From: Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson <lakinroe@silcom.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] Upcoming Permaculture Events for Southern CA and West Coast US Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec 2003/Jan 2004
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:24:11 -0700
All these events will be listed in the next issue of Hopedance
Magazine Sept/Oct
www.hopedance.org please subscribe and help support the magazine which supports
Permaculture by listing all our events in the Permaculture Calendar and
articles from the Permaculture Community
Permaculture Discussion Group to Cover Permaculture Principles and
Practises in Santa Barbara CA
Meeting 2nd Thursday of the month at members houses most months Thurs Sept 11 6:30 at Owen Dell Watershed Activist and Landscape
Architect House
Thurs Oct 2 6:30 at Claire Kellerman's Place This will be an interactive meeting showing video covering many parts
of a lecture series on Permaculture Design by Bill Mollison one of the
founders of Permaculture , audio tapes, other Permaculture Videos, slides
and discussion each month.
For more info and directions and location contact Margie Bushman
805-962-2571 or lakinroe@silcom.com
Check out Santa Barbara Permaculture Network new website of Permaculture
Activities
www.sbpermaculture.org
Permaculture Discussion Group Meetings in Downtown San Diego Ca
Contact San Diego Permaculture Center sdecc@igc.org (619)
298-8879
Permaculture Talks lead by Marcia Boruta followed by a walk and
discussion around the immediate community
Permaculture Discussion Group in Ojai Monthly Meetings Contact for monthly meetings Jodi Womack 805-646-4450 x2
Jodi@davidco.com and
DorothyWallstein<dwallstein@uncommonconsulting.com> 646 0752.
Introductory Permaculture (PC) Group East County San Diego Contact Barbara Lind bslind@earthlink.net:
Urban Permaculture Design Course Los Angeles, Ca (6 weekends) with, Larry Santoyo, Toby Hemmenway, Dr. Bill Roley, Lois Arkin
and Guests
August 9-10, August 16-17, August 30-31, September 6-7, September 20-21,
September 27-28
cost: $1200 for all 6 weekends ($1100 before 6-9-03) /$225 per weekend
/$125 per day
contact Larry Santoyo, 800.469
www.earthflow.com
September 10 and 11 Paolo Lugari, Fritjof Capra, Gunter Pauli,
Amory Lovins and Janine Benyus dialogue Sunrise Springs near Santa Fe New Mexico Cost of $1000 per
person is to serve as "self-taxation" to reduce global warming
through carbon sequestration, and after expenses will go to Las Gaviotas
to continue their highly successful reforestation program. (Paolo is also
helping us here in the west with our forestry issues). Cost includes four
organic meals Also includes a packet with a video of las gaviotas, the
las gaviotas book and a cd rom with the latest papers from the other
speakers, all of whom are donating their time for this event.
Contact
Lyndataylor@cybermesa.comwww.zeri.org
(international) 505-986-1454(ph) 505-986-6019(fx)
SEP 27 - OCT 10 Permaculture Design Course Penny Livingston, Brock Dolman with guest instructors
$1,100 (residential course); $100 late registration fee
In this two-week intensive course in sustainable systems design, participants will enjoy the great beauty at OAEC while learning how to design systems for sustainable, regenerative living. Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course.
Call (707) 874-1557 ext. 201 or e-mail inquiry@oaec.org www.oaec.org
Sept 28 - Oct 4 Coquille, OR Basics of Building with Cob: $640
Our most popular workshop teaches professionals and owner-builders the basics of cob construction in 7 to 9 intensive days.
Cob Cottage Company Box 123 Cottage Grove, OR 97424 www.cobcottage.com
Phone and FAX (541) 942-2005 Office hours are usually Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:00 - 5:00 PST
September 28(eve) - Oct 1, 2003 Deepening the Process of Pattern Application Advanced Permaculture Design with Ben Haggard and Michael Kramer Kalani Honua Oceanside Retreat, Big Island, Hawaii
$600 (campsite), $650 and up (w/lodging), all meals included. $400 for commuters. (meals extra). Contact: reservations@kalani.com, www.kalani.com, 800-800-6886, 808-965-7828
Sept. 28, 2003 6-month Permaculture Design Courses Online http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/frames.html
Check the above site for de tails. We also now offer the as much of the course as possible in self-study
form on CD. If your register as a course monitor when you order the CD, there is no additional charge.
Elfin Permaculture Barking Frogs Permaculture Center P.O. Box 52 Sparr FL 32192-0052 USA Permacltur@aol.com
Sept 27 - Oct 10 Permaculture Design Course Occidental College ,Occidental CA Penny Livingston, Brock Dolman with guest instructors
$1,100 (residential course)
OAEC: 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, CA 95465 (707) 874-1557 x201 inquiry@oaec.org
Sept 28 - Oct 4 Sustainable Resources 2003 Colorado
An international Forum connecting People with Hands -Ons Solutions to World Poverty
More information and online registration at <www.sustainableresources.org>.
Oct. Water and Grey Water ,Ecological design courses with Art Ludwig in Sante Fe New Mexico Amy Pilling at Ecoversity, 505 424-9797 x2#. www.ecoversity.org
October 3-5, Gaviotas founder Paolo Lugari Sunrise Ranch in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies
Join Gaviotas founder Paolo Lugari and Friends of Gaviotas for an interactive weekend retreat based on the 30-year experience of Gaviotas, Colombia. We will inquire about the social context that has fostered an amazing spirit of innovation at Gaviotas. www.friendsofgaviotas.orgcontact for info mail@friendsofgaviotas.org.
October 13-17, Sustainable Living 5-Day Intensive at Real Goods Hopland CA Day 1 Passive Solar and Ecological Design,Day 2 Introduction to Permaculture,Day 3 Sustainable Wastewater Design,Day 4 & 5 Introduction to Photovoltaics Cost $575
Register for a workshop online, by phone (1-707-744-2017) or write: Solar Living Institute PO Box 836 Hopland, CA 95449.
or email sli@solarliving.org http://www.solarliving.org
October 11-16, 2003 Permaculture Teacher Training Course Dimond Light Center for Transformational Healing Arts3602 Fruitvale Ave. Oakland, CA 94602
Cost $685 /$100. deposit required. Permaculture Teachers Michael Kramer and Christopher Peck.
Come learn a revolutionary way of teaching: apply the principles of permaculture to the teaching of permaculture. In this fun, interactive class you will learn powerful techniques gleaned from the wisdom of experienced teachers around the globe. Known worldwide as permaculture pranksters, they guarantee you will laugh, learn, and leave saying, "I can heal the world by teaching permaculture!" Special guest instructors include the amazing Brock Dolman and Penny Livingston!
Call Kat Steele for information /register at 510-547-7889 or download the detailed brochure www.holistic-solutions.net/classes.htm
and local permaculture webpage http://www.urbanpermacultureguild.org
Oct 26 -Nov 8 The New Strawbale Home Book signing and Slide Show Tour with Catherine Wanek Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Hopedance Magazine and South Coast Permaculture Guild will be sponsoring a Book Signing tour in Southern California from San Diego to San Francisco in last week of Oct and first week of Nov 2003) see AD and also contact 805-962-2571 sbpcnet@silcom.com for tour info dates in San Diego. Laguna Beach, LA, Ojai, Santa Barbara, SLO, Santa Cruz, Berkeley and San Francisco and Santa Rosa being planned or go to www.sbpcnet@silcom.com
Nov 25-Dec 6 Natural Building Ecological Living Experimental Construction Tlaxcala, Mexico Ianto Evans Cob Cottage Company http://www.deatech.com/cobcottage/ $950
P.O. Box 123 Cottage Grove, Oregon 97424 (541) 942-3021 or Telephone/FAX (541) 942-2005
November 30-December 12, 2003 Annual 2-Week Permaculture Design Course Lost Valley Educational Center
Contact 541-937-3351 info@lostvalley.org www.lostvalley.org
Jan 5-16, 2004: Plants in Human Affairs January Intensive. Ohana Keauhou Beach Resort on the Big Island's beautiful Kona Coast,
4-credit, 12-day intensive course explores humanity's ago-old symbiotic relationship to plants.
Ethnobotanist Kathleen Harrison and ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna,
this course covers the role of plants in the evolution of civilizations, wars, migrations, religion, spirituality,
art, medicine, and science. Guest lectures by local experts and frequent field trips bring the subject alive in one of the most beautiful and biodiverse environments on the planet. The Center for Spirituality and Healing (www.csh.umn.edu) is the integrated medicine program within the Academic Health Center at the University of Minnesota. Info and details of costs, credit, accommodations, www.csh.umn.edu/WhatsNew/index.html or contact Nancy Feinthel at 612 626-5166/ <feinthel@umn.edu>
January 4-18, 2004 Earth Activist Training..Starhawk and Penny Livingston-Stark Unique, visionary, and hands-dirty.. teach a two-week intensive that synergizes permaculture, effective activism, nature awareness, and spirituality:Next session J(registration by December 1). Location: coastal hills of Sonoma County, California.
Cost: $1100-$1600 sliding scale, loans and scholarships available (scholarship deadline November 1). vwww.earthactivisttraining.org. Questions? mer@starhawk.org or voicemail 707-583-2300, ext 119. Learn to create the world you want to live in!
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Ojai's Center for Regenerative Agriculture has a new website. Among its features is a photo essay on the proactive environmental education curriculum taught at the Happy Valley school. Please visit the site at http://www.ojaicra.org. The Permaculture photo essay is on the education page.David R. White PhD Center for Regenerative Agriculture PO Box 973 Ojai, CA 93024 (805) 646 9809
[permaculture] Upcoming Permaculture Events for Southern CA and West Coast US Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec 2003/Jan 2004,
Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson, 08/19/2003