This would be a good time to register for the Social Forestry course as early registration closes on Sept. 25th. We hope you will be able to join us. You can visit us on the web at siskiyoupermaculture.com. Sorry if you got this twice (I forgot to put in the subject line the first time.)

Course Description: In the Social Forestry course students are introduced to this field of ecosociology that connects villages and communities to their forested water catchment basin. Here in a developed industrial empire, we have lost our sense of living with forests as friends. This course will explore reconnecting with forests through ecological knowledge, the use of hand tools and woodcrafts, seasonal festivals and work cycles, children's stories, pilgrimages and stewardship covenants. We will learn ecological assessment, carbon sequestration methods, restoration forestry and the crafts and products that can be enjoyed while we are re-establishing our heart space and wonder in the woods.

Tom Ward has degrees in Forestry and Botany from Syracuse University and has been managing a Social Forestry experimental station in the Applegate for the last 10 years where he is demonstrating natural building, fuel hazard materials utilization, multiple products woods-crafting, wildlife enhancement and desert forest water management. He is currently working on a book on the subject of Social Forestry. Regarded by many as one of permaculture's most inspirational teachers, Tom is looking forward to sharing his work in this area with participants at the course.

Students who have taken their Permaculture Design Course will received an Advance Permaculture Certificate for this course. The Social Forestry course is open to all who have a working knowledge of permaculture.

The course fee is $420 if paid by September 25th, and $500 if paid after that date. See our website for an extended course description, policies and logistics. Contact Melanie by phone or e-mail to register.