70284083 Permaculture Self Sustainability Network

Name Address Best Contact Project Notes

512-350-7649

512-474-2806, 512-974-5680

Anna Marie Bowman 310-980-3975

Please contact Audry Padilla on Facebook if you need help connecting with anyone on this list. As a rule, I do not include anyone's e-mail addresses to prevent spam. I do not include the address or contact information of volunteers. I do have the complete list and corresponding map with more addresses and contact information to facilitate behind the scenes networking. Please contact me if you have any other information that is missing on this list. If there is no city listed it means i do not have the address. Thanks!

Rebecca Abdallah 100 Acre Wood (S.H.I.R.E sponsored)

21707 Hog Eye Rd. Manor, TX 78621

Home of the New SHIRE Institute. They often host Art Outside and other major events like the Sustainable Living Roadshow.

Paige Hill, Michele Natale Urban Patchwork Farms

Maria Reyes, Mark Valadez Alamo Recreation Center (ATEN sponsored)

2100 Alamo St. Austin, TX 78722

Is attending Kirby Fry's two week intensive permaculture course at his property in April and is currently studying mycology and soil restoration so she can co-teach that part of the course.

Wesley Bellanca (Wesley Thoricatha on Facebook), Summer Hargrave, James "Bunny" Slade, Tiffany Kerr, Jason Smith, Audry Padilla Creation Flame at Awesome Hollow - 3.6 acres

161 Possum Hollow, Cedar Creek, 78612

Wesley - 512-565-5306 James - 512-695-9254 www.creationflame.org http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set

Home of Creation Flame Church of Awesome (non-profit, donations are tax deductible), is replicating the Global Village Construction Set (heavy equipment that can sustain a village - open source tech). In final stages of building a Compressed Earth Brick machine (CEB). Plans to build more CEB machines, Power Cubes (modular power source of CEB and other machines) and a Life Trac (tractor). CEBs are an inexpensive alternative building material and it will be for building additional dwellings on the property as well as an 80x20 shop and healing/art spaces. Has 3 kinds of composting, 5 aquaponics, 4 wicking beds, and organic mainly edible gardens, chickens, goats, guineas, sm greenhouse, 2 pear trees, sm fig tree. Summer is a healer, does massage and cultures Kombucha. Wesley is an artist, guides meditation and spins fire.

Bret Ebey BBQ and Bullets - 5 acres

283 Jack Pine Dr. Red Rock, TX near hwy 812 & hwy 20

Has wicking beds. Solar farm in progress. Needs aquaponics. No official street address.

Patrick Reck, Jenna Jasso, Jayson Anton, Audry Padilla, Denton Weaver, Kyle Sean Amato, Theron Beaudreau (studying permaculture abroad) Community Cultivators

Two established permaculture models including Hugelkultur Beds. Needs to finish paper crete structure and turn a small shack that was once a crack house into a meditation/art studio.


www.TheGreenestLittleHouse.com

Jessie Walker 512-294-9344

512-230-6017

Sunflower Coop A member owned organic vegetarian coop founded in 1981.

William Raincrow, Cat Terry ("Cat Dancing" on Facebook) Earthsong Retreat 6 acres (Vajra Sponsored)

128 Cedar Shade Dr., Bastrop TX 78602

Has chickens, crafting studio. Needs new chicken coop. Needs to finish grey water conversion into a wicking bed wetland with cascading falls made from 3 bath tubs. Needs to finish 4 wicking beds and plant fruit trees. Future permaculture retreat and educational center planned. Building wicking beds and a garden. The learning center will be built in a few years. It will house permaculture design certificate courses etc and eco retreat. Building a grey water wet land system into a wicking bed garden, fruit orchard, other gardens, several living dwellings.

Robert Brunson - President Greenest Little House - 30 acres

has land near 100 Acre Wood in Manor

Interested in setting up permaculture and aquaponics. Wants live-in person or families who will trade labor for a place to park a trailer.

Karen Gifford (ATEN) - 1.5 acres (Vajra sponsored)

kings court at imperial drive, Austin, TX 78725 No address. off of 969 in Manor http://g.co/maps/me735

Is going to build a community center, 2 dwellings (octagon green buildings), outdoor kitchen, fruit trees, wicking beds, outdoor living space. Next to Colorado River.

Alexa Villalobos, Aaron Geiser Pallet House Project - 0.5 acre

1411 Greenwood Ave., Austin, TX 78721

217-649-8591 fertilegroundgardens.com/Home.html

Laura Shook, Sonya Stattmann Soma Vida (ATEN sponsored)

1210 Rosewood Ave., Austin, TX 78702

512-628-1580 www.somavida.net/

"Mission: to encourage a more holistic approach to living, providing one space to live, work and play." They offer massage, midwifery, somatic psychotherapy, acupuncture, relationship coaching, event planning & personal concierge, holistic nutrition, personal trainer, trailer eaterie, meeting room, co-working space, event venue, business & leadership coaching.

1122 3rd St., Austin, TX 78704

512-447-1268 http://sunflowercoop.org

Melanie Jamison, John Willis, Vajra Azaya - .5 acre

512-639-2340 www.vajraazaya.org

Has huge Hugelkulture bed. Needs to plant a 3 sisters companion planted raised garden, wicking bed and asparagus bushes. Future: aquaponics, greenhouse, hydroponics, African keyhole garden in front yard and trees mulched with melon patch.

Name Address Best Contact Project NotesVOLUNTEERS

Alexandria Brodeur

Amethyst Zharr-brown

Audry Padilla - (ATEN admin)

Beth Beutel

Bryce Benton

Cary Sparx Heyoka

Cameron Clarke

Clint Greene

Dan Treiman

Evin Miles

Jagua Perez

Jenny Nazak

Johnny Barnett

Jonathan Shabd Gian Teaches Kundalini Yoga

Joshua Jude


Kath Stutland

Karina Thome

Kesten Broughton

Kyle Sean Amato

Nate Earthsong

Pojo Nick Menchaca

Renee White

Sucio Sancho

Thomas Moore

RESOURCES

512-814-9788

Austin Permaculture Guild http://www.austinperm.com/?page_id=93

Lives at The Enchanted Forest (512-743-9031 www.austinenchantedforest.com)

Wendy Lynette

Karen Gifford (ATEN admin) Austin Time Exchange

kings court at imperial drive, Austin, TX 78725 No address. off of 969 in Manor http://g.co/maps/me735

817-721-0249 www.austintimeexchange.org, P.O. Box 6913, Austin TX 78762

A web-site that keeps track of exchange shares earned from volunteering their time with other members. She is a sector leader. ATEN and Community Cultivators has combined work parties/potlucks. ATEN is a labor exchange web-site for ANY kind of labor. You can earn credit to trade with anyone not necessarily who you earned the credit with. It's all about creating a gift economy.

Audry Padilla, Cameron Clarke Occupy Austin/Self Sustainability Resource List (Google Document)

Those with admin access can edit this Google document in real time. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvYpo_2WqpqPdDU4VnBfa21OOEo1UWZEOVRGeERxUXc&hl=en_US#gid=8

Melanie Jamison has 20 members in Google Groups Community Cultivation Network

Members of this Google group are administrators of Community Cultivators who organize events and such.


list of community gardens

Goat & Horse Manure Smithville TX 78957 unlisted Has goat manure to donate every 2 months.

512-585-8821

512-497-3200

Horse Manure 512-252-0002

Austin TX 78702

Jayson Anton Austin, TX 78704 512.902.1212 www.zendesignoutdoors.com For profit landscaping company Zen Design Outdoors (owner)

Jenna Jasso, Patrick Reck, Audry Padilla Community Cultivators

About Community Cultivators & Blog - http://mindbodysoil.blogspot.com/p/about-us.html http://www.facebook.com/groups/136119776399787/

Helping individuals realize the abundant potential of community through the cultivation of ~ mind, body and soil. This open group cultivates community and volunteer with permaculture projects as well as share knowledge about how to become self-sustained and use diversity, proven systems and advanced gardening techniques to grow food forests and restore our natural habitats as well as those of other creatures. Their Facebook group has over 400 members. Kyle Sean Amato just started a CC chapter in Dallas.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AorFnfv-cZH_ckp0SWJWbmUwamFRQURnVVdmNjdIdHc&hl=en#gid=5

David Schaunzle Gardens of the Ancients

4800 Yager Ln., Manor, TX 78653

512-272-9062 www.gardensoftheancients.com

For profit nursery and herb emporium, bulk herbs, crystals, books, body care, etc. Dried Amanita mushroom and Moringa trees available. Yearly events such as the big Halloween party with stage, ponds. I have been friends with them for 15 years. This was my home away from home as a teenager. Donald Teeter has an Amanita lab and book about it there.

Goat Manure Jim O' Brian

Horse Manure Mike

6607 Spicewood Springs Rd., Austin, TX (entrance is on Whitecliff)

Call first if you need weekend loading. You can shovel it yourself any time during daylight hours. OR We can fill your truck/trailer with our tractor. Directions: Off Loop 360, go West on Spicewood Springs Rd. Go 1 mile, Turn L on Whitecliff. Follow road to our farm gate. Pull in, shut gate behind you, drive directly past the barn and you will see the gate to the pasture that has the manure pile.

Pflugerville - 3.5 miles east of IH-35 on Howard Lane

Bring your own shovel and load all you want for free, or we will load your trucks or trailers with our tractor for $10.

Jenna Jasso LoveATX Heart

Networker, "Unity for Progress" initiative has been taking shape through the success of LoveATX fests. The goal of Unity for Progress is to "unite progressive organizations around the community by promoting cooperative and collaborative efforts as we move forward."


Lenny Davinci Love Pflugerville, TX 78660 512-587-7266 text

ask Patrick http://www.the-shire.org/ Non-profit dedicated to furthering the mission of sustainability.

Manure from 4 horses near Brodie & Wm. Cannon 512-413-3418

Michelle Natale

Sun Farms Kitchens www.sunfarmkitchens.ca

Sustainable Food Center http://www.sustainablefoodcenter.org/

Tiffany Kerr

512-940-3858POTENTIAL PROJECTS

Patrick Reck, Nick Moser, Chad Rittenberry The S.H.I.R.E Institute

Melanie Jamison Vajra Azaya Home Office

1805 S. Main Street Georgetown, TX 78626

512-639-2340 [email protected] [email protected] www.vajraazaya.org

The office is a 501c3 membership organization an education hub and CSA. Has large seed bank for members to trade heirloom seeds. Very kid friendly. Between 3 sponsored properties these are in the proposals for future projects. Hugelkultur Burms, lots of Fruit Trees, 3 Wicking Beds (one is being converted into a grey water wet land), 2 Compositing Toilets, 2 Cob houses, Solar panels, wind, 2 geo-dome houses, 1 Watifi structure, 1 tree house, 3 aquaponics set ups, 3 clay ovens, 2 outdoor showers, 3 solar ovens, a community center, and a learning center.

For profit fresh, seasonal, local food. they guide people in shopping for the food (showing you where to find it, i.e, CSA's, farmers' markets, farm stands, delivery services). They work with clients to design, install and tend a small scale, intensive garden, including edible plants and small livestock

They already have help from other organizations. Can host monthly potlucks.

They cultivate a healthy community by strengthening the local food system and improving access to nutritious, affordable food. Free heirloom seeds in exchange for sharing some of the harvest with their community. They support CSAs and large scale farm to work and farm to school programs.

Brian Whitney Whitney's Tree Care

For profit Arborist transitioning into other specialties besides pruning and take downs. Tree fertilizing, consultation. One of my best friends for 15 yrs.

Jacob Elliot, Cary Sparks Heyoka Farm 1 - 26 acres

near Congress and William Cannon

Needs to turn 250 gal tank to aquaponics, has mushroom setup, needs to convert shed into microbiological lab.

Keiko Sono, Sheryl Davis, Tricia Belle Storie, Adron Lucas The Farm - 27 acres

kings court at imperial drive, austin, 78725. No address http://g.co/maps/me735

Backs to river. Has workshops, greenhouse, geodesic domes and materials to build more, horses, goats, chickens. Hosts major events.


Labor and Material Needs Volunteer? Yes, Skills and Equipment Availability

labor esp. carpenter, lumber, Not avail Wednesdays or Sundays

Needs someone to teach the kids and get them started with a 5'x8' garden. They've been asking Karen Gifford to help them organize this for over a year.

Needs soil restoration. Compacted soil needs to be aerated, minerals and compost added before planting nitrogen fixing groundcover (I.e. Buckwheat, alfalfa, vetch, etc.) and mulched for water retention. Needs a 3 part compost system. Has three baby chickens that need a more permanent coop.

yes, permaculture school graduate. has been working with Kirby Frye on a few projects. built a cob house, is working on the design and sketching of a berm and swale based food garden at a school, built a keyhole perrenial herb garden for ACC

labor, $2000 to automate the CEB machine, concrete for new 80x20' shop slab, mulch, topsoil to finish huge Hugelkulture burms, steel & riding lawnmower engines for CEB machines, road base,fence posts, roof patched, greenouse building materials, paint & sealant for deck, gravel, mulch, Bentonite clay for pond, wildfire protection, needs wooden worm composting bin built and to shade wicking beds, needs kid friendly spaces including a meditation treehouse. Wildfire protection. Needs to plant something in the grey water leach field. Water purifying wild mushrooms and Horsetail would be good.

They have work parties on Saturdays. Group meditation, affirmation, discussion and knowledge share on Wednesdays at 6:30pm. Sometimes this includes performance art or a workshop.

yes, computers, aquaponics, water purification & hydraulics, offgrid homesteading

labor, check the white board at The Womb for their needs.


wildfire protection

live-in labor

Weekends only.

Work parties every 4th weekend of the month

lumber, plastic for wicking beds, pvc fittings, topsoil, rocks, mulch, a bathtub, pea gravel for water filtration, manure, fruit trees

He may have work parties on the first wknd of the month.

http://thegreenestlittlehouseintexas.org/Contact_Us_WFVM.html - volunteer sign up

yes. Experienced in permaculture, musician, his neighbor has 55 gal food grade barrels for $10.

labor, topsoil, lumber, roof canvas, roof sheet metal, straw or hay alternately,

labor, gutters, siding, insulation for walls in house.

yes. Alexa has a landscaping business. Can rewire a house and do remodeling. Can weld; has welder. Willing to help someone using her utility trailer. Aaron can deploy (any web software) open source content management systems and e-commerce solutions - small web hosting company in addition to design and development, credit card processing, feedback systems/billing/ project management, online collaboration systems. http://www.pulsarwebworks.com.

lumber, top soil, rocks, esp small ones for water filtration, lumber for wicking beds.

Melanie is President of the BOD for Vajra and finds them materials. e-mail her mileage for reimbursement of 0.51 per mile.


yes

yes

yes

Weekends only.

yes

yes, artist, active with Austin Permaculture Guild out of state

yes

Weekends only. Will be back in town by Oct 1st.

yes, 4 years of permaculture and agroforestry experience including beekeeping, 2 years of earthship building and design experience.

wants to trade wild Amaranth seed for other seeds, 5 gallon bucket(s), or water hose.

yes, heavy lifting, truck, independent permaculture network coordinator, an admin of AustinTimeExchange.org (can give orientations to get those who sign up on the site registered)

yes, manages permaculture labor & materials exchange groups on FB

yes, permaculture design, chickens, construction, metalwork, computers, web-sites. Specializes in low cost alternative electricity. Has taught workshops on homemade solar panels and wind turbines. Has shovels, pitchforks, wheelbarrows, light construction tools, Acetylene welding/cutting rig.

yes, wants to take care of farm animals. Has tons of wood to build animal pens.

yes, an almost working farm truck, skilled at, landscaping, tree trimming, construction, fixing things, gardening (2yrs with Resolution Gardens). Wants to live and work in community. Prefers gardening.

yes, farming experience, natural building experience. Likes the idea of camping on-site.


yes, fabricator, auto and mobile mechanic, engineer.

yes, acro yoga, massage, fire spinning. Avail Mon, Tues, Thurs.

yes, math, fluent in spanish, 7 yrs experience farming, computer programming, tutoringyes, cultivating permaculture projects from here to Fort Worth. He wants to put together a pool so all of his friends can buy Moringa seed in bulk.

Goes back and forth from Austin to Fort Worth. Will be in Fort Worth until mid-November.

yes, wants to trade mini pumpkins, honeydew, cantuga mellon, and bird pepper seeds for tomato, and watermelon.

Needs people to sign up on the web-site, confirm their email address, then complete an orientation to become active members of ATEN so they can serve others and provide opportunities for others to serve.


yes, permaculture certified 1997, master carpenter, landscape design, edible gardens, stage and outdoor design, event design and planning, networker, musician, artist, lightworker, massage therapist (not certified), can give seminars, makes hula hoops for fun


no, DJ, built a solar generator,

Office is open on weekends

cedar fence posts yes, has 20 buckets per week to contribute. Wed - Sat must be toddler friendly project

materials

yes.

Sundays & Mondays

Needs merchant account and business liability insurance, office administration, database maintenance, mailing list, bloggers and a videographer for a Youtube series. Hopes to get funding to put together a video series called Pimp My Permaculture possibly on PBS. One other person has offered to put this together.

Vajra Azaya supports the building of intentional communities and pays for milage reimbusement of materails and project leads. Melanie Jamison is a grant writer and can offer assistence with 501c3 development including stratigic planning, by-laws, and budget projections

The spring intensive permaculture classes will start on the Saturday before Earth Day 2012, and last about 13 days. Kirby Fry will be the main teacher. They still need a venue and to work out the details.

Jacob is experienced in biodynamics. Huge staging area for materials.


70284083 Permaculture Self Sustainability Network

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fruit trees

wicking beds

water filtration

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learning center

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