Enviro Change-Makers community
the Environmental Change-Makers community group in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles
Cactus juice preservative for the cob oven
I’m “cooking up” a batch of Opuntia juice preservative. It is a traditional weather coating used on adobe and cob structures. We will be adding it to the final coat on the Westchester Community Oven when we re-surface it next…
Rainstorms and the cob oven
After months of drought, last Tuesday in the wee hours of the morning we got 1.79 inches of rain within about 6 hours — the tail end of Hurricane Linda. Long story short, the Oven was uncovered during a severe…
Why we’re hosting speakers on death and dying
Over this past year, Peter and I have each separately had someone very close to us encounter end-of-life issues that didn’t necessarily go the way the person would have liked. If the families had known more, or had been better…
The Change-Making Manifesto
What is Change-Making all about? Change-Making is passionately creating positive change. It’s an onging and forever project, because there is simply so much that needs repair and nurturing. That means there’s an element of long-term commitment. But then, what else…
OvenMaster Training
There are baking skills and there are fire skills. Los Angeles Bread Bakers will soon be scheduling baking classes at the new Westchester Community Oven. (And we’ll have a public “grand opening” celebration sometime in September). But for fire skills,…
Summer Solstice Open House – Jun 20
Want to learn about all the fun stuff that goes on at the Community Garden at Holy Nativity, and the Holy Nativity campus? On Saturday, June 20, there will be a Summer Solstice Open House across the entire campus. It will…
Wish Bricks
Make a wish. Write it down. Put it into an adobe brick. The community will gather around your wish, for years to come. Here’s how …
Asphalt Demolition Party – April 25
What’s your opinion about asphalt, really? Wouldn’t you love to be there as nearly 1000square foot of it meets its demise? Too much stress at work, or school? Frustrated with insufficient action on political issues? Wouldn’t you love to take out…
Adobe Brickmaking hands-on workshop – May 9, May 16
This Earth Day, get in touch with Adobe. California schoolchildren learn about it in 4th grade when they study the Missions. But did you know it’s part of the cutting edge of sustainable architecture and building with local materials. On May…
Charles Eisenstein – Sacred Activism – March 21
Charles Eisenstein — visionary, philosopher, social critic, and author — is coming to L.A. this month! Eisenstein’s latest book is The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible. In it he sagely describes the emotional, social, civilization-wide “between” that…