Dear Friends,
Wow what Convergence! Thanks to all who came, shared,
& celebrated with this amazing community.
The Spirit of the Convergence will carry on at GreenFriends Farm right
into an Advanced Permaculture Intensive with Geoff Lawton starting
tomorrow (Tues - and continueing through Friday of this week).
Last change to register! You can drop in on individual days as
well.
More Info Below.
-The Living Mandala Team
_____________________
Geoff Lawton Advanced Permaculture Intensive
Earthworks, Watershed Design, &
Food Forests
Oct 16 - 19, 2012
GreenFriends Farm - Castro Valley, California
For More Information & To Register Click Here.
![[]](cid:7.1.0.9.0.20121015153113.04da6fb0@silcom.com.2)
Course Description
In 4 days, you will learn the basic theory and
practice of Permaculture Earthworks, Watershed Design, Food Forest &
Agroforestry including site design, survey, and analysis; directing
earthmoving machines to establish dams, swales, terraces, ponds etc;
watershed design and restoration techniques; and designing and
implementing reforestation, agroforestry, and food forest projects
accordingly. This course will blend theory with hands-on practical
application in the context of a real life project and landscape of
GreenFriends Farm.
Day Topics
Though the course is a progression and we highly recommend taking the
entire course if possible, it is possible to sign up for individual or
multiple days. Though the schedule is not exact, over a period of 4 very
full, informative days... we intend to cover the following.
- Day 1 (Tues, Oct 16): Broad-acre Earthworks &
Watershed Design
- Day 2 (Wed, Oct 17): Earthworks Design & Implementation
- Day 3 (Thurs, Oct 18): Watershed Restoration - Upstream
Strategies
- Day 4: (Fri. Oct 19): Food Forests & Agro-Forestry
Affordable Sliding-Scale Tuition
With the intentions to make this course as available to as many
people as possible, we are offering this course for much less expansive
than most of Geoff’s international courses of comparable size and
content. Though the course is a progression and we
highly recommend taking the entire course if possible, it is possible to
sign-up for individual or select days as well.
For Pricing Details Click Here
Special Discounts for NorCal Permaculture Convergence
Participants!
We are offering a special discount for those who
attend any part of the Northern California Permaculture Convergence,
happening the weekend before this course from Oct 12-14, at GreenFriends
Farm. Geoff Lawton will be one of the keynote speakers at the
Convergence, along with a host of other speakers and workshops as
well.
About the Northern California Permaculture
Convergence
The
Northern California
Permaculture Convergence is an annual event which brings together
permaculture designers, sustainability enthusiasts, and communities in
Northern California, the West Coast, and beyond for a weekend of
intensive focus on a common goal: to design sustainable habitats, in
accordance with nature, for humans, plants, animals, our greater
bioregion, and the Earth at large. Practitioners across a wide-spectrum
of skill-sets exchange ideas through concurrent workshops and discussions
ranging from organic agriculture and wildcrafting to natural building and
appropriate technologies; from environmental remediation and disaster
preparedness to community dynamics and global justice. In addition to a
plethora of workshops and amazing speakers on a diversity of topics,
there will also dedicated areas for skill sharing, collaborative
discussions, children's activities, educational displays, and specialist
vendors. Participants will have opportunities to socialize, network, and
connect with others in this field through meals and the activities listed
above.
Site Details - GreenFriends Farm
The beautiful 180 acre grounds of the
GreenFriends Farm are becoming a demonstration & educational hub of
leading permaculture, holistic management, and regenerative design
practices. GreenFriends Farm began as a challenge to plant a thousand
fruit trees on the overgrazed land of a former cattle ranch west of
Oakland, California. Now, half way to meeting that number, it has become
an educational center for cutting edge agriculture, a destination for
enjoying nature, and a vibrant spot for volunteers of all ages and
backgrounds. The site is also home to the M.A. Center - the U.S.
headquarters of international humanitarian & India Spiritual leader -
Amma.
www.embracingtheworld.org
.
Broadacre Permaculture Demonstration - Site
Projects Include:
- 500 plus tree orchard and food forest
- Dynamic watershed restoration
- Broad-acre land contouring & water infiltration
- Keyline patterning & ploughing
- Native reforestation & agroforestry
- Holistically managed grazing
- Soil food web management
- Solar energy
- Community garden & orchards
- Sustainability & spirituality programs
Contact
For questions and more information regarding the
course
e-mail:
education@livingmandala.com or
call: 707-634-1461
For More Information & Registration Click Here
Living Mandala
Organizing Education, Events & Initiatives for Personal &
Planetary Transformation
www.LivingMandala.com
Find Living Mandala
on Facebook!
Northern California Permaculture Convergence
Oct 12-14, 2012
GreenFriends Farm, San Ramon, CA
www.PermacultureConvergence.com
![[]](cid:7.1.0.9.0.20121015153113.04da6fb0@silcom.com.3)
_______________________________________________
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org
P
lPlease consider the
environment before printing this
email.