[Santa_Cruz_Permaculture] QUAIL SPRINGS NEWSLETTER - Open House Oct 8, PDC Fall 2011, Sneak Peak 2012

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QUAIL SPRINGS NEWSLETTER

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Quail Springs Fall Open House
Saturday, October 8, 2011
10am-3pm

Join us to learn about permaculture design and how sustainability touches
the ground here at Quail Springs. And share a delicious catered lunch at the
farm!

Event Cost: $20/adult or teen, $5/child

This is a daytime event.  Nearby camping and dining info for the Cuyama area
is shared in the online pre-registration.

To join the Open House, please register ONLINE 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFpIQmo3dVpWQTdGRUFzNDl
vNTJkd0E6MQ 

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Permaculture Design Certification Course
with Warren Brush & team
October 31- November 13, 2011

Earth Care - People Care - Fair Share

Immerse yourself in a permaculture learning community!

Learn to design and apply natural principles to create stable and resilient
systems that provide food, water, shelter and energy needs while
regenerating ecology, community and economy.

Permaculture Design Certification Course (PDC) is sponsored by Quail Springs
Permaculture, an internationally recognized permaculture education
organization.  The grassroots Permaculture movement promotes effective
methodologies for attaining sustainability worldwide.  This 2-week course
covers the permaculture curriculum for certification, and includes hands-on
learning in a diversity of applied topics that lead to sustainability for
individuals, families, businesses and communities.

Instructors: Learn with Warren Brush (http://www.permaculturedesign.us/ ),
international educator and co-founder of Quail Springs, and a team of
passionate and knowledgeable instructors.

Course Topics include:

Sm. Scale Food Production - Integrated Pest Mgmt - Composting - Tree
Planting - Water Harvesting -Greywater Systems - Compost Toilet Systems -
Natural Building - Earthworks - Watershed Restoration - Keyline -
Appropriate Technology - Beekeeping   - Alternative Economics - Livestock
Care - Goat Milking - Pastured Poultry - Cheese Making - Bread Baking -
Saving the Harvest - Community Building - Nature Awareness

Cost:  $950 early bird tuition (if paid in full by September 1, 2011).
$1,250 regular tuition ($300 deposit holds your space).  Refresher course,
couples & family rates available, as well as payment plans.

Contact: Online Registration 
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHVtOU9UbkhtelN
EN3JLeTBuNVVPcXc6MQ
or call 805-886-7239

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We believe that lasting ecological health and social harmony can be fostered
through emphasizing the connection between people, food, shelter, energy,
and water.

Quail Springs Permaculture is dedicated to demonstrating and teaching
holistic ways of designing human environments, and to facilitating deeper
understandings of ourselves and one another through immersive experiences in
nature.

www.quailsprings.org 

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Sneak Peak at Quail Springs Permaculture 2012 Programs

Permaculture Design Certification Course for International Development
Professionals & Volunteers:  June 18-July 1, 2012  www.quailsprings.org 

Sustainable Vocations - Growing a Green Generation - Permaculture Design
Certification Course & Green Vocations program for young people (ages
15-24):  July 23 - August 11, 2012   www.sustainablevocations.org