[Sdpg] Permaculture Cerificate Course- July 17 August 1, 2004 in Pescadero, CA.

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

  Educational Vacation!



Permaculture Design Course

July 17 August 1, 2004

in Pescadero, CA.





Special Focus on Agriculture, Forestry, and Education!



Permaculture (Applied Ecology) is an inspiring and practical ecological 
design methodology that is rooted in the following ethics: CARE FOR EARTH, 
CARE FOR PEOPLE, and DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS.  The goal of this design 
system is to create abundant and regenerative agricultural and social 
systems that restore habitat and provide for human needs including shelter, 
sustenance, social interaction, and financial solvency.  It can be applied 
to urban, suburban, and watershed scales and to a multitude of climatic 
conditions.  Permaculture is a design science and art.



Explore the following topics through classes, field trips, and hands-on 
activities:



v     Landscape pattern recognition and mapping

v     Ecological design methodologies

v     Organic gardening and farming

v     Soils, compost, and vermiculture

v     Forest management and timber harvesting

v     Alternative energy and appropriate technology

v     Solar design and natural building

v     Water conservation and erosion control

v     Tools and techniques for tropical, desert, and temperate biomes

v     Community development and communication skills

v     Special integration of ecological design with education and 
curriculum development.



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-          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, Brian Barth.



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:

Tuition of $950 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.santacruzpermacultureguild.com