PermaSite Prep/Solstice Party

[awerbalo at calpoly.edu]

We're doing lots of prep work at the Cal Poly PermaSite for the Design
Course which begins Monday June 22 at 10am and for the  Solstice party
which starts before sundown on Sunday evening June 21.

If you'd like to help with the prep work or just to come party, you are
welcome to show up. Bring drums, instruments, or other appropriate
solstice stuff on Sunday (sleeping bag, etc. if you're staying
overnight).

We're learning permaculture now big time, everyday.
Lots of straw bales to move into position and organic seeds to harvest
and clean together.

Here are directions to the site and the course schedule.

Thanks and I hope to see you,
Akiva

email: awerbalo at calpoly.edu
phone: (805) 756-5086

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CAL POLY PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE OUTLINE
Summer Solstice 1998

DIRECTIONS to the course site are: 
>From Highway 1, enter the campus on Highland Road. 
At the first stop sign, take a left onto Mt. Bishop
Road.  Go 1/4 mile and turn right into the Cal Poly Dairy. Go all the
way through the parking lot and turn right at the sign which says
"Student Experimental Farm" onto the dirt road. Follow it down and turn
left when facing the open field. Proceed uphill, and park on the left
side of the road.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Sunday June 21
Arrival and Registration
Camp Set Up
Solstice Festivities at Sundown

Instruction Part One: 
Principals of Natural Systems and Design

Monday June 22
Session 1
Program Orientation & Rules, Group Introductions, International
Permaculture Movement, Local Community Resources, Ethics & Principles of
Permaculture, Video Documentary, Group & Individual Assignments

Tuesday June 23
Session 2
Pattern Understanding, Geometry of Nature, Edge Effect and Harmonics,
Flow Forms, Fibonacci Numbers, Golden Mean Proportions, Methodologies of
Design, Natural Guilds, Introduction to Business Guilds...

Wednesday June 24
Session 3
Hydrologic Cycle, Climate and Weather, Riparian Area 
Management, Daylighting Urban Streams, Water Harvesting, Keyline
Systems, Swale Construction, Gabions, Tree Planting, Food Forests, Urban
Forestry, Orchards, Restoration Forestry...

Thursday June 25
Session 4
Introduction to Zone and Sector Planning, Landscape Profiles &
Biogeography, Reading the Landscape, Introduction to Land Use Planning,
Creating a Base Map, Site Planning, Simplified Civil Engineering, Design
Process, Drafting & Illustration Techniques, Presentation Methods and
Materials...

Friday June 26 - Day Off 

Part Two:
Home & Community Applications

Saturday June 27
Session 5
Observation, Pattern Recognition, Selecting & Evaluating Real Estate,
Designing a Home Ecosystem, Design to Avoid Natural Disaster, Zone One
and Two, Housing Designs, Low Cost Heating and Cooling, Pattern
Language, Building with Tires, Rammed Earth, Underground, Passive Solar,
Cob & Strawbale Construction, Energy Conservation...

Sunday June 28
Session 6
Observation, Pattern Understanding, Home Landscaping, Microclimates,
Soil Science, Garden Planning & Design, More Community Resources,
Irrigation, Sheet Mulch, Keyholes, Seed & Seed Saving, Composting,
Windbreak Design, Small Livestock, Water & Waste Systems, Using Roof
Water & Grey Water...

Monday June 29
Session 7
Observation, Pattern Application, Zone Three & Four, Community Supported
Agriculture, Restorative Farming, Specialty Crops, Nurseries, Trees,
Grains, Guerrilla Planting, Woodlot Management, Forage Systems, Plant
and Animal Guilds, Constructed Wetlands, Chinampa, Ponds, Aquaculture...

Tuesday June 30
Session 8
Field Trips to Local Permaculture Sites and Natural Areas on the Central
Coast

Wednesday July 1 - Day Off

Part Three:
Eco-nomic & Village Development

Thursday July 2
Session 9
EcoVillage, Zone Five, Wilderness Preservation, Wildlife Management,
Intro to "Invisible Structures", Urban Permaculture, Practical Community
Strategies, Regional Natural & Cultural History, Urban Observations...

Friday July 3 
Session 10
EcoVillage Concept Planning, Cohousing, Collaborative Communities,
Children, Elders & Family, Human Dynamics, Using Natural Patterns for
Organizations, Bioregional Plans, Land Trusts, Conservation Easements,
Green Politics, Design Team Presentations...

Afternoon: COMMUNITY EXPOSITION AND EXCHANGE

Saturday July 4
Session 11
EcoVillage Design & Development, Eco-nomics, Right Livelihood, LET
Systems, Hours Bank, Earth Bank Centers, Land Access Strategies, Small
Business Strategies, Commonworks, Ethical For-Profit Business, Working
as a Permaculture Design Consultant, Revolving Loan Funds, Non-Profit,
Networking, Re-introductions, Design Team Presentations...

Evening: Talent Show/Certificate Awards/Celebration!!!

Sunday July 5
Closing Circle
Depart following Breakfast