Hola from Taos

Hello Everyone! It took me a while to get caught up and onto the blog. Thank you, Rose, for starting this.

We saw Scott, Arina, and Sasha at their open house yesterday. They have quite an inspiring little scene out there. They seem all to be very well and we enjoyed seeing them very much. Scott was up at out land last week since we've hired him to consult. All is great here in NM.

Love, Janet

Check it.

http://www.culturalsurvival.org/

Found this at the end of ishmael by daniel quinn.

Depleting the Ogallala Aquifer. How fast? How soon?

in my daily news search i came across a well written article about the ogallala aquifer, and the depletion issues its facing not some time in the future but today; at this very moment. you probably remember us discussing this aquifer during the pdc, but a refresher is that its the largest freshwater source on the planet, is a geologic structure existing on the eatern front of the rockies (from texas to north dakota), and supplies water for a large percentage of the nations crops. in the article they profile a small town that, due to the aquifers varying regional depth, is a canary in the coal mine for this rapidly emerging issue.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/8359076/US-farmers-fear-the-return-of-the-Dust-Bowl.html                  i find it intriguing that the article appeared only in a UK newspaper. Also sorry to all those grammar fanatics out there. I'm doing this from my phone, and just discovered  that shift and caps work in strange ways on blogger, but I think I've figured it out now.

Greetings!

Hello Lama friends,

I had to take a week to get back in touch with this "reality". Lots going on in the month of July for me, so I am super greatful for the peace and focus I was able to achieve at Lama. I am sure I will use those memories many a time in the coming 6 weeks!

I was relieved to feel so happy when I saw the Las Vegas skyline. I can't lie...I was worried about coming back to this place of golf courses and lawns in the desert. While it would be a great time to pick up and move (since I have to move out of my house in 30 days and I still technically don't have a job, though through the grapevine I've heard that I do...), I feel so at home here. Ahh, Las Vegas. What a contradiction you are.

Yesterday morning, I met with Kaleb at the Omelet House for a little post-PDC rehashing. Truth is, we barely cracked open the notebooks and spent more time talking about what to do next. I am very excited to take my experiences and all that learning and put it all into practice with our group here.

Permaculture came to me in a very round about way. It started with my uncle (who is really my dad's bff) inviting me to take a yoga class with him. I met Heidi, his yoga instructor. Later, he invited me to Heidi's boyfriend's flower shop where my uncle, Corbet, was playing guitar for First Friday. There, I met Heidi's boyfriend, Peter, and their lovely flower shop, Gaia, in downtown Las Vegas. While talking with Peter, he asked if I would be interested in starting a book club on permaculture. Yes! was my answer. Did I know what permaculture was? No, but whatever it was I was willing to learn. Here I was, standing in an organic flower shop in downtown Las Vegas...an oxymoron if there ever was one. I figured whatever Peter was talking about it had to be something good. Ha! :)

Three years later, I am proud to be a founding member of the Southern Nevada Permaculture Guild. Prior to taking the PDC in Lama this June, I read through Bill Mollison's Introduction to Permaculture and the first half of Toby Hemenway's Principles of Permaculture. I have worked in two local community gardens as well as started a Garden Club at the elementary school I worked at. What's next?

Permaculture is my path. I love how everything in my life fits neatly within the context of permaculture, and for now, I'm going with it.

I have another blog, Oh Hendo, if you are interested in seeing what I've done with the house I've lived in downtown Henderson for the past 4 years. I also have a flickr account, rosyred68, where I have posted a few PDC pictures, more to come!

Looking forward to seeing what you all have in store!

Ecopsychology

Hey ya'll! I found a book at borders today. one called "Dirt", i think from the documentary, and one called "Ecopsychology," which i heard about on Adbusters.org. Anywho, i thought the ecopsychology might be of some interest to some of ya'll!

Wind and heart!
-kaleb

"Ecopsychology connects psychology and ecology. The political and practical implications are to show humans ways of healing alienation and to build a sane society and a sustainable culture. "

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecopsychology

Thanks Rose!

Thank you for taking the lead on setting up the blog. This is great! I've never set up or even posted to a blog, so this is good learning for me as well. Thank you all for a fabulous two weeks. Please stay in touch! You always have place to stay in Santa Fe!

Continuing Education (Warning: Doom and Gloom)

Luke was hoping to get more precise information concerning peak oil, its timing, and ramifications, so I've decided to take the liberty of posting a paper I wrote for Advanced Writing for the Sciences in 2009. It has not been updated since I wrote it, so it'll be fun to see how its conclusions are coming along.
The Coming Decline of Global Oil Production and The World Economy

If reading isn't your thing, but your still curious there's a superb documentary about this subject here. The website it takes you to is a perfect website for all things documentary as well.