suggest forming a strong constituency to 
influence the next president spending his first 
100 days in office with a focus on this issue. 
We only have about 7 years to reduce emissions by 
20%, and then continue to reduce by 80% over the 
next 20 years.  This will mean massive change for 
all of us, but is entirely possible, and as true 
with most paradigm shifts, could be the best 
thing to happen to us, hmn, a green collar 
economy?  Just needs some focus, and creative, 
innovative thinking, what permaculture is all 
about.

It's hard to hear all of this and come home to 
daily routine and business as usual, always the 
dilemma.  So we share a few resources learned 
from the Bioneers presenters, hope you will 
inform yourselves, find ways to act:


www.1sky.org, One Sky Campaign, Climate 
Leadership NOW movement, encouraging initiatives 
on municipal, state and national levels.


  www.biomimicryinstitute .org Biomimicry's 
Climate-Change solutions: "How Would Nature Do 
It". San Diego and it's Clean Tech Initiative to 
be a Biomimicry hub.


Presidential Climate Action Project - PCAP What 
should the next President do about Global 
Warming?  A national initiative to develop bold 
and decisive climate action plan for the next 
President.   www.climateactionproject.com


"The Green Collar Economy", by Van Jones, 
currently on the NY Times best seller list. 

	We hope you will join us as we continue 
to learn about permaculture and sustainable 
solutions from other parts of the world, with our 
next in the ongoing series "Permaculture Around 
the World", this time with architect Michal Vital 
of the BUSTAN permaculture Center in the Negev 
Desert of Israel, please see below for more 
information.  David Eisenberg is here as a part 
of  a week long Natural Building Colloquium, he 
has an evening lecture Green Building and Beyond 
the public is welcome to attend in Ventura, 
details also below.  And check out what 
permaculturist Devin Slavin is up to in Ventura 
with his Grow Food Party Crew and Growing Gardens 
of Gratitude - A Village Building Convergence in 
November on You Tube ( 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwwHWln08Z4) 
Transform neighborhoods in a weekend? Well maybe 
another world is possible.

This is a very limited sampling of all the things 
that occur in our community, we suggest 
subscribing to the South Coast Permaculture Guild 
listserve to be to be alerted to all the 
permaculture events happening in our region, all 
groups and organizations represented, so much 
going on 
www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/scpg.
. We truly are a community, have many "barn raising" happening all the time.

Hope to see you at an event soon-
Margie Bushman
SB Permaculture Network



Upcoming Events:


Saturday, Oct 28, 7-9pm
  Santa Barbara Permaculture Network "Permaculture Around the World Series"
  Talk with Michal Vital, "Bustan Sustainable 
Community Action for Land & People,
  Working at the Nexus of Social and Environmental 
Justice in the Negev Region of Israel
  SB Public Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu St, Santa Barbara
  No reservations needed, Fundraiser donation for BUSTAN, $10
  More info, (805) 962-2571, margie at sbpermaculture.org,  www.sbpermaculture.org



Wednesday, Oct 29th, 6:30 p.m., Free
  Green Building and Beyond - With David Eisenberg
  Transitioning to Sustainability
  Today, many changes are taking place in how 
buildings and developments are designed and built 
as well as how they are regulated. Green 
building, Smart Growth, and Sustainable 
Development are becoming commonplace terms and 
many new programs, codes and standards are 
emerging to accommodate these changes. Yet there 
is still a disconnect between the level of the 
changes in codes and standards and the programs 
being put into place, and the level needed to 
adequately respond to what the scientific 
community tells us is needed today.
  Poinsettia Pavilion, 3451 Foothill Road, Ventura, CA


Nov 21-Nov 23, 2008
  Grow Food Party Crew
  Growing Gardens of Gratitude - A Village Building Convergence
  Ventura, CA
  Is it possible to transform a town into an edible oasis in one weekend?
  Imagine cruising around town with friends and 
neighbors in a garden planting celebration like no
  other! Imagine hundreds of people doing this all 
over Ventura, CA on the same weekend – as one
  giant party of gratitude!
  Join us in making our town an abundant, edible 
paradise of fruits, berries, nuts, veggies and 
flowers
  (more info below)
  AbundanceInBalance.com



December Preview, Save the Date:
  Sat, Dec 6, All Day
  Annual Roadtrip to Cal-Earth (The California 
Institute of Earth Art & Architecture)
   in Hesperia, to visit demonstration site of 
structures built by visionary architect, Nader 
Kahlili.
  This is an amazing adventure see what can be done with earth
  with truly low cost beautiful housing that does not tax the earth's biological
  resources. We will leave Santa Barbara at 6:30am 
and be back by 6 pm. Potluck Lunch.
  For more info call Wes Roe at
  964-1555 or email wes at sbpermaculture.
  More info and wonderful photos at: www.Calearth.org
   

In Depth, More Details:

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network ~Permaculture Around the World Series~
Bustan Sustainable Community Action for Land & People
Working at the Nexus of Social and Environmental 
Justice in the Negev Region of Israel
  with Michal Vital

Tuesday, October 28, 7-9pm 2008
Fundraiser Donation for BUSTAN, $10
Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery


         Santa Barbara Permaculture Network hosts 
the second in the series “Permaculture Around the 
World” on Tuesday, October 28 with Michal Vital, 
Israeli Architect and Eco-builder, speaking about 
her involvement with the non-profit BUSTAN, in 
the Negev Desert of Israel. 

	The word "bustan" refers to a 
fruit-yielding orchard in both Hebrew and Arabic 
and symbolizes the work of Bustan 
(www.bustan.org). It is a partnership of Jewish 
and Arab eco-builders, architects, academics, and 
farmers promoting social and environmental 
justice in Israel/Palestine with a focus on the 
Bedouin villages of the Negev Desert.  BUSTAN 
utilizes the principles of permaculture and 
non-violent direct action across ethnic divides. 

	Founded in 1999, Bustan's first project 
was a two day festival in the "unrecognized" 
village of Dreijatt, bringing together hundreds 
of Bedouin and Jewish Israelis, celebrating 
cultural diversity, mutual education on history 
and environmental issues, and collecting 
signatures for a petition to recognize the 
village with legal status.  Two months later the 
village was formerly recognized.  In 2003 Bustan 
organized five hundred Jewish and Bedouin 
volunteers to build an entirely sustainable 
medical clinic in the village of Wadi el Na'am. 
This strawbale solar powered structure is 
featured in the book, "Build Like You Give A 
Damn", and was nominated for the Aga Khan Award, 
one of the most prestigious architecture prizes 
in the world.  At another village a school dump 
was transformed into a water conserving orchard, 
while teaching children about local ecology  In 
2007 Bustan moved to Beersheva and opened the 
Green Center and began teaching ongoing 
permaculture workshops and trainings. Bustan 
views sustainability in both political and 
environmental terms and works for common Jewish 
and Bedouin interests.

	The Negev is a rocky desert region with 
dusty mountain ranges, dry riverbeds (wadis) and 
unique deep craters imprinted on the landscape. 
It is the  largest, yet most peripheral region of 
the country, located in southern Israel, and 
makes up 60% of Israel's land, but only 8% of 
Israel's population live there.  A fragile 
environment, it hosts Israel's largest toxic 
waste dump Romat Hovav, a nuclear power plant, 
petro-chemical factories, a waste incinerator and 
other environmental hazards. Local populations 
already marginalized are particularly vulnerable 
to these health hazards. Romat Hovav is located 
near Beersheva, the main city of Negev, and since 
its opening has had a history of leakages, 
overflows, and failures.

	Michal Vital is a nationally renowned 
planner and green building consultant and 
volunteer with BUSTAN since its inception. 
Michal was one of the team leaders that built 
BUSTAN's strawbale medical clinic, and has 
planned numerous ecologically friendly buildings 
throughout the country.  She was the lead teacher 
of BUSTAN'S first permaculture course. She will 
be speaking in Santa Monica, Santa Barbara and 
San Francisco area as part of her Bustan Speaking 
Tour titled "Permaculture for Justice".

The event takes place at the Santa Barbara Public 
Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu St, in 
downtown Santa Barbara, on Tuesday, October 28, 
7-9pm, 2008.  No reservations are required, 
fundraiser donation for BUSTAN $10. For more 
information please call (805) 962-2571, or email 
<mailto:margie at sbpermaculture.org>margie at sbpermaculture.org; 
www.sbpermaculture.org. Sponsored by the Santa 
Barbara Permaculture Network and Sustainable 
Habitats.


Bustan Speaking Tour "Permaculture for Justice". 
Santa Monica, Santa Barbara  and Walnut Creek 
Oct 27-Oct 29 2008


Oct 27, 7pm Santa Monica Public Library, 601 
Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica , on Monday, 
October 27, 7-9pm, 2008.  No reservations are 
required, fundraiser donation for BUSTAN $10. For 
more information please call (323) 667-1330, or 
email  David Kahn <info at sustainablehabitats.org> 
Sponsored by Sustainable Habitats. 
www.sustainablehabitats.org and the Santa Barbara 
Permaculture Network  www.sbpermaculture.org



Oct 28 , 7pm Santa Barbara Public Library, 
Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu St, in downtown 
Santa Barbara, on Tuesday, October 28, 7-9pm, 
2008.  No reservations are required, fundraiser 
donation for BUSTAN $10. For more information 
please call (805) 962-2571, or email 
<mailto:margie at sbpermaculture.org>margie at sbpermaculture.org; 
www.sbpermaculture.org. Sponsored by the Santa 
Barbara Permaculture Network and Sustainable 
Habitats.


  October 29th, 6 PM , Walnut Creek.  CA (near San 
Francisco)  The home of Sergio Lub,  Please email 
Sergio 
(<mailto:sergio at sergiolub.com>sergio at sergiolub.com 
) to RSVP and for specific directions$20 and an 
item for a potluck meal, all proceeds benefit 
BUSTAN.

<<<<<<<

Green Building and Beyond - With David Eisenberg
Transitioning to Sustainability
Wednesday, October 29th
6:30 p.m.
Poinsettia Pavilion
3451 Foothill Road, Ventura, CA
(A Free Event)
Today, many changes are taking place in how 
buildings and developments are designed and built 
as well as how they are regulated. Green 
building, Smart Growth, and Sustainable 
Development are becoming commonplace terms and 
many new programs, codes and standards are 
emerging to accommodate these changes. Yet there 
is still a disconnect between the level of the 
changes in codes and standards and the programs 
being put into place, and the level needed to 
adequately respond to what the scientific 
community tells us is needed today.

Faced with the realities of a lower-carbon 
future, along with growing concerns about the 
supply and cost of energy, water and other 
critical resources, we need to look beyond old 
assumptions about how we address these emerging 
crises, and no sector contributes more to the 
problems or presents greater opportunities going 
forward than the built environment. A new dialog 
is needed to open the doors to truly sustainable 
practices. This dialog must be able to cut across 
the artificially constructed boundaries between 
disciplines and areas of regulatory 
responsibility-to create a regulatory system that 
is as deeply integrated and comprehensive in 
balancing risk and innovation as the leading edge 
projects that are being planned and designed to 
surpass the current minimum standards.

If you have something to contribute to this 
dialog, please join us in this process.


Don't miss this fantastic line-up of speakers. 
The topic will be Green Building, Natural 
Building, and the disconnect between building 
codes, standards, programs, and true 
sustainability.

Key Note Speaker: <http://www.dcat.net/about_dcat/staff.php>David Eisenberg

Panel Speakers:

Brenden McEneaney, Green Building Program Advisor for the City of Santa Monica
Jim MacDonald, CBO Director of Building and Safety for the County of Ventura
Brandy Gallagher, founder and developer of O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE
Paula Baker-Laporte, FAIA author of “Prescriptions for a Healthy Home”
Robert Laporte, Natural Builder, co-founder and 
steward of the EcoNest Company \

<<<

Grow Food Party Crew Presents:
Growing Gardens of Gratitude - A Village Building Convergence

November Twenty-First through Twenty-Third, 2008, Ventura, CA

Is it possible to transform a town into an edible oasis in one weekend?

Imagine cruising around town with friends and 
neighbors in a garden planting celebration like no
other! Imagine hundreds of people doing this all 
over Ventura, CA on the same weekend – as one
giant party of gratitude!

Join us in making our town an abundant, edible 
paradise of fruits, berries, nuts, veggies and 
flowers!

Register with one or more of the following options:
1. APPLY to be a Party Crew Facilitator – leading 
the design and project implementation of multiple
gardens.
2. Become a Party Crew Member – plant gardens, 
play music, cook food, promote the party,
whatever else we can think of!
3. Request a garden at a site in your 
neighborhood - IE house, community area, business 
or school
4. Make a donation - of materials, money, or help advertising.

Visit 
<http://groups.google.com>http://groups.google.com 
and search for "Grow Food Party Crew"
•Check the Discussions on Growing Gardens of 
Gratitude for updates and more information.
•In the files section, download the Gratitude 
Gardens Registration Form and email it to
<mailto:growfoodpartycrew at gmail.com> growfoodpartycrew at gmail.com
"The only limitation is the imagination of the designer." -Bill Mollison
--
Devin Slavin
Regenerative Design & Education
AbundanceInBalance.com

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Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
    an educational non-profit since 2000
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie at sbpermaculture.org
  www.sbpermaculture.org

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

First Annual Southern California Permaculture Convergence August 2008
  http://socalifornia.permacultureconvergence.org
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