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David King talk on Seed Saving May 25, 2014 at 10am in the White House Place Learning Garden

David King – Founder and First Chair of the Seed Library of Los Angeles   chair@slola.org

From the beginning the mission of the Library centered on the idea of clean, wholesome, non-GMO food for every one in the Los Angeles region, especially the under-served and compromised communities. With the ideas that food, uncontaminated with pesticides and questionable technologies, is a right of all people, and seeds belong to humanity, he called for a meeting of like-minded people on December 4th, 2010.  From there, the Seed Library of Los Angeles was born.

A transplant from northeast Kansas, David started gardening as a five year old under his grandfather’s tutelage. He lives his life full-time as an author, writer, gardener and activist in Los Angeles, working to make home grown food a part of the Los Angeles’ culture. As a speaker and instructor, he shares his knowledge of growing food with quick witted humor and an infectious passion for the subject.

As the garden master/director for The Learning Garden, a community and school garden located on the campus of Venice High School, King has been published in a number of different horticulture and gardening venues and has appeared on TV and radio. He teaches for UCLA Extension, writes for gardening and ecological magazines and blogs. He fervently hopes to publish his first book on gardening, Growing Food In Southern California, in the very near future.

Seed Saving Basics

Bean, Lettuce, Pea, Pepper, Tomato.  These vegetables offer the beginning seed saver the best chance for successful seed saving. They produce seed the same season as planted and are mostly self-pollinating, minimizing the need to be mindful of preventing cross-pollination.

Seed Saving Advanced.  Corn, Cucumber, Muskmelon, Radish, Spinach, Squash/Pumpkin.
The experienced seed saver’s vegetables produce seed the season they are planted but require separation to keep unwanted cross-pollination from taking place.

When:  Sunday, May 25, 2014 at 10am
Where:  White House Place Learning Garden, northeast corner of Bimini and White House Place in the Los Angeles Eco-Village, Los Angeles 90004.   Directions
Free Admission.  Donations always welcome
No reservations necessary.

And Free Coffee:  Stop by Jimmy Lizama’s Relampago Wheelery at 140 Bimini Place for a free cup of Cafecito Organico coffee on your way to David King’s talk Sunday morning, May 25, 2014.  Please bring your own cup.

Save the dates for future talks in the White House Place Learning Garden:

Sunday, June 22, 2014 at 10 am: Kreigh Hampel on Composting

Saturday, July 19, 2014 at 1 pm:  Hop Hopkins on Food Security

Sunday, July 27, 2014 at 11 am:  Meredith McKenzie on Watersheds

The White House Place Learning Garden and these events are sponsored by the Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust, a nonprofit tax exempt organization.

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for a sustainable water future

FULL: Greywater Installer’s Workshop (5 day) May 12-16, 2014 at L.A. Eco-Village

This workshop is full. We offer these courses about once a year.  But let us know if you’d like to sign up for one sooner laura.oakland@gmail.com

Interested in learning all about greywater, installing your own system, or becoming a greywater installer for your area? This course is designed for people with either basic plumbing, landscaping, or permaculture skills who want to learn how to design and build simple, low-tech residential greywater systems. The course will cover five common greywater systems, how to determine which is appropriate for the site, and how to install them. It will also cover plants, products, codes, and more advanced greywater systems.

Participants will be eligible to take an exam and conduct an installation, to become certified, having their contact info listed on the Greywater Action website, a portal for greywater inquiries from across the country, and join a listserve of other installers to share info and experiences.

Who should attend: Landscapers, Plumbers, Homeowners, Tradespeople, Water conservation officers, Code inspectors, Environmentalists.

You receive: continental breakfast, a greywater book and binder, as well as certification with Greywater Action (if all course requirements are met).

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Water workshops at L.A. Eco-Village are sponsored by Greywater Action:  greywateraction.org
and coordinated by LAEV resident member and Greywater Action founding member Laura Allen

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Lessons from Bhutan: Happiness and Development with Latha Chhetri & Richard Register, Friday, May 30, 2014 at 7:30pm at L.A. Eco-Village

The country of Bhutan is often referred to as the happiest nation on earth.  The GHI (Gross Happiness Index) was created by the then-King of Bhutan in 1973 as a method of measuring quality of life as distinct from Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which measures progress by income.

The concept of the GHI has since traveled to many countries and even cities around the world, including Santa Monica under the name “well-being index.”  As Bhutan peacefully transformed from a monarchy to a democracy in recent years, development began to play an important role, especially in view of rapid urbanization.  The nation’s challenge is how to retain its emphasis on quality of life, and move into contemporary urban living patterns driven by development to accommodate increasing in-migration to its cities?

Here to share the story with us tonight are two of the world’s experts on happiness and urban development.  What might be the lessons for Los Angeles?

 


Latha Chhetri is Chief Urban Planner with the Ministry of Works & Human Settlement in Bhutan.

Latha
Latha Chhetri

 

She heads the Urban Planning and Development Division which oversees planning and design process and strategies for municipal development projects across the country, including coordinating  government agencies  and private stakeholders. Her  office also provides technical support and advice to the local governments  for implementation.  Latha is also a committed member of the Mainstreaming Reference  Group (MRG) championing to integrate the cross-cutting aspects such as Environment, Climate-change, Poverty, Gender and Disaster into Bhutan’s  plans, policies and programmes.  She holds  a masters degree in Urban Design and Development  from the university of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. At MIT, she is attending a SPURS/ Humphrey program for professional enhancement.

 

 

Richard Register, Founder: The International Ecocity Conferences

Richard Register
Richard Register

Author: Ecocities – Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature
and
World Rescue – an Economics Built on what We Build

Richard is one of the world’s great theorists and authors on ecological city design and planning. He is also a practitioner with four decades of experience activating local projects, pushing establishment buttons and working with environmentalists and developers to get a better city built and running. Among his many “firsts,” he convened the first of the Ecocity International Conference Series in Berkeley, California, and coined the term “ecocity” as early as 1987.

He was founding president of Urban Ecology (1975) and founder and current president of Ecocity Builders (1992), both nonprofit educational organizations.

Richard illustrates his own writing, and his books are considered as pleasurable for his imaginative drawings as profound in their ecological urban philosophies and visions.

Richard is a frequent guest of organizations and conferences large and small in his home town, the San Francisco Bay Area, and around the world. He is a tireless advocate for the pedestrian city to save the world — by reducing automobile dependence, global warming, massive sprawl, ecological habitat fragmentation, air and water pollution and other harms.

Reservations required:  213-738-1254 or crsp@igc.org
Fee:  $10 to $15 sliding scale

 

 

Sneak Preview: White House Place Learning Garden, Earth Day, April 22, 2014 from 3 to 6pm at L.A. Eco-Village

Come check it out.  It’s still getting ready for local school kids.  But it’s  far enough along for you to come take a peak at what will soon be an awesome learning garden for the eight schools within walking distance of L.A. Eco-Village.

Ray Cirino will be here with one of his remarkable pizza ovens.  Bring your own pizza to bake in his oven if you’d like, or buy a piece of Ray’s great pizza.

WHEN:           Tuesday, Earthday, April 22, 2014 from 3 to 6pm

WHERE:         Los Angeles Eco-Village, corner of Bimini and White House Place, LA 90004
(directions here: http://laecovillage.org/home/directions/

BE OUR GUESTS.  No fees and no reservations required for this event.

This event hosted by the Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust, a nonprofit tax exempt organization

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Pacific Electric Worker Co-op Kick-Off Party: Fri., April 25 at 6pm at L.A. Eco-Village

Kick Off Party for
Pacific Electric
Worker-Owned LLCFriday, April 25th at 6pm

We are a full service electrical and solar contracting firm based in Los Angeles committed to serving our clients, supporting our workers, creating jobs, and practicing environmental sustainability.
Learn More About Our Service
Support a Democratic Workplace
Get Inspired*

Enjoy some homemade food, locally brewed beer and cider
Music by DJ Nova Jade
Live music – Pawing at the Ceiling
Featuring locally crafted pendent lights by Melba Thorne
Childcare available upon request in RSVP
WHEN
Friday, April 25, 2014
6pm
WHERE
LA Eco-Village
117 Bimini Pl, LA 90004
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72 Hour Permaculture Design Course On-Line – Anytime – Free!

WHAT:     72 Hour Permaculture Design Course
WHEN:     Anytime
WHERE:  http://www.permaculturedesigntraining.com/
FEE:         Free!

COMPLETE PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE with Larry Korn, among America’s leading permaculture authorities.

“Though the problems of the world are increasingly
complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.” – Bill Mollison

The complete 72+ hour permaculture design course curriculum is now available completely without charge together with some amazing interviews on sustainable living and intentional community design from some of the world’s leading permaculture educators. There is no catch here — the course is completely free; optional internationally-standard certification is also available as a paid service.

This is the same permaculture design course curriculum that is taught for thousands of dollars around the world, now available to you without charge. Our goal is to take permaculture mainstream, which requires making the knowledge available to people around the world without barriers. Many thousands of people have signed up since this course has been launched and we are continuing to fine-tune and release content.

Get started anytime and spread the word for a more regenerative  planet and healthier living :  http://www.permaculturedesigntraining.com/

Course lectures in:
– Permaculture Fundamental
– Design and Patterns
– Plants, Climates and Soils
– Water and Aquaculture
– Urban Permaculture
– Social Permaculture
– Experiential Site Visits
– Student Presentations

Plus:

  • Natural building construction
  • Pattern observation and site analysis
  • Renewable energy and appropriate technology
  • Reading the land and natural cycles
  • Rainwater harvesting and conservation
  • Soil regeneration and land restoration
  • Passive and active solar design
  • Food forests, trees, and garden design
  • Greywater considerations and system design
  • Business and financial permaculture
  • Waste recycling and treatment
  • Urban permaculture for sustainable cities
  • …and much, much more!and sustainability interviews, community forum and free course materials!

 

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“Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community” – Jan. 31st Book talk with author Karen T. Litfin at L.A. Eco-Village

WHEN:       Friday, January 31, 2014 at 7:30 pm (veggie potluck at 6:30pm)
WHERE:    Los Angeles  Eco-Village, 117 Bimini Pl, LA 90004 (Directions)
FEE:             $5 to $10 sliding scale ( no one turned away for lack of funds)
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED:  213/738-1254 or crsp@igc.org

Come hang out with us for a veggie potluck at 6:30 pm and schmooze with others living in or interested in creating more eco communities in and around LA or the world!

Then stay with us as  Karen Litfin shares her adventures exploring 14 of the most prominent ecovillages throughout the world (including LAEV)  on her year long personal journey  seeking answers to how she might align her living patterns with her ecological values,  as well as how societies throughout the world might benefit from the lessons of ecovillages in their midst,  from the most advanced industrial societies to remote villages in the developing world.

Here’s what some are saying about Karen’s new book

“If you can’t take a year off to visit ecovillages around the world, this marvel of a book is the next best thing. It’s actually even better for the carbon it saves, the questions it asks, and the wisdom it shares. I am eager to share it with all my students and fellow teachers.”
Joanna Macy, author of Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy

“Ecovillages have for many years acted as micro-laboratories for building a low carbon, post-growth society. But what can we learn from them? How much of ecovillage life is scaleable and replicable? Karen Litfin set out to find out, and her learnings and insights are invaluable. We owe her road trip and her research a great deal, there is much wisdom and treasure here!”
Rob Hopkins, author of The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience

“Nature teaches us that nothing disappears when it dies, it merely becomes something new. Karen Litfin’s lucid and heartfelt book reveals the new life emerging in the cracks of failing systems. Through her eyes, we meet people everywhere who are building high-joy, low-impact communities. Litfin is the perfect guide: intellectually rigorous, spiritually awake and deeply caring. If you want to create a richer, gentler life for yourself and your community, read this book!”
Vicki Robin, bestselling author of Your Money or Your Life and Blessing the Hands that Feed Us

For more quickie reviews, info about the book, and Karen’s travels, go here:  http://ecovillagebook.org/

ABOUT KAREN   
Karen Litfin, Ph.D. is a professor of political science and environmental studies at the University of Washington. She grew up in Pittsburgh and Baltimore, received a B.A. and M.A. from University of Maryland, and then a Ph.D. from UCLA. Karen is a mother, an introspective activist, an avid bicyclist and hiker, and a second-rate gardener. In her research and teaching, Karen takes a “person/planet politics” approach, which entails integrating the intellectual, emotional, practical and contemplative dimensions of sustainability.

Karen’s first two books were Ozone Discourses: Science and Politics in Global Environmental Cooperation (Columbia University Press, 1994) and The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics (MIT Press, 1998). You can find her scholarly articles on her faculty website. Unlike her earlier writings, Karen’s latest book, Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community, communicates her person/planet politics approach in language that is at once personal and engaging without sacrificing intellectual clarity and nuance. The book itself is an expression of Karen’s aspiration for wholeness.

Ecovillages traces Karen’s journey to fourteen ecovillages around the world to learn firsthand from those who are taking a “person/planet approach” to their own lives. In this inspiring and insightful book, Karen shares her unique experience of sustainable living through four broad windows—ecology, economics, community, and consciousness—or E2C2.   Her aim was not to be a cheerleader for ecovillages but to truly learn from them, to transform her own life accordingly, and to share her gleanings with ordinary people who want the information about how to transform their lives and the inspiration to actually do so.

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