[Sdpg] ECOVILLAGE DESIGN a 10-day immersion course to be held July 9-20, 2003 at Pragtri Farm, near Arlington, Washington.

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

the Village Design Institute presents:

~ ECOVILLAGE DESIGN ~


a 10-day immersion course to be held July 9-20, 2003
at Pragtri Farm, near Arlington, Washington.

Pragtri is one of the properties in the Evergreen Land Trust. The community 
is in the process of conducting a series of visioning meetings with the 
purpose of laying the groundwork for transforming the Farm into a model of 
Sustainable Community! Students in the Ecovillage Design Course will have 
the opportunity to participate in this process by engaging in foundational 
ecological site design work.

The first phase of the course will be an extensive exploration of 
fundamental principles  forming a firm epistemological base from which to 
begin making competent and well-informed design decisions. Subjects to be 
covered include but are not limited to:
·       Fundamentals of Permaculture
·       Ekistics: the scientific, multidisciplinary study of Human Settlements
·       Methodologies of Ecological Design and Whole Systems Design
·       Patterns in Nature, “A Pattern Language,” and “Design With Nature”
·       Feng Shui and Sacred Geometry
·       Living Systems Theory
·       Community and Home-grown Economics
·       EMergy and Energetics
·       Appropriate Technology
·       The Global Ecovillage Network
·       Ecology, Human Ecology, and Deep Ecology
·       and, the many facets and dimensions of Sustainable Intentional 
Community

The second phase of the course will be conducted from the nexus of a Design 
Studio, where we will begin transferring design ideas onto maps, charts, 
and drawings. Open-ended creativity will be encouraged! The course will 
close with a presentation of design proposals to the decision makers of 
Pragtri Farm and the Evergreen Land Trust.

The Village Design Institute operates from an holistic, organic, systemic 
learning philosophy. As such, a Group Design Process will be employed and 
place-based, site-specific understanding will be emphasized. A stimulating 
context will be created conducive to a whole
mind, body, spirit  learning experience.




Course Tuition: $500; $450 if paid in full by July 1st. This fee covers 
camping, three wholesome meals a day, all related course materials, and the 
opportunity to participate in an immersion experience in leading edge 
design work on an actual project-in-process. Course participants will be 
limited to 20, so contact VDI today to reserve a spot or for further 
inquiry: (360) 752-1310: ecmare at antiochsea.edu: www.villagedesign.org
(note: prior Permaculture Design experience preferred)

Instructed by: Christopher Mare and Tyrone Lafay
Supported by: VDI Staff and selected Guest Presenters


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The Village Design Institute is an educational nonprofit registered in the 
State of Washington. Its purpose is to create, organize, and disseminate a 
scientific, multi-disciplinary knowledge resource base intended for 
promoting and facilitating the design of sustainable human settlements for 
the 21st century. A fundamental working premise at VDI is that designing 
truly sustainable settlements is most effectively conceived and 
accomplished at village-scale, with all that implies. VDI defines 
‘ecovillage’ as the sustainable ‘unit’ of human settlement in a theoretical 
ekistics for the 21st century. The Village Design Institute will eventually 
establish and become home to an accredited school, an holistic academy 
devoted to issues of
Sustainable Community Design.
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A related opportunity:

Earth-Healing Permaculture Design Course
at the Skalitude Retreat Center, Methow Valley, in the beautiful North Cascades
August 30  September 14, 2003
A two-week Permaculture Design course focused on earth-healing and 
ecosystem restoration. Healing the Earth is one of the most important tasks 
facing humanity in this century!! (perhaps the only task)
This course has a major component on how to help restore degraded 
ecosystems in cities, agricultural areas, overgrazed, polluted, and 
disturbed environments. You will learn how to help enhance and accelerate 
Nature’s natural recovery processes!

Instructed by: Michael Pilarski, Christopher Mare, & Anne Schwartz
For further information: Friends of the Trees Society: 
www.friendsofthetrees.net; (509) 997-9200
(ask us about a significant savings if both courses are taken in tandem!)



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REGISTRATION FORM

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___  YES! I want to participate in this groundbreaking, precedent
        setting Ecovillage Design event. ($50 deposit enclosed)

Send check or money order to: Village Design Institute, 1205-B Lenora 
Court, Bellingham, Washington, 98225