[Scpg] Advanced Permaculture Course in Surveying for Earthworks and Water Systems

[Allie Hubert]

Howdy and Happy Summer!

Wanted to let everyone know about this Advanced Permaculture Practicum we
have coming up in the Pacific Northwest.  Please see details below. If you
have additional questions feel free to email courses at pdxpermaculture.com.

All the best,

Leonard Barrett
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*An Advanced Permaculture Training in:*
*Optical Surveying for Earthworks and Water Systems*
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Taught by Tom Ward (Instructor, Cascadia Permaculture Institute)

September 8th - 13th, 2012

At the Atlan Center in White Salmon, WA (1 hr from Portland Int'l Airport)

Full course listing and registration at http://www.pdxpermaculture.com

*Course Description*

Basic surveying and layout are essential skillsets for every farmer,
homesteader, designer, and consultant.  In this six-day course (Sept.
8-13), Tom Ward teaches the use of many types of low- and high-tech
surveying tools, along with advanced skills in keyline, pond and swale
layout, mapping skills, and other core competencies for the design and
execution of permaculture projects.

Students will become familiar with swale, terrace, ditch, and pond layout,
profile cross-section drawing, keyline and trail system locating, solar
assessment, ditch and wiggle waterway layout, small cabin orientation and
pad layout, staking, note taking, and compass and map reading.  We will use
telescope-like devices and other hand tools such as sight levels, pocket
transits, builders levels, A-frames and various vertical measurement rods,
as well as measuring tapes and wheels.  The course will include flagging
for trails, swales and ponds, as well as observations on the landscape with
mapping of topographic, ecological, and cultural data.

The 72-Hour Permaculture Design Course is a prerequisite for getting an
advanced certificate from this course.  Others may have the certificate
held until they receive a PDC certificate.  You must complete all six days
of the course to get your certificate.  The course is open to all who have
a working knowledge of Permaculture.

Tuition:
$895 before 7/1
$995 before 9/1
$1195 after 9/1

*About Tom Ward

*Tom Ward has been advising farms and teaching Permaculture for over thirty
years.  He has degrees in Forestry and Botany from Syracuse University and
has taught at Laney College in Oakland CA., D-Q University in Davis CA, and
Thlolego Learning Centre in South Africa, among many other institutes and
communities.

Full course listing and registration at http://www.pdxpermaculture.com

Cheers!
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PDX Permaculture

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