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Permaculture attempt in high desert of California

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Newbie in Palm Springs zone 9b.

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tragically cheap California land in the hills

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Anyone have the book “Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual” by Bill Mollison?

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Natural farming in California

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Building Cob with no local clay?

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Hot Springs w/cabin rental on organic date farm in California desert.

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Join a creative "rewilding" community trial in far north CA

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Sun Jan 25/18th Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap

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Marr 8 6th Eco Hero Brock Dolman & Kate Lunquist Baver & Salmon Advocate Santa Barbara

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Where to buy meat in Northern California

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April 12 3rd Annual San Luis Obispo County CA Beaver Festival

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VIMEO/2025 Annual Eco Hero Award Honoring Bill & Athena Steen & Roxanne Swentzell Natural Building

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An Evening with Lloyd Kahn and Bill Steen Sept 7 2025

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Marr 8 6th Eco Hero Brock Dolman & Kate Lunquist Baver & Salmon Advocate Santa Barbara

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Where to buy meat in Northern California

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Sun Jan 25/18th Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap

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Work in exchange for living

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Hot Springs w/cabin rental on organic date farm in California desert.

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Seeding An Ecovillage In Southern California & South Carolina!

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WWOOF for a Month in Santa Cruz, California

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Any Anza Borregoans?

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80 Acre Northern California homestead Eco Community Build?

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VIMEO/2025 Annual Eco Hero Award Honoring Bill & Athena Steen & Roxanne Swentzell Natural Building

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Any permie friends in Nevada County CA?

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April 12 3rd Annual San Luis Obispo County CA Beaver Festival

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Senior Caregivers wanted in exchange for FREE room in Los Angeles

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Annual Eco Hero Award Honoring Bill & Athena Steen & Roxanne Swentzell Natural Building Pioneers

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Tacoma to Yosemite...

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The State of Fire; Why California Burns Talk, Book Signing with Award Winning Author Obi Kaufmann

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17th Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap Santa Barbara 2025

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Meetings for Tehama, Siskiyou, Trinity, Colusa, Glenn, Butte, and surrounding counties

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Any Edible Landscapers in Redding

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Lifestyle opportunity on permaculture homestead in northern CA

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Seeking community and connections Humboldt County

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Feb 24 2024 Eco Hero Award Honoring Albert K. Bates- Biochar Pioneer

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Help! Solectrac electric tractor maintenance support needed

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Saying Goodbye, Honoring the Trees - Sat, Sept, 21, 2024 Santa Barbara

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Suggestions for Guided Foraging?

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Homestead Sitting

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[Northern California] Potential Opportunities for New Age Pioneers~

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I Wish I Had Permies Community in RL

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Jan 28/2024 16th Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap

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I in-vision creating a vegan permaculture site in Northern Calif.

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Sun Jan 29 /15th Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap

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