[permaculture] Permaculture Design Certification Course: July 17–Aug 2 at Heathcote Community, Maryland

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Sun Jun 21 15:58:11 EDT 2009


Permaculture Design Certification Course

July 17 – August 2, 2009

at Heathcote Community

Freeland, Maryland, U.S.




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Including:

PERMACULTURE ETHICS AND PRINCIPLES, MID ATLANTIC REGIONAL SYSTEMS,  
LAND ANALYSIS, WATER MANAGEMENT, NUTRIENT RECYCLING, FOREST GARDENING,  
GREEN BUILDING, RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS, COMMUNITY AND ECOVILLAGE  
DESIGN, LAND TRUST AND ALTERNATIVE ECONOMICS, PERSONAL SUSTAINABILITY,  
INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY LIVING


In Partnership With

Dancing Green, Heathcote Community, School of Living, Living Mandala


Facilitators, Teachers & Constants

Dawn Shiner, Karen Stupski, and Special Guests


Course Description

Dancing Green offers the whole Permaculture design course curriculum  
as an immersion in educational experiences of integration,  
collaboration, consensus, and self-empowerment within the context of  
Permaculture land-use design. The 17-day residential immersive allows  
you two levels of enhanced focus: (1) the routines of daily life are  
set aside, freeing & enhancing your attention, & (2) the process is  
predominately collaborative. Whether in micro- or macro-clusters, you  
will be living collaboratively and immersed in skill building as we  
consciously design the site at hand for the good of the whole.


Course Details

17-days of integrated design immersed in action-learning, assessing  
self and land: surveying, mapping, analyzing, designing, implementing,  
evaluating feedback and re-designing as needed. Designing ourselves  
into nature's patterns, we offer educational experiences of  
integration, collaboration, consensus, and self-empowerment within the  
context of Permaculture land-use design.

Dancing Green, in a forever-evolving process, developed the  
kinesthetic 17-day course to get beyond the limiting linear approaches  
precluding holistic education. Adding the hands-on components took our  
courses into integrated action-learning for greater empowerment as  
systems designers. We have since added a good measure of self- 
facilitation skills to increase collaborative harmony and run the  
immersion courses as collaborative consensus community. As an organism  
we individuate and collaborate. We integrate into place through  
kitchen and life's daily chores while we expand everyone's design  
parameters to revere the gifts of sun, water, earth and air.

Living intentional community for 17 days, all individuals cooperative  
as large and small design clusters. All chores are shared and meals  
are vegetarian. Days are structured with input, observation,  
brainstorming, research, mapping and designing. Guest presentations by  
experienced, local residents and field trips to working sites permeate  
the course offering integrated approaches to land, animals and  
structures. Those successfully completing the course collaboratively  
present their design work and design report to the client and  
interested public.


Course Topics Include:

Maps and mapping with seat-of-the-pants engineering skills - soils,  
slopes, watershed & hydrology assessment - mid atlantic regional  
systems - watershed awareness - Chesapeake Bay status and threats -  
assessing and restoring forests and watersheds - wetlands and streams  
- regional all-season food systems - annuals to forest gardens -  
investing in communication as social currency - communication tools &  
techniques as renewable energy - consensus facilitation - conflict  
resolution, non-violent communication and trust - nutrient management:  
body & soil - techniques & strategies for feeding the soil - nutrient- 
rich foods: harvesting, preparing, and eating - water & air:  
regeneration & resiliency - forests and reforestation - enhanced  
ground water absorption & air purification - rainwater harvesting,  
catchment & distribution - thermal patterns & keyline usage -  
designing with our allies: the trees, plants & fungi - edible forest  
gardens - suntraps and windbreaks - green building as growing living  
form - perennial and annual guilds - microbial pathways and  
multifunctional systems - personal sustainability: body & soul -  
guilds for community & ecovillage design - economics designed for the  
good of the whole - engendering regional exchanges of goods & services  
- barter systems, local currencies & worknet-exchanges - land trust  
and alternative economics for coherent eco-villages - healing  
modalities: reiki to deep tissue massage - art of colour & DNA re- 
patterning - wild plant identification walks - personal space and  
reflection - appropriate scale & energy needs - hand scythes, pedal  
power, & ram pumps - passive solar absorption & convection - bio-geo- 
thermal conditioning - biodiesel, ethanol, methane - animal  
communities & everyone's needs - chicken tractors, rotational grazing,  
wildlife forage patterning - IPM as intentional community living -  
pollination and insect habitat, pests & predators relationships - eco- 
social design of healthy human habitat - natural interface of shelter  
and immediate outside habitat - growing functional living form and  
future dwellings - interconnected systems for health & ease - building  
intentional neighborhoods and community


Site Details - Heathcote Community

Heathcote is an intentional community of 12 adults and 4 children  
living cooperatively on 110 wooded acres in northern Baltimore County,  
on land held in trust with the School of Living since 1965. We have  
several organic gardens, hiking trails, stream-side hammocks, and a  
new strawbale residence featuring many aspects of green design and  
natural building. We strive to live sustainably and share with others  
through education and service.  www.heathcote.org


Tuition & Registration

Course Tuition is $1500 U.S. dollars, which includes instruction,  
lodging, and 3 delicious, nutritious, and locally grown meals a day  
for the duration of the course - 17 days. Participants who  
successfully complete the course will receive a Permaculture Design  
Certificate.

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Certification Applicability

Participants who successfully complete the course will receive a  
Permaculture Design Certificate. Design Certification is applicable  
towards Gaia University Degree Programs.



Contacts & More Information

Course information – Dawn Shiner:  540-745-5994 - dgdawnshiner at yahoo.com
Site Information and administration – Karen Stupski: 410-357-9523 - karen at heathcote.org

Visit the Course website for More information & Registration


Job Opportunities: Cross Pollinators

Start supporting sustainable progress & regenerative educational  
initiatives! Help us to spread the word about this course and others  
and earn money!

We are looking for "Cross-Pollinators" or Affiliate Marketing  
Ambassadors to help spread the word about our affiliated courses,  
workshops, and events to strengthen our network and to further empower  
regenerative educational initiatives on the planet.

This job includes posting information about our upcoming courses,  
workshops, and events on-line on social networks, websites, blogs,  
etc; identifying and sending emails to listserves; and building  
relationships with resonant groups and organizations. Cross- 
Pollinators should be experienced with internet navigation and social  
networking, have proficient writing and communication skills, have  
their own computer and internet access, and be able to work from their  
home, office, or local coffee shop. Compensation is based on  
performance and results, and will be given based on referrals that  
come in from the scope of the outreach efforts made. Referral's range  
anywhere from $25 - $250 per course.

For details e-mail: affiliates at livingmandala.com



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