[Sdpg] Regenerative Design Institute 4, 8 or 12 month hands-on skill program based training sustainable & regenerative practices Petaluma California.

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

Regenerative Design Institute  http://www.permacultureinstitute.com/rdi.html

Permaculture Institute of Northern California is forming a new non-profit 
called the Regenerative Design Institute in collaboration with the 
Institute of Noetic Sciences. This institute will provide new educational 
programs located at the beautiful Institute of Noetic Sciences campus and 
retreat center in Petaluma California.

This 4, 8 or 12 month hands-on skill based training program is devoted to 
helping students develop skills necessary to further sustainable & 
regenerative practices in their personal and professional lives. We have a 
few spaces left for both the residential and the non-residential programs 
which start in mid May.

The Institute of Noetic Sciences is an organization devoted to the inquiry 
into the exploration of consciousness, personal & societal transformation, 
and health and healing. www.noetic.org

The Regenerative Design Institute is committed to re-establishing a 
collaborative connection between humanity and the Earth. RDI is offering a 
new model of ecological education & training that creates 
multi-disciplinary practitioners skilled in the art and science of 
regenerative design as well as construction practices. By providing skilled 
educators, designers, farmers, trades-people, facilitators & community 
leaders our goal is to spread the awareness that we can design & build 
development models worldwide that address humans needs while regenerating 
the surrounding environment to become more fertile and diverse in the 
process. Achieving this goal requires a new model of education that teaches 
skills relevant to the future survival of humanity on the Earth.

Residential and Non-Residential Earth Skills & Leadership Program

This program integrates personal experience, practical skills and theory, 
with the art and poetry of how to create living environments that provide 
for the needs and desires of the human body, mind & spirit.
Site Analysis & Planning - Learning How to Listen to the Land
Permaculture Design
Watershed & Forest Health
Multi Disciplinary Sustainable Agriculture & Fertility Management
Indigenous Land Stewardship
Wilderness Skills - Tracking - Understanding the Language of the Forest
Construction Skills- Basic Plumbing, Electrical, Irrigation Systems
Renewable Energy Systems
Passive Solar Design
Natural Building & Green Building
Art in Ecology
Compassionate Healing
Herbalogy, Tinctures, Salves, Soapmaking
Project Management and Consulting
Process and Methods of Scientific Research
Facilitation Skills and Group Process Dynamics
Sustainable Economic Development
Nutrition

To cover all the topics listed above, students must be enrolled for 3 semesters

Mentoring Program
Our mentoring program provides counseling in developing a plan of study for 
students of RDI's programs.
This service will also include placement in appropriate educational and 
internship programs worldwide.

Student Science & Research Program
RDI programs will provide an opportunity for students to conduct personal 
research into the profound interrelationships existing in the natural world 
as well as learn from the existing research programs on natural healing 
currently in existence at the Institute of Noetic Sciences.

Benefits to Students
Students will receive personalized instruction including field trips, 
offsite workshops, theory and hands on experience.
We have a global network of affiliated training centers and educational 
institutions that can supplement training and education in specific topics 
and regions. These additional opportunities help participants in our 
training programs acquire a more holistic education through exposure to a 
variety of climates and cultures. College students attending accredited 
institution can participate in our trainings and receive credit from the 
institution they are attending.
Through our mentoring program we can help a student design their specific 
educational path.
RDI's graduates will join a community of inspired leaders with a broad 
knowledge of what is possible and practical for transforming cities and 
villages into joyous communities that celebrate inter-dependence with one 
another and the natural world. By sharing a vision of what is possible and 
the practical knowledge of how to create it, RDI's graduates will be 
powerful resource for insuring that our collective future can move forward 
in a healthy and sustainable way.
Our organization is unique because we are focused on a sustainable "whole 
systems" approach to training, education, project design and implementation 
and diplomacy. We involve ourselves specifically with projects that invite 
our participation thus ensuring community support for our contribution. We 
have a proven track record of successfully training community leaders and 
developing cross-cultural projects that help heal local economies and 
enabling them to thrive.
Graduates of our programs are capable of participating in all phases of 
sustainable development & diplomacy at home and abroad. Utilizing our 
unique approach of permaculture our graduates are prepared to 
professionally serve communities wishing to integrate community-based 
living economies with new regenerative infrastructures.

All programs will receive a Certificate

Training Program Fees

Non-Residential Program: 2 days a week

Learn by Doing. A combination of ongoing hands-on projects combined with 
instruction, field trips, applied learning and skill development.

Semesters run: May-August
September-December
January-April

$6500 for 1 year
$4500 for 2 semesters
$2500 for 1 semester

Other outside workshops offered for an additional fee.
Prerequisite - Permaculture Design Certificate

Residential program: 5 days a week

Includes accommodations with full kitchen and bath facilities and utilities
Does not include meals
Includes individual and small group trainings
Includes other selected "outside" workshops taken from other centers (See 
list below)

1 year - $16,200 A permaculture design course is included in this fee
$15,000 Permaculture Design course not included with this fee.

2 semesters $11,200 without a Permaculture Design Certificate
$10,500 with a Permaculture Design Certificate

1 semester $6700 without a Permaculture Design Certificate
$5500 with a Permaculture Design Certificate

Permaculture Design Certificate required to begin the program

Application & Registration

To apply for our programs, please fill out a Registration Form and send it to:
Regenerative Design Institute
PO Box 341
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
or for more information, contact us at:
(415) 663-9090
or e-mail us.

Educational Alliances and Affiliations

Institute of Noetic Sciences
Fox Haven Ecological Retreat and Learning Center
Solar Living Institute
Commonweal
New College of California
Ecoversity
Prescott College
Evergreen State College
Antioch University
San Francisco Institute of Architecture
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Native Voices Foundation
Nohwike Bagowa - House of Our Footprints
Oyate Otipi Tawati Project
Wilderness Awareness School
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
Heartwood Institute
Island Mountain Institute
Builders without Borders
Zopilote Association
Earth Activist Training
Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
Organic Volunteers
Bioneers
Collective Heritage Institute
Riekes Center
Ocean Arks International
Youth for Environmental Sanity
Global Eco-Village Network
Portland Office of Sustainable Development
Sustainable Systems Design
North American School of Natural Building
Cob Cottage Company
Permacultura Americana Latina
Permaculture Institute Australia
Indonesian Development for Education in Permaculture
Permaculture Institute USA
Sustainability Center UK