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Earth Building Classes!

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...Fe, NM: A reminder that EarthUSA, the premier North American earthbuilding community event is coming up this October. The event brings together expert practitioners, historians and conservation specialists from all over the world for lectures, classes, and field trips in the center of American adobe culture. Interested in presenting? A call for papers is out… submissions due on April 10th. Elsewhere in California: Buying Adobes in California: As a...

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Behind the Scenes at Root Simple is a World of Big Pumpkins, Pomegranate Catapults and Man Crates

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Thoughtstylings
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...tee and Chamber staff are working hard to bring another great event to our community this year.” A favorite part of the lineup according to event producers is the Pomegranate Grenade Launch. Dreamed up by the committee and brothers Brian and Nick Davis of Twin Pomegranates Winery, the Pomegranate Grenade Launch is a massive slingshot that launches pomegranates at a target some distance away. Organizers say Madera Municipal Airport provides ample s...

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Saturday Linkages:

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Saturday Linkages
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...p://www.nwedible.com/2014/03/make-freeze-guacamole.html … Sleek Angle On a Community Garden Shed http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2014/03/sleek-angle-on-community-garden-shed.html#.UzuV0Idkuj0.twitter … Pop-Up Plaza Enhances Art Walk, Hints at What Could Be in Leimert http://la.streetsblog.org/2014/04/01/pop-up-plaza-enhances-art-walk-hints-at-what-could-be-in-leimert/#.UzuT7Zz9t1A.twitter … The terminal stage of oil addiction: http://www.the...

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Composting: Nothing is Wasted

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Back to the Garden, Composting, Gardening
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...ns for yard trimmings, which are composted at city facilities, but we need community composting facilities to capture and reclaim food waste from homes, schools, businesses and restaurants. You also may be able to keep a worm bin if you can’t keep a compost pile, and we’ll talk more about those soon. If you want to start a compost pile, check out this comprehensive, free pdf booklet from Cornell University on the topic. I’d also recommend keeping...

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Permaculture Design Course at the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano

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...inability and understand how to integrate it into your own life, home, and community. This course is for homeowners, renters, educators, business leaders, designers, architects, builders, gardeners, farmers, ranchers, landscapers, developers, environmentalists, activists, students and more…anyone with a desire to learn and apply the principles of permaculture to create a more sustainable life. To download the application head over here. Course Org...

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