Some exciting new courses for permaculture enthusiasts -
For information on the courses below, please visit
www.permaculture-hawaii.com/events.htm

March 10. - 15. 2002
The Secrets to Making Money and Making a Difference ?A Course on
Holistic Financial Planning and Socially Responsible Investing

Facilitators: Christopher Peck & Michael Kramer. $500.
E-mail: programs@permaculture-hawaii.com
La'akea Permaculture Gardens, P.O. Box 1178, Pahoa, HI 96778

March 17. - 23. 2002
How To Save the World By Teaching Permaculture ?
An Advanced Permaculture Teachers’ Training Course
Facilitators: Christopher Peck & Michael Kramer. $700
E-mail: programs@permaculture-hawaii.com
La'akea Permaculture Gardens, P.O. Box 1178, Pahoa, HI 96778

The Secrets to Making Money and Making a Difference ?
A Course on Holistic Financial Planning and Socially Responsible
Investing
We can teach you how to make money and make a positive difference in the
world. Come learn how to plan your finances and invest profitably in a
way that reflects your values and builds a sustainable world. There is
currently $2.2 trillion invested in a socially responsible manner! We
can help you be a part of this exciting revolution. Learn how to choose
good companies and avoid the bad. Invest to enhance the health of your
community and support those in need. Opportunities abound for uniting
profits and principles ? this class will show you how! You can make
money by helping restore the planet and by engaging with your community!
You too can make sound financial decisions that are also socially and
environmentally beneficial ? if you attend this fun and informative
class!
This course is taught by Michael Kramer and Christopher Peck, who have
more than 20 years of combined experience helping people make
sustainable change in the world. Michael is a Registered Investment
Advisor Representative with Natural Investment Services, the company
owned and operated by Hal and Jack Brill, authors of Investing with Your
Values, the guidebook to the socially responsible investing movement.
Christopher is the owner of Holistic Solutions, a Registered Investment
Advisor and financial planner helping people build wealth by aligning
their financial decisions with their deepest values and highest
aspirations. Michael and Christopher are also permaculture instructors
and consultants.

Course Outline:
Day 1 - overview of Holistic Financial Planning and Socially Responsible
Investing, creating a holistic goal, and the permaculture design process
as it pertains to Zone 0
Day 2 - logjam-weak link analysis, reviewing new income sources
Day 3 - questions for sustainability, planning for profitability,
planning the expenses
Day 4 - evaluating and monitoring the planning, good strategies
Day 5 - SRI basics - avoidance screening, affirmative screening,
shareholder activism, community investing
Day 6 - SRI details - products and services available, putting it all
together into a personal financial plan

How to Save the World by Teaching Permaculture ?
An Advanced Permaculture Teacher’s Training Course
This Permaculture Teacher’s Course introduces a revolutionary new way of
teaching permaculture ? we apply the principles of permaculture to the
teaching of permaculture. We will cover every aspect of being an
exciting and effective educator. Some of what you will learn:
* Building confidence through practice and supportive critique ?
everyone will have several opportunities to teach in this workshop, to
see themselves on film and improve in a supportive environment.
* Teaching methods that work ? you will learn at least 5 new teaching
techniques, and probably develop some new creative ideas of your own!
These innovative teaching methods work, and they teach permaculture
while modeling permaculture principles.
* A simple technique to help you prepare quickly and thoroughly. We will
cover the preparation techniques that professional teachers and
consultants use to quickly organize their thoughts and materials.
* Practice makes perfect ? you will teach during this course, and you
will improve as a teacher with the help of the supportive environment
that all of us will create.
* You will have fun! Michael and Christopher are well known as fun and
effective educators. They are known around the world as practical
permaculture pranksters. Both have committed their lives to Earth Care,
but like to have fun doing it! Bring a funny permaculture related joke
to the workshop and receive a special prize!
The powerful teaching techniques you will learn in this course were
gleaned from years of permaculture teaching wisdom from experienced
permaculture teachers around the globe. In 1999, this knowledge was
published by Permaculture Drylands Institute as
A Permaculture Curriculum, which provides detailed suggestions on how to
organize and contextualize permaculture learning experiences that are
more meaningful and interesting than lectures.
The prerequisite for this course is a certified Baasic Permaculture
Design Course. Course attendees will be eligible for Permaculture
Teacher Certification.
This course is taught by Michael Kramer and Christopher Peck, who have
more than 20 years of combined permaculture experience. Michael has a
Masters Degree in Education and was the Executive Director of
Permaculture Drylands Institute, and of Youth Ecology Corps, an
innovative youth-based permaculture education program. Christopher was
Curriculum Director of Permaculture Drylands Institute and the author of
Developing the Art of Teaching: Guidelines to Effective Facilitation and
A Permaculture Curriculum, pioneering works that apply natural systems
thinking to the teaching process. They last taught this course together
in 1999, and are back by popular demand.
Course Outline
Day 1: Elements for Whole Person Learning, Learning Styles
Day 2: Diverse Teaching Methods
Day 3: Designing Effective Learning Experiences and the Art of Teaching
as a Guild
Day 4: Teaching Permaculture Ethics, Principles, and the Design Process
Day 5: Teaching Patterning, Sector Analysis, Zonation, and the
Site/Client Assessment
Day 6: Teaching Permaculture Techniques, Strategies, and Materials
Day 7: Cultivating New Teachers, Course Planning, Marketing, and
Evaluation

E-mail: programs@permaculture-hawaii.com
La'akea Permaculture Gardens, P.O. Box 1178, Pahoa, HI 96778