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  • From: Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>
  • To: Permaculture ibiblio <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] [Fwd: This Year's Workshops and Trainings at Earthaven]
  • Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 13:51:37 -0500



Culture's Edge at Earthaven Ecovillage in NC has a full calendar for the year
2003. Here it is.
Keith


CULTURE'S EDGE 2003 PROGRAMS
Note: Full & Provisional Members of Earthaven receive a 50% discount on Culture's Edge Programs only.* Sustaining and Supporting Members receive a 10% discount.

March 14 An Introduction to Consensus with Bea Briggs – Overview of what consensus is and is not, comparison to majority rule, roles and processes, preparation of agendas and proposals, effective participation. $95
Mar 15-16 The Shadow Side of Consensus with Bea Briggs – Examine conflict, rank and power, agreements, blocking, as well as what to do about gossip, personal attacks and sabotage. ($275 with Intro) $195

Mar 22-23* The Goddess & The Green Man: Celebrating the Spring Equinox with Corinna Wood & Steve Torma – Reclaiming our earthy spiritual roots and calling forth our deep masculine and deep feminine. $125

March 29 Sustainable Nutrition with Jim Biddle, MD (Director, Asheville Integrative Medicine) & guests – Nutritional philosophies, therapeutic nutrition, and bioregional nutrition. ..... $75
April-July* Wise Woman Ways of Herbal Medicine: Foundation Program – Reweaving our deep connection with the plants, Earth and ourse
lves. Meets the third weekend of each month. $575

April 5-6 Bast Fibers: From Seed to Thread with Anthony Neal – Growing, harvesting, processing with traditional tools, and hand-spinning of bast fibers (fibers from plant stems) — flax, hemp, kenaf. $175
April 5-6 Spirit Dancing: for Healing and Ritual with Michelle Dionne – Come into awareness of your own movements as you learn how to use the porful union of body, mind and soul through dance. $125
Apr 26-27 Biological Waste Treatment with Chuck Marsh & Justin Rohde – Design and implementation of a residential greywater system. $200
May 2-4 Katúah Bioregional Congress – An opportunity for area activists, friends and neighbors to explore problems and celebrate solutions in agriculture, the local economy, environmental protection, health, culture and energy. Contact us at 669-7552 or by email at katuahbioregion@hotmail.com sliding scale $125-150

May 16-18 Introduction to Natural Building: Materials, Methods, Systems with Mollie Curry & Paul Caron – Cob, strawbale, slip-straw, earthen plasters and timber-framing, and their use in Earthaven's innovative buildings. $225
May 31 Listen to Your Body: Self-Healing with Biofeedback, Imagery and Breath with Cathy Holt – Explore the mind-body connection, relaxation and breathing techniques, accessing body wisdom through imagery. $75
June 5-8 Building with Cob: An Introduction with Mollie Curry – Construct
ing buildings with sand, clay and straw. Includes class discussion, lots of hands-on experience, a tour of natural buildings, and more. $295

June 14* Edible & Medicinal "Weeds" – Learn how to identify, harvest and prepare "weeds" in our summer gardens for food and medicine. $75

Jun 14-15 The Fine Art of Earth Plasters with Mollie Curry & Chuck Marsh – Experience the beauty and sensuality of this earthy art! Practice preparing, tinting and applying interior and exterior earth plasters. $150 Jun 19-Aug 3 Permaculture and Ecovillage Residency – Trainings and skill development in every aspect of ecovillage life, including: design implementation, organic gardening, natural building, regenerative forestry, and self-governance. Permaculture Fundamentals and Design Practicum are included. $2250 Jun 20-28 Fundamentals of Permaculture with Patricia Allison, Peter Bane, Andrew Goodheart Brown & guests – Permaculture is about designing and living in a regenerative human culture. Practice principles, strategies and techniques for reinhabiting your world. $675 July 4-6 Feng Shui & Permaculture with Susan Garrett – Learn to observe, enhance and balance energy flow through both natural and designed systems. Site assessment, sacred geometry, attunement and goal setting. $200 Jul 18-20 Sustainable Agriculture with Rod Rylander – Turn marginal mountainside soils into sustainable agricultural lands! Learn how to grow plants and raise animals on small acreage for food and profit, using the least amount of financial investment, inputs and labor. $200
Jul 25-Aug 2 Permaculture Design Practicum with Peter Bane, Keith Johnson, Chuck Marsh & guests – Part two of the design curriculum. Working in teams, practice applying permaculture fundamentals to real life projects. $675
Aug 8 -10 10th Annual Southeast Summer Permaculture Gathering - Network with permaculturists, organic growers, natural builders and others. Workshops, projects, bonfires, music, great food. Thursday, Aug. 7 workshops: Council of All Beings/Cathy Holt; Herbal Elixirs/Frank Cook; Flower Essences/Anya Sitkin – $60 each. $100

Aug 11-12 Permaculture Teachers' Guild – Exchange of ideas, skills and resources toward establishing a national permaculture teaching guild. Open to Design Course graduates and permaculture teachers. Contact B Brown- Adams (540) 937-5428 (VA), bbrownadams@fcps1.org for more information sliding scale $125-150

Aug 29-31 Women's Work: Creating Sustainable Futures with Patricia Allison & Mollie
Curry – An introduction to permaculture as a tool for building eco- nomically, ecologically and spiritually viable futures. Women only. $175
Sep 19-21 Introduction to Natural Building, Mollie Curry & Paul Caron – See May 16-18 $225

Sep 27-28 The Fine Art of Earth Plasters, Mollie Curry & Chuck Marsh – See June 14-15 $150
Oct 3-5 Growing an Ecovillage or Intentional Community with Diana Christian, editor, Communities magazine, author, Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow an Ecovillage – Why 10% succeed/90% fail. Community vision, decision-making, legal entities, finding/financing land, sustainable design, communication and conflict. $175

Oct 4-5* Wild Plants for Wild Women – Learn the ancient women's art of gathering wild fall leaves, seeds and roots for nourishment and healing. $160

Nov 1* Nourishing Foods: Ancient Ways of Eating – Delicious ways to increase the nutrients and digestibility of nuts, grains, vegetables, meats and milk products. $75

* COURSES THROUGH RED MOON HERBS: For more information about these classes, and to register, please email herbs@redmoonherbs.com or call 669-1310.





  • [permaculture] [Fwd: This Year's Workshops and Trainings at Earthaven], Keith Johnson, 02/15/2003

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