Friday, January 30, 2009

DIY WWOOF in SD County (will work for place to camp and shared meals)

DIY (do it yourself) WWOOF (willing workers on organic farms [and other good places])

Can you use a worker or help on some project? Could I camp or sleep on
the floor near the work location? Could I eat two meals a day with you or with others?

Generally, wwoofers work 3-6 hrs/day 5 days/week and receive meals and a place to stay, but variations to this are common.

My main goals are:

  • to work with others and
  • to visit and learn from different people and places in the county.

If there's a place to cook or to light my small wood camp stove, I'm happy to supply and feed myself.

I prefer to not to work with things that produce toxic fumes (solvents, gas engines).

I'm happy to do kitchen, garden, computer and many other kinds of work.

I'm a member of wwoofusa.org and wwoofmexico.org.

Here's my cs profile: couchsurfing.com/people/colinleath (if you know me and can leave me a good reference there that might help too).

Here's my blog: fo-rest.blogspot.com
When I'm free: fo-rest.blogspot.com/2009/01/calendar.html

and my resume:
purl.org/j9k/cv/

Peace & a smile,
Colin

calendar

I'm often walking to and from (and during) these events. If you'd like to join me on the walk or at the event, please let me know.

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Sunday, January 18, 2009

hike SB->Quail Springs->Ojai 1/25->2/5

[posted to **pg email lists (permaculture guild lists @ arashi.com)]

Friends, I'm looking for one or two others to join Mike T (www.ammonitedesign.net) and I on a walk from Santa Barbara to Quail Springs Permaculture Farm & Learning Oasis (quailsprings.org) through Los Padres National Forest.

(A visit to Pine Mountain Buddhist Temple [www.pinemtnbuddhisttemple.org] may also be possible.)

We will leave SB on 1/25 or 26, arrive @ QS 1/30 or 31 and possibly leave for Ojai on 2/1 or 2/2, arriving in Ojai around 2/5.

If you'd like to walk part or all of the way, please let me know. We'll take it easy: 8-12 miles/ day, but trail conditions could be poor. We can share equipment. And we can meet at Tri-County Produce to provision ourselves and walk from there.

Perhaps this can become an annual learning and sharing pilgrimage.

Also, if we could spend a night in your yard in Ojai or SB at the end/beginning of the trip, please let me know.

Recommended reading: _Beyond Backpacking_ by Ray Jardine / rayjardine.com

peace & a smile,