[Sdpg] "Intro to Permaculture" - 2/10 - Alpine

[sdpg-admin at arashi.com]

The newly-formed East County Permaculture Circle (ECPC) will be having an
introductory Permaculture (PC) class on Sunday, February 10 in Alpine:
11:30-12:30 Potluck lunch
12:30- 4:30 Intro class by Jane Higginson, local PC-teacher
 4:30-5:30 ECPC future plans

COST
$25/person or $40/couple

CLASS
1. Circle activity to demonstrate interdependence of the elements in
natural and cultivated ecosystems.
2.  Define permaculture.
3.  Discuss Mollisonian permaculture ethics.
4.  Discuss and experience five basic Mollisonian permaculture principles.
This will include a slide show and hands-on activities: Broad pattern
observation and sheet mulch.
5.  Discuss how this all pertains to our lives as individuals, households,
and communities, and where the participants want to go from here with their
"permaculture journeys".

PREREQUISITE: Read one chapter from any permaculture book. If you don't
have one, see the online summary of "Permaculture, A Beginner's Guide" at
pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/Perma].

LOCATION: In Alpine ... directions will be sent upon registration.

ENROLLMENT is limited to 25 and on a first-come/first-served basis. [See
REGISTRATION at end of this notice.]

THE INSTRUCTOR
Jane Higginson is a Permaculture designer, practitioner, and educator.  She
was born and raised in San Diego County. Jane has designed and taught about
systems for sustainable living in Arizona, California, Texas, Mexico,
Guatemala, and Paraguay. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer and Trainer in
Latin America (Guatemala and Paraguay). Jane's formal education is in the
fields of Regional Planning and Wildlife Science. She was awarded a Diploma
of Permaculture Design from the Permaculture Institute of Australia,
primarily for her design efforts and facilitation of grass-roots
permaculture projects. She is now adjunct faculty in the Environmental
Studies Program at Prescott College, and Agricultural Aide for the
California Department of Food and Agriculture. She has one son who she is
teaching to walk lightly on the Earth.

ECPC
The East County Permaculture Circle was launched January 5 by a group of 15
East County residents.  It is intended to be a study/do group that meets
once/month for classes, and inbetween at members' houses to help each other
with PC projects in "barn-raising" fasion.  We are currently evaluating a
number of PC-learning options such as instructors/lecturers, Internet
(distance-learning) courses, videos, books, discussion groups, etc.

REGISTRATION
Send the following to bslind at earthlink.net: Your name, address, tel#, email
address ... and a short bio (<100 words)telling about your background,
interest/experience in permaculture and anything else of interest to other
ECPS/class participants. Everyone's contact/bio info will be compiled into
a handout for the class.

REFERRALS & RESOURCES
If you know of anyone else who would be interested in attending or being a
learning-resource for a future meeting, please forward this notice to them.

--- Barbara Lind
--- ECPC Temporary-secretary
--- bslind at earthlink.net