Ecovillage and Permaculture Certificate Program

Summer program: June 26 - August 18, 2006 or
Fall intensive program: October 2-27, 2006

In addition to a full permaculture design certificate course, this dynamic residential program provides a holistic introduction to ecovillage design and implementation. Most Universities offer students upper division credit, through program particiapation.  We also have a Permaculture for Kids Summer Day Camp available for students with children.

Subjects include:
*Design Methodologies for Sustainability - Observation of patterns & cycles of nature, placement of buildings, gardens, and protected natural areas
*Village and Community Design - Ecovillages, intentional communities, walking and biking friendly paths, water and waste recycling systems
*Organic Agriculture and Orcharding - Soils, water, growing vegetables, fruits and nuts, plant selection, ecological pest control, humane livestock raising
*Ecobuilding - Cob, strawbale, green roofs, energy efficiency
*Personal Growth and Community Connection - Self-discovery, building connection in groups
*Ecoforestry - Harvesting herbs, mushrooms, and wood from the forest while restoring it rather than damaging
*Intentional Communities and Growing Supportive Local Communities - How to find land, set up cooperative legal structures, local and alternative economics including barter and trade networks, when and how to use consensus decision making
*Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technology - Basics of solar water, solar electric, micro-hydro and small wind systems

Instructors and Presenters include:
*Diana Leafe Christian, Ecovillage Formation Instructor, Editor of Communities Magazine.
*Rick Valley, International permaculture instructor, nursery operator, Lost Valley Land Steward.
*Joshua Smith, ecological landscape designer, eco-forester, author of Botanical Treasures of the West.
*Tree Bressen, group facilitator, consensus trainer, founding member of Eugene's Walnut St. Coop.
*Mark Lakeman, founder of City Repair, Co-Organizer of Portland's Village Builder Convergence.
*Toby Hemenway, author Gaia's Garden, former editor of Permaculture Activist.
*Rob Bolman, founder of Maitreya Ecovillage, Co-Organizer of NW Permaculture Gathering.
*Marc Tobin, Masters in Community and Regional Planning, Lost Valley EPCP coordinator.
*Jude Hobbs, Associate with Agro-Ecology, landscape designer, small farm consultant.

Held at Lost Valley Educational Center, an intentional community, non-profit educational center, and nature sanctuary dedicated to learning, living, and teaching sustainable, ecologically-based culture located outside Eugene, Oregon.

See: http://www.lostvalley.org/epcp for details!

Enrollment: Keli Lindelian at Lost Valley,
epcp@lostvalley.org
(541) 937-3351 * 112


Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571
sbpcnet@silcom.com
www.sbpermaculture.org

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