Dear friends,
We just wanted to invite everyone to visit us on the web at http://www.melc.us or come to MELC and see what we are up to for yourselves! You may have seen the recent Willits News article (http://www.willitsnews.com/localnews/ci_4268284) about us and some of the programs, courses, classes and activities we offer relating to Sustainability and Permaculture. We are currently preparing for our 3rd International Sustainable Skills Camp (ISSC) and have 12 people from 7 countries joining us to learn about Permaculture, Organic farming, Ecological Design, etc. This year's program themes are Waste water and Permaculture Design!
MELC desperately needs donations to fund this program and we are asking for your tax deductible donations or memberships to better support our work. Please take a moment to give what you can online at http://www.melc.us/donate, you may also send your donation or become a member, its easy, just fill out the membership form below and email or send to:
MELC 4651 Bear Canyon Road Willits, CA. 95490
Thank you for your interest and all your generous support!
Kind regards,
Maximillian Meyers
Director MELC
2006 MELC membership
Yes, I'd like to nourish the Mendocino Ecological Learning Center with a gift of:
$25 Manzanita membership (Basic benefits)
$50 Pine membership (Manzanita benefits plus 15% discount at plant sales)
$100 Fir membership (Pine benefits plus $40 dollars off one MELC workshop)
$250 Oak membership (Fir benefits plus one free book from our reading list)
$500 Madrone membership (Oak benefits plus $100 off one MELC course)
$1000+ Redwood membership (Oak benefits plus $250 off one MELC course and a movie of your choice from film list)
Basic one year membership benefits include: free subscription to "Patterns" the MELC newsletter, free admission to tours, nature walks and special events, as well as access to our technical support team, who will be happy to answer your questions relating to sustainable living.
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Available book titles:
Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway
The Hand-Sculpted House by Ianto Evens, Michael G. Smith and Linda Smiley
Seeds of Deception by Jeffery M. Smith
The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono
The New Solar Electric Home by Joel Davidson and Fran Orner
Films offered by MELC:
The Global Gardener, Bill Mollison, 120mins. VHS (1991)
Farming With Nature, Sepp and Veronika Holzer, 37mins. VHS (2000)
Aquaculture, Sepp Holzer, 30 min. VHS (2002)
The End of Suburbia, Gregory Greene, 78 minutes. DVD (2004)
All donations are tax deductible and used
solely for the specified purposes of The Mendocino Ecological
Learning
Center. Please make checks payable to "MELC." Mail to:
MELC 4651 Bear Canyon Road Willits, CA 95490 or donate with credit card/paypal at http://www.melc.us