LAST Meeting for Sequim.LocallyGrown.net and more

Submitted Mon, 2008-07-07 10:03 — Sidroney

We will decide LAST's next activities concerning Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile and how we should proceed in getting the word out to customers and to farmers/growers/producers and prepare for our Grand Opening Order Day on 7/14/08.

Here is the backbone of an online store for our area.
http://sequim.locallygrown.net

If you haven't signed up, I would encourage you to do so. This will show a potentially strong customer base to potential farmers, growers and producers. We also need more farmers/growers/producers to list products, so if you have anything to sell, I can help you post it.

I have assembled a new brochure for Sequim Locally Grown Mercantile.
Unfortunately, the file is too big to attach to this page.
If you would like for me to send a copy directly to you, please email me at olylast@yahoo.com .

We will also discuss the other LAST focus areas and how we can move forward on them while SLG Mercantile takes off.

Take care
Sid Maroney
olylast@yahoo.com
808-7300.

Event title:
LAST Meeting for Sequim.LocallyGrown.net and more

Start:
2008-07-09 19:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-07-09 21:00

Location:

Location(s)

630 N Sequim Avenue Sequim Library

Sequim (Clallam County), WA, 98382
United States

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Contact Email:
olylast@yahoo.com

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What to eat in the Boise foothills

Submitted Fri, 2008-07-04 23:06 — bobboise

What to eat in the Boise foothills.

Presented by local naturalist and author Ray Vizgirdas.

7 p.m., Wednesday, July 9, Foothills Learning

Event title:
What to eat in the Boise foothills

Start:
2008-07-09 19:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-07-09 21:00

Event Website:
http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Parks/PDF/Foothills/SunsetSeries.pdf

Contact Email:
cvolk@cityofboise.org

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Post & Beam/TimberFrame Workshop

Submitted Tue, 2008-06-17 17:17 — JessaTurner

In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of building a post & beam structure. We will cover layout techniques, tool use, hardware, and joinery cutting methods. This workshop is part of a larger project to build a strawbale and cob art studio.

Event title:
Post & Beam/TimberFrame Workshop

Start:
2008-07-07 08:30 (Calendar)

End:
2008-07-11 17:30

Location:

Location(s)

Berea, KY
United States

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Event Website:
http://www.HomeGrownHideAways.org

Contact Email:
Jessa@HomeGrownHideAways.org

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A Garden Path Workshop

Submitted Mon, 2008-06-02 03:54 — AdrianD

Organic Edible Gardening Workshops: Food Security/No Food Miles Caralyn Lagrange, author of Gardening and Eating for Living, will show you how to set up an organic edible garden with a focus on environmentally friendly living and gardening for health and wellness. Times: 9.30 to 2.30 – Bookings essentialTea/Coffee included; BYO LunchCost: Weekends $88, cons. and weekdays $55,   Venue: Shambhala Place, 16 Nelson Street, Bedfordale.Telephone: (08) 9498 1555Website: www.bedfordale.comemail: agardenpath@bedfordale.com 

Topics:

Organic growing methods including using raised garden beds;

Seed saving and germination; herb harvesting and drying;Composting and worm farming; inputs suitable for organic gardeningEstablishing micro-climates; pest and disease prevention

Plant selection for health and wellness; gardening with injuries, illness and disability

Specific requirements for Certified Organic horticulture; bush tucker;

Convert your pool into a fish farm; grey-water gardens;

Fire-retardant/bird and insect attracting/fodder plants.

 ‘A Garden Path’ is a Certified Organic (NASAA) Environmental Education Venue. It has been featured on ABC TV Gardening Australia program (2005), Channel 9’s The Garden Gurus, (2007) and the Channel 10 Environment Award program (Winner April 2008).  In 2007 Caralyn Lagrange won the Individual Achievement Category of the WA Government Environment Awards. She is a Finalist in the 2008 Channel 10 National Environment Awards. 

Event title:
A Garden Path Workshop

Start:
2008-06-02 03:47 (Calendar)

End:
2008-10-02 03:47

Event Website:
http://www.bedfordale.com

Contact Email:
agardenpath@bedfordale.com

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72 Hour Permaculture Design Course

Submitted Wed, 2008-04-09 10:50 — Sidroney

Hello,
I would like to let you know about some upcoming events which address issues of sustainability. Toby Hemenway, author of the best selling Gaia's Garden- A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture is coming to town. He is an articulate speaker on ecological design and permaculture. Permaculture is the use of ecology as the basis for designing integrated systems of food production, housing, appropriate technology, and community development. It is built upon an ethic of caring for the earth and interacting with the environment in mutually beneficial ways. With the many environmental concerns we face permaculture is timely and has some useful and fascinating insights into how we can think and design anything from our houses and backyards to our neighborhoods, businesses and cities. It began in the 1970s, originally being applied to the 20 acre homestead, but more and more the ideals, ideas and methods of permaculture can and are being applied to the urban and suburban ecologies. He offers both vision and practical solutions in his lectures and workshops. It would be wonderful if you could list the events below on your event calendar. Also, if you know of any other organizations or people who you think would be interested please pass this on.
Thank you,
Faith Van De Putte
206.818.8937

Lecture- How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Planet But Not Civilization
Friday April 18th at 7:00
At the Good Shepherd Center Room 202, Seattle, WA
$10 tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/31549

Workshop- Permaculture For Sustainable Cities
Saturday April 19th from 10:00am-4:00pm
At the Good Shepherd Center Room 202, Seattle, WA
$40- Preregistration required at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/31555 or email faith@ecologyofhealth.com .
Bring a bag lunch and dress weather appropriately for outside forays.

72 Hour Permaculture Design Course
One weekend a month for 6 months beginning June 2008
Location TBA
The Permaculture Design Course encompasses:-Localized food Production-Organizing Eco-Neighborhoods-Simple Steps toward Sustainable Lifestyles and Communities-Natural Building and Property Development-Adding Beauty and Value to your Home-Strategies for Energy Descent and Peak Oil-Green business Strategies and Finding your Right-Livelihood

Event title:
72 Hour Permaculture Design Course

Start:
2008-06-01 09:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-12-31 17:00

Location:

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TBA

Seattle, WA
United States

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Contact Email:
faith@ecologyofhealth.com

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Permaculture Design Course at Ashevillage Institute (AVI)

Submitted Mon, 2008-03-17 17:11 — vanvalli

This year  Ashevillage Institute will be hosting classes and internships that provide you with real solutions to Peak Oil and the climate crisis.   Our course offerings are taught by a dynamic team of instructors and take place at an educational community dedicated to permaculture and regenerative ways of living. Join a lifestyle and a worldwide movement with over 100,000 Design Course graduates!

Contact Information:
Kimchi Rylander
Registration Coordinator
email AVI@kleiwerks.org or call 828.225.8820


April 25-27, May 30-June 1, June 27-29, July 25-27, Aug. 29-31, Sept. 26-28, Oct. 24-26
Permaculture Design Course at Ashevillage Institute (AVI)
with Patricia Allison  and other nationally renowned instructors

This course will introduce you to the essential principles and practices of permaculture, an ecological design system for creating abundant regenerative human habitats.  It takes place at Ashevillage Institute, an emerging urban education center and living laboratory for sustainable solutions in action.  AVI is located in a cluster of houses in a neighborhood a few blocks from downtown Asheville, North Carolina. Students receive a Permaculture Design certificate upon completion. 

This course:
• Includes 72 curriculum hours
• Has an urban, neighborhood, and residential focus
• Allows you to use the word 'Permaculture' professionally
• Is hosted by Kleiwerks, an internationally-renowned organization
• Offers practical, intellectual, cultural, social, and spiritual aspects of sustainability
• Has an outstanding team of pioneering guest presenters from around the country, with over 200 cumulative years of teaching experience!

The weekend course format allows for more hands-on projects, social networking, and cultural sharing. It runs  the last weekend of every month from April thru October, and begins with Friday evening presentations hosted by Ashevillage Institute.

Course fee: $1400 (does NOT include food and lodging)
For details on registration, fees, discounts, course info, and other details, click here: http://www.kleiwerks.org/avi/workshop_details.php

For details on all 2008 educational events at the Ashevillage Institute, click here: http://kleiwerks.org/events_projects.php
 

Additional Week-end Sustainability Workshops
For more info or to register email AVI@kleiwerks.org or call 828.225.8820

Introduction to Permaculture with Patricia Allison & guests: March 27 & 28
Residential Rainwater & Greywater Harvesting with Brad Lancaster (Author of 'Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond'): April 24 & 25
Bee-Keeping with Chris Mathis (WNC Bee School & Spicewood Farm): May 29 & 30
Natural Building with Janell Kapoor (Kleiwerks), Steveo Brodmerkel (Kleiwerks), Lydia Dolman (City Repair), Mark Lakeman (City Repair): June 26 & 27
Wild Food & Fermentation with Sandor Katz (Author of 'WIld Fermentation' & 'The Revolution Will Not Be Micro-waved') & Frank Cook: July 24 & 25
TBA (tentatively Bio-Dynamic Wkshp): August 28 & 29
TBA (tentatively Raw Food Wkshp): September 25 & 26
Natural Finishes - Earthen Plasters & Paints with Janell Kapoor (Kleiwerks): October 23 & 24

Event title:
Permaculture Design Course at Ashevillage Institute (AVI)

Start:
2008-04-25 08:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-10-24 17:00

Location:

Location(s)

Asheville, NC, 28802
United States

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Event Website:
http://www.kleiwerks.org/avi/workshop_details.php

Contact Email:
AVI@kleiwerks.org

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