[Sdpg] October 8-19, 2012 Superadobe & Permaculture Design Certification at Cal-Earth Hesperia CA

Mon Sep 17 19:58:38 PDT 2012

Superadobe & Permaculture Design Certification October 8-19, 2012 at 
Cal-Earth Hesperia CA

http://calearth.org/learn-to-build/permaculture-workshop.html

Cal-Earth Institute and Midwest Permaculture are combining their 
recognized and established certificate trainings for a rare and powerful 
learning opportunity. Having delivered over 30 PDC courses, Midwest 
Permaculture has emerged as a prominent provider of quality permaculture 
trainings. Their full PDC curriculum will be delivered to students at 
this combined training so that students can earn their Permaculture 
Design Certificate.

October 8-19, 2012
Topics Covered by Cal-Earth
The principle of the arch
Superadobe basics
Soils practicum and discussion
Super-adobe with stabilized earth
Plaster workshop with stabilized earth
Learning to read blueprints, elements of design, placing windows and doors
Contrasting domes with vaults, vaulted roofing system, dome geometry
Site planning, orientation, simple solar passive strategies
Compass theory and application
Topics Covered by Midwest Permaculture
Observations and Patterns
Principles and Ethics of Permaculture
Designing for Different Climatic Zones
Soils, Plants, and Trees
Guilds and Polycultures
Water and Earthworks
Utilizing Micro-climates
Designing with Succession in Mind
Eco-Building
Zone and Sector Analysis
Aquaculture
Planning the Homestead
Bio-Fuels
Economics
Niche Marketing
Urban and Suburban Permaculture
Garden Management
Small-Farm Strategies
Large-Farm Possibilities
International Implications
Starting your own Permaculture Business
A Combined Training: Nader Khalili and the team at Cal-Earth have 
focused for many years on studying the simplest of forms and elements 
and crafting a way to take the earth beneath our feet and turn it into 
beautiful, lasting and inexpensive homes. Permaculture takes this same 
kind of contemplative focus to study the area surrounding a building. We 
are looking for ways to design a system that not only further supports 
the inhabitants of these beautiful and functional structures, but also 
cares for the total environment.

Through permaculture design we will discover how we can extract food, 
fiber, fuel, beauty and community from the very same elements that 
created the Cal-Earth buildings
Earth, Air, Fire and Water.

Benefits of a Permaculture Design Course Certificate: Students who 
complete this design course will receive a 'Certification of Completion' 
from Midwest Permaculture which allows them to use the copyrighted word 
'permaculture' in the promotion of their work or business. Graduates may 
also do teaching, offering workshops, lectures and seminars. Click here 
for more on certification.

Tuition Cost: $2500

This includes:

12 day combined training program
Camping accomodation at Cal-Earth
Breakfast each morning of the workshop
Cal-Earth Workshop Certificate of Completion
Full set of Cal-Earth Books and DVDs
Access to Cal-Earth Forum
Permaculture Design Course Certificate
Permaculture Design Book
Access to Midwest Permaculture Webinars
Access to Midwest Permaculture Forum
As with all Cal-Earth workshops, some partial scholarships are 
available. Please indicate your need for a scholarship in your essay and 
we will do our best to accommodate you.

Registration Process:

Fill out the official Cal-Earth application. In your essay, be sure to 
discuss your background and interest in both Superadobe building as well 
as Permaculture Design.

Pay the required $400 deposit
(Note — due to the unique nature of this combined workshop, this deposit 
is nonrefundable. If for some reason you cannot attend, $200 of your 
deposit can be transferred to a future Cal-Earth building workshop and 
$200 can be transferred to a future Midwest Permaculture workshop.)
NOTE: Due to the prerequesite study hours required, deadline for 
application submission and acceptance is September 30.

Space is limited for this unique workshop, early registration is 
recommended.
Permaculture Combined Workshop Deposit
(Depósitos Para Talleres de Cal-Earth)

$400 USD

Prerequisite Studies for this Training
Both trainings include pre-training studies. The educational DVDs and 
books sent out by Cal-Earth will prepare you for the earth-building 
portion of the training.

The 'Foundations of Permaculture Webinar Series' sent to you by Midwest 
Permaculture is a prerequisite of the training. To receive a 
permaculture certificate students must be exposed to the full 
curriculum, The webinar series with accompanying text, study guide and 
handouts cover the preliminary parts of the training.

Pretraining Study Hours
For most students, the amount of time necessary to complete the 
pretraining work will require about 14 hours of time. By registering 
early student will have the luxury going through the study materials at 
their leisure.

About the Permaculture Course Textbook
'Earth User's Guide to Permaculture'
by Rosemary Morrow

This gem of a text, shipped to students upon registration, is written by 
Rosemary Morrow, an Australian that has taught permaculture around the 
world for decades. The book is straightforward and loaded with 
illustrations, depth and substance. It covers theory and also focuses on 
the practical aspects of how to implement permaculture design. This book 
is a must read for the serious permaculturist and is a requirement for 
students of our design certification courses.

Along with the text comes a study guide with 150-questions that will 
assist the student in anchoring the information contained in the book. 
If a student can answer these questions to themselves, they can be 
assured that they have grasped the foundations of the permaculture 
design certification course.

Webinars:
Besides the Foundations of Permaculture Webinar Series, also included 
with this extended training are two additional live webinars. The nature 
and dates of these live webinars will be posted here as we get closer to 
the training dates.

Continuing Support Following Graduation
Students who complete this combination training are then invited to 
become part of Midwest Permaculture's growing network of graduates. 
There are three ways we work to support our students: We have a separate 
website where all graduates can connect, share ideas and look for some 
assistance from each other. We host occasional permaculture reunions for 
our graduates and their families. Graduates may audit any future 72-hour 
certification courses at half price (provided space is available). Our 
objective is to support our students for as long as they need it or want 
it, and to encourage them to support each other.

"Anybody in this world
should be able
to build a shelter
for his or her family
with the simplest
of elements......
earth, water, air, and fire."
-Nader Khalili