Last chance to sign up. Call today to reserve your space at this fantastic Intro Pc course!<br><br><b>2-Day Practical Permaculture Workshop in the Sierra Foothills!<br><br>November 3-4, 2007<br>Nevada City, CA<br></b><br>Permaculture offers positive solutions to a planet in crisis. Learn to use nature as your pattern for food production, housing, and community. Discover solutions for your apartment, backyard or farm in the areas of:
<br><br>- Edible Landscapes<br>- Water Harvesting<br>- Solar Kitchens &amp; Solar Ovens<br>- Seeds<br>- Easy to Grow Strategies<br>- Passive Solar Greenhouse<br>- Useful Tools<br>- Urban Permaculture<br>- Green Buildings<br>
- Transportation<br>- Local Financial Abundance<br>- Food Preservation<br>- Soil and Creek Recovery<br>- Community<br>...And more!<br><br>This course will introduce you to the basic principles and applications of Permaculture through multi sensory presentations, hands-on activities and materials.
<br><br>Hands-on activities include:<br>- Making seedballs for hard to plant areas<br>- Jar method of discovering soil properties<br>- Sand play: designing water storage in swales, ponds and dams, and managing water flow<br>
- Using levels to determine contour lines<br>- Trees in local settings<br>- Digging swales<br>- Innoculating covercrops and spreading them<br>- Co-housing village exploration on an 11 acre demo site<br>- Planting fruit trees and mushrooms
<br>- Chickens &nbsp; <br>- Building community<br><br>Also, we&#39;ll have excellent slideshows and videos as part of the instruction.<br><br>Instructor: Cathe&#39; Fish &amp; Friends<br><br>- 20 yrs – Certified Permaculture Designer and Teacher
<br>- 28 yrs - Passive Solar instructor<br>- 19 yrs - Master Gardener<br>- 7 yrs - College instructor<br><br>Cost: $150 includes nutrient dense lunch both days<br>Time: Saturday 9am to 5pm Sunday 9am to 3pm<br>Location: Nevada City, California
<br>To register: 530-478-1852<br><br>&quot;This course inspired me to look at everything in my life in a new way. I feel invigorated to apply passions I have had my whole life and have not known how to make happen.&quot;<br>
- Dan D.<br><br>&quot;I now have the practical information about how to live in a new way – this is so immediately useful. I wish I could give everyone a gift of this class. I am so happy to be with others who are truly doing this work in the world.&quot;
<br>- Nancy McB<br><br> -- Organized in association with the Sierra Permaculture Guild --<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;official website: <a href="http://SierraPermaculture.org">http://SierraPermaculture.org</a><br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;discussion forum: 
<a href="http://SierraPermaculture.org/forum">http://SierraPermaculture.org/forum</a><br>join the listserv: <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SierraPermaculture">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SierraPermaculture</a><br>
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