a veggie community you might be interested in meeting

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I've been meeting new veggie friends at these functions. The first event, veggie food is served and with bus powered from vegan veggie oil. Sounds fun, next time,when I receive more notice, I will join them. (rest of the email you can just browse thru) (COB means building buildings with natural materials such as mud and straw, no natural resources are wasted)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below are other Permaculture announcements and happenings in our region of Southern California for the upcomingmonths of 2004: from the Guilds of the South Coast Permaculture Guild <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Journey to El Sapote February 14-15Journey with Common Vision to: El Sapote Food Forest and Exotic Nursery with Permaculture Elder Jerry Price February 14-15 (Sat-Sun)Weekend will include:-An abundance of exotic fruit -An intensive on food forestry -Organic vegetarian meals served with love -Drumming, singing, and dancing -Experience in nomadic eco-community living -work party (project to be announced) -morning yoga class with Michael (Vinyasa with an Iyengar underpinning) -sleeping accomidations in the Common Vision Yoga tunnel with Story-time

(story-teller yet to be appointed) - good friendsAs always, we will travel in Jah-Lioness, a school bus converted to run on vegetable oil containing an ever-growing library, solar electricity, a greenhouse for sprouting, drying racks for herbal medicines, a hygienic kitchen capable of feeding up to 500 at a time, sleeping accommodations for 12, and lots of musical instruments.Note: The veggie oil for this trip has mostly been collected from a vegan resturant. Our bus eats good.Weekend cost: $45-75 sliding scale. (includes food) No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.WWW.Commonvision.org Michael (831)588-9914 MichaelWe will leave from Claremont CA at 8:30am on Saturday and will return Sunday 8- 9:15pmFOOD FORESTRY -A Hands On Workshop Presented by The Center of Natural Design and

Open Circle LLC...February 21st, 2004 10:00am - 5:00pm De Luz Heights, California (N. San Diego County) RSVP for Directions 805.528.3763Visit one of the most mature food forest ecosystems on the west coast. Auniqueopportunity to explore a Southern California treasure, with Premier FoodForester Jerry Price and renowned Permaculture Designer Larry Santoyo...Learn about the hundreds of varieties of temperate, tropical and subtropicalfruits, medicine and timber...Food Forestry Workshop includes: * READING THE PATTERNS OF THE LANDSCAPE Site Planning; Deciding where to plant and why... Species Selection; Deciding what to plant and when... Understory; Plant guilds and companions * TREE CARE Art and Science of Tree Pruning Maintaining Optimal Health Maximizing Fruit Production * EARTH STEWARDSHIP Erosion Control Water Harvesting Earth Works * FRUIT TASTING & MORECost: $28 Suggested Donation

(no one will be turned away for lack of funds)Bring: Friends, Bag Lunch, Pruning tools, Water bottle, Gloves, Sturdy Footware.Stay for Campfire and Potluck Dinner... Camping available by prior arrangement.Tuesday Mar 9 6:30 pm Slide Show and Talk at Sedgwick Ranch near Los Olivosnear Santa Barbara ,with cob builders and authors Ianto Evans and Linda Smileyof Cob Cottage Company www.deatech.com/cobcottage. Map with direction from South exit #154 off Hwy #101 heading over San MacroPass and north #101 take Highway #154,http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/sedgwick/site_maps.html Contact Betty Siemens 698-3840.Thursday Mar 18 6:30, Potluck Followed By Slide Show and Talk $3 Donation With Ianto Evans and Linda Smiley cob builders and authors Ianto Evans andLinda Smiley Bring food to share. Community Environmental Council Gildea Center 930 Miramonte Dr, Santa BarbaraCA Contact Margie Bushman South Coast Permaculture Guild 805-962-2571sbpcnet www.sbpermaculture.orgFriday Mar 19 3:00 pm Open house at the Cob Building site outside Los Olivos Call Betty Siemens 698-3840. Come visit , view Cob Building in Action and talk the experts Ianto Evans andLinda Smiley of Cob Cottage CompanyHAND SCULPTED HOUSES Ever wonder what to do with the clay under your feet? Build a cob cottage!

Ianto Evans and Linda Smiley and coauthors of the book, "The Hand-SculptedHouse: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage." will be in Santa Barbara andMalibu for workshops, slide shows and more:Ianto Evans of Cob Cottage Company (www.deatech.com/cobcottage) is an applied ecologist, landscape architect and pioneer in earth structures (cob), with building experience on six continents. Linda Smiley is a director of The Cob Cottage Company, as well as a master cobber and recreational therapist. She also teaches workshops in cob, sculpting sacred spaces, intuitive design, and natural plasters and finishes.Mar 10-Mar 20 Santa Barbara, CA $680 2004 Basics of Building with Cob: (10 days) with Ianto Evans Our most popular

workshop teaches professionals and owner-builders the basicsof cob construction in 7 to 9 intensive days. Cob Cottage Company Box 123 Cottage Grove, OR 97424 Phone or FAX (541) 942-2005 http://www.cobcottage.com The best time to call is Monday, Wednesday, or Friday between 10:00 AM and5:00PM To get on Cob Cottage Email list contact cobcottage for updatesMar 21 Malibu CA COB one Day Workshop and evening Lecture at Wright Ranch camille cimino <camcim 626-963-0301Where? The Wright Land - Malibu, CA. for more info. and directions: http://elwright.net/wrightway/location.html or call (818) 591-8992

When? Sunday March 21, 2004 - registration and introduction starts at 2 pm How? $60 with RSVP by March 1, $75 at the door includes lecture, hands-on demonstration, slide show, book signing, and organic dinner (sponsored by Common Vision http://www.commonvision.org ) $15 for slide show with RSVP by March 1, $20 at the door ­ starts at 7 pm Please RSVP to Camille Cimino: camillecimino or by phone (213) 480-8002 Scholarships available through Wright Way contact Peg Butler at mossdaisy@ Schedule: 2 - 3 pm - arrive at Wright Land ­ registration & introduction 3 - 6 pm - lecture and hands on demonstration 6 - 7 pm - dinner 7 - 9 pm - slide show 9 - 9:30 pm - book signingFirst Saturday of each month"Permaculture Garden Tour and WorkParty" at The Center of Natural Design, Los

Osos, CA. starts 10:30am, RSVP info or call 805.528.3763UPCOMING WORKSHOPS at OPEN CIRCLE: The teaching team of The Center of Natural Design is among the world's mostexperienced groups of Permaculture Designers and Teachers. Guest lecturersinclude internationally acclaimed educators and leaders in the world-widesustainability movement. More Food Forestry... Pond Building and Maintenance... Irrigation Systems for Food Forests... Micro-Housing...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & EVENTS Contact 805.528.3763 for directions and more information. Pre- registration required."Introduction to Permaculture Design" -The Center of Natural Design, San Luis Obispo Co, Ca 10:30am, First Saturday of each month"Natural Building Seminar" -The Center of Natural Design, San Luis Obispo Co, Ca March. 6th, 2004 1:00pm"Permaculture Ethics Course"

-The Center of Natural Design, San Luis Obispo Co, Ca April. 24th, 2004 10:00am"Terra Foundation Meeting -Community and Deep Ecology" -San Luis Obispo, Ca 7:00pm, Second Thursday of each month"The Permaculture Design Certificate Course" --The Center of Natural Design, San Luis Obispo Co, Ca June 13-26, 2004 -Celebrate Summer Solstice!COMMING SOON!!!The First Annual "Weed and Wine" Festival Weed -Verb: as in to work/party in the garden Wine -Noun: as in fruit of the vine... Festival -as in live music, arts, crafts and more!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PERMACULTURE DESIGN EDUCATION The teaching team of The Center of Natural Design is among the world's mostexperienced groups of Permaculture Designers. Guest lecturers includeinternationally acclaimed educators and leaders in the world-widesustainability movement. The training center in San Luis Obispo County has monthly programs

inpermaculture and natural building and is host to Permaculture DesignCertificate Courses each year.-Permaculture Design Certificate Program July 13th -26th...June 13-26, 2004 -"The Permaculture Design Certificate Course" at The Center of Natural Design, Los Osos, CA. Celebrate Summer Solstice! info or call 805.528.3763-end-Santa Barbara Permaculture Network(805) 962-2571sbpcnetwww.sbpermaculture.org"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order togrow." - Anonymoussignature: http://www.bayareaveg.org /http://www.vegdining.comhttp://www.sfvs.orgLiving Foods: SFLivingFoods/due to my high amount of emails, I am

unable to answer everyone's emails on vegetarian questions.

 

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