permaculture

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson <lakinroe@silcom.com>]

 NOTE ALSO in LA Sat Oct 1 Potluck 6 pm Lecture/Slide Show 7:30 Los 
Angeles Eco-Village see below pressrelease
                                                Contact: Camille Cimino
Los Angeles Permaculture Guild
(213) 480-8002, email: camcim@yahoo.com

SANTA BARBARA PERMACULTURE NETWORK and LA PERMACULTURE GUILD
Presents:
David Theodoropoulos Author of
"Invasion Biology: A Critique of a Pseudoscience."
Tuesday, Oct 4 , 2005
Evening Lecture and Book Signing  6 - 8pm
Farmer and the Cook Restaurant Meiners Oaks (Ojai) CA

David I. Theodoropoulos, is an independent conservation biologist 
specializing in germplasm conservation, seed banking, the biology of 
anthropogenic dispersal, ethnobotany, and scientific ethics.  He also is 
actively interested in issues concerning the biological commons, the 
cultural commons, belief-systems in science, intellectual property, 
centralization/control vs. decentralization/decontrol, and man-nature 
relationships.  His special interest is study of the history, structure and 
development of the pseudoscience of invasion biology.

On Tuesday, October 4, at 6pm, the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network and 
Los Angeles Permaculture Guild  host  - David Theodoropoulous of  The J.L. 
Hudson Ethnobotanical Catalog of Seeds - Preservation Through 
Dissemination. 
<http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/>www.jlhudsonseeds<http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/>.net/ 
( largest grassroots, public-accessseed bank, )   for a Booksigning/Lecture 
for his recently released book  "Invasion Biology: A Critique of a 
Pseudoscience." <http://dtheo.org/>http://dtheo<http://dtheo.org/>.org/  at 
Farmer and Cook Restaurant Meiners Oaks.

Invasion biology holds the belief that biological invasions of plant and 
animal species are amongst the most significant threats to  biodiversity 
worldwide. And that invasive species cause local extinctions, threaten 
biodiversity and drastically alter ecosystem structures and functioning. 
David Theodoropoulos through his book "Invasion Biology: A Critique of a 
Pseudoscience." challenges the premises and theories of Invasion Biology.

David is an accomplished ethnobotanist, having worked with a 
Zapotec/mestizo community for over 25 years. In 1973 he established a 
grassroots, public-access seed bank, The J.L. Hudson Ethnobotanical Catalog 
of Seeds - Preservation Through Dissemination. In 1988, he established Las 
Sombras Biological Preserve  for the preservation, study, and long-term 
ecological research into the local biota, and for the ex situ preservation 
of threatened plants. Currently, David maintains ex situ populations of 
plants which are threatened or of conservation concern, from South America, 
MesoAmerica, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, and eastern North America, as 
well as Californian plants of concern.

The event takes place at:

The Farmer and the Cook Restaurant

339 W. El Roblar Meiner's Oaks, CA  93023 (near Ojai) (805) 449-8929

6-8pm  come early for Great Food .



Contact for event  Camille Cimino, Los Angeles Permaculture Guild

(213) 480-8002, email: 
<mailto:camcim@yahoo.com>camcim<mailto:camcim@yahoo.com>@yahoo.com.



Books will be for sale at event.

Sponsors: Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Ojai Permaculture Guild and 
Los Angeles Permaculture Guild

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The Los Angeles Permaculture Guild in co-ordination
with the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Los
Angeles Eco-Village, and Farmer and the Cook would
like to present:
Booksigning Tour/Lecture/Slideshow - David
Theodoropoulous Author of "Invasion Biology: A
Critique of a Pseudoscience."
http://dtheo.org/
Owner of J.L Hudson, seedsman the largest public
access seed bank in the US.
http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/
David Thedoropoulous will be presenting his book via a
slide show and lecture at 2 locations in Southern
California.
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Saturday Oct 1
Potluck 6 pm
Lecture/Slide Show 7:30
Los Angeles Eco-Village
117 Bimini Pl. #205
Los Angeles, CA 90004
$5 - 15 sliding scale
For more information please contact Camille Cimino
(213) 480-8002 (camcim@yahoo.com) or Joan Stevens
(mamabotanica@sbcglobal.net).

Tuesday October 4
6-8 Lecture /Slide Show
Come Early for GREAT food!
Farmer & the Cook
339 W. El Roblar
Meiner's Oaks, CA 93023
(805) 449-8929
For more information please contact Camille Cimino
(213) 480-8002 (camcim@yahoo.com).
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David I. Theodoropoulos, is an independent
conservation biologist specializing in germplasm
conservation, seed banking, the biology of
anthropogenic dispersal, ethnobotany, and scientific
ethics. He also is actively interested in issues
concerning the biological commons, the cultural
commons, belief-systems in science, intellectual
property, centralization/control vs.
decentralization/decontrol, and man-nature
relationships. His special interest is study of the
history, structure and development of the
pseudoscience of invasion biology.
David is an accomplished ethnobotanist, having worked
with a Zapotec/mestizo community for over 25 years.
In 1973 he established a grassroots, public-access
seed bank, The J.L. Hudson Ethnobotanical Catalog of
Seeds - Preservation Through Dissemination.
In 1988, he established Las Sombras Biological
Preserve for the preservation, study, and long-term
ecological research into the local biota, and for the
ex situ preservation of threatened plants. Currently,
David maintains ex situ populations of plants which
are threatened or of conservation concern, from South
America, MesoAmerica, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia,
and eastern North America, as well as Californian
plants of concern.
He is a member of a variety of scientific
organizations dedicated to expanding the boundaries of
knowledge about biology, botany, restoration ecology,
ethnobiology, and wild lands preservation. David has
published widely on topics related to his areas of
research as well as presented his ideas at conferences
and meetings