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June2007Newsletter Newsletter for June 2007  First strawberry of the season in my garden - ST CONTENTS
ARTICLES EVENTS June 2 - Bullock Brother's Tour - Orcas Is. Come join some folks from Seattle Permaculture Guild and Duwamish Co housing as we embark on a 3-hour tour of the Bullocks Farm on Orcas Island at 1:00pm on Saturday, June 2nd, 2007. If our tiny ship got lost, THIS is the place I'd adore to land .... http://www.permacultureportal.com
For starters, they offer guided tours of the property. The tour usually lasts about three hours and they charge $15.00 for adults, $12.00 for students, and kids under 13 are free. They ask for a ten-person or $150 minimum. Overnight camping and hands-on participatory work projects are possible options. They require payment two weeks in advance (now) so I am sending my own money to front at least 10 people's tour.
The Bullocks ask $10/adult for camping and ask that folks pitch in $5/person to our intern food kitty for meals. Make sure you let me know ahead of time the total number of people who will be staying overnight so I can let their interns know. Kevin, Steve and I are planning to stay overnight. Join us if you can!
(or two for those who have to come back and live in the city for a while longer) so plan financially.
Thanks! - Maria Morehead June 7, 7pm-9pm "Introduction to Permaculture: Design for Sustainable Human Habitats" Graham-Kapowsin High School Auditorium. , $10. From solar panels to 'food forests', greywater systems to wildlife habitat, permaculture teaches how to live on the earth with a decreased ecological footprint. Pierce County focused. More at http://www.grahamlearning.org. June 9 - Permaculture Pancakes 8:00am! A little something for the early birds! Get together and still have time in the rest of the day for workshops and getting your stuff done! Organic sourdough pancakes using a sourdough starter that has been going for over 250 years! Plus organic maple syrup, organic scrambled eggs and organic coffee! Semi-potluck-ish: If you have something organic to bring, that's great! Maybe some homemade jam? An interesting syrup? Juice? Fresh fruit from your garden? A favorite tea? Yes! But bringing something is not required. The goal is to bring permies together - the food is just for fun. We have pH testing equipment. Bring a soil sample and we'll test your soil while you wait! 1130 n 81st st, seattle - about three blocks north of green lake. Lots of street parking. June 13th - Rainwater Harvesting, Catching, and Management
Join Mike Broili in an in-depth discussion about rainwater harvesting systems, design and management strategies. Mike will discuss rainwater harvesting systems for flushing toilets and doing Laundry. This class includes a tour of the Phinney Centers rainwater catchment system, used for flushing toilets. To register , go to http://www.phinneycenter.org or call 206/783-2244. $20 PNA member/ $25 non-member. June 16th - Wild Thyme Farm Saturday workshop series - Summer garden planting, creating an herb spiral.
June 18th 7:00 p.m. Phinney Greenwood Climate Change Action Now(PG CCAN) presents Localization by Cecile Andrews & Jamie Claussen at St. John's Lutheran Church (55th and Phinney) There's a new movement emerging around the country: localization, a turn back to our neighborhood communities. And this is significant, because as Robert Putnman, author of Bowling Alone, says, the culture in which people talk to each other over their back fences is the culture in which people vote. Join the Phinney Greenwood Climate Change Action Now to see how this truly grass roots movement helps combat global warming. Come and learn about our developing "Buy Local" campaign. June 19-25th - ANNUAL ADVANCED PERMACULTURE COURSE: IN TEACHING
design! In this dynamic, interactive and fun course learn powerful teaching techniques to communicate whole systems education and Permaculture principles in a wide variety of settings. Jude and Tom have a combined experience of over 40 years of teaching and in the design field. Their commitment to encouraging diverse learning styles helps build upon your unique strengths and talents. They model various teaching and learning styles including lecture, discussions, lesson planning, module building and group presentations. These provide the essential learning experiences for this course. Each participant will be offering several presentations which provides essential hands-on experience. This is a Certificate Course offered by the Cascadia Permaculture Institute.
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June 23rd - FAMILY ARCHITECTURAL MODEL-MAKING WORKSHOP For Adults and Youth 9 and up
Get a special guided viewing of SAF’s permanent Blueprints: 100+ Years of Seattle Architecture exhibit and make your own model to take home. This intergenerational workshop will pair adults and youth together to design a building and make a model. Learn about design elements such as scale, texture, pattern, and perspective, while exploring how buildings and spaces impact communities and influence the ways people live, work, and play. Registration is limited to ten (10) family teams. Advance registration and pre-payment are required. To register, call the SAF office at 206.667.9184. Online registration is not available at this time. June 27th - 7-9pm - Deconstruction: Alternatives to Demolition - Part 3 of the "Renewal" Series The following event is part of the NW EcoBuilding's 2007 Educational Series: The Deconstruction topic is broken down into 4 parts, Design, Relocation, Deconstruction and Construction. This approach creates a dialogue about the huge need for building materials and how the public at large can change a large section of the building industry. Come out for a great discussion with some innovative professionals as we learn about Alternatives to Demolition. Presenters: Designing for Disassembly
Jeff will talk about "whole house recycling" using a House Move on Phinney Ridge as the Case Study. Come see Jeff and Home Owner Frank Michael Rebhan talk about their experience. Sustaining Deconstruction
RE Store, a local non profit, is actively, and deconstructing buildings for reuse and recycling in Seattle. Long-term viability, though, requires an industry-wide shift away from a ‘landfill model of demolition’ to a ‘reuse model of deconstruction’. Through local partnerships with the city, county, contractors, non profits and property owners, RE Store is helping to reshape building codes, demo permits, and material selection choices. RE Store will report on current regulatory and industry trends that promise to sustain deconstruction services and products, locally, well into the future. Using Salvage Materials in the Construction process
Jon will talk about the following items:
We will follow up the evening with a roundtable discussion about the future of the alternatives to Demolition. Where:
Cost: Free for NW Ecobuilding Guild members - $5 Donation for Non-Members Contact: Justin Fogle - cpschapter@ecobuilding.org July 12-14 - BASICS OF COB - 3 days Whidbey Island, WA $250 Cob is a mixture of sand, clay, soil, and straw ingredients that are readily available for little or no cost. Think of it as sculpting with clay. Walls, benches, furniture and bookshelves are just a few of the things that you can build with cob. Cob will not burn or rot and provides insulation and, more importantly, thermal mass. It’s also pleasing to the eye and comfortable to live in. This will be a hands-on 3-day course covering the basics: site selection, materials, mixing and building techniques. Come prepared to get dirty. Workshop begins Friday at 4pm. Bring a dish to share for dinner. Lunch provided Saturday & Sunday. To Register go to : http://naturalbuildingschool.org/workshops.html July 16-20th - Aprovecho Stove Camp Once again, the annual ETHOS Stove Camp will be held July 16-20 at the Aprovecho Research Center lab in Creswell, Oregon (10 miles south of Eugene.) The Aprovecho Stove Camp is a chance for people interested and involved in the research, design, construction, and dissemination of biomass cooking stoves to come together for a hands on collaborative event. Participants will discuss, design, build, and test cook stoves in Aprovecho's laboratory. Sessions for newcomers and stove veterans will run concurrently. For more info go here: http://www.aprovecho.org/stovecamp07.htm July 19-31st - PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE with Jude Hobbs and Tom Ward For more information or to register,
July 21 - Permaculture Pancakes 8:02am! A little something for the early birds! Get together and still have time in the rest of the day for workshops and getting your stuff done! Organic sourdough pancakes using a sourdough starter that has been going for over 250 years! Plus organic maple syrup, organic scrambled eggs and organic coffee! Semi-potluck-ish: If you have something organic to bring, that's great! Maybe some homemade jam? An interesting syrup? Juice? Fresh fruit from your garden? A favorite tea? Yes! But bringing something is not required. The goal is to bring permies together - the food is just for fun. 1130 n 81st st, seattle - about three blocks north of green lake. Lots of street parking. August 3-5 PLASTER - 3 days Whidbey Island, WA $250 This workshop will explore the versatility and application of earthen plasters. We will be doing interior and exterior plasters, window and door detail work, bah relief, and fresco applications. This is your chance to get really muddy and learn plastering techniques that you can use with your own building projects. We will be plastering over a number of different materials, including light straw clay, earth bags, and wood. Workshop begins Friday at 4pm. Bring a dish to share for dinner. Lunch provided Saturday & Sunday. To Register go to : http://naturalbuildingschool.org/workshops.html ORGANIZATION OF THE GUILD
Non tribe members can send event info to seattlepermacultureguild@gmail.com. This info will be compiled by a rotating volunteer twice a month and posted to the permaculture website, the tribe, and emailed to the guild list. If you've planned an event, and didn't make the newsletter, take advantage of tribe and post your event there.
check out the Seattle Permaculture Guild at http://tribes.tribe.net/seattlepermacultureguild and join the tribe.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS 5/31/07 - Hi, Shaina and I have recently landed in Seattle (the plan is for at least through September) and are looking for projects, meetups, resources, and, most immediately, shelter. We are a community minded (but self reliant), activist (but mellow), emotionally honest (but low drama), simple living (but fiscally stable), mixed gender (but queer friendly) couple accustomed to living in community. If there is an inexpensive, permaculture-garden-earth-friendly place to stay with like-minded folks until mid September, all's the better. Please call Shaina and Ming at 510 333 2202 or rkmlai AT gmail.com Permaculture farm property for sale: A 4.95 acre parcel in Duvall with a well, an approved septic design, and power plan. It has been permitted through the CAO for a single family residence. Approximately 2.5-3 acres are cleared, ideal for a home site with a wonderful view of the Olympics. The rest of the land is in native vegetation, with big Hemlocks, firs and Cedars. It is very peaceful and quiet, yet only 3 miles off Kelly Road (a main artery of Duvall). This is an exceptional piece of land for sale. It is ideal for a market or hobby farmer/orchardist, with 25 fruit trees, blueberries, gooseberries, and approximately 200' of sturdy trellises with grapes, all well established and producing. Optimum growing conditions for fruit trees and grapes west of the Cascades: up off the valley floor on a southwest facing slope, good soil, good drainage, heightened heat units. There are two ponds above the orchard and vineyard for gravitational irrigation, fed by a small stream. There is a well-built paddock for livestock. The entire piece is set up perfectly for permacultural practices, and would be a very productive homestead or market farm. ASKING $235,000. Please contact Sarah and Luke via email farmers@oxbowfarm.org or call 206.819.5312 if you are interested in seeing the property. Gohere for pictures.
Greetings! I have been nestling into my new location in Olympia, Fertile Ground Guesthouse and Community Center. This beautiful example of urban permaculture is on a double lot in downtown Olympia, directly behind the Timberland Library. We are available to host many events, including pizza parties for local non-profits using our cob oven. Fertile Ground will be the location for many upcoming events in the future. We have diverse facilities here at Fertile Ground, including a great kitchen for classes, musical instruments, and a studio/classroom space with projection possibilities. Please contact me if you are interested in using our space for your event as well. Check out our website at http://www.fertileground.org And here for calendar of events: http://www.fertileground.org/community/calendar.html
WORK OPPORTUNITIES Landscape Crew and Crew Leader Positions: WEdesign is a 5 star Envirostars certified, eco-friendly, full service landscape design-installation company. Our busy firm has an immediate need for full-time landscape installation Crew AND Crew Lead members. Benefits:
Come share your passion for the environment while developing your landscaping skills. Previous experience preferred. We pay higher than most for committed, efficient and hard working folks! Crew Leaders must have previous crew experience, and crew lead experience is preferred. Both positions require reliable transportation to job sites throughout King County, a valid WA state drivers license and a clean driving record. Please email resume to michael@we-design.net.
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