2009 Permaculture News & Scholarship Deadlines
 
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Contents below:
•  14th  Annual Permaculture Design Course Online
•  Permaculture Solution Journal to Resume Publication
•  Discounted Publications Still Available
•  Permaculture images:  Searches, CDs, Scanned slide presentations.
•  Internships
•  Florida Permaculture Workshop Opportunities
•  Scholarship Deadline--Aug. 1
•  Permaculture-suitable Land for Sale
•  Unsubscribe Instructions
 
This is our annual news release.  For more detail information and updates, please visit our web site at www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org
 
 
Elfin Permaculture Announces
14th Annual Permaculture Design Course Online
 
Elfin Permaculture's 14th Annual Permaculture Design Course Online, which begins Oct. 4, 2009, benefits from more than a dozen years of the online courses and more than a quarter century of teaching permaculture by the lead instructor, Dan Hemenway.
 
The deadline for scholarship applications is Aug. 1 each year. (See below.) Otherwise, students may register at any time. Students who are fully paid before the cycle begins receive a $100 discount.  We are in great need of contributions to supply reading materials to scholarship students.
 
People with limited funds or time may also monitor the course free with purchase of the course CD self-study version, or the full self-study reading package. Monitor registration must accompany registration for free tuition. See the Course Protocol, on our web site, for details.
 
The certificate course runs six months and includes the following learning approaches:
 
• extensive reading in books, papers, both in print and on the course CD-ROM;
• 21 modules of at least one week, mainly presented on the CD, representing the formal presentations of course instructors;
•  at least four reports from each student, including a full permaculture design report;
•  class discussion via email of readings and reports, as well as questions and issues raised by students or instructors;
•  the opportunity to participate in student study groups where interested students can pursue any agreed-upon topic for as long as they wish (independently of the course schedule);
• support for students by three instructors: Dan Hemenway, course designer leader; Cynthia Hemenway CNM, designer and discussion leader for a special week on Design for Health, and Robert Waldrop, founder of the Oklahoma Fo od Cooperative and leader of several online discussion groups, course moderator and currently discussion leader. You may read further background of our instructors on our web site.  In practice, Robert will lead most discussion groups and review early design work and Dan will review more complete design drafts and provide deep backup throughout, as needed.  Cynthia focuses mainly on the Design for Health module and serves as further deep back up.
 
The online course consists of three consecutive sections, plus work on a permaculture design which students undertake throughout the cycle in which they are registered. Samples of student design work are included in the course CD. We offer several registration options to accommodate people in varied circumstances including a non-certificate track, certificate training in one six-month cycle, and a two year ‘deliberate track’ that enables a student to participate in two consecutive course cycles and take extra time to prepare the design report for certification.
 
Registration is limited because of the time required to r eview and critique individual designs. To enable more students to participate, students may enroll in a fast track or deliberate track, each with different design report deadlines.
 
Content of the course sections follow:
 
    Section 1:  Introduction and Basic Principles
            a) World ecological problems and interrelationships.
          b)  Principles of natural design.
          c)  Permaculture design concepts.
          d)  Classical landscapes.
          e)  Patterning, edges, edge effects.
          f)  The Permaculture Design Report
                g)  Principles of transformation (Unique to Elfin Permaculture courses.).
 
    Section 2: Appropriate Technologies in Permaculture Design
          a)  Energy--solar, wind, hydro, biomass, etc.
          b)  Nutrient cycles (3 modules)--soil, microclimates, gardening methods, perennials, tree crops, food parks, composting toilets, livestock, "pest" management, food storage, seed saving, cultivated systems, forests,  etc.
          c)  Water--impoundments, aquaculture, conservation, etc.
          d)   Shelter/buildings and access.
              e)    Design for Health.
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    Section 3:  Social permaculture.  Design Report.
          a)  Design for catastrophe.
          b)  Urban permaculture.
          c)  Bioregionalism.
          d)  Alternative economics.
          e)  Village development.
  C2       f)  Final design reports and critiques.
          g)  Final evaluation.
 
Online course participants have come from every inhabited continent and a number of island countries, from latitudes spanning the equatorial tropics to sub-arctic, and a comparable range of elevations, climates, etc.. The course is suited to beginning permaculture design students, people seeking deep support in producing a permaculture design for their own homes, and, by special arrangement, people with some permaculture training and experience who wish to undertake work. Successful students receive certification as entry-level permaculturists. Advanced students pay no extra, but are expected to serve as additional resources to the beginning students.
 
To review information about the course methodology, content, certification requirements, tuition & fees, registration process, scholarship policies, reading list & cost, and assignment schedule, download the course preregistration pa ckage from our web site, www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org
 
To download only the package without visiting our site, go to http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org/Preregistration8_10_07.pdf
 
Enrollment has begun for Cycle 14.
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Permaculture Solutions Journal to Resume Publication
    
After a long dormancy, we are20reviving our publication, The International Permaculture Solutions Journal.  The revival issue is more than 85% complete. It features a substantial section in “Patterning in Permaculture,” with drawings, text, and contributions from several permaculturists.  Other articles will address some often misunderstood permaculture basics, and will include an earthy article by Joe Jenkins, author of The Humanure Handbook.  The upgraded journal will be available mainly on CD, with a limited number of print copies in black and white.  Offprints will be available beginning 6 months after publication. 
 
Check our website for details.
 
 
Publications Discounted by as Up to _
 
We continue to offer heavy discounts on some of our publications that have been stained in storage.  These contain all information of unstained copies.  We also have a number of single copies of books that we will list on our web site from time to time. Check our web site for details. We are clearing our inventory of the permaculture design course pamphlets, and offer these at a very low price.  See our web site for current details.
 
 
Permaculture images:  Searches, CDs, Scanned slide presentations.
 
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We have been working on a two-prong effort to make available for sale images in our extensive permaculture photo library.  We have to date indexed about 4,000 images on a database (FileMaker Pro.)  We are presently importing images to the database so that others can scan for images that they need.  Simultaneously, we are scanning our extensive library of 35 millimeter slides, starting with formal slide presentations.  We envision the following licensed uses for photos in these digital formats:
·       A series of library CDs with low-resolution images, a keywords field, descriptive information, and, where available, presentation script, additional notes, and suggestions regarding the educational objectives that the images serve. This will be available as a pdf file.
·       A series of ‘slide’ shows on CD, duplicating our older 35mm slide presentations.  These are listed on our website. Presentations for self-education will be on pdf, with a relatively low price.  Shows for public presentation will be on a graphics format such as jpeg, and will feature higher resolution. 
·       Custom production of CDs containing digital images. We will price these based on the intended use and the registration required.
 
Internships at Barking Frogs Permaculture Center
 
While Barking Frogs Permaculture Center, for various reasons, is not open to the public, we infrequently host permaculture interns who wish to learn practical matters associated with permaculture design implementation and maintenance.  For details, see our Intern FAQs and related documents on our web site. Our location in North-Central Florida particularly suits internships over the winter months. Interns here may simultaneously participate in Cycle 14 of our online course at no tuition charge. This option may not be available in future course cycles.
 
 
Florida Permaculture Workshop Opportunities
      
For personal reasons, we have drastically curtained travel for teaching and consulting in the US and Canada.  (We will consider requests for programs in other countries on a case-by-case basis.)  In order to continuing sharing our permaculture experience and insights, we are looking to offer permaculture programs in Florida, where we now live.  The preferred region is an elipse 50 miles from Ocala to the south and 50 miles from Gainesville to the north.
 If you live elsewhere in Florida, we will evaluate logistics on a case by case basis.
 
To explore the possibility for program in your area, please download the appropriate documents from our web site explaining our standard terms and what is involved.  We are looking at designing programs over a series of weekends, as well, to minimize the duration of time away from our own site. For programs offered nearby, we can commute.  This would be the area between Gainesville and Ocala. We are interested in offering a life certificate course weekends, to shadow our online course synchronously, using the same reading package.  We do not organize or host programs—we teach them.  Permaculture is a self-reliance movement.=C 2 If you want a program, you need to take the initiative.  As you can see from the above, we do not lack for things to do.
 
 After reading what is involved, please contact us if you are interested.
 
We are also willing to undertake a few consulting jobs each year in Florida.  Again, details are already on our web site.
 
We never offer training programs at Barking Frogs Permaculture Center.  This is an ironclad policy.
 
 
Scholarship Deadline--Aug. 1
 
     The annual deadline for scholarship submissions is August 1.  ONLY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BETWEEN JULY 1 AND AUG. 1  WILL BE CONSIDERED.  Instructions for scholarship application may be downloaded from our web site. They are also included in our course preregistration package.
 
 
 
Permaculture-Suitable Land for Sale
      
We have not yet found someone worthy of buying our land in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Because we are consolidating our resources at our current home base in Florida, we are seeking to sell 18 acres of land that Dan has owned since 1968.  This land has not been sprayed for decades, is very suited to the construction of a resource and energy-efficient solar home, and has fruit and nut trees planted in several areas.  Photos and more details are on our web site.  Purchase of the entire parcel comes with a one-day verbal consult on the land's features and potential by Dan Hemenway.  We will consider subdividing, starting at the south end of the property. 
 
 
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The course CD includes more than 300 separate items, including papers, databases, weekly teaching modules, samples of design work, and other resources.
 
Donations are needed to support additional scholarships and to provide reading materials to scholarship students. (We cannot include these in our scholarships.) Inquire at BarkingFrogsPC@aol.com or send contributions to Barking Frogs Permaculture Center, PO Box 69, Sparr FL 32192-0069 USA. Please include the term “permaculture” in the subject field when sending email to us.
 
Elfin Permaculture is a project of Barking Frogs Permaculture Center operated by Dan and Cynthia Hemenway. Other projects include Yankee Permaculture (publications) and the Solutions Network (permaculture volunteers).
 
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To Editors:  Permaculture publications, media, and closely allied publications may request a review copy the latest version (7.x) of the course CD for self-study by sending an email20to Dan Hemenway at BarkingFrogsPC@aol.com  This version is substantially enlarged and refined from the review version we distributed at the inception of this online approach to the Permaculture Design Course.  The self-study version omits a few files restricted to certificate course students, but is substantially the same otherwise.
 
 
Our 14th Annual Permaculture Design Course Online begins Oct. 4, 2009. The protocol for our Annual Permaculture Design Course Online is at http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org/Protocol3-4-07.pdf
 
A complete list of Yankee Permaculture publications by category may be downloaded from:
 
http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org/YPCpublicationsb ycategory.pdf