permaculture

[Keith Johnson <keithdj@sonic.net>]

Keith Johnson wrote:
> 
> Penny & James wrote:
> >
> > SUSTAINABLE BUILDING:
> > >>LEARNING FROM TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES
> > >>
> > >>SLIDE SHOW AND PRESENTATION BY IANTO EVANS
> > >>At Open Secret Bookstore & Cafe
> > >>October 23, 1997  ~  7:30 to 9:30
> > >>Suggested donation: $10 to $20
> > >>No one turned away for lack of funds
> > >>
> > >>All over the world traditional peoples have used natural building 
> > >>materials
> > >>with reverence and respect for the materials, for their cultural 
> > >>heritage,
> > >>and for the land on which they live. This slide show gives us a profound
> > >>look into the creation of sacred places and the inspirations from which
> > >>wonderful buildings arise.
> > >>Ianto Evans receives his inspiration from extensive work with 
> > >>traditional
> > >>cultures and from the observation of nature. Ianto is a landscape
> > >>architect, applied ecologist, inventor, writer and teacher with building
> > >>experience on six continents. He teaches ecological building and has 
> > >>been a
> > >>consultant for USAID, World Bank, US Peace Corps and foreign 
> > >>governments.
> > >>Ianto encourages and empowers people to take charge of creating their 
> > >>own
> > >>housing by using healthy, resource-efficient and regionally appropriate
> > >>building materials and systems.
> > >>Directions to Open Secret Book Store:
> > >>From San Francisco: Take Hwy. 101 north and exit at the Central San 
> > >>Rafael
> > >>exit. Turn left on Third Street and right onto C Street.
> > >>From the East Bay: Take Hwy. 580 to the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge and
> > >>follow the signs to Hwy. 101 north.  Proceed as above.
> > >>From Sonoma: Take Hwy. 101 south and exit at the Central San Rafael 
> > >>exit.
> > >>Turn right on Third Street and right onto C Street.
> > >>
> > >>This event is sponsored by Dovetail Coalition, a non-profit
> > >>Organization committed to building sustainable communities.
> > >>For more information please call (415) 460-1585 or e-mail 
> > >>dovetail@igc.org
> > >>
> > >>COB AND NATURAL
> > >>BUILDING MATERIALS
> > >>A "GET-YOUR-HANDS-DIRTY" WORKSHOP
> > >>WITH IANTO EVANS AND LINDA SMILEY
> > >>Saturday and Sunday,
> > >>Oct. 25 & 26
> > >>in Occidental
> > >>(about 40 miles north of San Francisco)
> > >>
> > >>Ianto and Linda will present a workshop on building with Cob, a method 
> > >>of
> > >>building using a mixture of earth, sand and straw. Ianto is originally 
> > >>from
> > >>Wales where Cob has traditionally been used for centuries. Ianto and 
> > >>Linda
> > >>live in Oregon and run the Cob Cottage Company.  Both are master 
> > >>cobbers.
> > >>Linda, also a therapist, focuses on intuitive design, sculpting sacred
> > >>space, and building from the inside out. They are committed to helping
> > >>people realize the possibility of escaping the current enmeshment in the
> > >>consumerist model of building and of showing how beautiful, alive,
> > >>healthful living spaces can be created with a minimal flow of cash,
> > >>resources and waste.
> > >>In this workshop we will scavenge the land and explore how to best make
> > >>decisions about using different kinds of materials.  Some of the 
> > >>materials
> > >>we will use and combine are undressed stone, roundwood, earth and straw.
> > >>During the weekend we will construct a small sculptural garden 
> > >>structure.
> > >>This workshop is especially suited for builders, contractors and 
> > >>architects.
> > >>Cost: $225  This includes Thursday night lecture; Saturday evening 
> > >>garden
> > >>tour and dinner at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center; a second and 
> > >>different
> > >>slide show in which Ianto shows beautiful earthen buildings from around 
> > >>the
> > >>world with special focus on recent development in North America; 
> > >>overnight
> > >>camping; and Sunday breakfast & lunch. To register or to receive more
> > >>information call or e-mail Dovetail Coalition.
> > >>
> > >>This event is sponsored by Dovetail Coalition, a non-profit
> > >>organization committed to building sustainable communities.
> > >>For more information please call (415) 460-1585 or e-mail 
> > >>dovetail@igc.org
> > >>Thanks, Nancy McGinley of the Dovetail Coalition
> > >>=======================
> > >>>-- please keep on reading if you are interested in homeless activist 
> > >>>work.
> > >>>
> > >>>The Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco, is in need of student 
> > >>>interns
> > >>>to help coordinate a homeless squatter housing project.  The project is
> > >>>called the Vehicularly Housed Residential Community (VHRC) project: a
> > >>>project being developed by a community of squatter's living in 
> > >>>vehicles in
> > >>>the China Basin area following a model of tenant run housing.
> > >>>
> > >>>This is a very exciting project as it has grown out of months of 
> > >>>community
> > >>>organizing, and because no similar model of homeless housing exists 
> > >>>like
> > >>>this in San Francisco (perhaps in the country).  The basic scenario is 
> > >>>that
> > >>>the City of San Francisco will lease property in the China Basin area; 
> > >>>a
> > >>>nonprofit housing organization will temporarily manage the property 
> > >>>until
> > >>>the tenant organization is established enough to takeover management 
> > >>>of the
> > >>>property; and tenants will takeover management of property which 
> > >>>includes
> > >>>maintenance of the site, paying of lease, employment generation 
> > >>>programs,
> > >>>etc..  This is a pilot project which, if successful, will provide a 
> > >>>model
> > >>>for the City San Francisco and non-profit housing organizations to 
> > >>>develop
> > >>>similar temporary housing projects.
> > >>>
> > >>>If this sounds interesting to you (it could easily be integrated into a
> > >>>design project, or a research project) and if you have time to 
> > >>>volunteer at
> > >>>the Coalition on Homelessness (even just 1 day a week), then please 
> > >>>call me
> > >>>at 510 -- 628 -- 0735; or email me at <apsalazar@igc.org>; or you can 
> > >>>call
> > >>>Judy Appel or Mara Raider at the Coalition of Homelessness, 415 -- 346 
> > >>>--
> > >>>9693.
> > >>
> > >>>-- thank you,
> > >>>Alex Salazar, MS graduate student, architecture
> > >>>
> > >>>P.S. please pass this email onto other people who might be interested 
> > >>>in
> > >>>this kind of work.
> > >>
> > >
> > >A. George Beeler,  NCARB
> > >Principal Architect
> > >AIM Associates
> > >210  Fourth  Street, Petaluma, CA 94952-4201
> > >707*763*3300 ® FAX 763*6489
> > > E-mail  AIMassocia@metro.net.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> 
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> Keith
> keithdj@sonic.net

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