permaculture

["Scott Pittman" <scott@permaculture.org>]

Don't miss this course in the Northeast - Toby and Larry are two of the
premier permaculture teachers in the World!!

 

Scott Pittman

Permaculture Institute USA

 

 

PDC in the Catskills with Toby Hemenway and Larry Santoyo

 

August 16-29, 2008  in Woodbourne, New York

http://green-phoenix.org/08-08-pdc.html

 

Green Phoenix Permaculture and the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch present

 

A Certificate Course for Urban and Rural Residents, Planners, Land Managers
& Design Professionals. This training covers the fundamentals of ecological
design, given by two of the country's most experienced permaculture
instructors, and many local guests. Join us at a rural retreat center near
Woodbourne, New York. Upon completion, course attendees will receive a
Permaculture Design Trainee Certificate from the Permaculture Institute.

 

Course topics include:

 Ecoliteracy and Cycles of Nature

 Sustainable Community Strategies

 Re-Localizing Food Production

 Organizing Eco-Neighborhoods

 Simple Steps Toward a Sustainable Lifestyle

 Natural Building & Property Development

 Adding Beauty & Value to Your Home

 Strategies for Energy Descent & Peak Oil

 Green Business Strategies

 Finding your Right-Livelihood Career

 

Who Should Take This Course: The Permaculture Design Course has transformed
the lives and enhanced the careers of thousands of people around the world,
including architects, landscapers, community developers, social workers,
city planners, teachers, students, farmers, gardeners, homeowners, Yoga
teachers, business owners and others. It's for anyone serious about creating
a sustainable future! The principles of permaculture apply to any scale of
design, to highly urbanized areas, suburbs, and rural communities and
properties. The permaculture approach crosses between disciplines and
creates links between them.

 

Curriculum includes inspiring examples of sustainable land use and human
ingenuity from around the world, based on a common pattern understanding.
The core curriculum is based on Bill Mollison's book, Permaculture: A
Designers' Manual, which Whole Earth Review described by saying "If
information had density... this book would be a black hole."

 

The hands-on learning focus of the course will be on participants' design
team exercises and projects, and potential learning projects at the site.
The course is taught via lecture, images and videos, group discussion,
exercises, and other methods that suit a wide variety of learning styles.

 

The teaching team:

TOBY HEMENWAY is the author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale
Permaculture. Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and adjunct
professor of graduate education at Portland State University. He is Director
of the Center for Pattern Literacy and Field Director for the Permaculture
Institute (USA). He is the former editor of Permaculture Activist Magazine,
and his articles have appeared in Fine Gardening, Natural Home, Whole Earth
Review, and other national magazines.

 

LARRY SANTOYO is Vice President of the Permaculture Institute (USA),
Co-director of The Terra Foundation, and is the founder of the MicroVillage
Network. He is among the most experienced permaculture designers and
educators in the US and has taught environmental design at colleges and
universities nationwide including UC Berkeley and California State
PolyTechnic University. For over twenty years, L. Santoyo has assisted
private individuals in the design and construction of "Home Ecosystems" and
has assisted companies in developing industrial ecologies and sustainable
business practices.

 

PLUS Dave Jacke and other local experts and guest speakers will be
announced...

 

The course fee of $1450 includes all classes, course handouts, tent campsite
with facilities (rooms are available at additional cost), vegetarian meals,
and optional yoga classes.

Note: $250 non-refundable deposit required to guarantee your space.

 

Contact Green Phoenix Permaculture at semaley(at)yahoo.com to register and
for additional information.