permaculture

[J Hobbs <hobbsj@efn.org>]

An Advanced Certification Course

Permaculture Teacher Training
with Jude Hobbs and Tom Ward

June 23-28, 2004

Empower yourself to promote sustainable living and design!

In this dynamic, interactive and fun course learn powerful teaching
techniques to communicate whole systems education and Permaculture
principles.  Jude and Tom create innovative experiences that address varied
adult learning styles and utilize your unique strengths and talents.
Lecture, discussions, module building and team presentations provide the
essential learning experiences for this course.

Course Topics Include:

 € Philosophy and Ethics of Instruction
€ Planning, Marketing, and Economics
€ Organizing Curriculum, Modules and  Resources
€ Teaching Space Logistics
€ Teaching Systems, Principles and Patterns
€ Presentations and Facilitators Roles
€ Exercises and Media Aids
€ Adult Learning Styles
€ Team Teaching    
€ Integrating Gender Balance
€ Time Management
€ Working with Interns and Apprentices
€ Evaluations and Feedback
€ Keeping Up The Spirit

Jude Hobbs and Tom Ward have a combined experience of  over 30 years of
teaching and in-the-field-design. They supply a vast library of information
for you to peruse.

Jude Hobbs is a horticulturist, permaculture designer, and instructor. She
has presented workshops and courses throughout the West for 15 years,
developing curricula that encompass diverse learning styles. Since 1982,
Jude's landscape design business has provided environmental design solutions
for both urban and rural settings. She has written "A Guide to
Multi-Functional Hedgerows" and tends a forest garden in Eugene, Oregon.
Jude took the 1990 Permaculture Teacher Training from Max Lindeggar
(co-founder of Crystal Waters Community) and Lea Harrison.

Tom Ward is an ethno-botanist, eco-forester and permaculture designer. He
has extensive multi-cultural experience in the USA and overseas. He is the
author of "Greenward Ho: An Ecological Approach to Sustainable Health". Tom
has developed curricula for permaculture courses at Laney College and D-Q
University in California. He has taught Permaculture Design Courses for 17
years and is based in Ashland, Oregon where he has worked building ecotopian
culture for 26 years.

Course Tuition: $600 (includes course materials, camping, and three organic
meals a day)

Prerequisite: Permaculture Design Course Certificate or experience in
permaculture

Location: Wolf Gulch Farm, Jacksonville, Oregon.  Wolf Gulch is a
permaculturally designed organic farm in the beautiful Siskiyou Mountains.
Facilities: camping, some indoor accommodations, sauna and hot tub, as well
as miles of forest trails.  Wolf Gulch is located two miles from a swimming
hole on the Little Applegate River.  Classes will take place in a straw bale
retreat center.


For more information or to register, contact:
Maud Macrory at tompowell7@aol.com  or (541) 899-9668
Or visit: cascadiapermaculture.com
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