Designing for Peace!

Weekend Course in Santa Barbara California

May 30th to June 1st 2008

Facilitated by Loren Luyendyk with Special Guests

The Workshop was a Great Success! 

Thank you to all who participated!

Two Projects were completed during the weekend.  The first one was a Compost Pile Hot Water Heater.  A coil of 3/4” irrigation tubing was layered into fresh brush, straw, and manure slurry.  The pile reached 120 deg F in 24 hrs, eventually reaching 140 deg!

Most exciting for many was the Water Car Demonstration on Sunday.  Dan Kuhn of Drive Hydro Now showed us his 2002 Mitsubishi SUV that he has rigged to get 50% fuel savings.

see the YouTube clip

An electrical current generated by the car’s alternator is passed through a bath of distilled water and baking soda, producing hydrogen and oxygen gas (HHO or Hydroxy).  This gas is routed into the air intake on the fuel injection system.

We plan on offering a workshop dedicated entirely to converting your car to run on water. 

Join the listserve to be notified of upcoming events and workshops.

Compost Pilers- making hot water

copyright 2008 Santa Barbara Organics.  Photos by Loren Luyendyk

                                SIte Design by Loren Luyendyk

The Water Car!

Permaculture Design Certification (PDC)

The Permaculture Design Course is like no other learning experience.  The course offers 72 hours of instruction including lecture and hands-on opportunities. 

Students will learn all aspects of sustainable design, including but not limited to:

1. -Organic Gardening and Farming
   

2. -Composting
   

3. -Plant Propagation
   

4. -Water systems
   

5. -Animal systems
   

6. -Appropriate Technology
   

7. -Legal structures and Community Governance
   

The course format is either a two-week intensive residential or every weekend for six months.   Students live and breathe Permaculture until it seeps into your bones.  People have called it “Life changing.”

Who will benefit this course:

1. -Homeowners
   

2. -Design Professionals
   

3. -Property Managers
   

4. -Renters
   

5. -Everyone
   

6. -YOU!

Upcoming Workshops:

PDC, August 8-21, 2011

TM Bill Mollison

Past Workshops and Courses

We offer our own courses or will work with you to organize a course in your area.

Contact us to arrange a PDC or to register for a course we are offering

Click here to register for this course!