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A report on the 2003 Sustainability Tours
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Glory, Glory Beeeeeeee!!!!
—by Trathan Heckman
Glory be all these crazy-good solutions we have amongst us.
Yes, it is time to gather, fest, and fill up on the inspiring work
occurring throughout Sonoma County. Beginning May 25, 2003 we will
have a series of one day tours, highlighting solutions anyone can
joyfully apply. Below are details for May and June’s events
with more to come.
Each tour will visit 3 to 4 locations, experiencing what
people are doing to better life. Some of our transportation and
a component of each tour will include hybrid cars, vehicles powered
by Bio-diesel and EVEN ones run on recycled vegetable oil!!! That’s
right kiddies, powered by PURE VEGGIE LUV and claiming grease for
peace.
Tour participants will receive a copy of ripples journal, a
resource list and a magic seed ball. All this fun-filled goodness
and hope, for a mere $20-$50 sliding scale donation per tour, but
no one will be turned away for lack of funds (work trade possible).
If you can’t attend, but would like to support the tours, a
donation would be WONDERFUL!!! Reserve your spot early, as there
will be limited space. Registration deadline is one week before
the date of each event.
May 25 2003 Green Building Tour
– We kick things off in fine fashion with a visit to
Oak Glen, an elegant and environmentally sustainable estate home
where renowned builder Bruce Hammond will show us around and speak
to the current state of the green building movement. We’ll
visit 40 Oaks Intentional Community to peruse Straw Bale and Rastra
homes along with their Permaculture projects. Then we’ll admire
the green loving strides Sonoma State is making with their Environmental
Technology Center.
May 31 2003 Sebastopol Walking Tour
– Erik Ohlsen will be our guide, beginning w/ an excellent
example of the abundance that can be squeezed into a small backyard.
We will then walk downtown for a talk with Mayor Craig Litwin on
Sebastopol’s organic focus, followed by a trip to the Community
Garden and the proposed sight of the Permaculture Garden/Skateboard
Park Project.
June 7 2003 Good n Plenty –
Indeed, indeed. Today we’ll tour Shone Farm with Laura
Mendes, the director of Santa Rosa Junior College’s Sustainable
Agriculture program. Up the road, local Biofuels expert Rusty Davis
will talk veggie vehicles and tour us through his Permaculture gardens
at Porter Creek Vineyard. Next we’ll visit Davis Bynum Wineries
Permaculture gardens w/ breathtaking views before heading to Golden
Nectar organic farm with medicinal plants, tasty fruits, a cob oven
and a natural building with a living roof, recently on the cover
of the North Bay Bohemian.
June 29 2003 West County Delight –
On this lovely afternoon you will enjoy a Brock Walk with
Brock Dolman at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, then mosey
up the road to see how Michael Presley weaves his magic at Taylor
Maid Organic Farm. With your brains and senses satiated, we’ll
head to Monte Rio for some hillside Permaculture at Trathen Heckman’s
house where we’ll nibble plants, have sun tea from the garden
and talk natural patterns that occur in our garden, bodies and lives.
 Each
of these tours includes MUCH, MUCH more than could possibly fit
into these lil paragraphs, so please join us and bring a friend.
Last years tours were a great success! For questions or reservations
for 2004 tours, please send an email with contact information to
dailyacts@ecoisp.com,
or mail to Daily Acts, P.O. Box 826, Monte Rio, CA, 95462
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