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Richard Smith
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Richard Smith's Groups
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Terra Foundation
17 members
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N'Credible Edible's
21 members
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Permaculture SLO
32 members
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Transition North County…
25 members
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Natural Building Network
17 members
Richard Smith's Discussions
100 Things You Can Do to Get Ready for Peak Oil
Replied Dec. 5, 2008
The Joy of Mud
Replied Nov. 28, 2008
Sandgarden Dick @ CelebrateWaste.org
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An example of local permaculture. The Sandgarden was build for $15,000 and the Food Forest cost almost $5,000. Together they take care of most of our needs. The the Food Forest is just over 10 wks old! Thanks Meleah and Jordan!
I know this place. But now that it is nearly two months old, there is a lot less brown and a lot more green. Bob's right, it is paradise.
Lookin' mighty sweet. Any you put this together in about 3 days? Amazing!
The Sandgarden has recently published several Food Forest videos that document the work of N'Credible Edibles. Some of these (under 100mb) failed to upload to Transition CA. But they can be seen on my You Tube channel or the Celebrate Waste website.…
Well said! You describe an issue many of us who are actually making the transition encounter. I was a founding member of the TransitionSLO steering group ("seed group") as described by Hopkins. The work being done by this group is wonderful and need…
Love to have you visit any time! They have worked magic.
Profile Information
- How might your current work contribute to the Transition movement?
- I retired from environmental activism about five years ago. Burned out. Instead my partner and I began to hand-build 'The Sandgarden'. This is our $15,000 permacultural home described at www.celebratewaste.org.
Recently, I rejoined the sustainability community and presently serve as a member of the Transition SLO steering group.
- In what ways do you personally identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?
- 1. All ways.
2. All ways.
- What background and skills do you bring to this community?
- My family owned a small self-sustaining fruit/vegetable farm in SW Michigan. Living on the farm from 1940 -1956, I learned many lessons and skills of self-reliance. This contributed to a B.S. degree with majors in chemistry, physics, and biology. Later I obtained a Ph.D. in animal behavior and ecology and learned that the lessons of my youth applied.
After leaving academia in 1981 I obtained certification as a clinical psychologist and maintained a practice. I also lived on my sail boat in the Morro Bay estuary. Kayaking almost daily for years allowed me to really connect with this extraordinary organ of diverse reproduction. When Duke Energy threatened the estuary in about 1999, I joined the movement against a new power plant and learned much about all levels of environmentalism over the next 5 yrs.
- What aspects of the Transition Town movement most interests you?
- By providing real examples of transitional life and joy.
- Your Favorite Books/Websites/Blogs/RSS Feeds for Information about the Transition Movement
- Almost everything I know that is relevant to this question was obtained through Bob Banner, Hopedance listservs, or links from the Hopedance website. But now we have Transitions.
- Your Personal Website (if you have one)
- http://www.celebratewaste.org
- Official Voice Communication: Skype from http://skype.com/download Add LSquiresSkype to your Contacts.
- Sandgardendick
- Suggestions you have for improving our registration questions or how to know you better.
- I enjoyed it. Let it ride for a while and see what happens.
Thanks, Les
Richard Smith's Videos
Richard Smith's Blog
Sandgarden Food Forest Videos
The Sandgarden has recently published several Food Forest videos that document the work of N'Credible Edibles. Some of these (under 100mb) failed to upload to Transition CA. But they can be seen on my You Tube channel or the Celebrate Waste website. Two important ones are "Food Forest, Organic Mushroom Compost (Black Gold)" and a tour of our six week… Continue
Posted on April 30, 2009 at 10:30am —
Comment Wall (10 comments)
- At 8:33pm on March 8, 2009,
Mickey said… - Excellent--I shall do that! Thanks so much, Richard.
Mickey
- At 12:02pm on February 25, 2009,
Mickey said…
- Thank you for the investment advisor recommendation, Richard! I wonder if we might organize an event where he could talk with a group of us about how to invest for change in these crazy times?
- At 8:20am on January 30, 2009,
Tam Hunt said… - Belated thanks for the kind words Richard!
- At 12:42am on October 28, 2008,
Liana Forest said… - Hi Richard,
Glad to get a little background from you before the meeting on Friday. Looking forward to meeting you and the others at DD. You seem to be a multi-vocation person like me. I also left academe (in 1981) after research and teaching as a psychological anthropologist, spent over 20 years training teachers and students in cooperative/collaborative methods, and am likewise an artist and teach expressive arts for personal and societal growth. I lived in a number of places, including Uganda, Tanzania, New Zealand, and the Cook Islands: a good awakening education.
See you Friday.
Liana
- At 10:25pm on October 27, 2008,
Don GerBracht said… - Hey Richard,
Good to hear from you... been thinking about you. Just signed up at the Dancing Deer group,
thanks,
don
- At 1:59pm on October 22, 2008,
Linda Seeley said… - Hi Richard-
Glad to see your little face on my screen!
- At 11:27am on October 22, 2008,
Les Squires said… - Give me a sec and I'll try to contact you via skype. I see your user name is Sandgardendick
- At 9:55am on October 21, 2008,
Les Squires said…
- Hi Richard! Great to see you here! We've just implemented some get acquainted questions so we CA folk can all get to know each other. When you're finished introducing yourself, it would be great if you could post one or two of your local events -- even if they're local, they're news and inspiration to other communities wanting to get involved.
Again, we're delighted to see you. Ask questions, have fun!
- At 1:57am on October 17, 2008,
Kelly Kim said… - Hi Richard!
I've been meaning to email you to thank you again for the lovely welcome at DD. Cary and I are hoping to have you over for brunch sometime. I'd love to finish our conversation about Sandgarden!
- At 4:01pm on October 13, 2008,
bob banner said… - Heh Richard, welcome to the Transition CA site.... Please upload your video of sandgarden for others on this CA site. Richard is also a steering group member of the Transition SLO county team.
Welcome to the site!!!
bob
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