Hello out there,

Please read below or the attached flyer to hear about this course. If you want, please forward, print, post, and/or help get the word out. And, of course, join us if you can!

Wendy Breiby, Jenny Pell, and The Wilder Institute

The Wilder Institute, Next Generation Permaculture presents:

Permaculture and the Arts Design Intensive

Where: Frogwood Retreat Center, Northern California Redwoods

When: May 23- June 6, 2006

What: Join us for a creative 14-day arts and hands-on intensive! 112 hr certificated permaculture design course with daily art classes, movement, yoga & theatre.

Who: Permaculture Teachers: Joel Glanzberg and Jenny Pell

with Byron Delvin Gelin, Jamie Mulligan Smith, & Wendy Breiby

Visionary Artists: Mariela de la Paz and Nemo

Movement and Yoga: Nala Walla and Michael Suzerris

Raw Food Chef: Bruce Horowitz of the Sun Kitchen

Cost: $1,450 - includes delicious vegetarian and raw foods made from a mix of local cuisine & farm-fresh foods, accommodations in cabins nestled in the Redwoods, full use of Frogwood Lodge, hot tub, & trails

Deadline to apply: April 25^th, 2006 $100 discount if paid in full by April 1^st.

$350 non-refundable deposit required. Space limited to 25 students.

For complete details visit our website

www.permaculturenow.com

or contact:

Byron Delvin Gelin: delvin@permaculturenow.com or (604) 307-5566

Wendy Breiby: wendy@permaculturenow.com or (503) 298-4871.

PERMACULTURE: design principles & methodologies • reading landscapes, mapping, & site analysis local self-reliance • alternative economic systems • plant propagation & seed saving • indigenous cultivation, traditions & practices perennial polycultures & developing

food forests • energy conservation & renewable energy sources • ecosystem restoration / bioremediation • hydrology & aquaculture • forest management & agroforestry • natural building & ecovillage design • urban permaculture strategies • whole systems theory and ecoliteracy • herbs & medicinal plants

ARTS: painting • drawing • mandala gardens • yoga • ”body ecology” – contact dance, authentic movement, playback theater, ritual poetry • patterns in nature • sacred geometry • trellising and garden art • weaving • sculpture

Permaculture is an ethical design system for creating human environments that are ecologically sound & economically viable. It integrates innovative science into the conscious development of cultivated ecosystems that have the diversity, stability, & resilience of natural ecosystems.