posted Aug 29, 2011 3:21 PM by Jay Rosenberg
pleasetouchgarden:
Hi Everyone!
The Please Touch Garden is having it’s first party, and we’d love for
you to be there to toast in good spirit to the progress that has been
made and to the future of this wildly imaginative outdoor space.
It is going to be a fun event with a DJ, a live band, raffle tickets (included in admission) and drink specials!
Swig - 561 Geary Street
Tuesday, August 30th
5:30-9:00pm
Spread the word, all are welcome!
Can’t wait to see you there!
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posted Aug 14, 2011 11:37 AM by Jay Rosenberg
As a way to save the world, digging a ditch next to a hillock of sheep dung would seem to be a modest start. Granted, the ditch was not just a ditch. It was meant to be a “swale,” an earthwork for slowing the flow of water down a slope on a hobby farm in western Wisconsin.
And the trenchers, far from being day laborers, had paid $1,300 to $1,500 for the privilege of working their spades on a cement-skied Tuesday morning in late June.
Fourteen of us had assembled to learn permaculture, a simple system for designing sustainable human settlements, restoring soil, planting year-round food landscapes, conserving water, redirecting the waste stream, forming more companionable communities and, if everything went according to plan, turning the earth’s looming resource crisis into a new age of happiness.
It was going to have to be a pretty awesome ditch.
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posted May 1, 2011 10:42 AM by Jay Rosenberg
Earlier this year, Hayes Valley Farm received a one year notice on the completion of a Purchase and Sale Agreement for the south half (Parcel "P", borded by Oak Street, Hickory Street, Octavia Street, and Laguna Street). This is the most amazing opportunity for the pursuit of Permaculture in San Francisco. As we execute our transition plan, we have been meeting with various city officials to identify existing or potential sites for future farms. We need your help now more than ever. -Jay For more info, contact me at PermacultureJay@gmail.com or check out www.49farms.org |
posted Feb 23, 2011 3:45 PM by Jay Rosenberg
 Next month, a special benefit musical- As Always- will help raise money for San Francisco Parks Trust's Music in Parks program- which provides grants to support music at your community park celebrations. We hope that you can help spread the word to your Park Partner networks, email lists, newsletters, and friends to join us March 10-27th at the Eureka Theatre in Downtown San Francisco for this world premiere, and an opportunity to help Music in Parks. Join us opening night March 10th for a post-show reception, or come to any performance March 10-27th to support music in our parks. Here's how you can help: · Visit http://www.AsAlwaysTickets.com and use the Facebook share button · Download the PDF Invite to email to your lists · Organize a group night to see the show! · email us for a graphic or banner to use in your e-news or website For a limited time, Park Partners and friends receive 20% off tickets by using the discount code 'PARTNER' while ordering online or via phone at 1.800.838.3006   March 10-27th (Thursday-Saturday 8:00pm, Sundays at 2:00pm) Eureka Theatre, 215 Jackson Street, Downtown San Francisco Tickets $25 Composer and lyricist Peter W. Tucker was first introduced to theatre decades ago through a free SF Rec. & Park youth theatre program. He now gives back to parks with a new musical, which traces a psychological journey through love, loss, and redemption, all in a night of dreams. Ticket proceeds go to San Francisco Parks Trust's Music in Parks program, which provides funding for community music celebrations in parks like Jerry Day, Next Arts, Grind for the Green, and more. Don't miss this world-premiere musical featuring award-winning performers Jessica Fisher and Nephi Speer, and the opportunity to support music in our parks!
 
As Always is presented by Verismo Productions, in association with the Eureka Theatre Company. Special thanks to media sponsor: 
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posted Feb 19, 2011 4:53 PM by Jay Rosenberg
Saturday February 26th 11-5pm
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Funghi, hongos, champignon, kinoko, gomba, muo go, mykes, boletus,
grib, or... mushrooms: However you like to say it, the basidiocarp, or
spore producing fruiting body, of certain fungi are mystical,
mysterious, medicinal, and delicious,  and hold a special place in human culture.
Join
us for an introduction to mushroom culture including basic Fungi
biology and ecology, foraging and gathering, and spawn cultivation at
home and in the garden.There will be hands-on inoculation demonstrations
using hardwood logs, straw, and wood chips.
We'll also bake up some pizzas in the oven and top them with mushroom
varieties you can grow that are also available at local farmers markets.
Activities:
11am-fire up oven, morning refreshments courtesy of Arizmendi Bakery
12pm-group discussion with local fungus foragers
1pm-mushroom cultivation workshop
Late Afternoon-hang out, conversate, eat and be merry!
As always, the ovens will be blazing and we'll provide the dough so
bring some pizza toppings, or some other local, seasonal fare to share
and compare at our ultra-local potluck.
Also check out the farm and see appropriate technology demos like solar
ovens and dehydrators, rocket stove, compost toilet, pedal power,
earthen structures and of course the cob oven!
Bring your own utensils if you got em, and musical instruments, parlor tricks and special talents are always welcome!
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Location: Next to the athletic field at the School of the Arts and the Academy of Arts and Sciences 555 Portola Dr. San Francisco (click for map).
Enter campus via O'Shaughnessy Blvd @ Portola. Close to 36, 44, 48,
and 52 Muni lines. From the parking area on O'Shaughnessy, walk down
the hill to the right towards the athletic field. We'll be on the farm
the behind the bleachers across the field. See ya there!
For more information:
www.eco-sf.org ~ info@eco-sf.org ~ (415) 846-8164 |
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posted Jan 4, 2011 7:26 PM by Jay Rosenberg
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The San Francisco Permaculture Guild meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm in the Gazebo Room at CPMC Davies Campus. The Gazebo Room at California Pacific Medical Center - Davies Campus (Guild Meetings)The Gazebo Room at Califo...Campus (Guild Meetings) |
posted Nov 5, 2010 5:57 PM by Jay Rosenberg
Common Vision is once again rocking a GreenFest afterparty on Saturday November 6th to raise funds for the 8th Fruit Tree Tour! We are seeking help for our handbilling team within GreenFest. We have had a successful no-person-left-unhandbilled policy in the past years that has been very successful.
Common
Vision will gladly put flyer/handbill folks on the guest list for the
evening event and will be grateful for their spirit of service that will
result in fresh fruit in the belly of school kids across the state.
Would you be down to send this to your premie heads? Big Love!
Blessings and Thanks Michael
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posted Oct 23, 2010 12:34 PM by Jay Rosenberg
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a great local business buy a bike trailer for local food deliveries.
Come buy a coffee, beer, wine or snack from Matching Half Cafe between
the hours of 3pm and 6pm! The owners have agreed to invest 200% of
their profits in making their business more energy efficient, including
buying a bike trailer and bags, increasing local food purchases, and
purchasing reusable food storage containers. You heard me right, 200%,
meaning they are matching every dollar of profit that we can generate.
Step 1: RSVP
Step 2: Invite all your friends and family
Step 3: Tell all of them to invite all of their friends and family
Step 4: Have a drink and snack and enjoy the fruits of your labor
Step 5: Feel good about helping a local business make eco-friendly changes.
Learn more about what a Carrotmob is here: http://carrotmob.org/
Matching Half Cafe
Saturday, October 23 from 3pm - 6pm
1799 McAllister Street @Baker
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=149661238408573
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Join us for Dig In II San Francisco.
Dig In Part II invites you to share a morning with experienced gardeners who will present fresh and useful information on sustainable gardening.
Here's "the dirt" on the workshops and presenters for Dig In II:
This workshop on sustainable gardening is FREE. Sign up now.
Sessions include classes on gardening basics, wreath making (in time for the holidays), volunteerism, water conservation, native plants, and a tutorial on the value of bees and the plants that attract them (Just Bee-Cause).
To register or for more information, please contact Sandra Zuniga, (415) 695-2114.
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Date: This Saturday! October 9th, 2010
Time: 9:30am to 1:30pm
Location: Visitacion Valley Greenway ( map)
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