"...What Permaculturalists are doing is the most important activity
that any group is doing on the planetŠ "
Dr. David Suzuki, award
winning scientist and broadcast journalist.
The fall 2002 Permaculture Design Course begins this Saturday
Sept. 14th with "Introduction to Permaculture and Pattern
Understanding" with Larry Santoyo.
This year we are pleased to be co-sponsored by the Terra Foundation and
will feature several special presentations by local and national experts
-including GUEST CHEFS!
Throughout the Training Series Speakers will include:
Bob Banner, Publisher of HopeDance Magazine
"Collaborative Creativity for the Spiritual, Social and
Environmental Movement"
Linda Seeley, Chief Executive Officer, Terra Foundation
"The Deep Ecology Movement"
Hunter Francis, President, Sustainable Agriculture Resource
Center
"The Secret Life of Soils"
Wesley Roe, Director, Permaculture Credit Union
"Investing in our Community" , and South Coast Permaculture
News
-special slide show presentation- "Permaculture Down
Under"
Dr. Bill Roley, Urban Planner
International Permaculture & Community Development
Jennifer Rennick, Licensed Architect
"Energy Conservation & Natural Building Issues on the
Central Coast"
Bill Seavey, Author and straw bale building Consultant
"Economical and Ecological Home Power"
Rob & Karyn Kimmel, Central Coast Permaculture Learning
Center
"Backyard Homestead Abundance -Home, Community and
Beyond"
Marcus Tribelhorn, Sustainability Activist
Natural Building & SuperAdobe demonstration
-special food presentation & guest chef
Staci Kawa-Thompson, Family Herbalist
Herbal Remedies & Preparations
Kelly Daulton-Reed, Child Educator
"Getting Started with Permaculture at Home"
also
More Natural Building, Water Harvesting, Eco Village Development
Earthen Oven Baking Extravaganza!
You can register for all or part.
$55 per day or $550 for the whole series
(we still have a limited number of partial scholarships and work trade
opportunities available)...
Please pass this information on and/or let us know if we can expect
you...
For more information contact:
Santoyo & Associates
800.469.5857
info@earthflow.com
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Fall 2002 PERMACULTURE
DESIGN COURSE OUTLINE:
PART 1 -Introduction to Permaculture, Natural Pattern Understanding
& More...
September 14
& 15
September 21
& 22
"FIRE, WATER, EARTH & AIR... New Ecology and Sacred
Geometry"
The first part will cover: an in-depth introduction to Permaculture
Design & Ethics of Earth Care with special presentations on
reading the patterns of the landscape. Understanding principles of
sustainability and patterns of the natural world.
PART 2 -Sustainable Resource Management, Building the Home Ecosystem
& More...
October 5
& 6
October 12
& 13
"FOOD, WATER, SHELTER... Earth-Friendly Techniques &
Technologies"
The second part will focus on: techniques for designing & building a
complete home ecosystem, restorative agriculture and natural building, as
well as learning ancient technologies for earth stewardship and land
restoration.
PART 3 -EcoVillage Design, Community Celebration & More...
October 26
& 27
November 2
& 3
"CREATING COMMUNITY...Self-Reliance and Eco-nomics"
The final sessions will feature: "community building & creating
a sense of place," patterns of human dynamics, intentional
communities & eco-villages. We will also learn strategies for
creating community-wide sustainability and methods for finding our own
right-livelihoods.
-Complete syllabus available on request-
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