Permaculture Monterey Bay
Permaculture network for the greater Monterey Bay Area
The Monterey Permaculture Guild provides resources and networks for folks living within a 30 mile Radius of Monterey. This Bio-Region ranges from Prundale to Monterey down to Big Sur. Within this area there are a number of local "Green" groups. Sustainable Pacific grove, Monterey Green Action and Big Sur Powerdown that fall under Sustainable Monterey County ...learn more
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Created: Oct 30, 2007
Updated: Jul 24, 2010
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heatherlynn lehman
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I am a passionate food systems and wise land use advocate/activist, a mom, an academic research librarian, and all around community development kind of person.
I am interested in empowerment of women and in any enterprise that seeks to push forward "women and children first" policy with the understanding that to not do so is to do a disservice to one's own family and one's own life, nonetheless a disservice to local and global communities in which we all participate. If women are not aided and encouraged to raise passionate, aware, just, and balance seeking children then the global community will continue in its path of dominance, war, and injustice.
I am dedicated to helping my local farmers and producers have a better/bigger voice in my county because it is the only way to stop greedy people from paving over some of the best dirt in North America. Sprawl and illiteracy are my enemies.
I am passionate about keeping historical and cultural continuity in mind when making decisions - to fail to do so ensures repetition of atrocities instead of sustainable development.
I believe that growth at all cost is a death knell for us all, and I also think that imbuing corporations with the rights of living beings is an example of evil at work in the world.
I believe that democracy is something to be learned and earned not sold or forced.
I was born in the state of Idaho, USA, and I grew up in Cape Town, SA. I now reside in the state of Washington, USA, and I just came back from sabbatical in New Zealand. How all that happened is a long story, but it is part of why I have so many fields of interest.
best regards,
~h |
Only the free have disposition to be truthful. Only the truthful
have the interest to be just. Only the just possess the willpower to be
free.
~WHAuden
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I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. ~JLBorges
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If a nation expects to be ignorant - and free - in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. ~TJefferson
* I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war. ~RMueller |
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Finally slogged through bunches of domain name possibilities and found one that works. This project encompasses transition, sustainability (cradle to grave and cradle to cradle), ethics (duh!), local emphasis, and the educational component that is required for each and all. Plus, it is being seeded by two women and has a fairly natural feminist bent.
Now that naming is complete, it is into the paperwork required to operate and into the logistics. We had sketched out a lot of this project in an offhand way for the past ten years, and it is still surprising to see how we can leverage past work and scattered projects into a seamless (well...) venture. Re-purposing in the mental landscape is as important as in the physical landscape.
I am so excited to see the announcement of the local WE projects in my email box. I cannot express how wonderful it is to have a one stop "place" to showcase when met by nay-sayers and detractors who repeat their bad mantra of "no one is doing anything, all they do is talk". I am planning on incorporating WE into the educational component of the project - as an invaluable resource! |
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A yummy project - looking forward to getting a taste on wiserearth!
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I love applying things i have learned. in fact, i believe that the application of an idea is part of engaging in life that needs to be fostered and loved with consciousness. the process of uniting things on the mundane level contains, for me, great satisfaction.
WE is a community of people that i love to watch and listen to. WE is platform with multiple tools that i love to play around on. I am excited that i can build WE into part of one of my projects because I have not been able to give WE the dedicated time that I had originally envisioned. If I have a project that requires me to be on WE, then I will be here more! Ta Da! As it turns out, I do have a project that requires engaging WE - FINALLY! It only took me 10 months to figure out how to do it...and each and every one of the 28 groups on WE to which I belong will be engaged. I am excited.
Note to self: ask WE editors when the ADD connections search will run again....
So, here is me about to start posting on the amazing food transition that is happening in my local Clark County, Washington, USA. I need WE because I can come here, ask questions, look for resources, and distill and disseminate some of that information/energy back out into my local hands. I am looking forward to the on the ground networking merging with the virtual networking. lovely stuff! |
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Warm welcome to wiserearth and the systems group Heatherlynn! You have a particularly wise voice, would love to hear more from you. Maybe you would like to take a look at this discussion on growth (at all cost) Growth-Centric System Needing Change. This is such an important subject but little considered despite all the talk. James |
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hi heather, i just got back in to checking my wiserearth inbox!! my routine had sidetracked wiserearth due to it's convoluted navigation. but, i'm back and determined to make it work for me. i haven't played go in yahoo in forever, yet play on facebook with another friend every day, each of us taking about five moves per day.. very nice and a nice step away from harried games on other websites. i also have an account on kgs if it interests you. i am not at all competetive and see go as a playful way of communicating and thinking. . so i see from an earlier post you made you are a kiwi! where did you end up settling? sorry to hear about your dad. hope it settles itself in the least troubling way. please feel free to contact me. i'm looking forward to hearing from you!.. annie
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hallo wiserearthlings! I am writing a brief note to update any interested people as to why I seem to have disappeared! In short, I am insanely busy. I have made the transition from NZ to the US, my poor old da is in the hospital, work is consuming as the economy has made demands of my time that I would prefer not to make.
That said, I am still here and I am coordinating myself to head right back into WE editorial work and help. I will be playing catch-up with the wonderful stuff that I ahve missed in the past few months, and soon I will be helping out however I can. Yes!
best, h |
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do you really play go? ... i stopped playing on kgs, but would love a friendly game occasionally. my rank is about 17k-ish.... annie
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Hello, I noticed your group concerning water storage, and have a belief that water storage is going to be the next key to survival. I now have a 1250 gallon buried concrete tank, and a 6000 gallon above ground fiberglass tank. I collect rainwater directly from a metal roof (new), and have a submersible pump in said tank, and pump up the hill to the 6000 gallon tank. This allows me to have running water independent of any electricity or external supply once it is filled. My goal is to build a roof above the larger tank, and be able to have a completely independent water system. My main concern is rumors of rainwater containing chemical pollutants, especially mercury. Do you have any info on this matter? I live in northwest Arkansas, in the Boston "Mountains".
Viiram McKenney |
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Hey, Heatherlynn:
What a nice, simple, profound sample of quotes! Thoughtful dedication seems like an appropriate description for you. Glad you are here!
David Messages done with sustainable energy, with Wind and Sun! |
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thanks for adding and active mental interconnection Heather .. yes, over thinking about a vision for Palestinian I began to think about a vision for the world. My people are separated, especially after our displacement and creation Israel on Palestinian Land 1948 .. we have the challenges the global community has, even we all are interconnected. On my ning we are discussion the nature of this internconnection and the reason of missing unity > http://gbasetup.ning.com
WiserEarth is a great initiative. But with the time I found out, there is lot to do and understand in order to create a world-view manage the messy in our interconnectivty and relationships ~
Such a world-view must be integral and co-creative.
best wishes ~ |
Well, littlelunamarket.com is ours and is now running for our storefront! It is exciting. We have a local producer/raiser/grower list that is 100 deep at least and we will be phoning in account setup/details for the next few weeks. Amazing how much wonderful stuff comes from my region - it is truly, truly, spectacular! The other thing that is wondrous is the support we have received from friends and neighbors - help, advice, support, leads, suggestions, congratulations, and many "when can we order!"s.
It feels odd to be in competition, of sorts, with the cooperative that I helped roll into place, but after ten years of working that idea I have little confidence in its success here in Vancouver, WA - dunno exactly why, but all I know is that people over on my side of town need, want, and deserve access to good food. And it is on its way!