permaculture

[Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

Scott Pittman wrote:

> I am trying to generate a list of all permaculture institutes in the
> Americas to use for the development of the Permaculture Credit Union.
> Any of you who would like to be on our mailing list could you please send
> me mailing addresses, email addresses, phone number etc.
> If you know of other organizations please include their information too.
> Thanks for your attention,
> Scott Pittman

Scott ( and list members),
Though you probably have all of these, they're the one's I have listed on the 
Activist
website. I, too, want to update my list, so please reply to me too, all. 
Scott, please
update my listing for PDI. The one listed below probably needs to be changed.
Thanks,
Keith Johnson

Culture's Edge
1025 Camp Elliot Rd, Black Mountain, NC, 28711,
     Phone: 828-669-3937. A teaching/ design consortium at
     Earthaven Ecovillage consisting of Peter Bane, Chuck
     Marsh, Patricia Allison, Andrew Goodheart Brown,
     Keith Johnson, Shawn Swartz and others. You can also
     find them teaching at The Farm Ecovillage Training
     Center in TN and other venues around the world. Send a
     message to: <pcactiv@metalab.unc.edu>

     The Farm Ecovillage Training Center; Plenty USA;
     PO Box 90; Summertown, TN 38483-0090. Contact
     Albert Bates
     Phone: 615-964-3574. < ecovillage@thefarm.org>

      Permaculture Drylands Institute P.O.
      Permaculture Drylands Institute, PO Box
      3702 Pojoaque, NM 87501. Contact:Scott
     Pittman ttp://members.aol.com/pdrylands/PDIhome1.htm
     Permaculture Drylands Journal (formerly Sustainable
     Living in Drylands) is published in April, August, and
     December by the Permaculture Drylands Education and
     Research Institute. It focuses on permaculture concepts
     and designs for arid lands, with a heavy focus on New
     Mexico and Arizona. PDI offers a regular series of
     Permaculture Design Courses.

     Heathcote Community;
     21300 Heathcote Rd. Freeland, MD 21053
     lfelch@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu or heathcote@s-o-l.org
     Phone: (410) 343-3478 (DIRT)
     http://www.s-o-l.org/heathcote/heathcote.html
     Heathcote is an intentional community located 30 miles
     north of Baltimore, MD and 20 miles south of York, PA.
     It is nestled in a narrow wooded stream valley on a 44
     acre community land trust. We are committed to creating
     a permaculture demonstration site at Heathcote
     Community where we can live sustainably in balance
     with the Earth and guide others on this path. We strive to
     foster gender balance and a diversity of culture,
     spirituality and thought. The Heathcote Conference
     Center helps us to maintain an interconnectedness to the
     larger society through education and community
     outreach. Heathcote is also the home base for the
     Eastern Permaculture Teachers Association:
     http://home.ptd.net/~artrod/epta/eptahmp.html


     Permaculture Institute USA
     Scott Pittman
     pci@permaculture-inst.org
     PO Box 3702, Pojoaque, NM 87501 US
     phone 505.455.0270
     Environmental Design Concepts; "A Permaculture
     Company"; PO Box 8101; Santa Fe, NM 87504. Contact
     Scott Pittman.

     Permaculture Institute of Northern California (PINC)
     PO Box 341; Point Reyes Station, CA 94956. Contact
     Penny Livingston: 415-663-9090.
     <pinc@nbn.com>http://www.permacultureinstitute.com/
     The Permaculture Institute of Northern California
     (PINC) is an educational organization providing courses
     and workshops that enable people to develop the skills
     necessary to live a more sustainable life on the
     planet.CONTRACTING SERVICES: PINC works with
     architects, designers, home owners and co-housing
     groups in the designing, consulting and constructing of
     ecological Permaculture systems, ponds and swales,
     sculpted earthen pizza ovens, straw bale, rammed earth,
     cob, light clay construction, orchards, gardens, and
     edible/native landscaping, site planning and development
     of grey water systems.

                         Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
                         Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, CA
                         95465. 15290Offers Permaculture
                         Design Courses with Brock Dolman,
     Doug Gosling, Penny Livingston and others at
     http://www.oaec.org/ The Occidental Arts and Ecology
     Center (OAEC) is an educational institute and intentional
     community. Founded in 1994 by a group of biologists,
     artists, activists, educators and horticulturists, OAEC
     serves as a multi-purpose gathering place for people
     seeking innovative and practical approaches to the social,
     economic, environmental and spiritual challenges of our
     day. The Center and the residential intentional
     community approach the acts of everyday living and
     work with renewed attention to our consumption,
     "waste," land use practices, and interpersonal dynamics,
     while searching for creative solutions and experimenting
     with new models. 707-874-1557, fax -1558, email:
     oaec@oaec.org


     Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute
     P.O. Box 631, Basalt, CO 81621
     Contact Jerome Osentowski:
     Telephone & Fax: (970)
     927-4158
     http://crmpi.org/
     jerome@crmpi.org

     Elfin Permaculture, Yankee Permaculture, Barking
     Frogs Permaculture Center, P.O. Box 52, Sparr, FL
     32192-0052 YankeePerm@aol.com Dan Hemenway,
     online Pc Design Courses, and more. See listing on
     Global Resources page.

     East Tennessee Permaculture, PO Box 11851,
     Knoxville, TN 37939 423-609-9025, Gene Monaco,
     EFMonaco@compuserve.com Private consultations
     Links to like-minded creatures of East Tennessee

     Black Mesa Permaculture Project (BMPP); BMPP is
     a project of Indigenous People on reservation lands on
     Black Mesa in the Four Corners region of the Southwest.
     What makes this project unique is that it is not only a
     permaculture project on Native Lands, but a project of
     the indigenous peope living there. Courses offered. PO
     Box 2393; Flagstaff, AZ 86003; 520-688-2144

     The Permaculture Research Institute,
      E-mail: pri@permaculture.org.au
     Phone: +61 2 6679 3275 Fax: +61 2 6679 2018 Mail: PO
     Box 1, Tyalgum, NSW 2484, Australia
     http://www.permaculture.org.au

     Permaculture Institute of Southern California; 1027
     Summit Way; Laguna Beach, CA 92651. Contact:
     Director Dr.Bill Roley: 714-494-1443.
     Ph: int+ (1) 949-494-5843, fax -0129
     DrRoley@aol.com

     La'akea Permaculture Gardens, PO
     Box 1221 Pahoa, HI 96778
     laakea@ilhawaii.net (808) 965-0178
     www.permaculture-hawaii.com We are a 25 acre
     permaculture education center located on the Big Island
     of Hawaii offering three week certification courses. We
     include Feng Shui, Tai Chi, and Ecopsychology in our
     courses, and try to balance classroom time with field trips
     to explore the islands as well as "hands in the dirt"
     experience. E-mail: programs@permaculture-hawaii.com

     Friends of the Trees Society; Find out about their
     connection with the Travelers' Earth Repair Network
     (TERN); P.O. Box 4469; Bellingham, Wa 98227;
     Contact Michael Pilarski: 360-738-4972 or by FAX at
     360-671-9668.

     Lost Valley Educational Center; "Skills &
     Awarenesses for Sustainable Living"; 81868 Lost Valley
     Lane; Dexter, OR, 97431. Phone: 541-937-3351.
     info@lostvalley.org www.lostvalley.org

     Kootenay Permaculture Institute, Box 43 Winlaw,
     British Columbia, Canada V0G 2J0 Phone & Fax: (250)
     226-7302 Email: spiralfarm@yahoo.com Gregoire
     Lamoureux

     Apache Creek Ranch; Rt 19, Box 121W; Santa Fe, NM
     87505. Contact Vinton Lawrence: 505-982-1964.

     Instituto de Permacultura de Mexico AC Box 9A
     Border Crossings San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato
     Mexico Tel 52 415 22719 Email
     palodulz@mpsnet.com.mx Skye (Earthcare Education
     Mexico) Sevilla 312 Col. Portales CP 03300 Mexico DF
     Mexico Tel 52 55390716 Email skye@tortuga.com
     Webpage http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura

     Instituto de Permacultura da Bahia, Brazil
     Marsha Hanzi, http://www.geocities.com/oliarte

     Cross Timbers Permaculture Institute in Texas
     http://csf.colorado.edu/perma/ctpi/cross_t.htm

     International Institute for Ecological Agriculture in
     California http://www.permaculture.com