May 02, 2005
Instructor Update & Regenerative Design Training
Friends! Here's a quick update to our last announcement. Below you'll find:
- Instructor Update
- Regenerative Design Training Program~spaces available
- Other Course Reminders
INSTRUCTOR UPDATE
We wanted to take another moment to update you on our guest instructor line-up for the May/June Permaculture Design Course summer intensive mentioned in our previous posting. Instructor bios are also being added to our web site so check it out: www.permacultureinstitute.com/civicspace/instructors
In addition to Penny Livingston-Stark, James Stark and Brock Dolman, the following teachers will be contributing to the two-week experience:
- Juliette de Bairacli Levy - Herbalist, Author, Traveler, and Pioneer of Holistic Veterinary Medicine
For more than 60 years Juliette lived with the Gypsies, nomads and peasants of the world, learning the healing arts of these people, and learning from nature herself. Now in her 90’s, Juliette is as colorful and exciting as her tremendous wealth of herbal knowledge.
- Dennis Martinez – Indigenous Restorative Land Management
Dennis is a scientist who has dedicated his career to building bridges between traditional indigenous and Western cultures.
- Michael Presley – Wind, Water & Weather
Man of the Earth, farmer, herbalist, weatherman and permaculturist.
- Jini Reynolds - Renaissance Woman Permaculture Practitioner & Healer
Jini will share her experience of working with animals with Juliette.
- K. Ruby - Bee Keeping with the Kenyan Top Bar Hive
K.Ruby is a permaculture designer, beekeeper, teacher, gardener, activist and artist. She has been keeping bees in the urban Bay Area for about five years.
- Todd Haddow, Scott Brinton and Rachel Van Laanan – Nature Awareness Team
Through guided sensory activities such as bird language listening, tracking and identification, we will deepen our ability to observe the land and all its inhabitants. These skills will then provide foundation for appropriate, localized project and community design.
If you are interested in this course, you can read details and gdownload registration material at:
www.permacultureinstitute.com/civicspace/certdesigncourse
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REGENERATIVE DESIGN TRAINING PROGRAM
Summer Session: begins May 11th
There are still a few spaces open for the upcoming trimester (May-August) of our Regenerative Design Training Program. This advanced program meets two full days per week for four months for theory and hands-on training. Course details at: www.permacultureinstitute.com/civicspace/rdi
Highlights:
Last term the focus was on design. In the summer session, our emphasis will be on implementation with a focus on hands-on projects such as:
- constructing a cob greenhouse with an aqua-culture pond and living wall
- installing a bio-filter for at least one pond
- installing a photovoltaic solar system for the pond pump
- a food garden for the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)
- a woodchip/clay or cordwood tool shed
In addition, students will choose a personal project to work on.
Guest lecturers this summer will include the amazing Ane Carla Rovetta, who will teach us about building with Tule rushes culminating in the construction of either a boat or a small sleeping hut. Dennis Martinez will be teaching us about indigenous restorative land management. Many hands on aspects of the course will be led by Michael Presley who will also share his profound knowledge of wind, water & weather. The Kamana program (www.wildernessawareness.org/kamana.html) will guide our training in wilderness awareness, bird language, tracking and observing the land.
A permaculture design certificate is a prerequisite for course participants, however, the course can be taken concurrently with a Permaculture Design Course. Space is still available in the May 28-June 11 course at Commonweal Garden in Bolinas, CA.
See also update above and details on our website at www.permacultureinstitute.com/civicspace/certdesigncourse.
If you are interested in this training program, read details at www.permacultureinstitute.com/civicspace/rdi or contact us at 415-663 9090 or info@permacultureinstitute.com
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Other Course Reminders:
Don't forget to look over the great 4-Day Intensive Workshop with DAVID HOLMGREN, co-originator of the permaculture concept, as he visits from Australia!
www.permacultureinstitute.com/civicspace/holmgren4day
And stay tuned--we will also be hosting some natural building workshops this summer. Details to be announced!
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We hope to see you in our courses!!
Feel free to forward this email announcement to anyone you think might be interested in our programs. Got this via a friend? Sign up for updates at www.permacultureinstitute.com!
Blessings,
Penny Livingston-Stark & James Stark
Regenerative Design Institute
Permaculture Institute of Northern California
PO Box 341
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
(415) 663-9090
info@permacultureinstitute.com