[Lapg] PERMACULTURE DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS COURSE/PRIMITIVE CAMPOUT YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO September 2 - 11

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

PERMACULTURE DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS COURSE/PRIMITIVE CAMPOUT
YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO
September 2 - 11
disengage from consumer culture: a beginner's toolkit
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Homeowners, renters, students, teachers, city planners, architects,
farmers, foresters; and other students of sustainability will gather
in Yellow Springs, Ohio, from September 2 - 11, 2005, for a 9-day
Permaculture Design Fundamentals course.

Permaculture is a design system, available to anyone, offering the
possibility to disengage from consumer culture using practical design
solutions which emulate natural patterns.
Permaculture is a worldwide environmental movement which combines
ancient wisdoms with scientific knowledge to form a set of ethics and
principles for creating  sustainable culture.
Since 1984, over 100,000 people have received Permaculture Design
Course certificates.

[this course provides one half the curriculum for a Permaculture
Design Certificate]

Some of the topics covered in a Permaculture Fundamentals course are:
. Basic design tools and techniques
. Replicating natural patterns in creating cultivated human ecosystems
. Restoring soil fertility
. Harvesting, use, and conservation of water
. Creating food forests and local foodsheds
. Healing cultural damage on personal, local, and global levels
. Integrating animals and aquaculture into your home system
. Erosion repair and prevention
. Processing human waste
. Natural building and appropriate technology
. Economic strategies for sustainable lifestlyes
. Sustainability in the city

The lead instructor for the course is Patricia Allison, who teaches
Permaculture from a deep ecology perspective, emphasizing cultural as
well as environmental change. She has taught workshops and Design
Courses throughout the US since 1994. Patricia practices what she
preaches at Earthaven Ecovillage, a Permaculture-based intentional
community near Black Mountain, NC, where she has made her home for the
past 9 years.

For description of course content, visit the website at:
www.geocities.com/peaknik2004/permaculture.html
To register, contact Megan Quinn at 937-767-2161 or
megan at communitysolution.org