http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1152 <pre>Hey permaculture community! From *May 23-26**th* Gabriel Kelly and Luna Suniga will be hosting Southern California first annual natural living skills gathering on Santa Barbara county’s Gaviota Coast. *The Acorn Gathering *is a family-friendly 4-day workshop where participants will camp under the stars at night and immerse themselves in primitive and earth-based skills during the day. Instructors will be coming from all over the west coast, as well as our backyard, offering classes such as traditional fire-making, pottery, hide-tanning, natural plant dyeing, basketry, archery, herbalism, permaculture, a kids program, yoga and much more! This is an opportunity to re-inspire our ancestral skills and give a taste of living in community with a tribe-like setting for 4 days. Come learn, share and enjoy, community, skills, music and stories around the fire. To learn more about this event, go to www.acorngathering.com. “The Acorn Gathering” represents the *gathering* of natural living skills, knowledge and wisdom for the nourishment of humanity and planet Earth for generations to come. Summary of basic info: Where: The Arroyo Hondo Preserve (private event; pre-registration required) When: *May 23-26**th* (Thursday-Sunday) Ages: All ages are welcome. Family-friendly event. Prices: $295 for Adults, $200 for 10-17 year olds, $100 for 6-9 year olds (includes 2 healthy organic meals per day &amp; 3 nights of camping &amp; all of the classes you want to take) Contact: Luna Suniga 805-729-2977 or email: info-/SwlrUhhUGMMgRsVYyADG9BPR1lH4CV8&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org For more info &amp; to REGISTER go to www.acorngathering.com We hope to see you there! ~Luna &amp; Gabriel p.s. a flier is attached to pass on and share! </pre> Acorn Gathering 2013-05-07T20:50:43 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1151 <pre>Wood Fired Earthen Oven Workshop with Sasha Rabin, at Quail Springs June 15-16, 2013 Learn to build your own earthen bread and pizza oven using natural materials from your backyard. Join us and develop the skills you need to build your own small structure and feed your friends and family on fantastic baked goodies! Cost: $250. Early bird discounted rate – $215 by May 15, 2013 Contact Kolmi at info-C3xH88btZzoC0mqONBcAJQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org or call 805-886-7239 to register. This Cob Oven Building workshop is designed to teach you the skills needed to build your own oven in your backyard, as well as encouraging a new way of relating to our food and the process in which it is cooked and created. The weekend will be catered with food cooked in the two already existing wood fired cob ovens we have on site. As we go through the process of building an oven throughout the weekend we will also be engaging in the process of cooking in one and sharing and feasting on some of the myriad of things that can be cooked in them, including a pizza dinner Saturday night, frittatas, roasted vegetables, sourdough bread, granola, and yogurt. The process of building as well as cooking in a wood fired oven encourages us to redevelop our relationship to the way we eat and cook, encouraging us toengage in the journey of the creation of a meal. Using clay, sand and straw, we will explore the entire construction process from foundation to roof. The class is primarily hands on, involving building an oven from start to finish. We will also go over all the other aspects of the building process, including soil analysis, options for variations on the oven design, moisture protection, heating and insulation for the oven, as well as how to fire and cook in the ovens. Instructor: Sasha Rabin Sasha Rabin has a degree in Ecological Design from Evergreen State College. She has studied natural and traditional methods of building in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Indonesia, and the southwest United States. Following an apprentice at the Cob Cottage Company she worked with them as an assistant instructor and went on to co-found Seven Generation Natural Builders. We are pleased to have Sasha living, teaching, building and baking with Quail Springs Permaculture! Contact Kolmi at info-C3xH88btZzoC0mqONBcAJQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org or call 805-886-7239 to register. </pre> Quail Springs Permaculture 2013-05-10T18:50:30 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1150 <pre>Hello Permaculture Community, From *May 23-26**th* Gabriel Kelly and Luna Suniga will be hosting Southern California first annual natural living skills gathering on Santa Barbara county’s Gaviota Coast. *The Acorn Gathering *is a family-friendly 4-day workshop where participants will camp under the stars at night and immerse themselves in primitive and earth-based skills during the day. Instructors will be coming from all over the west coast, as well as our own backyard, offering classes such as traditional fire-making, pottery, hide-tanning, natural plant dyeing, basketry, archery, herbalism, *permaculture*, a kids program, yoga and much more! This is an opportunity to re-inspire our ancestral skills and give a taste of living in community with a tribe-like setting for 4 days. Come learn, share and enjoy, community, skills, music and stories around the fire. To learn more about this event, go to www.acorngathering.com. “The Acorn Gathering” represents the *gathering* of natural living skills, knowledge and wisdom for the nourishment of humanity and planet Earth for generations to come. Summary of basic info: Where: The Arroyo Hondo Preserve (private event; pre-registration required) When: May 23-26th (Thursday-Sunday) Ages: All ages are welcome. Family-friendly event. Prices: $295 for Adults, $200 for 10-17 year olds, $100 for 6-9 year olds (includes 2 healthy organic meals per day &amp; 3 nights of camping &amp; all of the classes you want to take) Contact: Luna Suniga 805-729-2977 or email: info-/SwlrUhhUGMMgRsVYyADG9BPR1lH4CV8&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org For more info &amp; to REGISTER go to www.acorngathering.com </pre> Acorn Gathering 2013-05-10T18:48:11 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1149 <pre>Anabel Ford: Chaco’s Forest Garden a Maya Treasure http://www.noozhawk.com/article/anabel_ford_chacos_forest_garden_a_maya_treasure/ By Anabel Ford Ph.D. | Published on 05.11.2013 8:30 p.m. We went to meet Zacarias Quixchan, a consummate master Maya forest gardener whose great great great great ... grandparents greeted Hernán Cortés on his first trek across the Maya forest in 1524. The forest gardens of Zacarias, or Chaco, are north of his village of San Andres on Lake Petén Itza. I first visited Chaco with a group of Maya forest gardeners from Cayo Belize some 15 years ago. Chaco is a proud agriculturalist. He has worked with his land and knows it well. He understands where the water goes, and uses it wisely — never leaving areas uncovered by trees and bushes for long. He studies his land, clearing and starting fires with wisdom and care. He is seriously devoted to the maintenance of his property and wants it to yield for his lifetime and those of his children and their children. One of his son’s is following in his footsteps and the forest gardens are flourishing. Zacarias “Chaco” Quixchan relies on his skills and techniques like cutting and fire to help his crops grow in the Maya forest. (Anabel Ford photo Sadly, Chaco says there is a great misunderstanding of the traditional methods of cutting and burning that denigrates his time-honored skills. He eschews the references to the milpero, saying it is deprecatingly equated with negatives of indiscriminate clearing without care for the landscape. I see this as the puzzling use of slash-and-burn that sounds like rape and pillage. Chaco’s strategies, like those of other traditional Maya, are far from that. He uses his skills and techniques of cutting and fire as a way to select and grow. Yet, while I think of milpero as a traditional farmer, he argues that he sees it used to refer to the convention of small farmers with no investment in the fields, those without ownership of the land, who slash, burn, plant maize, and then move on. If you do not invest in the landscape, structure the reforestation, and build toward the future food forests, Chaco asserts that you will lose the important values of the fertile lands of the Maya forest. On our first tour of this remarkable forest garden, Chaco shows us his well-drained multicrop maize fields, his use of swampy areas for moxan, the traditional Maya leaf used for tamales, his mahogany spacing to avert the depredations of moths, and his prized allspice forest. He always discusses the challenges of working with rainfall, leaving plants for the birds, planting more maize for the deer with the other farmers in his midst. He shared his ideas about nurseries, the potentials of fast-growing ceibo for plywood, and his long-term assets in hardwoods that should take him through his retirement. But his love and his greatest personal interests are in allspice trees, and he has several plots that are dominated with this lucrative spice that produces in August. Chaco has crafted his skills in accord with the needs of his family as well as the cultivated landscape he relies on, creating with nature a constant source of food, spice and materials he uses and sells. Every year he makes spaces for his maize fields filled with chiles, tomatoes, beans, squash and varieties of root crops, as well as many other annuals and sprouting perennials. Lately he has planted some flowers, a new arena of commerce. He reminds us that his staged fields include many young fruits and hardwoods he has selected, planted and nurtured. His reforested plots are staggered around with increasingly larger and taller fruit and varied hardwoods trees, mature allspice forest and food forests reaping good capital when harvested. He has tall woodlands that will soon yield lumber. Every visit, there is change: maize fields give way to papaya, plantains, bananas; those fast-growing perennials shift to broad-leafed fruit trees, different citrus with mahogany, cedar, avocado and ramon reaching to the sky. These nurtured forests follow the decades of his work. Like all forest gardeners, Chaco also maintains a “reserve” that makes up at least half his lands. These reserves have old-growth hardwoods saved for seed; a full under story of palms for their many uses of thatching, brooms, fruits, oil, baskets; and areas of brambles and vines that are the life blood of traditional house structure. These important vines, crucial in the binding and holding of structural members and the roof, only grow in the shade of the forest canopy. On this cool February morning, we arrive to a refreshing snack that would have been a meal by any other name. Hard thin tortillas spread with blended spicy black beans and maize atole nourish our morning. After that welcome, we took our first walk out to his old maize milpas he first slashed and burned 2008. This area is teaming with fruits but spaced to still include annuals. We see chiles, beans, manioc, squash and pineapples growing along with the plantains citrus sprouts, and new mahogany plants. Chaco points out the hardwoods and fruits he is sprouting and the perimeter trees he calls achotillo that grow stalk straight for use as timber. As we move around, he tells us of the differing soil qualities of his plots and his discovery of their advantages and disadvantages based on his intimate fieldwork. In such a small area he asserts that there are significant differences, which affects his crop choice as well as his results. One portion of the field he has left to nature and many trumpet trees, Cecropia, can be seen improving the soil and attracting birds. In another he has established new kinds of flowers that he says fetch good money at the market. He is constantly experimenting. Our walks around the forest gardens are as invigorating as they are instructive. We enjoy Chaco’s sense of humor and his ability to teach, listen and answer questions. Our visit culminates with a delicious, beautiful and colorful lunch filled literally with the fruits of his farm. Chaco has a right to be proud! Click here for a description of the milpa-forest garden cycle. — Anabel Ford Ph.D. is the director of UC Santa Barbara’s MesoAmerican Research Center and president of Exploring Solutions Past. Ford, UCSB’s resident expert on Maya archaeology, discovered the ancient Maya city-center El Pilar, which bridges Belize and Guatemala. By decoding the ancient landscape around El Pilar, she is creating a sustainable model in conservation and agriculture that can regenerate the threatened Maya forest. With investment and support, her model can assist environmental efforts worldwide. Click here for more information on El Pilar. Click here to read previous columns. The opinions expressed are her own. </pre> Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 2013-05-12T16:32:24 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1148 <pre>Village Building Design Course May 23-27 Portland Oregon Complete Course $70-100 Drop in for a day: $20-30 pa-ltkX3gMxFMd/z0VkJbklYg&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org http://cityrepair.org/placemakers-academy/register/ Lead Instructor: Hannah Poirier Permaculture teacher and veteran VBC organizer This class is about transforming Spaces into Places; Places which are invested with value and meaning. Course Schedule: Thursday, May 23 Introduction to Placemaking 11:30am – 5:30pm This is the essential starting place, context and tools to start the simpliest forms of group process – understanding what Place means to you, to the group, and the basics of getting to know your neighbors and running meanings. What is Place and why does it matter? Inviting neighbors Running meetings Basic facilitation and brainstorming Collaborative design: identifying values and setting project priorities Examples of sustainable placemaking Friday, May 24 Introduction to Permaculture 9:00-12:00 Permaculture principles Permaculture patterns applied to community organizing Practicing recognition of permaculture principles and using patterns Necessary roles in groups Facilitating design charrettes Internal Placemaking for External Group Organizing 1:30-4:30 With: Deborah Eden Tull “In this workshop we will explore how to be more powerfully present, centered, and skillful as community organizers and facilitators. We will explore how to stay centered while engaging with others through mindful awareness and will learn tools for doing the inner and outer work at the same time. Some of the topics we will cover are: self-awareness, mindful leadership, conscious communication and deep listening, coming from a mentality of WE, staying centered in conflict, projection, and helpful v. unhelpful attitudes to bring to community organizing. ” Group facilitation Mindful leadership Attitudes of community organizing Saturday, May 25 Day off! Go explore the VBC Placemaking Sites! Sunday, May 26 Patterns &amp; Tools 9:00am – 12pm Patterns in Nature Human patterns Designing villages – essential elements on a large-scale Planning projects How to organize a work party The Human Being on Earth, from the viewpoint of Anthroposophy 1:30-4:30pm With: Beth Wieting Who are we? Scientific studies sometimes suggest that if bugs were to suddenly die, all life on Earth would soon perish, but if people were to die, all life on Earth world soon flourish. Is this true? As humans, we create reality with our thoughts and feelings, so we will hone in on our purpose on Earth and how our Will is essential to all Life. Internal and external roles we have as a species Esoteric implications Practical directives Monday, May 27 Storytelling, Myth, &amp; Culture 11:30am – 2:30pm With: Mark Lakeman History of the grid History of City Repair Context of Placemaking Dealing with legal structures How do we create stories? Closing 2:30 – 4:30pm We will work with each other to set goals and check-in systems to move forward with the information we’ve learned. Visualizations will help us understand what we’re working toward and motivate us to take action on the inspiration and skills we have in our lives. Setting achievable goals Creating the future *Your course fee also includes follow-up with the instructors and classmates. Instructors: Hannah Poirier (Lead Instructor) Hannah grew up in Bend, Oregon and began studying Permaculture in Forest Grove, Oregon in 2008 at Pacific University. Studying Sustainable Design, she helped teach permaculture classes at the university, specializing in collaborative group client design projects, and became very involved with the 3.5 acre Permaculture Project “B Street”, as well as worked with other members of the community to start a new garden on a blank 50×100 lot. Hannah has been one of the primary organizers for the Village Building Convergence in 2010, 2011, and was Placemaking Coordinator for VBC 2012. She’s been engaged in permaculture homesteading, including residence at the Planet Repair Institute, farming, and teaching permaculture and placemaking for going on four years. Deborah Eden Tull, founder of Mindful Living Revolution a meditation and mindfulness teacher, author, speaker, and sustainability consultant who teaches the integration of compassionate awareness into every aspect of our lives. She has been traveling to, living in, or teaching about sustainable communities internationally for the last 20 years, including seven years as a monk at a Zen Monastery. Her book, The Natural Kitchen: Your Guide for the Sustainable Food Revolution (Process Media), was published in September 2010 and she is currently completing her new book, Mindful Living Revolution: How to live Sustainably from the Inside Out. www.deborahedentull.com www.facebook.com/MindfulLivingRevolution Beth Wieting Virginia and raised in Massachusetts. She grew up in an extended family who appreciated nature. In 1965 a move to Oregon introduced her to the volcanic wilderness of the Northwest. Living in the city of Portland, before organic food was available, she grew much of her family’s fruit and vegetables in the back yard! During that time she developed an appreciation for the contribution of the Nature Spirits to our world. Beth now lives in SE Portland and is a highly respected member of the biodynamic and anthroposophy community and has been studying the works of Rudolf Steiner and teaching her insights for more than 40 years. w Mark Lakeman Mark is a co-founder of The City Repair Project, the VBC, Planet Repair Institute, and a national leader in the development of sustainable public places. In the last decade he has directed or facilitated designs for more than three hundred new community-generated public places in Portland, Oregon alone. Through his leadership in Communitecture, Inc. and The City Repair Project, he has also been instrumental in the development of dozens of participatory design projects and organizations across the United States and Canada. Mark works with governmental leaders, community organizations, and educational institutions in many diverse communities. Class Location: Awakenings Wellness Center 1016 SE 12th Ave. Portland, OR , Questions? 541-419-6723 | pa-ltkX3gMxFMd/z0VkJbklYg&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org http://cityrepair.org/placemakers-academy/register/ </pre> Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 2013-05-12T03:41:41 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1147 <pre> Sustainable Vocations A Sustainable Living, Leadership, Green Vocations and Permaculture Design Course for Young Changemakers (ages 15 to 25) When: July 30 - August 18, 2013 [] Sustainable Vocations A Sustainable Living, Leadership, Green Vocations and Permaculture Design Course for Young Changemakers (ages 15 to 25) When: July 30 - August 18, 2013 Apply by May 15, 2013 for early bird registration discount &amp; priority consideration for financial aid. After May 15, applications will be considered in the order received until the course is full. Sustainable Vocations weaves science, economics, nature awareness, and social dynamics into a holistic training program that empowers students to create meaningful change. The synergy of practical and life skills equips participants with the tools and wisdom to enhance personal, ecological and community health. Graduates receive an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certification. Who: Youth and young adults ages 15-25 seeking to change the world through inspired action Instructors, mentors, and guest speaker/entrepreneurs include: Warren Brush, Jan Smith, Brenton Kelly, Jen Schlaich, Alex Vincent, Daniel Parra Hensel, Sasha Rabin, Tynes Viar, Owen Dell, Dave Fortson, Margie Bushman, Wes Roe and many more! Where: Quail Springs Permaculture (Southern California mountains) and Santa Barbara, California (extended field trip and practicum) Learn More: Visit &lt;http://e2ma.net/go/13056123232/214294243/240512634/1408048/goto:http://www.sustainablevocations.org&gt;www.sustainablevocations.org Contact: Kolmi Majumdar at &lt;mailto:info-C3xH88btZzoC0mqONBcAJQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org?subject=&gt;info-C3xH88btZzoC0mqONBcAJQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org ALSO Daniel Parra Hensel (&lt;mailto:daniel-C3xH88btZzoC0mqONBcAJQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt;daniel-C3xH88btZzoC0mqONBcAJQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org) Program Coordinator for Sustainable Vocations &lt;http://www.sustainablevocations.org&gt;www.sustainablevocations.org www.quailsprings.org Santa Babara Permaculture Network Logo (805) 962-2571 P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190 margie-i2Jb4f2yvuzq4VKKpy30dR2eb7JE58TQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org www.sbpermaculture.org PlPlease consider the environment before printing this email. </pre> Margie Bushman, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 2013-05-07T01:08:12 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1146 <pre>From: adrianne ferree &lt;abferree-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; To: lapg-l8Htz2EyxgbQT0dZR+AlfA&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Subject: LA Sheriffs Dept to Developing a Farm Im writing from my home computer. Im with LA Sheriffs Dept. WE have released an RPF for a farm consultant and I would like to send you the info about the RFP to you so you can post on all your list serv's. I want to get this out to as many people as possible to find the best candidate. We are interesting in developing this organic farm with permiculture principles and design. Can you please contact me monday at &lt;mailto:abferree-oRUqxW288E4&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt;abferree-oRUqxW288E4&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org or 626.484.2496 THANK you, Adrianne Ferree LASD Jail enterprises Santa Babara Permaculture Network Logo (805) 962-2571 P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190 margie-i2Jb4f2yvuzq4VKKpy30dR2eb7JE58TQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org www.sbpermaculture.org PlPlease consider the environment before printing this email. </pre> Margie Bushman, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 2013-05-06T18:07:27 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1145 <pre>Dear Friends, Are you frustrated with ineffective meetings, challenging team dynamics, or organizational disfunction? Join us for this upcoming Free Webinar on Dynamic Governance and Sociocracy to lean some technologies that can transform the way you get things done in teams with living systems principles. Sociocracy is on the cutting edge of helping to maximize individual and group potential and make the world a better place through excellence in organizational design. Systems for decision-making and governance can support your organization by valuing and improving what already works and transforming what doesn’t. • Build Capacity • Improve Outcomes • Create Harmony • Reduce Overhead • Distribute Authority • Work On What Matters Enable your teams to lead their own work. Value and use change to innovate rapidly. Generate an organization that can run itself. In this Free Webinar we will introduce the concepts of Dynamic Governance and Sociocracy that can help you build a highly productive and synergized team, business, or organization. There will also be some time to address specific questions and comments from participants. Watch and participate live on Tues, May 7 6:00 - 7:15 PM. For more information and registration visit: http://governance-by-design-webinar-2013.eventbrite.com/ (For those who can't make it, a recording will be made available for those who register after completion) Hope to see you there! Towards Collaborative Resiliency, - The Living Mandala Team Living Mandala Organizing Education, Events &amp; Initiatives for Personal &amp; Planetary Transformation www.LivingMandala.com Find Living Mandala on Facebook! </pre> Living Mandala 2013-05-05T23:42:23 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1144 <pre>Hello Fellow enthusiasts! a transplant back to New Mexico (!) I keep in touch and announce that we have two openings for our May 17-July 15 Internship all the details are at www.ampersandproject.org thanks! Amelia </pre> amelia roache 2013-05-03T03:39:56 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1143 <pre>Dear Friends, Do you want to: • Learn to become more effective together? • Get things done and have more fun? Effective, adaptable, thriving organizations… is the vision many of us have in common. We are super stoked to be bringing John Schinnerer from the Sociocracy Consulting Group here to the Bay Area on the weekend of May 24-26 to help inoculate the pattern language understanding of living systems technologies applied to organizational design. This foundational training gives you essential tools and experience for applying whole systems governance design in your existing or forming organization, business, team, or community. This workshop is equivalent to "Foundations of Sociocracy - Dynamic Self‐Governance: Become More Effective Together" as offered by The Sociocracy Consulting Group. We are excited to be offering this same workshop for half the price you will be find it anywhere else! This agile, holocratic, governance system is an up and coming technology that is going to revolutionize business and how we get things done... while facilitating greater communication and collaboration between organizations and circles in co-creative alignment of purpose. An opportunity not to be missed! Hope to see you there. Towards Collaborative Resiliency, -The Living Mandala Team _______________ Governance By Design: Organizing Ourselves to Get Things Done May 24 - 26, 2013 The Venture Greenhouse, San Rafael, CA For More Information Click Here. ____________________ Introduction to Governance By Design Friday, May 24, 6pm - 8:30 pm For More Information Click Here. Living Mandala Organizing Education, Events &amp; Initiatives for Personal &amp; Planetary Transformation www.LivingMandala.com Find Living Mandala on Facebook!</pre> Living Mandala 2013-05-01T23:59:45 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1142 <pre>Local Earth San Diego hosting events, activities &amp; workshops leading to a more healthy &amp; sustainable community... Email not displaying properly?[1]View it in your browser[2]. [3]twitter [4]facebook [5]click here for website... ... a healthy, happy &amp; sustainable San Diego [www.local-earth.org] Links: 1. http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;id=7d8128e159&amp;e=2c834145f1 2. http://local-earth.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;id=27e182f042&amp;e=2c834145f1 3. http://local-earth.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;id=b7877b6cee&amp;e=2c834145f1 4. http://local-earth.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;id=8015aa35f4&amp;e=2c834145f1 5. http://local-earth.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;id=b8a5e46e8c&amp;e=2c834145f1 Local Earth Newsletter / San Diego / July 2012 by the San Diego Earthlings Weekly Meeting every Tuesday &lt; at &gt; 6:30 PM Local Earth Social First Friday every Month Community Action Group Third Thursdays Happy July Local Earth San Diego!!! What a beautiful summer we are having... and what better way to celebrate than with friends and local community! The [6]Local Earth Collective would like to share with you a few upcoming events and projects that are in the works. Links: 6. http://local-earth.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;id=eff62fbee2&amp;e=2c834145f1 If you are interested in collaborating on local projects focused on health and sustainability join us every [7]Tuesday &lt; at &gt; 6:30 PM for our weekly meetings. The collective is a creative group of active and engaged local citizens who are coming together to create positive change in our San Diego community. Links: 7. http://local-earth.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;id=f59d461edd&amp;e=2c834145f1 We invite you to join us for the [8]Local Earth Social on the First Friday of every month &lt; at &gt; the People’s Coop in Ocean Beach. This is an evening of inspiration, creativity, education &amp; celebration! Enjoy tasty, organic local food, talented local musicians and a thought-provoking presentation focused on sustainability in San Diego. Links: 8. http://local-earth.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;id=130f18f7ad&amp;e=2c834145f1 Enjoy an inspirational &amp; educational film with us on the Second Saturday of each month for [9]Community Movie Night! We will host a community discussion after the film guided towards taking action in our local communities and inspiring positive change. Links: 9. http://local-earth.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;id=e2d0dcc32b&amp;e=2c834145f1 Join us on the Third Thursday for our [10]Community Action Groups. We are currently in the beginning steps of planning for the [11]San Diego CommUNITY Food Project and [12]The Yoga Tree Program. We would LOVE your participation and support! 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Our mailing address is: Local Earth 4801 Santa Monica Avenue San Diego, California 92107 Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=monkey_rewards&amp;aid=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;afl=1 [18]forward to a friend | [19]unsubscribe from this list | [20]update subscription preferences Links: 18. http://us4.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;id=7d8128e159&amp;e=2c834145f1 19. http://local-earth.us4.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;id=ada6505b4b&amp;e=2c834145f1&amp;c=7d8128e159 20. http://local-earth.us4.list-manage.com/profile?u=010dc5465d8f1edca3d973ee8&amp;id=ada6505b4b&amp;e=2c834145f1</pre> Local Earth / San Diego 2013-05-02T01:19:48 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1141 <pre>Don't miss a chance to take a workshop with Gary Liss, one of the top Zero Waste Trainers in the country. This is a wonderful training to have on your resume, the way of the future for all businesses and institutions. For those receiving this email, a special offer for the workshop of $30, instead of the full price of $50 if you reply to this email to reserve a space by Wednesday, May 1. (if you choose to get the certification by GRRN, there is an extra $15 fee, payable to GRNN) This is an incredible opportunity, this same workshop in other communities has cost up to $250. Gary Liss has also gone through extensive training with Gunter Pauli (Blue Economy) in Zero Emissions Research &amp; Initiatives, and is a Certified ZERI System Designer. This workshop is a part of the Sustainable Tourism for the 21st Century 2 day event on May 3 &amp; 4th. Emacs! Sponsored by SBCC Center for Sustainability http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/ Event Co-sponsors: The Canary Hotel, SB Independent, Community Environmental Council (CEC), Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, &amp; The Sustainability Project A World Without Waste... What is Zero Waste? How is it different than Recycling? Garbage is not inevitable. It is the result of bad design. It can be designed out of the system. Join us to learn what Zero Waste is and who is pursuing it! As a part of the Sustainable Tourism two day event, Gary Liss, President of the U.S.Zero Waste Business Council, will conduct a Zero Waste Workshop on Saturday, May 4, from 9-4:30pm. Cost of the workshop is $50. GRRN Certification offered, for those attending the Saturday training and successfully completing an optional exam, GrassRoots Recycling Network (www.GRRN.org) will offer a Certificate of Completion, for an additional fee of $15. Workshop Details: The training will introduce the concept of Zero Waste, who is pursuing it and why it matters. Highlighted will be how Zero Waste saves money, invests local resources in jobs and the economy, and contributes significantly to reducing greenhouse gases. Zero Waste is the single most effective way for local governments to address climate change and is one of the quickest and easiest things that businesses can do to control their bottom line. Mr. Liss will highlight new recognition and certification programs for Zero Waste and Sustainable Resource Management to recognize businesses and professionals leading the way to Zero Waste. Gary LIss has done trainings for community colleges, businesses and cities around the country. He is the current President of the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council (USZWBC), which recently launched the first Zero Waste business certification program in the country, developing a third party certification system for businesses that meet the Zero Waste Principles of the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA). The goal of businesses participating in the Zero Waste Certification program is to divert all end-use material from the landfill, incineration and the environment, while achieving a minimum of 90 percent diversion based on the standards set by the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA). Participants will review sample Zero Waste plans and will discuss different approaches communities &amp; businesses have taken to developing Zero Waste Plans. If time permits, a class project will involve the participants by organizing them into teams that will tackle a real world example of how to get to Zero Waste. Participants will identify opportunities to develop Zero Waste Plans at their business, community or other situation. The teams will choose topics to focus on and develop a Zero Waste Plan for that situation based on the principles learned in class. Facebook for Workshop Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/187865881362367/?context=create#) The event takes place at the Fe Bland Auditorium/BC Forum on the Santa Barbara City College West Campus, 800 Block of Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109. Parking is free on the West Campus on weekends. Campus Map: http://sbcc.edu/map/map.php?loc=CC Bio: Gary Liss www.garyliss.com Gary Liss has over 38 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling field. Mr. Liss is the President of &lt;http://www.garyliss.com/&gt;Gary Liss &amp; Associates. Mr. Liss is a leading advocate of Zero Waste and has helped more communities develop Zero Waste plans than anyone else in the U.S., including: &lt;http://www.zerowaste.lacity.org/&gt;Los Angeles and &lt;http://www.zerowasteoakland.com/Page749.aspx&gt;Oakland, CA; &lt;http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/sws/0waste.htm&gt;Austin (TX); &lt;http://www.newcommunitycoalition.org/documents/ZeroWasteActionPlan.pdf&gt;Telluride (CO); and the &lt;http://compostingconsultant.com/images2/hawaii-zero-waste-plan.pdf&gt;Big Island of Hawaii. Mr. Liss is President of the new US Zero Waste Business Council. He was a founder and past President of the&lt;http://www.nrc-recycle.org/&gt; National Recycling Coalition. He is a founder and Boardmember of the &lt;http://www.recyclingorganizations.org/&gt;Recycling Organizations of North America and the &lt;http://www.grrn.org/&gt;GrassRoots Recycling Network, and a leader of the &lt;http://zwbraintrust.wordpress.com/&gt;Zero Waste Brain Trust. Mr. Liss went through extensive training with Gunter Pauli in &lt;http://www.zeri.org/&gt;Zero Emissions Research &amp; Initiatives and is a Certified ZERI System Designer. Mr. Liss was also Solid Waste Program Manager for the City of San Jose, Resource Recovery Director for the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Assistant Administrator for Alternate Technology for the New Jersey Department of Energy. Since 2008 he has served on the Town Council in his hometown of Loomis, CA and was Mayor in 2010. He has a Masters in Public Administration from Rutgers University and Bachelor in Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering major) from Tufts University. -end- Margie Bushman Program Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/ PPlease consider the environment before printing this email. </pre> Margie Bushman, Coordinator,SBCC Center for Sustainability 2013-04-28T20:05:38 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1140 <pre>Rain-Water Harvesting, Food Forestry &amp; Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Hands-on Permaculture Workshop in South Central ** *FREE* | 10:30 am-3:00 pm | *Come one or more days * Tues, Wed, Thurs, &amp; Fri April 30th through May 3rd *LOCATION: * Meet us across the street from Jefferson High School at: 40th Place X Hooper Ave *RSVP REQUIRED * *Text (310) 383-5495 for confirmation* *PLEASE BRING:* All-Weather Clothing, Hat, Sunscreen &amp; Sturdy Closed-Toe Footwear. Gloves Water Bottle Bag Lunch Shovel, Rake and any other Garden Tools (if available) RSVP REQUIRED Text (310) 383-5495 for confirmation *Learn to Turn Your Home into a Complete Home Ecosystem...* We will learn about how to use home scale permaculture design for wise water use and food-forest gardening and more. Come help install a water tank and connect it to landscape and garden. We will discuss how to calculate water volumes, tank sizes and choices -and how to design and build an edible landscape and garden. * For more details and directions... * RSVP REQUIRED: Text (310) 383-5495 for confirmation email &lt;permaculture-FibNAZ0IZPZWk0Htik3J/w&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; *. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .* L.Santoyo*Designs* &lt;http://earthflow.com/blog/permaculture-courses&gt;(310) 383-5495 COVOLV: A Sustainable World http://vimeo.com/19619520 </pre> el santoyo 2013-04-26T17:14:01 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1139 <pre>As a part of our Sustainable Tourism event, Gary Liss has offered to do a Zero Waste workshop training, with certification offered. See details below. Zero Waste Workshop with Gary Liss of the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council A part of the Sustainable Tourism for the 21st Century Event May 4, 2013, 9am -4:30pm $50 (plus $15 fee for Certification) Event Location Fe Bland Auditorium BC/Forum, SBCC West Campus [] A World Without Waste... What is Zero Waste? How is it different than Recycling? Garbage is not inevitable. It is the result of bad design. It can be designed out of the system. Join us to learn what Zero Waste is and who is pursuing it! As a part of the Sustainable Tourism two day event, Gary Liss, President of the U.S.Zero Waste Business Council, will conduct a Zero Waste Workshop on Saturday, May 4, from 9-4:30pm. Cost of the workshop is $50. GRRN Certification offered, for those attending the Saturday training and successfully completing an optional exam, GrassRoots Recycling Network (www.GRRN.org) will offer a Certificate of Completion, for an additional fee of $15. Workshop Details: The training will introduce the concept of Zero Waste, who is pursuing it and why it matters. Highlighted will be how Zero Waste saves money, invests local resources in jobs and the economy, and contributes significantly to reducing greenhouse gases. Zero Waste is the single most effective way for local governments to address climate change and is one of the quickest and easiest things that businesses can do to control their bottom line. Mr. Liss will highlight new recognition and certification programs for Zero Waste and Sustainable Resource Management to recognize businesses and professionals leading the way to Zero Waste. Gary LIss has done trainings for community colleges, businesses and cities around the country. He is the current President of the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council (USZWBC), which recently launched the first Zero Waste business certification program in the country, developing a third party certification system for businesses that meet the Zero Waste Principles of the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA). The goal of businesses participating in the Zero Waste Certification program is to divert all end-use material from the landfill, incineration and the environment, while achieving a minimum of 90 percent diversion based on the standards set by the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA). Participants will review sample Zero Waste plans and will discuss different approaches communities &amp; businesses have taken to developing Zero Waste Plans. If time permits, a class project will involve the participants by organizing them into teams that will tackle a real world example of how to get to Zero Waste. Participants will identify opportunities to develop Zero Waste Plans at their business, community or other situation. The teams will choose topics to focus on and develop a Zero Waste Plan for that situation based on the principles learned in class. To RESERVE SPACE for the Zero Waste Workshop: Email Margie Bushman, &lt;mailto:msbushman-01iIUAuJtZU&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt;msbushman-01iIUAuJtZXhvxM+mQhndA&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Note on Subject Line: Zero Waste Workshop: Workshop Cost: $50, plus $15 fee for certification. Space is limited. (Go to Facebook for Workshop details: https://www.facebook.com/events/187865881362367/?context=create#) Sponsored by SBCC Center for Sustainability http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/ Campus Map: http://sbcc.edu/map/map.php?loc=CC The event takes place at the Fe Bland Auditorium/BC Forum on the Santa Barbara City College West Campus, 800 Block of Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109. No reservations required except for the Zero Waste Training. Parking is free on the West Campus on weekends. More info: (805) 965-0581 ext 2177, email:sbpcnet-XLVZXwFpN43QT0dZR+AlfA&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Event Co-Sponsors: The Canary Hotel, SB Independent, Community Environmental Council (CEC), Santa Barbara Car Free, BackYard Bowls, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Vivi Teston~Fleur de V, and The Sustainability Project. Bio: Gary Liss www.garyliss.com Gary Liss has over 38 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling field. Mr. Liss is now President of &lt;http://www.garyliss.com/&gt;Gary Liss &amp; Associates. Mr. Liss is a leading advocate of Zero Waste and has helped more communities develop Zero Waste plans than anyone else in the U.S., including: &lt;http://www.zerowaste.lacity.org/&gt;Los Angeles and &lt;http://www.zerowasteoakland.com/Page749.aspx&gt;Oakland, CA; &lt;http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/sws/0waste.htm&gt;Austin (TX); &lt;http://www.newcommunitycoalition.org/documents/ZeroWasteActionPlan.pdf&gt;Telluride (CO); and the &lt;http://compostingconsultant.com/images2/hawaii-zero-waste-plan.pdf&gt;Big Island of Hawaii. Mr. Liss is President of the new US Zero Waste Business Council. He was a founder and past President of the&lt;http://www.nrc-recycle.org/&gt; National Recycling Coalition. He is a founder and Boardmember of the &lt;http://www.recyclingorganizations.org/&gt;Recycling Organizations of North America and the &lt;http://www.grrn.org/&gt;GrassRoots Recycling Network, and a leader of the &lt;http://zwbraintrust.wordpress.com/&gt;Zero Waste Brain Trust. Mr. Liss went through extensive training with Gunter Pauli in &lt;http://www.zeri.org/&gt;Zero Emissions Research &amp; Initiatives and is a Certified ZERI System Designer. Mr. Liss was also Solid Waste Program Manager for the City of San Jose, Resource Recovery Director for the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Assistant Administrator for Alternate Technology for the New Jersey Department of Energy. Since 2008 he has served on the Town Council in his hometown of Loomis, CA and was Mayor in 2010. He has a Masters in Public Administration from Rutgers University and Bachelor in Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering major) from Tufts University. -end- Margie Bushman Program Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/ PPlease consider the environment before printing this email. </pre> Margie Bushman, Coordinator,SBCC Center for Sustainability 2013-04-25T18:04:31 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1136 <pre>Hello, There is a space left for one student to enroll in a permaculture design certification course that begins this Sunday, April 28. Please see attached flier and contact Jane Higginson ASAP if you are interested in applying. Thanks, Jane Higginson archelonia-j9pdmedNgrk&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org (619) 219-9311</pre> archelonia-j9pdmedNgrk< at >public.gmane.org 2013-04-24T04:11:38 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1135 <pre>Village Building Convergence Portland -Urban Succession Shift &amp; Sprout May 24-June 2 2013 http://vbc.cityrepair.org/ </pre> Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 2013-04-21T12:08:47 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1134 <pre>Hey All, Are you coming to the South Park Water Harvesting Bike ride? It's going to be an amazing morning of community, water, and food sustainability! http://sdsustainable.org/event/laundry-to-landscape-greywater/ It's a busy time for everyone! If you can't make it to the morning bike ride, feel free to join us at the Greywater Installation workshop in the afternoon at 2. Register online to make sure you have a spot and get the address of the workshop. New Belgium Brewery donated some beer for us to celebrate a great day! And reInterpret will be there with some repurposed materials to create art with. You can bring your kids! Join in the installation, or hang out and talk to local sustainability experts. There's something for everyone! http://sdsustainable.org/event/laundry-to-landscape-greywater/ Brook Sarson H2OME Smart Water Savings 619.964.4838 brook-sjebeZ5it0vQT0dZR+AlfA&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org </pre> Brook Sarson 2013-04-19T18:17:11 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1133 <pre>Rain-Water Harvesting &amp; Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Hands-on Permaculture Workshop in South Central Los Angeles Free | 9:30 am-4:30 pm | Tues, Wed, Thurs, April 23, 24 &amp; 25, 2013 *Learn to Turn Your Home into a Complete Home Ecosystem...* We will learn about how to use home scale permaculture design for wise water use and food-forest gardening and more. Come help install a water tank and connect it to landscape and garden. We will discuss how to calculate water volumes, tank sizes and choices -and how to design and build an edible landscape and garden. Come one or more days For details and directions RSVP REQUIRED &lt;permaculture-FibNAZ0IZPZWk0Htik3J/w&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L.SantoyoDesigns* &lt;http://earthflow.com/blog/permaculture-courses&gt;(310) 383-5495 COVOLV: A Sustainable World http://vimeo.com/19619520 </pre> el santoyo 2013-04-19T16:31:38 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1132 <pre>We have a really incredible event planned for Saturday morning! Join our Water Harvesting Bike Tour and see what sustainable solutions are in your neighborhood! Who: The San Diego Sustainable Living Institute in collaboration with H2OME and Building Green Futures When: Saturday, April 20 9:30-:1230 Please arrive by 9am to register Where: Start: Olive Branch Green Building Supply - 3030 North Park Way Why: Let's Learn about Rainwater Tanks and Greywater systems, growing food and native habitat. There's so many ways to conserve water, and there are some really easy ways to get started and be part of the solution. This is your opportunity to see what others in your community are doing and get connected with what you need to know to make change. How much: $5 registration gets you one raffle ticket. Extra tickets can be purchased online or on the day of the event First 75 participants will get a Souvenir Handkerchief Route Map with coupons on the back (made possible by Full Circle Tattoo, Angela Draper, Edward Jones Investments, and James Gang and Co). Hurry and sign up today! Highlights: We will see homes with small barrels, do-it-yourself recycled totes, 1320 gallon rainwater tanks, and 5000 gallon underground storage! We will see homes with simple laundry greywater systems, simple shower systems We will see how effective water harvesting earthworks can be in mitigating storm runoff We will seen people who are growing food, have chickens, have solar panels, and many other sustainable solutions featured at their homes. There will be delicious food offerings from Rebecca's, Cafe Madeline, Guayaki, The GoodOnYa Bar, CHOCOLATL, Suzie's farm, and more Raffle prizes include a Rainchain from Rainchains.com, A Rainbarrel from Bushman, Gutter installation from Seamless Raingutters, $100 gift certificate for a tank 500 gallons or larger from The Tank Source, Greywater kit/Rainwater Tank Filter kit, Consulation/services for greywater installation, Native Plants from Mooche's Nursery AND a pretty spectacular local shop gift basket with goodies from Eclipse Chocolate, Plum Pottery, Angela Draper Chiropractic/Massage, Ginseng Yoga, Progress... Lunch following ride at the Station and Alchemy. Participants with handkerchiefs recieve discounts. Finally, a hands - on Greywater Installation workshop will follow at 2 at one of the residences! New Belgium Brewing has graciously donated beer for post workshop celebration, collaboration, and communication! Come brainstorm and talk to professionals who can help you see possibilities! Art activities for children and adults will be available thanks to reInterpret, repurposed art supplies. This is your community San Diego. Be inspired!! Details: Please arrive by 9am to register, check out the raffle prizes, grab a bite to eat, and hear important information and details about the day. For those without bikes, do not fear! We will set up carpools. We might have room for 15-17 in the Soltrekker! http:// www.soltrekker.org/ Let me know if you are interested in carpooling. We might arrange to have you picked up in central South Park around 9 so you can be near your car at the finish of the ride. Brook Sarson H2OME Smart Water Savings 619.964.4838 brook-sjebeZ5it0vQT0dZR+AlfA&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org </pre> Brook Sarson 2013-04-17T20:12:51 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1130 <pre>4br Solar adobe by creek Many eco features; solar/wood heat, wood/gas cookstove, detached office, fruit trees, garden, views (canyon, islands, campus point), swimming hole. Fast internet, low utilities. Above fog 20 min from UCSB, 15 min from SB. Not conventional—no dryer, cable, central heating—better: house is warm from solar 90% of the time, 80% of hot water solar, daylit inside, 4+ kinds of fruit every day of the year, etc. Offered below market ($2500) for right people who will care for this unique home as much as we do. oasis-3ZirbLNU8q+Cbz3BNtsRgQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org </pre> Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 2013-04-14T23:09:16 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg/1129 <pre>We invite you to join us for an unusual look at the future of tourism! And a very special opportunity to take a Zero Waste Training (Sat May 4) abundant details below... [] Special thanks to our event sponsor, the Canary Hotel in downtown Santa Barbara part of the Kimpton Hotel &amp; Restaurants, pioneers in Sustainability since 1981. Tourism is the largest industry in the world, and cities by far the largest creation of humanity. In a world with less resources and more people, how can we use human ingenuity to design a future in balance with nature? Luckily many have begun. Please join us as our keynote speaker Mark McGuffie shares inspiring and concrete examples of innovations from around the world, with his unique insights as the convener for The World Congress on Zero Emissions Initiatives - Launching "The Blue Economy” in 2010, where he hosted innovators &amp; leaders in sustainability practices from places like Bhutan, the Canary Islands, Colombia, Japan, Sweden, and many others, while also sharing the ancient traditions and cultural values that his home of Hawai‘i demonstrates with the spirit of "Aloha". With his extensive experience and long history in the tourism and hotel industry, Mark McGuffie is uniquely qualified to speak about Sustainable Tourism for the 21st Century, please join us! Of special note, a special opportunity to take a Zero Waste Training with Gary Liss of the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council as a part of the all day Saturday event on, May 4, see details below. SBCC Center for Sustainability http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/ Contact, Margie Bushman, Program Coordinator msbushman-01iIUAuJtZU&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org, (805)965-0581,ext 2177 READ MORE: Friday Evening, May 3, Keynote speaker, Mark McGuffie, Managing Director of Enterprise Honolulu- O'ahu Economic Development Board, and convener of the The World Congress on Zero Emissions Initiatives - Launching "The Blue Economy”, in Honolulu in September 2010. Saturday, May 4, an all day program that includes plenary talks in the morning with three speakers, followed by break out sessions in the afternoon. Our speakers include (see extensive bios at the end of this email): * Mark McGuffie, Enterprise Honolulu- O'ahu Economic Development Board * Caroline Dyal, General Manager of the Canary Hotel in downtown Santa Barbara, part of Kimpton Hotel &amp; restaurants, pioneers in sustainability practices since 1981, including an Earth Care program * Gary Liss, of Gary Liss &amp; Associates, President of the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council, convener of the National Zero Waste Business Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2013 * Living Machine® company representative,(pending) ***The afternoon break out sessions on Saturday includes an opportunity to take a Zero Waste certification training with Gary Liss, who has done trainings for community colleges, businesses and cities around the country, most recently Whole Foods. Mark McGuffie &amp; Caroline Dyal of the Canary Hotel, will meet with others who want to learn more about sustainability practices for tourism, and ask Mark more about Blue Economy innovations . *** Please email to be placed on the reservation list for the Zero Waste Training with Gary Liss with Zero Waste Training on the Subject Line: Margie Bushman, Center for Sustainability: msbushman-01iIUAuJtZXhvxM+mQhndA&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Training Cost: $50 (includes the morning talks, must attend both for certification) Space is limited. Speaker Bios - Mark McGuffie http://www.enterprisehonolulu.com/ Mark McGuffie is Managing Director of Enterprise Honolulu, the O‘ahu Economic Development Board, a private non-profit organization established in 1988 which envisions a prosperous Hawai‘i. Practicing, sharing and living the values of Aloha and M lama, provides the insight and guiding light to care for Hawai‘i and its future. Much of his expertise is directed toward rethinking Environmental System Design - Blue Economy Innovations integrating Food and Clean Energy Initiatives, Sustainable Tourism and Community Leadership Development. He was most recently the United States representative for the Program Committee of Congress at the World Conservation Congress for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) held in Jeju, South Korea in September 2012. He was formerly the Executive Director of Hawai‘i Island Economic Development Board, Chair - Workforce Investment Board, Treasurer of Preferred Hotels and Resorts Worldwide including 104 independent luxury hotels and resorts in 52 countries and managed hotels several of them over the years, namely: the UN Plaza in New York City, Checkers Hotel in Los Angeles -“sister” to Campton Place, opened The Manele Bay on Lanai and managed the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows on the Kohala Coast, Hawai‘i. His extensive tourism background of nearly 35 years in luxury hotel and resort operations included assignments in the UK, France, Canada, Singapore, Caribbean and across the United States. He attended Cornell University for Professional Management Development. "Today, Hawaii’s brightest minds are looking to combine the latest modern technology with traditional ways of managing the islands’ resources in order to live sustainably. Enterprise Honolulu is a nonprofit organization that facilitates work on Hawaii’s infrastructure and planning issues in order to move the state towards energy independence and food self-sufficiency. One of the goals of The World Congress on Zero Emissions Initiatives was to realize that it is possible to achieve abundance in our systems for human needs in the areas of energy, food, health, housing, transportation, waste, and water by using what we have. Today, systems in these areas are not fully integrated, they are often wasteful and designed in silos, rather than using an inclusive process. This is a time to come together with experts and people from around the world interested in solutions to learn and share about innovations that are proven." Mark McGuffie speaking about The World Congress on Zero Emission Initiatives - Launching "The Blue Economy" conference 2010 GARY LISS www.garyliss.co US Zero Waste Business Council http://www.uszwbc.org/2013-national-conference/conference-registration-2013 Gary Liss is the President and Managing Director of Gary Liss &amp; Associates. Serving international municipal and private-sector clients, he has a history of bridging problems with solutions and creating environmental programs that have economic benefits. Gary Liss is the current President of the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council (USZWBC), which recently launched the first Zero Waste business certification program in the country, developing a third party certification system for businesses that meet the Zero Waste Principles of the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA). The goal of businesses participating in the Zero Waste Certification program is to divert all end-use material from the landfill, incineration and the environment, while achieving a minimum of 90 percent diversion based on the standards set by the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA). He was the Executive Director of the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA), organizing workshops and their Annual Conferences, including the first Zero Waste Conference in the nation in 1997. Under his leadership, CRRA adopted its Agenda for the New Millennium, which calls for Zero Waste as a new goal for resource and waste management. Gary Liss has a Masters in Public Administration from Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey and a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering major) from Tufts University. In 2005, Gary Liss went through extensive training in the Zero Emissions Research Initiatives (ZERI) and is a Certified ZERI System Designer. Caroline Dyal: General Manager Canary Hotel, Downtown Santa Barbara, CA (a Kimpton Hotel) Kimpton Hotels are pioneers in sustainability practices with more than 25 years of experience of care for both the earth &amp; its people with its flagship EarthCare environmental program. Kimpton's first hotel, the Bedford in San Francisco, was one of the first to began looking after its waste in a sustainable manner in 1981. The Hotel Triton, also a Kimpton hotel in San Francisco, set the bar for environmentally sustainable lodging with an "Eco Floor", and helped to write the California's Green Lodging Program standards in 1994. www.kimptonhotels.com Carolyn Dyal brings more than a decade of experience in hospitality management with her to Canary, working at a number of renowned boutique hotels, including Hotel Palomar in Los Angeles, Viceroy in Santa Monica, Chamberlain, West Hollywood, Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills, and most recently before coming to the Canary in Santa Barbara, Kimpton's Hotel La Jolla. Dyal began her hospitality career in food and beverage and quickly progressed to managerial and training capacities at such prestigious establishments as the Palm Restaurant and Disney's Grand California Hotel. Dyal holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from New York University. Living Machine®: Living Machine® Systems found in these buildings: El Monte Sagrado Resort, Taos, NM; Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA; San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA. &lt;http://www.livingmachines.com/&gt;http://www.livingmachines.com/ Living Machine® Technology blends cutting-edge science and engineering with plants and beneficial bacteria to efficiently treat and reuse wastewater, providing lasting water solutions for communities everywhere. Based on the principles of wetland ecology, our patented tidal process cleans water, making the Living Machine® the most energy-efficient system to meet high quality reuse standards. At a glance, the Living Machine® system incorporates a series of wetland cells, or basins, filled with special gravel that promotes the development of micro-ecosystems. As water moves through the system, the cells are alternately flooded and drained to create multiple tidal cycles each day, much like we find in nature, resulting in high quality reusable water. -end- Margie Bushman Program Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/ PPlease consider the environment before printing this email. </pre> Margie Bushman, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 2013-04-14T19:16:46 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.technology.permaculture.sdpg