Howdy and Happy Summer!<div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div><div>Wanted to let everyone know about this Advanced Permaculture Practicum we have coming up in the Pacific Northwest.  Please see details below. If you have additional questions feel free to email <a href="mailto:courses@pdxpermaculture.com" target="_blank">courses@pdxpermaculture.com</a>.</div>

<div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div><br></div><div>Leonard Barrett</div><div>***</div><div><br></div><div><u>An Advanced Permaculture Training in:</u></div><div><b>Optical Surveying for Earthworks and Water Systems</b></div>

<div><b><br></b></div><div>Taught by Tom Ward (Instructor, Cascadia Permaculture Institute)</div><div><br></div><div>September 8th - 13th, 2012</div><div><br></div><div>At the Atlan Center in White Salmon, WA (1 hr from Portland Int&#39;l Airport)</div>

<div><br></div><div>Full course listing and registration at <a href="http://www.pdxpermaculture.com" target="_blank">http://www.pdxpermaculture.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><u>Course Description</u></div><div><br></div>

<div>Basic surveying and layout are essential skillsets for every farmer, homesteader, designer, and consultant.  In this six-day course (Sept. 8-13), Tom Ward teaches the use of many types of low- and high-tech surveying tools, along with advanced skills in keyline, pond and swale layout, mapping skills, and other core competencies for the design and execution of permaculture projects.<br>

<br>Students will become familiar with swale, terrace, ditch, and pond layout, profile cross-section drawing, keyline and trail system locating, solar assessment, ditch and wiggle waterway layout, small cabin orientation and pad layout, staking, note taking, and compass and map reading.  We will use telescope-like devices and other hand tools such as sight levels, pocket transits, builders levels, A-frames and various vertical measurement rods, as well as measuring tapes and wheels.  The course will include flagging for trails, swales and ponds, as well as observations on the landscape with mapping of topographic, ecological, and cultural data.<br>

<br>The 72-Hour Permaculture Design Course is a prerequisite for getting an advanced certificate from this course.  Others may have the certificate held until they receive a PDC certificate.  You must complete all six days of the course to get your certificate.  The course is open to all who have a working knowledge of Permaculture.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Tuition: </div><div>$895 before 7/1</div><div>$995 before 9/1</div><div>$1195 after 9/1</div><div><br></div><div><u>About Tom Ward<br><br></u>Tom Ward has been advising farms and 
teaching Permaculture for over thirty years.  He has degrees in Forestry
 and Botany from Syracuse University and has taught at Laney College in 
Oakland CA., D-Q University in Davis CA, and Thlolego Learning Centre
 in South Africa, among many other institutes and communities. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Full course listing and registration at <a href="http://www.pdxpermaculture.com" target="_blank">http://www.pdxpermaculture.com</a><br>
<br>Cheers!<br></div>
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