Hidden Villa is "a private
non-profit 1,600-acre organic farm and wilderness
preserve located in Los Altos Hills, California."
They are looking for 8 interns-6 for Environmental
Education, and 1 each for Animals and Community
Education. These internships are from September
2005-May 2006. Contact (send resume and cover letter
to): Intern Coordinator, Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody
Road, Los Altos Hills CA 94022; fax: 650-948-1916; jobs@hiddenvilla.org.
The Occidental Arts and Ecology
Center is offering classes: Intentional Communities,
May 20-22; School Garden Training, July 11-15 and
August 1-5; Medicinal Plant Walk July 23; and Sustainable
Forestry, July 23. Garden tours will be given May
28, June 11 and 26, July 16 and 31, and August 13,
21, 27 and 28. Contact: 15290 Coleman Valley Road,
Occidental CA 95465; 707-874-1557; fax: 707-874-1558; oaec@oaec.org; www.oaec.org.
The Permaculture Institute of
Northern California is offering a Summer Permaculture
Design Course May 28-June 11. They will also be
giving a Four Seasons Permaculture Design Course,
which starts July 23 and 24 and will take place
one Saturday each month until June 2006. Contact:
Penny Livingston, Regenerative Design Institute,
Permaculture Institute of Northern California, PO
Box 341, Point Reyes Station CA 94956; 415-663-9090; info@permacultureinstitute.com; www.permacultureinstitute.com.
The Resurgence Association is
presenting its fourth Resurgence Conference, "Crisis,
Opportunity, Convergence: Bringing Together People
of Ecology and Faith", June 9-12 at Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Contact: Resurgence,
PO Box 467, Woodstock NY 12498; 845-679-8761; www.earthandreligion.com.
The University of California,
Davis, Student Experimental Farm will be giving
Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Farming: Principles
and Practices, June 27-August 18. Contact: Mark
Van Horn, Student Farm, Plant Sciences (Mail Stop
2), University of California, One Shields Avenue,
Davis CA 95616; 530-752-7645; mxvanhorn@ucdavis.edu; http://studentfarm.ucdavis.edu/.
The 6th Annual Heartland Festival,
"a celebration of food, farming and healthy
living in the San Joaquin Valley," will be
held at Double T Acres Ranch in Stevinson, California,
May 21 and 22. Contact: The Ecological Farming Association,
406 Main Street, Suite 313, Watsonville CA 95076;
831-763-2111; info@eco-farm; www.eco-farm.org. |