Hello friends, We have a very full and exciting year planned for 2006! Last year we had nearly 100 volunteers her at MELC and accomplished so many things....
qi4u/Mr. Ryon: You know, I never intended for this to be a "real" group originally (only a demonstration and placeholder), but you're now the fourth member and...
I have installed part of an irrigation system (it is not finished, but the part that is, is operational) for a greenhouse that grows wheatgrass, sunflower ...
Hi Mark and everyone, I think this could become a real group. what is the purpose of a placeholder, are you working you way up to near the front of the...
Maybe it would be fun and productive to have a potluck. Does anyone disagree? A mid-March Saturday from about 2:00 pm to late evening might be good. Anyone...
Hi friends, Just thought I would let you know about the Natural waste water filtration workshop at MELC. Date: June 24-25, 9am - 5pm Location: MELC,...
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...
Northern California Book Signing Tour with Brad Lancaster, coming to Willits, Oct. 19, 7pm! The slideshow presentation and book signing will be held at the ...
"Whatcha Gonna Drive?" for a Sustainable World ... when fossil fuels are no longer an affordable option: Biofuels, Electric, Fuel Cell, Hybrids, or Bikes? On...
This guy charges his EV with batteries charged by solar panels and has received $4,000 from the government for building his EV. http://greenplanet3.org/ev/...
Shody: What is the energy input (and environmentally unfriendly by-products) required to manufacture and maintain/replace those solar cells? What is the ...
Gryphon (Tem?): That sounds like an interesting and potentially educational event! I won't be able to make the trip myself, but I hope that someone there will...
Fortunately, I'm not the only bright and reasonably skeptical person who has a problem with all the hype about alternative energies. This article in Popular...
Hello everyone, This is just a friendly reminder that Brad Lancaster, author of "Rainwater Harvesting For Drylands" will be giving a lecture and slide show...
How far is Willits from Sacramento, again? I know, I could find out myself, but I'm trying to stay focused on matters at hand (and look at me, responding to...
Hi Mark, wb. I just learned`that means welcome back. It's like I have been just sitting here for months`waiting and at 1:38 AM you finally return! But it isn't...
That's a tough one. I haven't been iinvestigatiing VOIP in a while, but I doubt if you'll get much more "free" than Skype. I don't say it's true of Skype,...
I wish these things weren't so horrendously expensive; I'd like to participate in some of them, and I have ample time to do it right now. With them operating...
Mark, I've heard similar criticisms regarding the cost of Pc courses in the past. Of course every situation is different, but as far as I understand it, RDI...
Gryphon: I'll still have to pass this time, given how limited and already-spoken-for my money is right now, but maybe at another future event. Work/trade is ...
Hello friends, Please join us on July 21-22, 2007 for this totally free workshop at MELC! Weekend course: Cob construction and earthen plastering! Dates - July...
Emergence: The Sierra Permaculture Guild Please join us at the inaugural meeting of the new Sierra Permaculture Guild! And pass the word on to other permies! ...
Hello friends, We would like to invite you to join us for the Mendocino Ecological Learning Center's last course of the season! Details are included below. Hop...
The Sierra Permaculture Guild General Meeting If you have an interest in sustainable human habitats, ecological agriculture, alternative economics, natural...
2-Day Practical Permaculture Workshop in the Sierra Foothills! November 3-4, 2007 Nevada City, CA Permaculture offers *positive solutions* to a planet in...
The Sierra Permaculture Guild General Meeting & Potluck Interested in sustainable human habitats, ecological agriculture, alternative economics, natural...
The Sierra Permaculture Guild General Meeting & Potluck Interested in sustainable human habitats, ecological agriculture, alternative economics, natural...