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July 2008 -- Monday, July 7th to July 31st, 2008 -- Saturday July 12-13, Composting Workshop, Water Woman Gardens, Mar Vista, CA Why hasn't anyone really made a restroom fun and educational? How come when there is a composting toilet made its hidden away in the woods with hardly any details to make it last in your mind? We plan on changing all the myths and scary things that have been attached to resting in that room. They call it that to avoid scaring people or calling it a bathroom to avoid dealing with that so called problem. Well now you can help yourself in learning cob and composting in our first cob workshop here at Water Woman Gardens. Serious attention will be put to this structure and the importance of composting. First it will resemble a butt so it's easy to know what it is and we all know what that does. Second it will have no smell except for gardenia, roses, mint, or lavender that surround it. Third the hardware details will mimic the microbs that digest the nutrients. The roof will be able a living roof and able to catch some rainwater for the garden. Let's make this workshop bring the right attention in a fun way to solve the problems and myths of restrooms once and for all. Most tools are here as we mostly use our hands. Make sure you bring a note pad, old clothes-shoes, food for solar cooker (veggies), sense of humor and a friend. You are invited for free after your initial class to continue the project including plaster, living roof, fine woodworking, and composting techniques until the butt is completed. For more information on all the things you'll be learning check out: http://people.tribe.net/raycirino/photos 818-834-7074 RSVP by sending check or money order to Ray Cirino Deadline for signing up is July 10. Maximum 30 cobbers. $100 for the weekend, kids welcome ! -- Sunday, July 20, 11am – 6pm, Clean-Air Car Show and Film Festival , Fair Oaks Ave. and El Centro St., South Pasadena 20080720T110000/20080720T180000 20080720T110000/20080720T180000The City of South Pasadena, in partnership with State Senator Gil Cedillo and Assemblymember Anthony Portantino, will be hosting the 2nd Annual Clean-Air Car Show and Film Festival The success of last year's inaugural event demonstrated that the public is eager to learn about the new technologies that can lead to cleaner, more healthful air for people and pets, help reduce our nation's dependence on foreign oil, address growing concerns over global warming, and strengthen our national and economic security. Like last year, the show will be part of an effort to promote cleaner, more efficient alternatives to the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine by showcasing emerging alternative vehicles like Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, Electric, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Ethanol, Biodiesel, etc. -- Saturday July 26-27th 2008, The 5th Bay Area Regional Permaculture Convergence, Green Valley Village, West Sonoma County This gathering is designed specific towards Permaculture Designers and Professionals to strategically meet about the Permaculture movement in the respected California regions and our connection to greater Pacific region and international connections. This years theme, schedule and content is being designed and we are open to your suggestions, please contact us or leave a comment at the bottom of this page. Our next planning meeting is schedule for May 17th Brunch @ Green Valley Village If you would like to join this amazing project please contact meddle@riseup.net for more information. -- Tuesday, July 29th, Low Carbon Diets, 6:00-8:30, Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., MLK Auditorium Please join us for an eye opening presentation on how food choices affect the global environment, local economies, and the quantity and quality of healthy foods. Our speaker is Helene York, Director, Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation. Her work recently featured on the front page of the LA Times on Earth Day: "Treading lighter with low-carbon diets." FREE, RSVPs appreciated: traci@sustainablesm.org www.SustainableSantaMonica.org NEXT MONTH: August 29-31, 2008, 1st Annual Southern California Permaculture Convergence Guest speakers, Brad Lancaster and Geoff Lawton, will share expertise working in Drylands. Honored long time Permaculture teachers from Southern California invited as special guests: Larry Santoyo, Bill Roley, Ed Mendoza (currently residing in Arizona, born and raised in Santa Barbara), and Gabriel Howearth (Baja California). Dear Permaculture Community, We would like to invite PDC graduates to the 1st Annual Southern California Permaculture Convergence, August 29-31, 2008, hosted by the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network and Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm. see website for0 more info : http://socalifornia.permacultureconvergence.org/ -7239, or download the application at www.quailsprings.org/programs | LAPG WIKI SPACE : http://lapcguild.wikispaces.com -- http://www.homegrownevolution.com/ -- http://sdperm.blogspot.com/ -- http://permaculturecafe.blogspot.com/ -- http://permaculturetokyo.blogspot.com/ -- http://containergardening.wordpress.com -- http://l0wt3ch.blogspot.com/ WISER EARTH Profile : http://www.wiserearth.org/organization/view/625ef7965dec0b50f16a19ec91d1f79a# *New* Online Permaculture Certification www.permaculturevisions.com FARMERS MARKETS OF SOUTHERN CA
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