[Sdpg] Permaculture Design Course Invitation from Louisiana

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Dear Friend,

The NWLCC is pleased to announce the third Permaculture Design Course to be
taught from October 1st through the 13th,  at the deactivated Louisiana Army
Ammunition Plant.  Please join us at this critical time as we discuss
methods for sustainable development and appropriate technology.  Course
details are listed below.  Please feel free to forward this information to
anyone who might find it useful.


For more information, please call Kippy Clark at 318-459-5875 : "NWLCC 
Permaculture Administration" <permaculture at gcstation.net>

  or visit our
website at:

http://www.nwlcc.com

Best Regards,

Jim Croad
NWLCC Permaculture Team





Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC)

This 72-hour course will be held at the Northwest Louisiana Commerce Center,
the developing Eco-Industrial Park at the decommissioned Louisiana Army
Ammunition Plant, in Minden Louisiana. The course will include hands-on
Permaculture implementation, as we develop this demonstration center at the
former administration area of this 15,000-acre site.

·       Permaculture- (permanent agriculture) is the 'conscious design and
maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the
diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems'-Permaculture: A
Designers' Manual by Bill Mollison
·      Eco-Industrial-use of ecological design to foster collaboration among
firms in managing environmental and energy issues

Course details
Date: October 1 - 13 2001
Location: NWLCC-Minden, LA
Cost: $295

The 72-hour PDC course consists of lectures, demonstrations and hands-on
experience. The daily timetable is from 9:00am to 5:00pm with two half-hour
tea breaks and a one-hour lunch break. Videos and slide presentations will
be available on certain evenings. Students will participate in a hands on
design exercise. Upon completion of the course, all students will receive a
Permaculture Design Certificate.

Curriculum

·       Theory and principles of design
·       Methods of design
·       Patterns in nature
·       Climatic factor strategies for Humid Tropics, Drylands, Humid Cool
to Cold
·       Domestic food security and food production: Garden, mini-farm and
farm design, ecological pest control, orchard and tree crops, forestry and
bamboo plantations, bush foods and forages, rehabilitation of soils and
erosion control, green manures and farmers trees, livestock: forages and
management
·       Wildlife
·       Design for catastrophe prevention
·       Drought proofing property
·       Earthworks
·       Water harvesting and management
·       Windbreaks and bushfire control
·       Aquaculture: aquatic plants and fisheries
·       Energy efficient housing: site selection, appropriate technology,
recycling and waste management
·       Whole systems design for human settlements
·       Alternative economic structures
·       Trusts, legal strategies, credit unions
·       Permaculture Academy
·       Permaculture Foundation

Instructor:   Janet Millington, Permaculture Instructor



Permaculture On-Ground Training

After the PDC, getting more 'hands-on' experience will help to cement the
new knowledge.  Join us at our demonstration site as we lay down new
systems.  The intensive 5-day course will include on-site design processes,
water management systems, preparation of gardens and food forests, mulching,
composting, raising of seedlings and planting out of new gardens.

On-Ground-Training Details
Date: October 15 - 19
Location: NWLCC - Minden, LA
Cost: $195

On ground training will be led by Janet Millington, supported by the NWLCC
permaculture team.

For more information and discount lodging options, please contact Kippy
Clark at: 318-459-5875



Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) October 1-13
On - Ground Training October 15-19
REGISTRATION FORM

Enclosed is my registration fee for:
-       October PDC, $295
-       On-Ground-Training, $195
-       Special package - both events, $450


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Please make checks payable to:  NWLCC
                                 102 Louisiana Blvd.
                                 Minden, LA 71055