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Thursday - Sunday 7/5/2001 - 7/8/2001 |
Santa Sabina Center, San Rafael, CA First International Conference on Ecological Building Structure A gathering of researchers, engineers, architects, and builders working with earth, fibers, and industrial byproducts in building structures. At this conference you will find many of the best in their fields
Mostly, there will be a lot of free time to meet and
talk in groups of any size, and there will be a Friday evening (July
6) public poster session at which conference attendees will present
condensed graphic representations of their work- a chance for media
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Saturday 7/7/2001 |
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m Malcom X Elementary School, Berkeley, CA. The school is situated between Ashby, Ellis, Prince and King Streets. A "Cobbing" Work Party in the Garden will take place .. Many adults are needed to get this project moving forward. Construction on the cob-style greenhouse (cob is soil, sand and straw mixture) was started about a month ago in the Malcolm X School garden. Summer school started this week, and students have been working on it daily, will adult supervision. This summer school activity will continue for the next two weeks. We need two adult volunteers here as well, daily from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, to help mix the cob and supervise the students. During the summer school days, it is best to help out more than one time, for consistency and continuity with the kids, but any time you can make it is fine with us! Those of you interested in learning and/or practicing cob, and working with elementary school children have a perfect opportunity to do so, these next two weeks. (It's OK if you just like playing in the mud, too) This is a project led by John Fordice, who led the cob shed project in the Northside Community Art Garden. The Malcolm X Garden Coordinator, Rivka Mason, is also leading the project. We have not had enough adults able to show up during the summer school hours (we know, people have to pay those bills!), so we really need a lot of adults to move the project forward during the WORK PARTY on July 7th. We will continue the work with students during summer school, a commitment we made to make sure students participate as much as possible in the building of this permanent and unique-to-Berkeley garden structure for their school. We recognize, that the structure and all the work put into it, would be vulnerable to vandalism, if left incomplete, when summer school ends in a few weeks. We therefore have no choice but to ensure completion of the structure by (making a big PUSH!) holding a work party for the big people on July 7th. Bring your own water, food, sunscreen, sun-hat. Bring fruit or water to share if you can. Malcolm X Elementary School Garden is located on Ellis St. in Berkeley, between Ashby and Prince Streets. The only traffic signal on Ashby Street, between Martin Luther King, Jr. Way and Sacramento Street is at King Street. Ellis St. is one block east of King. Prince is one block south of Ashby. Before July 2nd, reply to imgreen@jps.net or call 652-9462 for information (Marcy). After July 2nd, call 524-2916 (Rivka). |
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Saturday - Sunday 7/7/2001 - 7/15/2001 |
$560, includes main meal and camping (extra meals may be available at additional charge), Nevada City, CA Basics of Cob The Cob Cottage Company presents a week long workshop on the basics of cob. Our most popular workshop teaches professionals and owner-builders the basics of cob construction in 7 to 9 intensive days. Even complete novices leave the workshop confident in their ability to build the cob parts of a cabin, studio, or greenhouse. Learn how to locate and test soil, sand, and straw, create the right cob mix for any situation, and build strong, durable, sculptural earthen walls. Get practical experience with foundations, windows and doors, arches and niches. Lectures cover siting, passive solar design, drainage, heating, plumbing and electric, and natural roofing and flooring. See also the related workshop on Cob Art, Natural Plasters and Earthen Floors beginning 7/17/200. The two workshops can be taken together for $840. For more information or to learn about any new workshops not yet listed on this site, please contact: the Cob Cottage Company, Box 123 Cottage Grove, OR 97424 Phone and FAX (541) 942-2005 http://www.deatech.com/cobcottage/ Office hours are usually Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 - 5:00 PST Discounts available, ask us for more information. Group size is limited, so workshops often fill early. Phone us to verify that space is available. A non-refundable deposit is required to reserve a space, $150 for up to 9-day workshops, $300 for longer ones. The remainder of the fee should be paid 30 days before the workshop begins. Withdrawls within 10 days of the workshop may forfeit the fee. |
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Sunday - Wednesday 7/8/2001 - 7/11/2001 |
Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA The California Resource Recovery Association Conference This premier conference on materials use and recycling features speakers Janine Benyus, author of Biomimicry and Natural Strategies Principal, Susan Burns. The conference will be held from July 8th to the 11th at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA. For more information visit http://crra.com/ |
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Monday - Tuesday 7/9/2001 - 7/10/2001 |
$75 early registration (>10 days early), $100 (< 10 days early) San Diego Joint Apprenticeship Training Council (JATC) Designing and Installing Code-Compliant Photovoltaic (PV) Systems The California Energy Commission is sponsoring a series of workshops (June - August 2001) to promote the design and installation of hign quality cost effective PV systems. Hosted by local Joint Apprenticeship Training Centers (JATC) throughout California, this workshop provides an overview of small-scale solar electric generation, basic syatem design issues, and installation requirements to meet the National Electrical Code (NEC). Day 1: The first day focuses primarily on issues that impact the design of a PVsystem. The course begins with fundamentals of PV systems and solar energy. It then progresses to performance issues to identify wherelosses occur in a typical PV system. Siting concerns are discussed including how to take into account the effects of shading and orientation on system performance. Electrical and mechanical design issues are discussed to provide the participant with an overview of how to identify proper system design. The first day ends with an explanation of the important aspects of how the power conditioning equipment works and examples of current products. Day 2: The second day focuses primarily on issues encountered with installing code-compliant systems. Major installation processes are covered including the mounting and wiring of the PV array. Attention is given to each portion of the required hardware needed to install a safe and reliable PV power system. Issues discussed relate to both battery and non-battery-based systems. Issues specific to battery-based systems include battery types and wiring of critical load subpanels. Issues relevant to all PV systems include temperature-corrected wire ampacity, wire voltage drop, and grounding. The course concludes with system checkout procedures so the installer is confident that the system is installed properly and is operating as expected. Prerequisites: Attendees are expected to have a basic understanding of electrical systems. This workshop is designed to augment the understanding of standard wiring practices with those issues that are specific to PV installations. For more information contact James Westfall, Training Director Phone: 858-569-6322, ext. 11 Email: mmuurua@sdett.org or visit http://www.endecon.com/html/training.html |
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6:00 pm reception, 6:30 pm lecture,
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Thursday
7/12/2001 |
Lunch will begin at 12:00 noon, Seating is limited so make reservations early. AIA Members pay $15.00; $20.00 for non-members. Josef's Restaurant in Hotel La Rose, 618 Wilson Street in Santa Rosa. The Redwood Chapter of the American Institute of Architects presents Integrating New Urbanism Concepts Dick Carlisle and Alan Cohen, AIA will present how new urbanism concepts can dovetail with our local and regional planning, city vision and re-development projects. Please RSVP via email reply to Craig Williams (craig.williams@tlcd.com) or via phone at (707) 535-5232. |
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Thursday - Friday 7/12/2001 - 7/13/2001 |
$75 early registration (>10 days early), $100 (< 10 days early) Oakland Joint Apprenticeship Training Council (JATC) Designing and Installing Code-Compliant Photovoltaic (PV) Systems The California Energy Commission is sponsoring a series of workshops (June - August 2001) to promote the design and installation of hign quality cost effective PV systems. Hosted by local Joint Apprenticeship Training Centers (JATC) throughout California, this workshop provides an overview of small-scale solar electric generation, basic syatem design issues, and installation requirements to meet the National Electrical Code (NEC). Day 1: The first day focuses primarily on issues that impact the design of a PVsystem. The course begins with fundamentals of PV systems and solar energy. It then progresses to performance issues to identify wherelosses occur in a typical PV system. Siting concerns are discussed including how to take into account the effects of shading and orientation on system performance. Electrical and mechanical design issues are discussed to provide the participant with an overview of how to identify proper system design. The first day ends with an explanation of the important aspects of how the power conditioning equipment works and examples of current products. Day 2: The second day focuses primarily on issues encountered with installing code-compliant systems. Major installation processes are covered including the mounting and wiring of the PV array. Attention is given to each portion of the required hardware needed to install a safe and reliable PV power system. Issues discussed relate to both battery and non-battery-based systems. Issues specific to battery-based systems include battery types and wiring of critical load subpanels. Issues relevant to all PV systems include temperature-corrected wire ampacity, wire voltage drop, and grounding. The course concludes with system checkout procedures so the installer is confident that the system is installed properly and is operating as expected. Prerequisites: Attendees are expected to have a basic understanding of electrical systems. This workshop is designed to augment the understanding of standard wiring practices with those issues that are specific to PV installations. For more information contact Victor Uno, Training Director Phone: 510-351-5282 Email: alajatc@aol.com or visit http://www.endecon.com/html/training.html |
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Friday - Sunday
7/13/2001 - 7/15/2001 |
Free - Donations Requesred, Bastille Day weekend Boonville Fairgrounds in Anderson Valley, Mendocino, California We regret that absolutely no alcohol or dogs are permitted. ACTIVE-FEST 2001: Odyssey Beyond Babylon (2nd Annual Northern California Activist festival of consciousness and creativity) People from Northern California and beyond will gather to share our collective concerns about the declineing viability of the life force upon this planet, the subversion of the Democratic Process and the Corporate "web of death" which entangles us. We can not depend upon corporate generosity, government subsidies, foundation grants, church donations, or even on our own familys: solutions to our problems must come from our own hands. We must deliberate and then establish separate but parallel paradigms that will honor all other living entities, But can we go beyond the myriad of self-interests and learn to listen to each other and cooperate and coalesce in order to pressure the dominant paradigm for a return to a way of living that resonates with the life force? It is up to each one of us to become the vehicle for information desemination, and to be that instrument of change that provides for the welfare of all beings. Join with us in a jubilant weekend of stimulating exchanges of ideas from many activist perspectives. Wholesome food and camping without charge in an ambience of conscious evolving thought, music, poetry and art. We welcome you to participate in Active-fest 2001 in a number of diferent ways, and we request that you inform us how it is that you can contribute to this event. In order to articulate your area of activism we urge you to table, sharing information and membership to your organization, and to offer workshops in areas of your expertise. You are encouraged to propose a topic for a keynote address or panel discussion if you feel impassioned by a topic of general interest. If you are involved with an area of appropriate technology, organic food cultivation, alternative medicine, sustainable building techniques, education, or right livelihood, we encourage you to join us. Most importantly we're excited about offering to our community a forum and gallery for the performing arts, including music, theater, comedy, and poetry and cinema We also would greatly value your organizational skills, in helping to coordinate this event. Craft vendors are welcome, but we humbly request that you contribute a percentage of what you earn to us, inorder to help defer some of the expenses. With out dwelling on the obvious, I would also suggest that you contribute generously to Active-fest 2001 if you can. Sending your tax-deductible check to The Cloud Forest Institute ,earmarked for Active-fest , will greatly assist us in giving form to this exciting opportunity for coalition building. Checks can be sent to The Mendocino Environmental Center, 106 West Standley, Ukiah, California, 95482. We regret that absolutely no alcohol or dogs are permitted. Should you wish to to learn more about this event, then please call Rafael at tel.# 707-961-6253, or call Jenny Burnstad at tel.# 707-463-2482 You can also e-mail me at rafa@aber.net, or e-mail: jenny@cloudforest.org . Access our web-site http://www.saber.net/`rafa We are attempting to tighten up the scheduleing and to get confirmation from participants at Active-fest, and would greatly appreciate your filling out the enclosed form. Thank-you for your forebearance and effort on behalf of The Earth. Rafael |
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Saturday
7/14/2001 |
10 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m., Fee: $15/participant. PUSOD, 1808 5th Street, Berkeley, CA (just North of Hearst St.) Catch the Sun: A Practical Solar Energy Workshop Meet Hal Aronson, a.k.a. Solar Man. Hal directs the Solar Energy Education Program for Berkeley EcoHouse. He teaches solar electricity and home heating in the Berkeley schools, has built solar homes, consults on solar electricity projects, and leads solar electricity workshops for the Ecology Center, Berkeley EcoHouse, and the Rising Sun Energy Center. What you will learn from Hal: The nature of solar electricity. How to make electricity using solar electric modules. How to sun-run water pumps, fans, motors, lights, and a music system . How to measure electricity. How to wire modules together to produce different voltages. How to make small systems that can sun-run parµl (Christmas lanterns) and other similar devices. How a small system can sun-run a modest dwelling. The only fuel that is required is sunlight and electricity is generated with no pollution. Solar cells are not used up in the process; they will produce electricity for 25-40 years! We can do it like the plants! Solar electricity produced by photovoltaic cells is an elegant technology that produces energy in a way that is similar to photosynthesis, the way that plant life turns light into bio-mass. Sign up now! Only 20 participants at a time due to the hands-on nature of this workshop. To sign up, e-mail: pusod@bwf.org - state name & contact information. Deadline for checks (pay to BWF) and signing up is July 6, 2001. Come sun-ready: sunblock/sunscreen, shades, hat, cool clothes!!!!! Bring extra $8.00 IF you want to take home a sun-catcher kit - 2 small solar cells, motor, fan and info booklet. Hot deal! |
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Tuesday
7/17/2001 |
Call early call often. Stop Fast Track e-Activist National Call-In Day Under cover of darkness, 20 trucks filled with toxic waste rumbled into Guadalcazar County, in the North-Central Mexican State of San Luis Potosi. They would be turned away by more than 200 local residents brandishing machetes, but the county's struggle to protect its water supply from toxic waste would go on for years. Ultimately, NAFTA would play a decisive role, elevating the "rights" of an American waste disposal company, Metalclad Corporation, above the county's rights to clean water and an environment free of toxics. A NAFTA tribunal has ordered the Mexican government to pay $16.7 million to Metalclad, as compensation for Guadalcazar County's resistance. The story of Guadalcazar County shows why it's so important to call your congressperson next Tuesday and tell them to vote "no" on fast track legislation for the FTAA. Leaked drafts of the FTAA contain the same legal provisions as NAFTA, which have armed corporations like Metalclad with a powerful weapon - the threat of millions of dollars in damages, if governments interfere with corporate profits by acting to protect the basic rights of their citizens. To read the rest of the story of Guadalczar County, and get the facts on the threat posed by the FTAA and NAFTA, see an article written for Terrain Magazine by David Huffman. Your action is needed now. President George W. Bush and giant corporations want a special bill that will let them rush trade agreements through Congress with no changes and minimal review. If Congress gives Bush Fast Track, we'll see:
Call your members of Congress on Tuesday, July 17-the Stop Fast Track e-Activist National Call-In Day. Call them toll-free at 1-800-393-1082. Tell your members of Congress that working families need fair and balanced trade which protects people and the environment-NOT Fast Track. |
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Tuesday - Saturday
7/17/2001 - 7/21/2001 |
$380, includes main meal and camping (extra meals may be available at additional charge), Nevada City, CA Cob Art and Natural Plasters and Finishes The Cob Cottage Company presents a 5 day workshop on Cob Art and Natural Plasters and Earthen Floors. Cob's sculptural forms are enhanced by sparkling kaolin plasters and paints, lime whitewash or natural earth-pigmented clay plasters. Learn how to make and apply finishes that cost little, are totally non-toxic, simple to put on, and a joy to live with. See also the related workshop on Cob Basics beginning 7/7/200. The two workshops can be taken together for $840. For more information or to learn about any new workshops not yet listed on this site, please contact: the Cob Cottage Company, Box 123 Cottage Grove, OR 97424 Phone and FAX (541) 942-2005 http://www.deatech.com/cobcottage/ Office hours are usually Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 - 5:00 PST Discounts available, ask us for more information. Group size is limited, so workshops often fill early. Phone us to verify that space is available. A non-refundable deposit is required to reserve a space, $150 for up to 9-day workshops, $300 for longer ones. The remainder of the fee should be paid 30 days before the workshop begins. Withdrawls within 10 days of the workshop may forfeit the fee. |
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Wednesday
7/18/2001 |
10:00 AM, Room 263 in SF City Hall The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is holding a final Finance Committee Hearing on the Solar Energy Bond The bond, which will provide $100 million to put solar panels on the rooftops of city facilities (schools, libraries, reservoir surfaces etc.), has fallen victim to some unfortunate politics. Public support at this hearing is absolutely critical in order for it to get put on the November ballot. This hearing is the only opportunity for the public to speak on this measure before the Board votes. Members of the public have three minutes to speak at the hearing. A large turnout for the public hearing will go a long way towards securing the bond's placement on the November ballot. Your presence and support is greatly appreciated. Fact sheets and talking points will be provided. Please RSVP to adambrowning1@yahoo.com (415 - 744-1121) |
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Friday - Sunday
7/20/2001 - 7/22/2001 |
The registration fee is $295, College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley Campus The Cohousing Network (TCN), the non-profit association that supports people wanting to live in or create a cohousing community presents: The Cohousing Conference: Celebrating 10 years in North America Cohousing neighborhoods, as you know, are an innovative form of mainstream housing that provide a healthy balance between community and personal privacy. Future residents help design and develop their community, and then manage them by consensus after moving in. Cohousing is now celebrating 10 years in North America -- the theme of the 2001 Conference. There are now over 50 completed cohousing communities in North America, including 13 completed cohousing neighborhoods in California, five in the Bay Area and one in Pleasant Hill under construction that still has a few homes left. The Cohousing Conference happens every two years, with the 2001 Conference being the first national one in California. Here are a few Conference highlights:
The registration fee includes participation in all
July 20-22 Conference events, plenary sessions, workshops, breakout
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Monday
7/23/2001 |
9 a.m. - 5 p.m., cost $100. Swan's Market Cohousing in Old Oakland, CA At the suggestion of Katie McCamant, architect and author of Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves, we are pleased to invite you to attend a "Professionals' Day" Workshop in connection with the 2001 North American Cohousing Conference . The Professionals' Day is for architects, designers, urban planners, builders, developers, project managers, financial, marketing and membership consultants who currently work with or want to work professionally in the creation of cohousing neighborhoods. The workshop will take place at The Professionals' Day is just one of many exciting events that are part of the co-housing conference above. |
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Monday
7/23/2001 |
Room open at 11:30am, program will start 12:00 noon 455 County Center, Room 101, Redwood City, CA The County of San Mateo RecycleWorks Brown Bag Lunch Series presents Integrated Design - An Overview of Energy Efficiency in Buildings Bill Burke, a licensed architect, is currently the Architectural Programs Coordinator at the Pacific Energy Center. With the current trends in energy costs, his talk is timely and will cover the full topic of making a building energy efficient, whether you are considering constructing a new building or retrofitting an old one. For more information please call the RecycleWorks hotline: 1-888-442-2666 or visit the website www.RecycleWorks.org |
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Monday - Tuesday
7/23/2001 - 7/24/2001 |
$75 early registration (>10 days early), $100 (< 10 days early) Sacramento Joint Apprenticeship Training Council (JATC) Designing and Installing Code-Compliant Photovoltaic (PV) Systems The California Energy Commission is sponsoring a series of workshops (June - August 2001) to promote the design and installation of hign quality cost effective PV systems. Hosted by local Joint Apprenticeship Training Centers (JATC) throughout California, this workshop provides an overview of small-scale solar electric generation, basic syatem design issues, and installation requirements to meet the National Electrical Code (NEC). Day 1: The first day focuses primarily on issues that impact the design of a PVsystem. The course begins with fundamentals of PV systems and solar energy. It then progresses to performance issues to identify wherelosses occur in a typical PV system. Siting concerns are discussed including how to take into account the effects of shading and orientation on system performance. Electrical and mechanical design issues are discussed to provide the participant with an overview of how to identify proper system design. The first day ends with an explanation of the important aspects of how the power conditioning equipment works and examples of current products. Day 2: The second day focuses primarily on issues encountered with installing code-compliant systems. Major installation processes are covered including the mounting and wiring of the PV array. Attention is given to each portion of the required hardware needed to install a safe and reliable PV power system. Issues discussed relate to both battery and non-battery-based systems. Issues specific to battery-based systems include battery types and wiring of critical load subpanels. Issues relevant to all PV systems include temperature-corrected wire ampacity, wire voltage drop, and grounding. The course concludes with system checkout procedures so the installer is confident that the system is installed properly and is operating as expected. Prerequisites: Attendees are expected to have a basic understanding of electrical systems. This workshop is designed to augment the understanding of standard wiring practices with those issues that are specific to PV installations. For more information contact Gary Hunziker, Training Director Phone: 916-646-6688 or visit http://www.endecon.com/html/training.html |
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Thursday
8/26/2001 |
7 PM, Donation $3, Faulkner Gallery, Main Library, East Anapuma St, Santa Barbara, CA Crystal Waters Permaculture Ecovillage, Australia - Slide Show and Talk Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond, Ecological Design Teachers & consultants: Cosponsored by South Coast Hopedance, South Coast Permaculture Guild, Ojai Permaculture Guild, L.A. Ecovillage and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network. Contact Dave White artdetour@mac.com 805-646-9809 Ecovillage Design is a new and innovative field of design that is emerging to address our current environmental and social crises in a holistic, integrated and positive way, providing sustainable and long-term solutions. Check out their website at http://www.permaculture.au.com for info on Crystal Water and the Global Ecovillage Movement. For more Info contact and pre register by July 25 Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 805-962-2571 email: sbpcnet@silcom.com |
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Friday
8/27/2001 |
8:15 PM, Behind B.A.U. Art Gallery 453 E. Ojai Ave (located near the
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Friday - Saturday
7/27/2001 - 7/28/2001 |
Free!, 15 miles Southwest of Chico, California, USA. Bale Wall Raising Party! Hi everyone! I am pleased to annouce that after what seems like years of blood, sweat, tears, and lots of money, we are having a wall raising!! The frame is up, the roof is being completed, and the bales are ready and waiting. Here's some details: the date: Friday and Saturday, July 27 and 28, 2001. Sunday if necessary. Come for all or part. the place: our house! We're about 100 miles north of Sacramento. the site: beachfront! (okay, it's a rice field.) Views of rice, mountains, big oak trees, and wildlife. the house: two story, post and beam on a concrete slab. One room has 12' walls with an open ceiling peaking in a cupola at around 19' (assuming, of course, that I actually get the thing up there tomorrow--it's heaaavy!). Lots to keep even the most jaded, experienced bale builder interested. the bales: pure California organic rice straw, harvested 20 feet from the house (literally!) cost: FREE!!! except for your labor, that is. We'll be providing instruction, bales, tools, water, lunch, dinner, snacks, and drinks. It will be hot, but we'll be nice to you! Instruction provided by Skillful Means. Call or email us if you are interested in coming!! Thanks, Greg and Raquel EatRice@princetonca.net 530-439-2260 John John Swearingen Skillful Means--Architecture and Construction |
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$100, residential, meals included. Occidential Arts and Ecology Center 15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental, CA 95465 USA Watersheds Basins of Relations: Starting and Sustaining Community Watershed Groups This intensive training is designed to promote and support the creation of Sonoma County community-based watershed groups. Long-term ecologically and economically viable human settlement depends on conscious community awareness of appropriate behavior within each individual watershed. Topics include: watershed processes; salmonid ecology; water quality monitoring; in-stream bioengineering restoration; uplands erosion control; road restoration; native habitat restoration; sustainable forestry; community group process; and watershed group funding opportunities. This training is specifically designed to recruit teams of 3 - 4 residents, each representing a local watershed. Enrollment is limited and subject to an application process intended to select committed teams. Call Brock Dolman at OAEC for details. Instructors: Brock Dolman & Many Guests. To register, please send a $100 deposit to OAEC at: 15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental, CA 95465. For further information or to receive our catalog, please call us at (707) 874-1557. email: oaec@oaec.org , website: http://www.oaec.org |
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Saturday
8/28/2001 |
9 to 5 pm Ojai, Calif, Cost for all day workshop Sliding Scale $60 -$100, please help to support their work Ecovillage Design Workshop with Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond, of Crystal Waters Permaculture Village, Australia (preview lectures, July 26, 7pm Santa Barbara Public Library; July 27, Ojai, 8pm, see above for details) Ecovillage Design is a new and innovative field of design that is emerging to address our current environmental and social crises in a holistic, integrated and positive way, providing sustainable and long-term solutions. International ecological design teachers and consultants, Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond, from Crystal Waters Permaculture Village, Australia (winner of 1995 UN World Habitat Award) are visiting the United States to teach this summer and will be presenting a one-day Ecovillage Design workshop in Ojai, Calif, on Saturday, July 28. This workshop provides an opportunity to explore the integrated approach of planning and designing ecologically sustainable human settlements and presents an overview of the design principles used in successful projects around the world. Ecovillages are designed with ecology in mind and encourage people who live in and visit them to develop an understanding of the interconnectedness of the natural world- to create beneficial relationships between the ecological, social, economic and spiritual aspects of their lives. The aim is to engage people fully with their head, heart and hands. Many aspects of ecovillages will be explored during this workshop including:
The workshop will include images and case studies of international
ecovillages, demonstrating the diversity of ways in which ecovillage
design principles can be applied to meet the needs of local communities
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Sunday - Tuesday
8/29/2001 - 8/31/2001 |
Claremont Resort, Berkeley, CA Promoting Organic in an Industrial Marketplace For more information contact: Organic Farming Research Foundation 831-426-6606 www.ofrf.org |
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Sunday
8/29/2001 |
10 to 5 pm Los Angeles, Calif, Cost for all day workshop Sliding Scale $60 -$100, please help to support their work Ecovillage Design Workshop with Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond, of Crystal Waters Permaculture Village, Australia (overview lecture, July 30, see below for details) Ecovillage Design is a new and innovative field of design that is emerging to address our current environmental and social crises in a holistic, integrated and positive way, providing sustainable and long-term solutions. International ecological design teachers and consultants, Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond, from Crystal Waters Permaculture Village, Australia (winner of 1995 UN World Habitat Award) are visiting the United States to teach this summer and will be presenting a one-day Ecovillage Design workshop in Ojai, Calif, on Saturday, July 28. This workshop provides an opportunity to explore the integrated approach of planning and designing ecologically sustainable human settlements and presents an overview of the design principles used in successful projects around the world. Ecovillages are designed with ecology in mind and encourage people who live in and visit them to develop an understanding of the interconnectedness of the natural world- to create beneficial relationships between the ecological, social, economic and spiritual aspects of their lives. The aim is to engage people fully with their head, heart and hands. Many aspects of ecovillages will be explored during this workshop including:
The workshop will include images and case studies of international
ecovillages, demonstrating the diversity of ways in which ecovillage
design principles can be applied to meet the needs of local communities
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Monday
8/30/2001 |
7:30 PM, Donation $3, Faulkner Gallery, Main Library, East Anapuma St, Santa Barbara, CA Crystal Waters Permaculture Ecovillage, Australia - Slide Show and Talk Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond, Ecological Design Teachers & consultants: Cosponsored by South Coast Hopedance, South Coast Permaculture Guild, Ojai Permaculture Guild, L.A. Ecovillage and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network. Ecovillage Design is a new and innovative field of design that is emerging to address our current environmental and social crises in a holistic, integrated and positive way, providing sustainable and long-term solutions. Check out their website at http://www.permaculture.au.com for info on Crystal Water and the Global Ecovillage Movement. For more Info contact and pre register by July 25 Lois Arkin crsp@igc.org 213/738-1254 http://www.ic.org/laev |
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Monday - Tuesday
7/30/2001 - 7/31/2001 |
$75 early registration (>10 days early), $100 (< 10 days early) Los Angeles Joint Apprenticeship Training Council (JATC) Designing and Installing Code-Compliant Photovoltaic (PV) Systems The California Energy Commission is sponsoring a series of workshops (June - August 2001) to promote the design and installation of hign quality cost effective PV systems. Hosted by local Joint Apprenticeship Training Centers (JATC) throughout California, this workshop provides an overview of small-scale solar electric generation, basic syatem design issues, and installation requirements to meet the National Electrical Code (NEC). Day 1: The first day focuses primarily on issues that impact the design of a PVsystem. The course begins with fundamentals of PV systems and solar energy. It then progresses to performance issues to identify wherelosses occur in a typical PV system. Siting concerns are discussed including how to take into account the effects of shading and orientation on system performance. Electrical and mechanical design issues are discussed to provide the participant with an overview of how to identify proper system design. The first day ends with an explanation of the important aspects of how the power conditioning equipment works and examples of current products. Day 2: The second day focuses primarily on issues encountered with installing code-compliant systems. Major installation processes are covered including the mounting and wiring of the PV array. Attention is given to each portion of the required hardware needed to install a safe and reliable PV power system. Issues discussed relate to both battery and non-battery-based systems. Issues specific to battery-based systems include battery types and wiring of critical load subpanels. Issues relevant to all PV systems include temperature-corrected wire ampacity, wire voltage drop, and grounding. The course concludes with system checkout procedures so the installer is confident that the system is installed properly and is operating as expected. Prerequisites: Attendees are expected to have a basic understanding of electrical systems. This workshop is designed to augment the understanding of standard wiring practices with those issues that are specific to PV installations. For more information contact Byron Cummins, Training Director Phone: 323-221-5881 Email: laettdir@aol.com or visit http://www.endecon.com/html/training.html |
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