I have been following Devin Slavin and his work in Ventura County for over a year. He is now up in the Santa Cruz area. He has created this Facebook site about his Grow Food Party Crews. I would highly recommend him and his model. He was very successful in Ventura and Ojai before moving north.
http://www.facebook.com/n/?pages%2FGrow-Food-Party-Crew%2F104547179597898&mid=28edf33G5af341584d1cG1d3a2dG4c&n_m=dubullard%40gmail . On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:26 AM, L. Santoyo <[email protected]> wrote: > * > **Live- Learn- Work- Play* > *This Series Features:** > Hands-On sustainable landscape/gardening and natural building > > > Green Living in Orange County- > The Permaculture Design Course Experience* > http://earthflow.com/OCPDC2.php > > *Easy and Affordable* > Second weekends of each month- July through December 2010 > 50% work-trade, payment plans- and discounts for teachers are available. > > Permaculture is a World-Wide Movement... a design approach that uses > ecological principles to help create sustainable communities that can have > the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. Permaculture > goes well beyond just being a "gardening system" and offers a positive > framework for critical decision-making, problem solving and finding your > right livelihood. > > This certificate course will give you tools for food security, water and > energy conservation ; building social capital; developing a sustainable > economy; and much more. > > Design professionals can add new qualifications to their resumes and can > offer sustainability services to their clients. Homeowners, gardeners, and > land managers learn to increase the value and productivity of their > property. Real estate and development companies are able to better address > the public's growing concern for the environment- and teachers will learn to > integrate permaculture design into their curriculum. > > *promotional video:* > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVr7wuqd-c8 > > *In and Around Orange County -Community Projects, Actions and > Activities...* > Learn the fundamental principles of sustainable design embodied in all of > the natural world- then learn how to actually apply them with your own > design team to a real-world project. > > - A Certificate Course for Design Professionals, Land Managers & > Homeowners > - ReDesign with Nature > - Water Harvesting & Conservation > - Natural Building & Property Development > - Urban FoodForestry > - Re-Localizing Food Production > - Economics of a Sustainable Society > > *The Teaching Team is led by Larry Santoyo, Director, EarthFlow Design > Works* > http://earthflow.com > > *Registration* > http://earthflow.com/registration.php > > $1050. for entire series > 50% work-trade and payment plans > Discounts for teachers are available. > > *For more information contact:* > [email protected] > (805) 459-0452 > > Big Thanks to The County of Orange, Anneliese Schools, Transition Laguna > Beach, Orange Coast College, Earthroots School, The Ecology Center, The > Terra Foundation & Friends*** > > > > * > _______________________________________________ > Lapg mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/lapg > > -- Dianne Ulyon Bullard Owner, Molly Maid of the West Valley 22122 Ventura Boulevard Woodland Hills CA 91364 818-716-5568
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