Friday, March 1, 2013

Permaculture Events (Los Angeles)

Carter Wallace (permaculture.meetup.com), Wisdom Quarterly
 
Los Angeles - Permaculture is a holistic design science and open source technology for building sustainable communities. Preparedness is a state of mind and lifestyle that improves quality of life now, while increasing individual/family/community self-reliance when disruption to normalcy occurs. By combining permaculture and preparedness, we're able to grow beyond the finite duration of self-reliance and mature to an infinite state of community sufficiency.

Saturday 10:00 am - Private Ranch in Topanga Canyon, California - Hugelkultur is an ancient German horticulture technique that involves piling up logs and branches, burying them, and planting food crops into the mound… (RSVP)

Permaculture enthusiasts explore the theory and practice of Permaculture Design. Based in Long Beach, open to anyone interested, all are invited for regular educational, directive, and community-building activities.
 
"Saturday Morning Gardens and Grafting with a Food Forest Freak" tour March 2, starting at 8:00 am.… (RSVP)

IUE Weekly Saturday Workday
Saturday 9:00 am - Institute of Urban Ecology in Altadena. Every Saturday at IUE we host a workday to help create and build the space which will become our headquarters and center for learning. The Institute of Urban Ecology is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating, inspiring, and coordinating people to come together around nature and food. The group is working to create a community of dedicated and motivated individuals to make positive significant changes to our (sub)urban environments by putting ecology into action through gardening, urban farming, sustainable design, permaculture, and community building.… RSVP

Edible Gardening & Sustainable Living Group 
Long Beach - Meetup details are available only to members.Past activities and topics Seed Exchange, Introduction to Permaculture, visit to CalEarth Inc., School Garden Volunteer Day, Laundry powder and Yogurt Making, Potlucks, Demonstration of cooking with a pressure cooker, Visiting a Farm, Harvest Bazaar, Bulk Purchase of Organic Farm Fresh Eggs, Organic Olive Oil and Cold Packed Honey, Compost Workshop, and Meetings to discuss Gardening.

Los Angeles - Meetup details are available only to members. Wild edible mushrooms? Yes we have them here in Los Angeles and in Southern California: Chanterelles, Morels, Porcinis and yes, we even have Truffles! there is nothing like them! Watch out they may be deadly! They have to be ID'd by an expert or asta la vista baby. Join us for a wild mushroom hunt as we go look for edible and medicinal mushrooms here in our backyard or in faraway places. Here is a partial list of what we find in LA: Chanterelle - Cantharellus cibarius Morel - Morchell…

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