[Sdpg] Permaculture Design 2-Week Intensive (Fall) Sept 16-29 in Occidental CA 2005

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

Permaculture Design 2-Week Intensive (Fall)
Courses | Permaculture
Start: Sep 16 2006 - 4:00pm
End: Sep 29 2006 - 12:00pm
Event Details:


Instructors: Penny Livingston and Brock Dolman with guests
Cost: $1350/$1250 if registered two weeks in advance (residential course). 
Some partial work exchange opportunities are available for this course; see 
below for more details.

Whether you currently own property or dream of it, this two-week intensive 
course will immerse you in information, ideas and inspiration for how to 
design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home 
ecosystem. You will learn the ethics, principles and practice of “permanent 
culture,” by exploring topics such as organic gardening, mulching, natural 
building techniques, forest farming, water retention and regeneration, 
erosion control, community processes, and much more. Using a combination of 
lecture, discussion, hands-on activities at OAEC’s 80-acre site, visits to 
local permaculture examples, and a group design project, you will have the 
chance to integrate and apply the concepts of permaculture during almost 
100 hours of course time. Upon completion of the course, participants 
receive a Certificate of Permaculture Design.

This course is the product of a long-standing collaboration between OAEC’s 
Brock Dolman and Penny Livingston of the Permaculture Institute of Northern 
California. As OAEC enters its second decade, we also celebrate our tenth 
year as a permaculture school, the most established and longest continually 
operating such site in California. In that time, we have offered 22 courses 
to well over 400 students, and consistently hear from graduates that it is 
a “life-changing” experience.



Introduction to Permaculture
Courses | Permaculture
Start: Nov 17 2006 - 5:00pm
End: Nov 19 2006 - 4:00pm
Event Details:
Instructor: Brock Dolman
Cost: $375/$325 if registered two weeks in advance (includes meals and 
lodging)

Reconciling the need to meet basic human needs with concern for the 
sustainability and regeneration of the natural world is the essence of 
permacultural design. This course will expose you to the basic principles 
and applications of permaculture with a variety of lectures, discussions 
and hands-on activities in OAEC’s 80-acre garden, community and wilderness. 
Topics will range from water catchment to erosion control, organic and 
polycultural

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental, CA 95465
(707) 874-1557 • oaec at oaec.org  www.oaec.org