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68 Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
Mona Hill
Staff Writer
mhill@plumasnews.com
In last week's paper, "'Peak
oil, climate change drive conserve land.
Transition movement" dealt While much of its work has
with the science behind sus- been with Sierra Valley
tainability and building ranchers, the trust recently
resilient communities. This acquired a 42-acre parcel
week's article looks at the over the road from the high
ways Dr. Darla DeRuiter's school's tennis courts.
class put the theory to work to The trust purchased the
support some of the many land outright from Caltrans
community groupsworkingto with an eye toward the
create a viable future for Learning Landscapes pro-
Plumas County residents, gram at Quincy High School.
Many of the students are The deal closes in September
already involved in some of and, according to Kleven, has
those groupsas individuals, the potential to become a
local growing area. Land
One of the things residents trust staff is still looking at
of Plumas County know the overall management and
absolutely is that in a crisis, design for the conservation
neighbors help neighbors, parcel.
That holds true whether or In addition, Kleven talked
not they believe in global about green mapping -- a
warming, peak oil or perma- way to identify and map
culture, community assets, which has
Members of the Current begun online at opengreen
Environment Issues class at map.org/greenmap/transiUon
Feather River College are no -quincy-food-map, and cur-
different. As a class, they put rently lists sites using or
that ethos to work in producing locany grown food
Greenville and Quincy over such a~ Quincy Natural
the weekend of April 15 - 17. Foods, Pangaea and the Alder
Street Community Garden.
Community assets
Feather River Land Trust's Time banking
development director, KarenLeslie Wall of Community
Kleven, told the class about Connections gave students
the work the trust is doing to an overview of time banking,
Current local projects and programs
Agriculture
Think Local First campaign
Awareness and entertainment
Films sponsored by Plumas Arts, Quincy
Natural Foods and Transition Quincy
• .Economy
CommunityC0nnec{i6iqs (ti~l~dh~u~ng) ~ "
Solar panels on local businesses:
Quincy Natural Foods, Ada's Place,
community services district, Horton Tire
Center-Les Schwab Tires
! i¸ =ili ~ i
Education
Eat a Rainbow Program, Quincy Natural Foods
Feather River College Sustainability Council
Preparedness training by Office of Emergency
Services. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints
Workshops about canning, gardening and
other sustainable issues by Plumas Rura
Services, Quincy Natural Foods
Energy
Solar cooking demonstrations at farmers
market, Solar Cook-Off
Members of FRC's Current Environmental Issues class gather after the communal meal prepared following Jamie Huynh's talk on
bulk foods and cooking with cheap staple foods. Back row, from left: Diane Digby Forsberg, Huynh, Tony Redman, Billy Harlan,
Karen Kleven, Michael Romandia, Jay Clark and Gerd Ebeling. Front row, from left: Kyle Towers, Darla DeRuiter, Lia Parker, Lizz
Hauner and Lani and Jeff Rockholm. Not shown: Kyle Garcia, Ryan Gelber, Albert Haack, Donny Huckins, Frankie Johnson, Ryan
Prince and Kelsey Summers.
describing it as an hour- For more information short hours. Noreen Thompson were on
for-hour exchange of more about time ba'nking or to Following fi talk over lunch hand to explain the work to
than 300 services and skills join, contact Wall at 283-3611 about Transition Quincy bedone.
from babysitting to filing to or visit plumasrural from Pamela Noel, students The Greenville Community
manuallabor, services.org, moved to the Alder Street Gardeners had begun work
Individuals can join the Community Garden, run by by partially fencing the area
progrgm for a $20 member- Work blitzes Elizabeth Powell of Plumas and planting fruit trees along
ship fee that covers the cost Saturday morning, the Rural Services, at Quincy the fence to espalier -- a
of a background check on class turned out in force toElementary School. In shortspace saving method of train-
each member. Other than a begin the overhaul of FRC's order, they accomplished the ing trees te grow laterally
$5 annual renewal fee, no Child Development Center garden's spring cleanup andalong walls and fences.
other money changes hands, playground. Under the direc- cleared land for more garden The rest of the site bur-
For each hour worked, a tion of head teacher Inge beds. ~ geoned with overgrown trees,
member receives a one-hourStock, students hauled rock Sunday morning, the class vines, weeds and junk.
credit. All services and skills and wood rounds to create traveled to the new Green- Like ants swarming from
are valued equally, an hour twoplay areas, one of which ville Community Garden. the nest, students hoed
at a time. will be in the form of a turtle. Eight years in the planning, weeds, pruned and dug up
They also removed plantersthis will be the garden's first vines and trees, cleared rub-
for refurbishment, season, bish from the site and built
At lunchtime, Stock effu- Susan Payne and Jeanene fence and compost bins in a
sively thanked the students Hafen of the Greenville few short hours, readying
for their work, saying they Community Gardeners, Karl and transforming rhe plot
accomplished so much more O'Reilly from the Dawn Insti-
than she e~Cpected in a few tute and master gardener See Action, page 7B
Food
Community Assistance Network (C.A.N.)
Community Garden, Alder Street
~.,-C~3~n~h"[~y .~u~i~)er "Meth0d~st~Church:'
Demonstration gardens, Quincy Natural Foods
High Altitude Harvest, Plumas Rural Services
(community supported agriculture)
Homegrown Festiva
Lassen Plumas Community Food Coun oil
Plumas Rural Services Community Food
Network
Quincy Certified Farmers Market
Transportation
Bicycle Project, FRC
Bike trail development
LocaF bus system
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.. ... In addition to learning about the many concepts and programs related to community resilience
Mona Hill and sustainability, the class worked on various community projects, including revamping the
playground at the college's Child Development, Center. With a little help from instructor Darrel
Jury and his chainsaw, there will soon be a large turtle in the play area.
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