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  • From: "Jerome Osentowski" <jerome@crmpi.org>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Re: non-residential courses
  • Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 12:05:20 -0700

I guess we need to be reminded that it (works both ways) sometimes -----
jerome
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>From: Michael Kramer <michael@naturalinvesting.com>
>To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [permaculture] Re: non-residential courses
>Date: Fri, Nov 1, 2002, 8:00 AM
>

> Non-residential courses can work very well, and in fact, I would like to
suggest
> that we need more such courses more than anything in this country, because
they
> would be more accessible to average working people. Very few people would
> use
up
> their entire annual vacation to take a residential course of any kind.
>
> When I was with Permaculture Drylands Institute, that was our primary
> format,
4
> weekends every other week, and we attracted a lot of mainstream people -
> architects, planners, non-profit staff, etc. While students didn't get the
same
> immersion experience as folks in a residential course, the format did bring
> people together nicely. I even discovered that sometimes design teams would
meet
> on their own between weekends. The key, actually, especially if different
> instructors cover different weekends, is that the instructors communicate
between
> weekends to help make smooth transitions and ensure that nothing is
> duplicated
or
> avoided.
>
> Michael Kramer
> Natural Investment Services
> www.NaturalInvesting.com
>
>
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