[Santa_Cruz_Permaculture] Geoff Lawton Returns - Earthworks & Watershed Design Intensive

Wed Aug 29 20:12:47 PDT 2012

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Dear Friends,

We are excited to announce an Advanced Permaculture Intensive with Geoff 
Lawton: Earthworks, Watershed Design, & Food Forests 
<http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Geoff_Lawton_Advanced_Permaculture_Intensive.html>, 
directly following the Northern California Permaculture Convergence, Oct 
16-19, 2012. This course is a rare opportunity to from an experienced 
veteran in the field on an beautiful broad-acre permaculture 
demonstration site in the heart of California's rolling landscape.

More Information below.

Together on Earth,

-The Living Mandala Team

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Geoff Lawton Advanced Permaculture Intensive
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Earthworks, Watershed Design, & Food Forests
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Oct 16 - 19, 2012
GreenFriends Farm - Castro Valley, California

*For More Information & To Register Click Here.* 
<http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Geoff_Lawton_Advanced_Permaculture_Intensive.html>

*Course Overview*

Earthworks construction, reforestation initiatives, or food production 
projects can be a rewarding investment in your property and for your 
family, community, and bioregion. Improving the functionality, restoring 
ecosystem health, enhancing aesthetic appeal, and increasing the value 
of your landscape are all realistic and achievable potential outcomes. 
However, it can be intimidating to undertake large projects like 
ordering heavy machinery onto your property, or designing and installing 
a large food forest orchard. Getting it wrong can be discouraging and 
very expensive. This course will give you the knowledge, practical 
experience, and confidence to get the design and implementation plan of 
your earthworks and follow-up strategies right the first time around.

*Course Description*

In 4 days, you will learn the basic theory and practice of Permaculture 
Earthworks, Watershed Design, Food Forest & Agroforestry including site 
design, survey, and analysis; directing earthmoving machines to 
establish dams, swales, terraces, ponds etc; watershed design and 
restoration techniques; and designing and implementing reforestation, 
agroforestry, and food forest projects accordingly. This course will 
blend theory with hands-on practical application in the context of a 
real life project and landscape of GreenFriends Farm. Many of the 
existing broad acre permaculture projects and strategies being 
implemented on-site were influenced and initiated by Geoff Lawton 3 
years ago, and have since taken flight. This course will be a wonderful 
opportunity to learn from Geoff as we survey and assess the conditions, 
goals, and success of these initiatives, and determine the best 
strategies moving forward.

*Day Topics*
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Though the course is a progression and we highly recommend taking the 
entire course if possible, it is possible to sign up for individual or 
multiple days. Though the schedule is not exact, over a period of 4 very 
full, informative days... we intend to cover the following.

    * Day 1 (Tues, Oct 16): Broad-acre Earthworks & Watershed Design
    * Day 2 (Wed, Oct 17):  Earthworks Design & Implementation
    * Day 3 (Thurs, Oct 18):  Watershed Restoration - Upstream Strategies
    * Day 4:  (Fri. Oct 19): Food Forests & Agro-Forestry

*Affordable Sliding Scale Tuition*
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With the intentions to make this course as available to as many people 
as possible, we are offering this course for much less expansive than 
most of Geoff's international courses of comparable size and content. 
Though the course is a progression and we highly recommend taking the 
entire course if possible, it is possible to sign-up for individual or 
select days as well. For Pricing Details Click Here 
<http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Geoff_Lawton_Advanced_Permaculture_Intensive.html>

*Special Discounts for NorCal Permaculture Convergence Participants!*

We are offering a special discount for those who attend any part of the 
Northern California Permaculture Convergence, happening the weekend 
before this course from Oct 12-14, at GreenFriends Farm. Geoff Lawton 
will be one of the keynote speakers at the Convergence, along with a 
host of other speakers and workshops as well.

*About the NorCal Permaculture Convergence*

The Northern California Permaculture Convergence is an annual event 
which brings together permaculture designers, sustainability 
enthusiasts, and communities in Northern California, the West Coast, and 
beyond for a weekend of intensive focus on a common goal: to design 
sustainable habitats, in accordance with nature, for humans, plants, 
animals, our greater bioregion, and the Earth at large. Practitioners 
across a wide-spectrum of skill-sets exchange ideas through concurrent 
workshops and discussions ranging from organic agriculture and 
wildcrafting to natural building and appropriate technologies; from 
environmental remediation and disaster preparedness to community 
dynamics and global justice. In addition to a plethora of workshops and 
amazing speakers on a diversity of topics, there will also dedicated 
areas for skill sharing, collaborative discussions, children's 
activities, educational displays, and specialist vendors. Participants 
will have opportunities to socialize, network, and connect with others 
in this field through meals and the activities listed above. For more 
information Click Here.

*Site Details - GreenFriends Farm*

The beautiful 180 acre grounds of the GreenFriends Farm are becoming a 
demonstration & educational hub of leading permaculture, holistic 
management, and regenerative design practices. GreenFriends Farm began 
as a challenge to plant a thousand fruit trees on the overgrazed land of 
a former cattle ranch west of Oakland, California. Now, half way to 
meeting that number, it has become an educational center for cutting 
edge agriculture, a destination for enjoying nature, and a vibrant spot 
for volunteers of all ages and backgrounds. The site is also home to the 
M.A. Center  - the U.S. headquarters of international humanitarian & 
India Spiritual leader - Amma. www.embracingtheworld.org 
<http://www.embracingtheworld.org>.
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*Broadacre Permaculture Demonstration - Site Projects Include:*

    * 500 plus tree orchard and food forest
    * Dynamic watershed restoration
    * Broad-acre land contouring & water infiltration
    * Keyline patterning & ploughing
    * Native reforestation & agroforestry
    * Holistically managed grazing
    * Soil food web management
    * Solar energy
    * Community garden & orchards
    * Sustainability & spirituality programs

*Contact*
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For questions and more information regarding the course
e-mail: education at livingmandala.com 
<mailto:aquaponics at livingmandala.com> or
call: 707-634-1461

*For More Information & Registration Click Here* 
<http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Geoff_Lawton_Advanced_Permaculture_Intensive.html>

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