Wimberley Self Sufficiency Project

Post-Carbon Wimberley became a part of the bigger, relocalize.net family today, September 6, 2006. Jonathan Crain and I (Marcus Gitterle) are the nominal leaders, but what is really at the center of our little "movement" is a very healthy nucleus of professionals, artists, teachers, engineers and visionaries that have already made Wimberley a place to watch in the peak-oil and permaculture, "subculture." Case in point: Sustainability and Stewardship of the Earth, a community education grant supported course, will begin tomorrow, here in Wimberley at the Community Learning Center (@ Katherine Anne Porter Charter High School). More information about this very topical series of classes taught by our very own Green Guru (AKA my wife, Heather Carter) can be found here - http://www.greenguru.org - but I reproduce the schedule here for convenience sake:

September 14th: Understanding Our Problem

- Global Warming, Peak Oil

September 21st: Solar Power and Alternative Energy

- Build a Solar Cooker with Kenny (speaker/expert with Earth Solar)

September 28th: Biodiesel

- Our Carbon Footprint

- Benefits of Biodiesel (expert/speaker Jason from Diesel Green Fuels)

Saturday, September 30th Workshop: Making Biodiesel (10am)

October 5th: Permaculture Introduction

- Waste = Opportunity

- Stewardship of the land (speaker/expert)

- Animals and Gardening

October 12th: Green Building

- Techniques (speaker/expert)

- Alternatives to conventional materials

October 19th: Green Art

- How art makes a difference

- Using recycled materials

Saturday, October 21st Workshop: Building “Green” Art (10am)

All who are interested, please join us on Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:00pm, for more information about this course or others offered at the KAPS Community Learning Center, please call Mr. Michels at 847-6867.