[Sdpg] Summer Permaculture Design Course in Santa Cruz area

[Josho Somine]

Permaculture Design Course

July 17 – August 1, 2004
in Pescadero, CA.


Please join us for this


Two-week design course
Co-hosted by Green Oaks Creek Farm and Pie Ranch
on the San Mateo County Coast.

Special Focus on Agriculture, Forestry, and Education!


Teaching Team:


Penny Livingston-Stark- internationally recognized
permaculture teacher 
and
designer, founder of Sustainable Living Design, and
co-founder of
Permaculture Institute of Northern California

Weston Miller, MS Environmental Studies, co-founder
Summit Springs
Agriculture Project, science teacher and curriculum
developer at Mount
Madonna School

Guests:
Brock Dolman- Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
James Stark- Permaculture Institute of Northern
California, 
Permaculture
Credit Union
Scott Brinton- Wilderness Awareness School (WAS)
Numerous local instructors-, Bruce Beernink, Darren
Huckle, Damian 
Parr,
Kevin Snorf, Ken Foster

Study an inspiring and practical ecological design
methodology.  
Explore the
following topics through classes, field trips, and
hands-on activities:

*     Landscape pattern recognition and mapping
*     Ecological design methodologies
*     Organic gardening and farming
*     Soils, compost, and vermiculture
*     Forest management and timber harvesting
*     Alternative energy and appropriate technology
*     Solar design and natural building
*     Water conservation and erosion control
*     Tools and techniques for tropical, desert, and
temperate biomes
*     Community development and communication skills
*     Special integration of ecological design with
education and 
curriculum
development.


Location: This design course will be held at Green
Oaks Creek Farm and 
Pie
Ranch, which is midway between Santa Cruz and Half
Moon Bay on the San 
Mateo
County coast.  Green Oaks Creek Farm and Pie Ranch are
a combined 
81-acre
farm with stunning forests and meadows.  Green Oaks is
a Community 
Supported
Agriculture (CSA) farm with large gardens, ponds,
draft horses, PV 
system,
greenhouses, and more.  The farm is minutes from the
beach!

Tuition: $950 tuition includes course instruction,
divinely catered 
meals by
Feel Good Foods, and camping.  Limited work-trade
positions are 
available.

Please call (831) 840-6045 or email
wmiller at sasquatch.com
www.permacultureinstitute.com


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