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the 5th Annual Los Angeles Permaculture
Design Course
Teachers Discounts available... apply at
<teachers@earthflow.com>
Also...
We're looking to trade the Course for new
Venues and Co-Sponsor promotional assistance...
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<permaculture@earthflow.com>
EarthFlow Design Works,
SustainableLA and The Terra Foundation Present:
the 5th Annual Los
Angeles
Permaculture Design
Course Experience:
Creating the
Conditions for Sustainability to Happen...
http://earthflow.com/LAPDC0708.php
Los Angeles,
CA.
One weekend a month for 6
months...
Join us on the first weekends
of October '07 through March '08
A Certificate Course for Homeowners,
Business Owners, Land Managers, Media & Design
Professionals
This course has something for
everyone...
This training includes the most
inspiring examples of sustainable land use and human ingenuity from
around the world. Final course work includes student design
presentations, community project and (the infamous!) Trade and Talent
Show.
Sustainable Community Strategies
Organizing Eco Neighborhoods
Simple Steps Toward a Sustainable Lifestyle
Natural Building & Property Development
Adding Beauty & Value to Your Home
Strategies for Energy Decent & Peak Oil
Re-localizing Food Production
Green Business Strategies
Finding your Right-Livelihood Career
Who Should Take This Course
The Permaculture Design Course has
truly transformed the lives and enhanced the careers of thousands of
people around the world, including architects, landscapers, community
developers, social workers, city planners, teachers, students,
farmers, gardeners, homeowners, business owners and others. -For
anyone serious about creating a sustainable
future!
THE CURRICULUM
The A to Z of Sustainability! A
more fun or informative course would be hard to find. Our text
book, Permaculture: A Designer's Manual, by Bill Mollison, was
once reviewed by Whole Earth saying "If information had
density... this book would be a black
hole!.."
This course includes new, updated and
expanded material: Eco-Literacy, Biomimicry, Peak Oil, The
Home-Ecosystem, Natural Building Techniques, Backyard Food-Forests,
Fossil-less Fuels, Alternative Energy, Industrial Ecology, Patterns of
Human Dynamics & Community, Practicing Democracy, MicroVillage
Networks, EcoUrbanism and more...
The Design Course curriculum focus is
mainly lecture and the all important theory behind the practice of
Permaculture Design -with an emphasis on Design. Students will
be responsible for a final student Design Presentation.
Additional seminars will be available for students interested in
hands-on training; Design Exercises, Observation Skills, Natural
Building, Sustainable Landscape Construction, Art in the Garden &
More...
First weekend of each month for 6 months...
October 07 - March 08
Part One
Oct 6/7 and November 3/4, 2007
Fire, Water, Earth &
Air...
Introduction to Permaculture and
Natural Pattern Understanding.
Part Two
December 1/2, 2007 and January 5/6,
2008
Food, Water, Shelter &
Energy...
Designing & Building the Complete
Home Ecosystem.
Part Three
Feb 2/3 and March 1/2, 2008
Community & Green
Business...
EcoVillage Design and Community
Celebration.
TEACHING TEAM
Learn from the most experienced
Permaculture Instructors in the Country, as well
as,
Internationally Acclaimed Leaders in
the Worldwide Sustainability Movement...
LARRY SANTOYO, Director, EarthFlow
Design Works <www.earthflow.com>
SCOTT PITTMAN, Director, The
Permaculture Institute
<www.permaculture.org>
TOBY HEMENWAY, Author, Gaia's Garden
<www.patternliteracy.com>
JOHN VALENZUELA, Permaculture
Designer, Horticultural Consultant
PLUS local experts and guest speakers
will be announced.
LOCATION
Venues will take us in and around Los
Angeles County
Additional -Field trips & Hands
On Trainings will be scheduled (Dates & Fees
TBA)
REQUIRED READING
Permaculture: a Designers
Manual by Bill Mollison
amazon.com -or-
seedsofchange.org
Gaia's Garden by Toby
Hemenway (www.patternliteracy.com)
amazon.com
REGISTER FOR ALL -OR PART
(Full attendance is required for
Certification).
Times: 9am to 5pm Saturdays and
10am-5pm Sundays
CERTIFICATION:
Requirements include: Full
Attendance, Design Team Exercises and Final Presentation,
Participation in the Talent Show and all Payment Agreements met in
full...
Upon successful completion of the
course you must request and respond to the student questionnaire
-Additional Certificate Fee of $25.00 will be
required.
TUITION COSTS
* $90.00 per day
* $175.00 per
weekend
* $950.00 for all six
weekends
Materials and other fees may
apply.
Meals, Lodging & Transportation
not included.
Note: $200 non-refundable deposit
required.
Payment Plans, Trades and Work-Trades
are available -with additional $100.00 admin. fee.
-to apply contact:
<worktrade@earthflow.com>
TO REGISTER CONTACT:
permaculture@earthflow.com
Checks may be sent payable to:
Santoyo &
Associates
793A E Foothill Blvd
#130
San Luis Obispo, CA
93405
Credit Cards: call 805.459.0452 to use Visa,
MC or Amex
DONATE -Your tax deductible contributions to
the Terra Foundation's Permaculture Scholarship Fund may be made by
contacting us at <donations@earthflow.com>
In Cooperation with and Very Special
Thanks to:
Materials &
Applications, Greening Development, LA EcoHome, The Green Building
Resource Center -Global Green USA & the City of Santa Monica,
HopeDance Media, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, The Los Angeles
Permaculture Guild, The Permaculture Institute, The Audubon Center,
FoodForesters, County Landscape, Oasis Designs, PatternLiteracy.com,
Guyayaki, CityRepairLA, Sustainable World Radio, Nutiva Hemp Products,
Green Building Products, Living Green, SCO Studio, The Nature of
Things, First Kiss Productions, SustainableLA, EarthFlow Design Works,
REThink Development, The Terra Foundation, HOMAGEdesign, LA
Green Drinks, The Secret Garden, EcoVersity, Tread Lightly Farms,
Santa Barbara Organic Gardening Club, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation,
For the Future, City Repair Project, Strategic Actions for a Just
Economy, Hostel Obispo, San Luis Sustainability Group, California
Regional Environmental Education Community Network, Habitat Studios,
MultiMode Technologies