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Wednesday September 23, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Start: Sep 23 2009 6:00 pm
End: Sep 23 2009 8:00 pm
Location:
Pasta Bella
796 Gravenstein Hwy. S.
Sebastopol, CA
Thursday September 24, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Start: Sep 24 2009 8:00 am
End: Sep 24 2009 12:00 pm
SAVE THE DATE!
Sebastopol has been hard-hit by national and global economic forces.
What can we do as a community to enhance local economic sustainability?
The Sebastopol Economic Summit, jointly sponsored by the Chamber and the City of Sebastopol, will highlight the state of the local economy, identify resources, and provide a forum for moving forward, together.
Download the Schedule of Events and Registration Form here!
Location:
Sebastopol Youth Annex
425 Morris Street
Sebastopol, California (see map below)
Sebastopol Area Chamber of Commerce
City of Sebastopol
Contact for more information:
Kathy Ono, Economic
Development Specialist
econ@sebastopol.org
Phone: 707-823--3032
Fax: 707-823-8439
www.sebastopol.org
Start: Sep 24 2009 6:30 pm
heart&soul
Collective Meditation
Half hour Collective Meditation,
Inspirational Reading/Sharing,
and optional Potluck.
Every Thursday
6:30-8:30
@ The dhyana Center
7740 Atkinson Rd. (2 blocks N of Andy's Grocery)
for information: hscollectivemeditation@gmail.com
or call Karmendra (707)827-3456
Meditation is a resource for inner strength and resilience to enable us to respond wisely to challenges in our lives, including those facing us in this era of peak oil, climate change and energy descent. This non-sectarian collective meditation will draw on the insights and inspiration from various traditions to support and strengthen personal meditation practice.
Start: Sep 24 2009 7:00 pm
Transition Sebastopol is pleased to be co-sponsoring this event, bringing Vicki Robin, Author of Your Money or Your Life to a northern California audience.
Transition - but how?
Insights and Advice from seasoned sustainability activist, and author Vicki Robin
We've heard the bad news. Peak oil, peak gas, peak water, peak everything. Climate Change. And as for the economic meltdown, we hear stories every day about people losing their jobs and pensions and savings.
What's the good news? Is it that Obama's on the job? That the economy is "coming back"? Or is it what you can do in your personal economy and what your community can do to transition to a way of life that's rich, secure and prosperous - no matter what happens "out there"?
Friday September 25, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Saturday September 26, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Start: Sep 26 2009 9:00 am
4 miles
Walk from the Plaza through neighborhoods to Ragle Ranch Park. Take the loop trail in the bottomland along Atascadero Creek, and back to the Plaza. Or, meet at the Ragle Peace Garden at 10:00 for a short walk. Wear comfortable shoes for trail walking.
Leaders: to be announced.
Download the full 2009 Sebastopol Walks schedule here.
Like to excercise & create community at the same time? The Sebastopol Walks series is a great way of doing both!
You can also visit the iWALK site which lists other scheduled Sonoma County walks and allows you to add to the calendar, too.
Start: Sep 26 2009 10:00 am
End: Sep 26 2009 1:00 pm
Inviting all interested gardeners to join in cultivating a grassroots community seed bank that supports Sonoma County gardeners with free, locally grown, open pollinated, pesticide and GMO-free seed.
Seed and Plant exchange all morning with local food potluck at 12:00 pm.
Class on "Wet Seed Processing- Tomatoes " from 10:30 - 11:30 am.
West County Community Seed Bank meets monthly on the last Saturday of the month to share seeds, plants, resources and local gardening and food information.
All are welcome, including children.
Other upcoming events:
October 31: Garlic exchange and tasting
For more information contact Sara at 829-5234 or saramc@emeraldearth.org
What you could bring:
… Plants or seeds to share
… Coin envelopes
… Books or resources for sharing with others
… Local food potluck item!
Location:
Salmon Creek School Garden
1935 Bohemian HWY
Occidental
West County Community Seed Bank
Vision:
To create a grassroots community seed bank that supports Sonoma County gardeners with locally grown, open pollinated, pesticide and GMO free seeds. Anyone can become a member of the West County Seed Library, we ask for a donation of $5.00-$20.00 and a commitment to grow out and donate back seed following the library's protocol for growing clean seeds. No on is turned away for lack of funds. The West County Seed Library will be housed at the Salmon Creek School Garden and will be open to the public monthly for classes, resource sharing and a seed and plant exchange. The West County Seed Library will have resources available to members on growing and processing seeds.
Why save seed and why a local seed bank?
Our rapidly changing world gives us all the more reason to strengthen our local resources and our ability to be self-sufficient. Local seed saving allows us to cultivate plants that do well in our region, with each generation adapting more to the local environment. It also lets us preserve heirloom seeds that are being lost as the seed industry is being concentrated into fewer and fewer large corporations. Seed banks are a great investment; with some plants one seed can return up to 40.000. The abundance seed savers experience should be shared with the community and helps to model a different economic system. We hope to cultivate a network of seed savers in the region to support each other and the seed library, which will be a resource for the expanding community of gardeners and help strengthen our local food system.
For more information contact Sara McCamant 829-5234 or saramc@emeraldearth.org
Start: Sep 26 2009 10:00 am
End: Sep 26 2009 10:00 am
Sonoma County Farm Trails is celebrating our 36th anniversary! During fall harvest our farms will open their doors for a special weekend of fun activities and informative tours.
Printable Weekend Farm Trails Maps
Join us on Weekend Along Farm Trails: * Special farm tours * See animals on the farm * Visit pumpkin patches with fun activities for kids * Learn gardening and landscaping tips * Visit unique nurseries with a variety of plants * Meet Sonoma County food artisans * Taste freshly picked fruit and vegetables * Connect with the farmer that grows your food * Savor a restaurant meal featuring local ingredients * Visit wineries during crush and harvest season
Location:
Various Locations
Sonoma County, CA
For more information please visit:
http://weekendalongfarmtrails.com/
Start: Sep 26 2009 1:00 pm
End: Sep 26 2009 3:30 pm
As the Equinox draws near, please consider taking a few hours to clean your drawers and closets. As you sort and organize summer and winter belongings, pull out your unwanted items: clothing that doesn’t fit, accessories that no longer suit your lifestyle, sale items that did not work out… Be sure to include those unwanted but well meaning gifts - such as books you don’t want to read or holiday sweatshirts embellished with merry pigs. (Sorry, Mom!) Give these items to friends, neighbors or local charities, sell them at garage sales or on-line, post them as free-bees on local bulletin boards or bring them to a clothing swap!
A clothing swap is a fun, ecological way to get new-to-you clothes and give away unwanted reusables. Yes, the term swap is a somewhat of a misnomer, but that is how it was introduced to me in the early 80’s, and the name stuck. Since then I have organized one or more swaps per year and have saved tens of thousands of dollars for myself and many other people. (i.e., $500 per year x 25 years = $12,500.)
Whether you prefer small intimate gatherings or large public events, the idea is pretty simple: invite people to bring unwanted clothing, accessories and perhaps small reusables and have them to put their goods out in an organized manner. Then everyone can take what they want - for themselves, their family and perhaps friends. The remainder is boxed up and given to non-profits. Often magical events, swaps help ease tight budgets and allows you to try on and perhaps take home items you would never dream of buying. Swaps also helps spread the wealth, raises awareness about reuse and reduces the amount going to landfill.
Men and women are welcome and kids must be monitored at all times. Each participant over 12 is asked to volunteer for one hour or donate of $5 to help cover costs. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Tasks include planning, promoting, set-up, working the door, staffing the repair center, monitoring, clean-up. Many hands make lite work…
Please bring your friends and carpool. Drop your passengers and goods at Synergy and park in the commercial area one block east.
We at LITE enjoy advising potential organizers, posting swaps to our announcement list and collaborating. It would be great to have the assistance of an ongoing pool of swap lovers - especially some focused on kids for back to school swaps, prom dresses (see article below) and costumes/gifts/toys. For those that want to organize your own swaps, kits are available for low rental fee: portable racks, 100+ hangers, sample signs and invitations.
Location:
LITE Initiatives, Synergy Sustainability Center
4019 Sebastopol Rd. (one short block east of Fulton/Wright Road)
Santa Rosa, CA
Contact:
For more information or to be put on the swap announcement list send a note to lite@sonic.net.
Source:
Press Democrate's LivingGreen Blog (9/1/09). "Clothing Swaps – A Ritual For Changing Seasons."
Sunday September 27, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Monday September 28, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Tuesday September 29, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Wednesday September 30, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Thursday October 01, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Friday October 02, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Start: Oct 2 2009 7:00 pm
Renowned American environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben will tell about the first global-scale climate change movement, the 350.org campaign, as well as the significance of the number 350 and the upcoming International Day of Climate Action on October 24th. This event is hosted by Sonoma Country Day School in partnership with the Climate Protection Campaign, Post Carbon Institute, Sierra Club Sonoma County, Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County, and the Network for Spiritual Progressives of Sonoma County. A reception and book signing will follow the presentation. McKibben says that "350 is the most important number in the world" - the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide measured in "parts per million" in our atmosphere. "If we can make this number known across the planet, that mere fact will exert some real pressure on negotiators. We need people to understand that 350 marks either success or failure for these climate negotiations." With carbon dioxide levels already exceeding 350 parts per million, Bill McKibben, the Paul Revere of our time, is traveling the world to awaken people to the dire threat of global warming. In this special appearance, he'll explain how Sonoma County can join thousands of others to send its own unique message through a countywide day of climate actions on October 24. "Our hope is for a powerful and unified call to action- a call that is global, scientific, and specific."
$10 in advance/ $15 at the door
Location:
Jackson Theater at Sonoma County Day School
4400 Day School Place (off of Aviation Blvd.)
Santa Rosa, CA
To register please visit:
https://www.scds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=36644&rid=857
Saturday October 03, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Start: Oct 3 2009 2:00 pm
End: Oct 3 2009 10:00 pm
Come celebrate the bounty of the season whilst supporting the Sonoma County Herb Exchange*
Live Music featuring:
Sol Horizon • Goathouse • Johnny Downer (From Freepeoples) and Friend • Mr. December • Love Choir
Featuring Classes beginning at 3pm:
Laguna Farm Tour • Essential Oil Distillation Demonstration • Herbs & Supplements for Healthy Digestion • Herb Walk • Herbal Beer Making • Essential Oils for First Aid • Harvesting and Using Seaweeds • Food Fermentation Workshop
THE KID ZONE: Pumpkin Carving, Hay Rides, & Face Painting!
Local Brews, Herbal Teas, International Cuisine & Edible Delicacies for Purchase, Herbal Vendors of Plants, Books, Cosmetics, Cordials, & Herb Products. Admission Donation $10, Children 12 and under FREE
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SET-UP/CLEAN- UP, ETC! Please call 824-1447
Work Exchange Positions Available – Call 824-1447
Want to be a Vendor? Call Terri at 664-0768
*The Sonoma County Herb Exchange is a local clearinghouse dedicated to providing the highest quality locally-grown herbs to our community while connecting herb growers with medicine makers in Sonoma county and beyond.
Location:
Laguna Farm, 1720 Cooper Road, Sebastopol
Music begins at 3:30
Sunday October 04, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Monday October 05, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Tuesday October 06, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Wednesday October 07, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Thursday October 08, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Start: Oct 8 2009 4:30 pm
End: Oct 8 2009 7:30 pm
GLOBAL VISION MEETS THE LOCAL FLAVOR OF OVER 50 BUSINESSES
- Live Entertainment
- Door & Raffle Prizes
- Interactive Projects for Kids
- Food and Drink
Location:
Sebastopol Downtown Plaza
Sebastopol Area Chamber of Commerce
City of Sebastopol
Want to reserve a booth?
Early Bird Discount available until August 15, 2009
Space is limited, Call now to guarantee yours
Contact: Karla 823-3032
events@sebastopol.org
Or download a registration form at: www.sebastopol.org/livebooth.html
Print and mail to:
Sebastopol Area Chamber of Commerce
P. O. Box 178, Sebastopol, CA. 95473
Click here for the Live on the Plaza flyer
Start: Oct 8 2009 6:30 pm
End: Oct 8 2009 8:30 pm
Local ecotherapists Shepherd Bliss, Larry Robinson, and Sara Harris will read from their chapters in new Sierra Club Book “Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind” on Oct. 8, Thursday, from 6:30 to 8:30 at Copperfield’s in Sebastopol, 138 N. Main Street.
The book is a sequel to the ground-breaking “Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind.” Farmer and SSU teacher Shepherd Bliss will read about agrotherapy from his chapter “In Praise of Sweet Darkness.” Retired psychotherapist and Sebastopol City Council member Larry Robinson’s chapter is entitled “Psychotherapy as if the World Mattered,” which Utne Reader re-printed. Psychotherapist and wilderness guide Sara Harris’ chapter is “Beyond the “Big Lie’: How One Therapist Began to Wake Up.” The book has received positive reviews in Time magazine, Huffington Post, and elsewhere. The reading is free.
Location:
Copperfield’s
138 N. Main Street
Sebastopol
Friday October 09, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Saturday October 10, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Sunday October 11, 2009
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Monday October 12, 2009
Start: Sep 19 2009 5:00 pm
End: Oct 12 2009 12:00 pm
Instructors: Brock Dolman and Kendall Dunnigan
Guest Instructors (may include): Benjamin Fahrer, Dougo Gosling, Michelle Vesser, Dave Henson, Adam Wolpert, Kate Lundquist, Carol Nieukirk, Jim Coleman, Chas Moore, Janine Björnson, Tamara Wilder, Matt Every, Erik Ohlsen
Cost: $1500/$1400 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see below for more details. For registration information, click here.
Click here to see a video about our Permaculture Design Course at OAEC.
Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.
In 2009, OAEC enters its second decade and fifteenth year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually operating school of its kind in California. We celebrate having offered 30 courses to well over 500 students, and consistently hear feedback from graduates that OAEC's design course is a “life-changing” experience.
For a more detailed description of our facilities, including information on what to bring, visit our Participant's Information page.
Work Exchange: A limited number of work exchange positions are available. We award these positions to course registrants based on demonstrated financial need. Participants receive a $250 reduction in course fees in exchange for 20 hours working in our kitchen or doing other course-related support tasks. If you would like to be considered for a work exchange position, check the "Work Exchange" box on your registration form. Include a brief letter describing your situation, along with your $100 course deposit. If you are not chosen for one of the positions and cannot pay the standard course fee, your deposit will be fully refunded.
To learn more about OAEC, Permaculture and their other excellent programs, visit their website!
Wednesday October 14, 2009
Start: Oct 14 2009 8:00 am
Join us for the Third State of the Laguna Conference and Science Symposium October 14-16, 2009 at Sonoma Mountain Village, Rohnert Park, with the theme: Meeting the Challenge - Strategies for adapting watershed ecosystems to climate change.
Help us to generate science-based climate change adaptation strategies for Laguna de Santa Rosa ecosystem conservation, restoration, and management in this interactive forum!
Using the Laguna as a case study, we hope to inspire and empower our region's resource managers, environmental scientists, policy-makers, agricultural practitioners, stakeholders and funding organizations to move forward together with new resolve.
Location:
Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center
1100 Valley House Drive
Rohnert Park, CA
For more information and to register please vistit:
http://lagunafoundation.org/news_state.shtml
Start: Oct 14 2009 6:00 pm
End: Oct 14 2009 8:00 pm
Location:
BBQ Smoke House
6811 Laguna Park Way
Sebastopol, CA
Thursday October 15, 2009
Join us for the Third State of the Laguna Conference and Science Symposium October 14-16, 2009 at Sonoma Mountain Village, Rohnert Park, with the theme: Meeting the Challenge - Strategies for adapting watershed ecosystems to climate change.
Help us to generate science-based climate change adaptation strategies for Laguna de Santa Rosa ecosystem conservation, restoration, and management in this interactive forum!
Using the Laguna as a case study, we hope to inspire and empower our region's resource managers, environmental scientists, policy-makers, agricultural practitioners, stakeholders and funding organizations to move forward together with new resolve.
Location:
Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center
1100 Valley House Drive
Rohnert Park, CA
For more information and to register please vistit:
http://lagunafoundation.org/news_state.shtml
Start: Oct 15 2009 6:00 pm
Go Local is fortunate to receive Judy Wicks as a featured guest speaker at this reception. Judy is founder of Philadelphia’s landmark White Dog Cafe, and an international leader in the local living economies movement. She is co-founder and board chair of the nationwide Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), and founder of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia and Fair Food – both originally incubated at White Dog Community Enterprises, a non-profit created to direct business profits toward building a local living economy in the Philadelphia region.
In the retail industry, Judy was founder/owner of Black Cat, a retail store that featured locally made and fair trade gifts for 20 years, 1989 – 2009. In 1970, Judy co-founded the Free People's Store, now well-known as Urban Outfitters. Just after the 26th anniversary, Judy sold the White Dog Cafe in January, 2009, through a unique exit strategy that preserves the values of the business and assures local, independent ownership. She is currently working on a book to be published in 2010 by Chelsea Green.
This reception is free to locally-owned businesses within Sonoma County. It's open to the general public to attend. Admission price is $5 for GoLocal individual members and $10 for non-members.
Wine, beverages and hors d'oeuvres will be served as attendees mix and mingle. If you're a business owner and would like to participate in Give Local this season go here for more information about how you can join the effort.
Location:
Glaser Center
547 Mendocino Ave
Santa Rosa, CA
Start: Oct 15 2009 6:30 pm
We need to be as ready as we can to take care of ourselves and our neighbors in the event of a disaster.
Come to our Town Hall meeting on Thursday, October 15, and learn how we can prepare to get through a disaster together. You'll hear from our Fire Chief, Police Chief, City Manager, CERT Board Member, and the County's Department of Public Health.
6:30 to 8:30 PM in the Multi-Purpose Room at Parkside School, 7540 Bodega Avenue. Please invite friends and bring folks with you.
Friday October 16, 2009
Start: Oct 14 2009 8:00 am
End: Oct 16 2009 5:00 pm
Join us for the Third State of the Laguna Conference and Science Symposium October 14-16, 2009 at Sonoma Mountain Village, Rohnert Park, with the theme: Meeting the Challenge - Strategies for adapting watershed ecosystems to climate change.
Help us to generate science-based climate change adaptation strategies for Laguna de Santa Rosa ecosystem conservation, restoration, and management in this interactive forum!
Using the Laguna as a case study, we hope to inspire and empower our region's resource managers, environmental scientists, policy-makers, agricultural practitioners, stakeholders and funding organizations to move forward together with new resolve.
Location:
Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center
1100 Valley House Drive
Rohnert Park, CA
For more information and to register please vistit:
http://lagunafoundation.org/news_state.shtml
Saturday October 17, 2009
Start: Oct 17 2009 11:00 am
End: Oct 17 2009 5:00 pm
The coming Wellness Fair on Sat Oct 17th, in Sebastopol is shaping up
to be an amazing, dazzling, healing event you don't want to miss!
Sample the wealth of alternative modalities, practitioners, wellness
products Sonoma County has to offer, we are blessed!
90 plus alternative practitioners and wellness vendors, wholesome
veggie food, magic Native American flute and vocal/acoustic guitar,
belly dancing, free or greatly reduced hands on sessions, samples,
gift certificates for wellness services/products, info, healing,
support, progressive community and so much fun! bring your friends
and family!
Here are some more of the attractions awaiting you:
* Rich Shames, M.D. and Georjana Shames, L.ac are a father and
daughter team bringing you their combined East West experience with
thyroid, adrenal and reproductive hormone balance * Elton M. Haas,
M.D., physician, author, medical director of the Preventive Medical
Center of Marin, the only integrative healthcare facility in the Bay
Area working w/insurance integrating mainstream medicine and
alternative care.
* Kyle Yoder, DC specializing in car accidents/whiplashe s and lower
back injuries/problems, newly arrived here, complimentary spinal
evaluations and mini hands on sessions, offering services by
donations, come say hello to him and welcome him here!
* Michael Brickey with feldenkrais, a system of somatic re-education
for improved movement and well being * Marcia Mengelberg with Aura
Soma therapy, Miessence organic skincare products, massage gift
certificates * hot stone massage with Elise Lorraine, CMT, NCBTMB
* Diana Concoff Morgan, M.A. holistic health educator, minister,
relationship communication expert - personal, professional and
romantic, for over 20 years has performed marriages and other
personalized spiritual ceremonies and rituals, come get info on
future classes and services and whole heart relations tips!
*Dinndayal Morgan, founder and director of Pathfinder institute,
School of Yoga Heart Meditative Movement, a certified Kriya yoga
teacher and Minister, Professor of martial Sciences, 7th degree black
belt in Chinese Kempo, Jujitsu and Eagle Claw Kung Fu, Five Rings
Movement Psychology. He teaches Yoga at Tone in Santa Rosa, visit his
booth for info about moving thru life transitions, classes and
workshops.
*Michaela McGivern blends energy medicine with other modalities for
compassionate mind-body healing: Quantum Energetics, Theta Medical
Healing, Incan Shamic work, Nutri-Energetics, Applied Kinesiology,
muscle testing, intuitive readings.
* Jeri Nager with her delightful, beautiful gourd art creations,
class info! * Scott with his locally crafted delicious organic freeze-
dried wheatgrass powder *Zrii nutritional health drink combining
Ayruvedic medicine, modern phytonutrient technology and
pharmacological grade formulations and so much more!!!
For booth info please email vardarose@att. net or call 829 9794, few
booths still available!
Free Admission!!!
Location:
Masonic Lodge, 373 N. Main St. (across from Safeway)
Sebastopol
Monday October 19, 2009
Start: Oct 19 2009 7:00 pm
Catalyzing Community is honored to conclude their "How We Did It" series with our local friends at Two Acre Wood Cohousing here in Sebastopol. Please join them and hear the story of how this group of people came together, manifested their dream of community, and how they have evolved over the last 10 years. Please note that this event will be held on a MONDAY, and will be on location at the Two Acre Wood common house.
Monday, October 19th from 7-9 pm
Two Acre Wood in Sebastopol (directions)
After years of searching and developing, Two Acre Wood began its journey as a living community in 1999. One of Sebastopol's first true cohousing communities, Two Ace Wood consists of 14 households with 22 adults and 17 kids ages 1 to 17. Grandchildren visit often. The common house has a multi-purpose room, kitchen, lounge, kids room, laundry room, bathroom.
The Two Acre Wood community has a fully stocked and functioning common house to extend their personal living space and interact with the community. There is also gorgeous landscaping, vegetable gardens, and more. The top of the property is a preserved oak woodland that has lovely meditative sitting spots, a dog run and just nice open space for the squirrels and birds! To see pictures, visit this page.
Come hear the details first hand, and please RSVP.
Wednesday October 21, 2009
Start: Oct 21 2009 6:00 pm
End: Oct 21 2009 8:00 pm
Location:
East West Cafe
128 N. Main Street
Sebastopol, CA
Friday October 23, 2009
Start: Oct 23 2009
Please note that this training will run on Friday, October 23rd and Sunday, October 25th with a special free, open-to-the-public Energy Descent Planning Session Oct. 23rd, 6 to 9pm.
Saturday, the 24th will NOT be a training day as there are climate action activities underway (see below).
Building Resilient Communities for a Post-Carbon World
The Transition movement is a set of inspiring ideas for creating an attractive and enticing vision of how our communities could be. The converging crises of climate change and oil depletion and economic instability cannot be solved separately, and they cannot be solved with technological miracles, but only by lessening our dependence on fossil fuels. This doesn’t mean a bleaker future. The heart of transition is the belief that if we engage with enough imagination and ingenuity to unlock the collective genius of our communities, we can choose a future that is more satisfying, just and sustainable than what we have now.
Participants in the training will:
- explore the opportunities for personal and social transformation presented by the challenges of peak oil, climate change and economic instability
- learn the key concepts of the Transition model, including how to set up and foster successful Transition groups., Permaculture principles and community visioning
- understand how to raise awareness of the need for transition through public talks and events
- form contacts with other change leaders in your local area
- establish a plan of action for yourself and your community
Co-sponsors of this training
- Pilgrims Way Book Store, www.pilgrimsway.com, participants receive 20% off coupon
- Citizens for a Sustainable Monterey County, www.sustainablemontereycounty.org
- Tomorrow Matters, www.deborahlindsay.com , Sundays 4 -5pm, KRXA 540 AM
Climate Action
Join forces with folks around the globe to raise awareness through creative action by promoting the number 350. www.350.org Some of us will optionally join in participating in a 350 Climate Action Event in Big Sur, Pacific Grove and other locations. You are encouraged to create your own action too!
Download the event flyer here.
Trainers:
Kat Steele
Scott McKeown
To register contact Deborah Lindsay, decal@deborahlindsay.com
Registration fee is $135 before October 1st • $155 after October 1st.
