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  • From: "Graham Burnett" <grahamburnett@blueyonder.co.uk>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Hopedance Magazine Issue Jan/Feb 2002 List of Permaculture Courses
  • Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:46:43 -0000

Hi Wes-
would you be able to send me a copy of the Permaculture issue of Hopedance, thanks!
 
Also would the article I've written at http://pages.unisonfree.net/gburnett/raven/Ravenpc.htm on food and permaculture be suitable for the Food issue?
 
Again you are welcome to use any of my artwork (credited if pos)
 
Cheers, graham
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: Hopedance Magazine Issue Jan/Feb 2002 List of Permaculture Courses

hi all
        This is a list of Permaculture Courses that where submitted to Hopedance Magazine (S California USA published 6 times a year ) for the Jan/Feb 2002 Issue www.hopedance.org
        . If you have any Permaculture Course Announcements  for the next issue on " Food " Hopedance Mar/Apr 2002, the deadline is Feb10 and sent to Wes Roe lakinroe@silcom.com to be included in the Permaculture Announcement Section.
                                        wes

January 5 Temenos Teaching Gardens in Los Osos CA :
First Saturday of every month, beginning in January.
Garden tour and Permaculture Fundamentals Class 10 am-12 noon
Topics include; Principles of Design, Reading the Landscape and Hands-on Gardening.:
The fee for each class is [$10 plus 1 hour of labor] or [$20 worth of trade].
Contact Permaculture Teacher /Designer Larry Santoyo at santoyo@earthflow.com or call 1.800.469.5857

January 12 Temenos Teaching Gardens in Los Osos CA :
Second Saturday of every month, beginning January 12
Continuing and Advanced Permaculture Class 10 am-12 noon
The fee for each class is [$10 plus 1 hour of labor] or [$20 worth of trade].
Topics include; Patterning, Trees, Design and Construction,Grey Water System Design and Construction,Plant Propagation,
Food Forests, Plant and Seed Exchange, Subtropical Fruit for SLO, Herbal Preparations, Art in the Garden, Market Gardening
Contact Larry Santoyo at santoyo@earthflow.com or call 1.800.469.5857


Jan 4-18 2002 EARTH ACTIVIST TRAINING -
Learn how to create the world you want to live in with Starhawk & Penny Livingston-Stark
Cazadero, Western Sonoma County, California
A permaculture design course for visionary activists
Learn the skills to transform a piece of land, a community, and our political and economic systems. Discover the
tools we need to envision and design a just, free and sustainable culture are the same ones we need challenge the
vested interests that keep destructive systems in place.

Cost: We are actively fundraising to provide this on a pay-what-you-can basis to activists. Work trades, payment
plans and scholarships available. For those who can pay, we estimate the real cost of providing this program to be
$1200 per person if you can pay more, that will help subsidize someone who can't. Please don't let money keep
you away‹we'll work it out!
To apply, or for more information, Capra J'neva at PO Box 832 Point Reyes Station, CA 94956 email eat@sonicinema.com or call 415-663-9583 www.permacultureinstitute.com

January 16-30, 2002. Permaculture Design Course Florida
Hosted by Students of New College in Sarasota,
Veteran permaculture designer and
teacher Dan Hemenway will be the principal instructor.
Students in the intensive program will produce and advanced draft of a
permaculture design for a residential site in the area. Class work,
including field work and extensive slides, will focus exclusively on
information and design approaches needed to promote this design process.
http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/frames.html
Enrollment is limited and a block of seats has been reserved for New College
students. Contact BarkingFrogsPC@aol.com

Saturday January 26, 2002.Permaculture Workshop Santa Barbara Ca
Permaculture Workshop in Santa Barbara by Larry Santoyo. Participants will
help create a Spiral Herb Garden, a key hardscape feature of permaculture, in
a medium size urban garden in Santa Barbara. 10 am to 4 pm, January 26, $75
includes lunch. Limit 12 persons. For workshop information call Betsy
Gallery at (805) 963-2878, bgallery@home.com. Larry´s web-site is
www.santoyo@earthflow.com.

February 1 - 21. 2002  21-Day Permaculture Design Certification Course Hawaii
Three week Permaculture Design Course at Laakea Permaculture Gardens The cost of this program, including housing, meals, field trips and all course materials is $1350.00. If you pay in full two and a half months before the course begins you receive a $100 discount. $500 deposit for course
Meals are vegetarian with organic produce where we can grow or procure it. We are usually able to accommodate special diets (vegan, wheat free). We do have limited space available in our bunkhouse, so ask about availability when you register.
E-mail: programs@permaculture-hawaii.com
La'akea Permaculture Gardens, P.O. Box 1178, Pahoa, HI 96778


Feb 9-22  2002 Two-Week residential certificate-granting Permaculture Design Intensive California
The base fee is $1200 and this includes all meals and lodging. There is a sliding scale fee starting at $1100 for those registering 30 days in advance. There is also a work/trade option where the person works 25 hours during the course and receives an additional $250 discount. There are a limited number of work/trade positions and they are available by application only.
Registration requires only a $100 deposit.
Contact: OAEC 15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental, CA 95465; (707) 874-1557 x.201; oaec@oaec.org ; website www.oaec.org/

March 10. - 15. 2002 The Secrets to Making Money and Making a Difference ­ Hawaii
A Course on Holistic Financial Planning and Socially Responsible Investing
We can teach you how to make money and make a positive difference in the world. Come learn how to plan your finances and invest profitably in a way that reflects your values and builds a sustainable world. There is currently $2.2 trillion invested in a socially responsible manner! We can help you be a part of this exciting revolution. Learn how to choose good companies and avoid the bad. Invest to enhance the health of your community and support those in need. Opportunities abound for uniting profits and principles ­ this class will show you how! You can make money by helping restore the planet and by engaging with your community! You too can make sound financial decisions that are also socially and environmentally beneficial ­ if you attend this fun and informative class!
Facilitators: Christopher Peck & Michael Kramer. $500.
For info www.permaculture-hawaii.com/events.htm or call 808-965-0178


March 17. - 23. 2002How To Save the World By Teaching Permaculture ­ Hawaii
An Advanced Permaculture Teachers’ Training Course
This Permaculture Teacher’s Course introduces a revolutionary new way of teaching permaculture ­ we apply the principles of permaculture to the teaching of permaculture. We will cover every aspect of being an exciting and effective educator.
The powerful teaching techniques you will learn in this course were gleaned from years of permaculture teaching wisdom from experienced permaculture teachers around the globe. In 1999, this knowledge was published by Permaculture Drylands Institute as
A Permaculture Curriculum, which provides detailed suggestions on how to organize and contextualize permaculture learning experiences that are more meaningful and interesting than lectures.
The prerequisite for this course is a certified Basic Permaculture Design Course. Course attendees will be eligible for Permaculture Teacher Certification.
Facilitators: Christopher Peck & Michael Kramer. $700
For info www.permaculture-hawaii.com/events.htm or call 808-965-0178

June 1-15 2002 Permaculture Design Course Garberville Ca
With Penny Livingston-Stark,Brock Dolman, James Stark & Starhawk
Fee $950 includes camping accommodation and meals
Permaculture Institute of Northern California
P.O Box Pt. Reyes Ca 94956
(415)- 663-9090 pinc@svn.net www.permacultureinstitute.com

June 2001 Permaculture Teacher Training Course California
Heartwood Institute in Garberville California
Teachers Jude Hobbs and Tom Ward and others
Send for brochure at
Island Mountain Institute
220 Harmony Lane
Garberville, Ca 95542

YEAR 2002 HERBACULTURE WORK/STUDY PROGRAM Oregon
Herb Pharm is proud to offer our HerbaCulture Work/Study Program on our certified organic herb farm nestled in the Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon.
Please contact Jen Ambrose for a personal interview and tour. The deadline for applications is Jan. 7th 2002. Please send requests for application forms to: Work/Study, Herb Pharm, PO Box 116, Williams, OR 97544. Contact Jen with further questions at 541-846-9121, (fax) 541-846-9259, or e-mail at WorkStudy@Herb-Pharm.com


INTERNATIONAL COURSES

11th to 25th January, 2002 Permaculture Design Course BILL MOLLISON Tasmania Australia
In 1978, there was nothing quite like Permaculture. Twenty-two years later Permaculture laps the globe, with over 4,000 projects across 120 countries. Bill Mollison, founding Director of the Permaculture Institute will present this valuable course on his home turf, Tasmania. We eagerly invite those who wish to expand their horizons and experience Bill in action to bring your questions and your intellect down to Tasmania and take this course.
Bill continues to research sustainable system design. He is preparing two books devoted to this passion, and is in fine form for a course on his home turf. "I will try to paint landscapes in their mind throw pictures on the clouds of tomorrow s sky".
Student numbers are strictly limited.
For info and a Course Brochure contact:

tagariadmin@southcom.com.au
Tagari Publications - Permaculture Institute
31 Rulla Road
Sisters Creek Tasmania 7325
Australia Ph: 61 (0)3 6445 0945 Fax: 61 (0)3 6445 0944

Need an excuse to go someplace warm this winter? Here's a few
suggestions....
Two Permaculture Courses:
Host: Instituto Permacultura de Baja Mexico
This winter experience the beauty and warmth of the Todos Santos Oasis
and learn about Permaculture and Fibercrete Construction.

Course 2: January 12,13, and 14, 2002. Fibercrete Construction Practicum
English and Spanish. Cost: $275US.
Fibercrete guru Mike McCaine, Mike Collins formerly of Sonoma Permaculture
(Now joining the team at Instituto Permacultura de Baja) demonstrate
Fibercrete construction through the construction of a curvaceous guest
cabana at The Way of Nature.

Course 3: February 16,17, and 18, 2002. Introduction to Permaculture with Permaculture Planting
Practicum
. English and Spanish. Cost: $275US
Learn permaculture basics and hands-on fun planting a tropical garden
using techniques practical to any climate. Team-taught by Wes Roe and Margie Bushman
South Coast Permaculture Guild and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network (CA.)
and the folks at Instituto Permacultura de Baja.

All courses take place at The Way of Nature pensione down in the oasis
gardens of Todos Santos, Rooms and camping available. http://thewayofnature.com/
Course Contact in Mexico c perkins <wayofnature@yahoo.com> in USA Santa Barbara Permaculture  Network 805-962-2571 sbpcnet@silcom.com


February 15th - March 8th, 2002 Permaculture Design Course in Costa Rica
Cost for 2 weeks is $1000 meals and lodging not airfare third week $700 discounts for Registration. by Dec 20
Join us, where the rainforest meets the Caribbean,for a diverse, intensive,
and fun learning experience - combining the standard two weeks Permaculture curriculum with an optional one weektour of Costa Rica’s homegrown sustainability practices. This course is part of the Gandoca-Manzanillo
Permaculture Trail Project - the project will contribute to protecting the vital biological corridors of the primary
rain forest and rehabilitate deforested areas while working with locals to create sustainable local econony
Contact Douglas Bullock at (360) 376-6601 until November then 1-888-SunEnergy until mid-January.
Or John Valenzuela at (808) 280-2808 http://www.permacultureportal.com
Mail registration and deposit to:
Costa Rican Adventures
3911 Harrison Street
Oakland, CA 94611

February 16 to 1st march 2002  Permaculture Design Course Argentina
 March 8-13 2002 Permaculture Advanced course on Ecovillage Design Argentina
 Peter Bane (US) & Gustavo Ramirez (Argentina)
The courses will be held at Gaia Ecovillage Project, in Navarro 110km. southwest of Buenos
Aires on the Argentine pampa. Built as a milk-processing plant 50 years ago, Gaia has been extensively rehabilitated as a Living and Learning Center, with sleeping facilities, classrooms, library, community kitchen, greenhouse, etc. Power at Gaia is generated by wind turbines, and good examples of reforestation, forest garden, natural building, appropriate technology, waste water treatment, composting toilets, solar showers, solar ovens and several sustainable systems in different stage of development may be seen at the site.
And all of this in the context of a small pioneer community in evolving process.
Gaia hosts the regional office of the Ecovillage Network of the Americas, and the Argentinean Permaculture Institute (IAP), as a space for experimenting, implementing and teaching Permaculture systems. They offer courses in Permaculture, Sacred Dances, Aromatherapy, Community living and more. It offers an updated library covering a wide range of topics based on sustainability, as well as interesting videos. Last year IAP organized the 1st Latin American Permaculture Congress with great success.

Courses Fees & Registration
 Due to limited spaces, they need to send a deposit of 50% of the fees to confirm. There is a discount for those who attend both courses. Donations are welcome to subside others participants from Latin America that ask for financial support.
The total cost includes tuition, notes, lodging and meals
Permaculture Design Course: US$750
Advance course on Ecovillage Design: US$450 - Participants should have basic Permaculture knowledge as a pre-requisite to the Ecovillage Design Advance course.
Contact Asociacion GAIA - http://www.gaia.org.ar - Email: gaia@gaia.org.ar Postal address: Almafuerte 1732 - San Martin – (1650) Buenos Aires - Argentina Phone: (+54-2272) 492072 - Fax: (+54-11) 47522197


Upcoming Courses and Workshops at Crystal Waters Permaculture Ecovillage 2002 in Australia
Permaculture Design Courses 2002 April 6-20 and Sept. 14-28
Sustainable Futures
Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond
50 Crystal Waters MS 16 Maleny QLD 4552 AUSTRALIA
ph/fax: +61 0(7) 5494 4833
courses@permaculture.au.com
www.permaculture.au.com

Year Long Permaculture Course/Training offered in New Zealand staring in Feb 2002
Practical Skills for Bioregional Sustainability
Aim
: To offer professional regional scale training in organic agriculture, permaculture design and sustainable land-use management, to highly motivated students, with the intention that they use their acknowledge and skills to work towards the creation of a heathy, balanced ecosystems and the flourishing of a wholistic and prosperous culture
Course will utilize the entire bioregion of Golden Bay as a "learning center' with tutors being local. experienced, successful practitioners who are actually 'doing it on places that 'show it'
Organized by Te Wharerangi Trust and Earthcare Education Aotearoa Trust
For info
PLANET Organic
PO Box 130, Takaka, New Zealand
phone: +64-3-5258488
e-mail: planetorganic@excite.com
website http://earthcare.nelson.org.nz



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