Course at Camp Stevens

[DrRoley at aol.com]

Wes and Margie

Enclosed is a flyer for a course I am doing. I would appreciate your help in 
advertising and am looking forward to a trip to the Center for Regenerative 
Studies

Gardening and Permaculture Workshop - April 14-16

                                   

    Dr. Bill Roley of the Permaculture Institute of Southern 

California in Laguna    Beach will lead a weekend workshop teaching the 

fundamentals of permaculture       design and regenerative strategies of 

gardening for a sustainable future. He will help form a plan for the Camp 

Stevens’ garden and its surrounding ecosystem by taking a watershed 

perspective using geography, geology, climate, flora and fauna as the 

design elements, and also teach you how to transform your own garden.


    Our theme will be to integrate our lifestyles and programs into 

the surrounding environment in more productive and sustainable ways.  

We will all be inventing and refining patterns for the future stewardship 

of Camp Stevens and beyond.


    Bill will explain the basic principles of permaculture (permanent 

agriculture) around the five elements of Community Design: Food, 

Waste, Water, Energy, and Shelter. By weaving these five elements 

together in a conscious design we combine science, lifestyle and ethics 

into the perpetual cycles of life, death and rebirth.  Permaculture design 

is a system of assembling all the important components of our habitat in 

a pattern which will benefit not only humans, but all the animals and 

plants in the area. It is using the insights of our grandparents rather than 

robbing the resources of our children by understanding that we are on 

the cutting edge of a 10,000 year old technology.  


    Following Bill’s presentations, we will use Camp Stevens’ 

garden as a model for learning permaculture design, and then spend 

some time actually working to begin to transform the garden toward 

greater stability and productivity.  You will gain the knowledge and 

experience to begin to similarly transform your own garden at home as 

well as discover some new perspective on the other systems that 

support your household and communities.  The cost is $85.00 per person.