[permaculture] Friday /Oct 31 Sustainable World Radio with Interview Michal Vital Israeli Eco-builder/Activist /Bustan Jewish & Bedouin partnership in Negev Region of Israel / KCSB 91.9fm / 9-10 am streaming live

Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network lakinroe at silcom.com
Wed Oct 29 09:41:05 EDT 2008


Sustainable World Radio:  Fridays at 9-10 am am PST on KCSB 91.9 FM 
Santa Barbara, California and streaming live on www.kcsb.org. Also 
found on www.sustainableworldradio.com, later in the month


Join Jill Cloutier of Art of Sustainable World Radio on Fri Oct 31, 
9-10 am , for an interview  Michal Vital is a nationally renowned 
architect and green building consultant and volunteer with BUSTAN 
www.bustan.org.  Michal was one of the team leaders that built 
BUSTAN's strawbale medical clinic . The Negev is a rocky desert 
region and 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 health hazards 
caused by these. Bustan views sustainability in both political and 
environmental terms and works for common Jewish and Bedouin 
interests. She was the lead teacher of BUSTAN'S first permaculture 
course



MORE INFO ON MICHAL VITAL AND FUNDRAISING TOUR FOR BUSTAN
~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

  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 health hazards caused by 
these. 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".


Permaculture (PERMAnent agriCULTURE) is a design system based on 
ecological principles for creating sustainable human environments.

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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 
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 (sergio at sergiolub.com ) to 
RSVP and for specific directions$20 and an item for a potluck meal, 
all proceeds benefit BUSTAN.


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


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