Permaculture Design Certification
Course
Creating an Ecovillage From the Earth
Up
June 15- 29, 2009
http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Laytonville_Permaculture_Design_Course_2009.html
Mendocino County, Northern California
at the newly forming Laytonville Ecovillage
Tuition & Registration
Course Tuition is $1250 U.S. dollars, which includes instruction,
basic camping accommodations, and 3 delicious, nutritious meals a day
for the duration of the course. Participants who successfully complete
the course will receive a Permaculture Design Certificate.
Contact
For questions and more information regarding the course
e-mail:
laytonville@livingmandala.com or
call: (707) 634-1461
Course Description
A holistic approach to sustainable development begins with land
use and community design. This is a two week intensive Permaculture
Design Certification Course that will be hosted on the beautiful site
of the newly forming Laytonville Ecovillage in Mendocino county of
Northern California. This course will immerse participants in the
design system of Permaculture to create and maximize the beneficial
relationships between our natural resources, our daily needs, and the
regeneration the Earth. The course will integrate the theory of
sustainable living with social permaculture through hands-on, real
experience. Course participants will experience living in community
and contributing to the design and development of a real Eco-Village
project lead by an amazing cast of teachers and special guests in a
fun and supportive community learning environment.
Laytonville Eco-Village
The course is being held on an emerging Eco-Village development
project on a ten acre, beautifully forested property about a mile
outside of Laytonville, California. Laytonville is a small, rural town
in Northern Mendocino County located right off Highway 101, about a
three-hour drive from San Francisco. The property is zoned for
subdividing and is in the process of being subdivided into five
two-acre parcels that together will consist of the EcoVillage.
Existing infrastructure on-site includes a two-story, two-unit
farmhouse that’s about 65 years old, a barn with loft, a carport,
and storage buildings.
Laytonville Eco-Village Vision
The vision of the Ecovillage is to develop the land and homes with
community and sustainability as the core values. All of the models of
ecological design, permaculture, green building, etc. will be applied
to the fullest extent possible. Lots are available to people who agree
to a common vision, to community, and to working with a set of
guidelines that are developed by the community. Individual lots will
thus fit into a “commons” wherein they co-create and agree to a
set of sustainable and community parameters.
Some of the sustainable lifestyle features we envision include
microgrid, biodiesel, an electric car co-op, sauna/hot tub bath house,
locally harvested materials, rainwater catchment, graywater,
permaculture landscaping, etc
to be announced soon!
Topics to Include:
Certification Applicability
Participants who successfully complete the course will receive a
Permaculture Design Certificate. Design Certification is applicable
towards Gaia University Degree Programs.
Permaculture Design
Permaculture Principles
Natural Patterns
Pattern Application
Reading the Landscape
Nature Awareness
Forests
Soil Food Web
Water Cycles
Tropical, Arid & Cool Climates
Design Process
Sustainable Systems
Natural Building
Renewable Energy
Appropriate Technology
Rain Catchment
Graywater
Humanure
Home Gardens
Food Forests
Agroforestry
Fungi & Myco-Remediation
Bio-Remediation
Animal Systems
Aquaculture