permaculture

[Killian O'Brien <admin@pri-de.org>]

GELT Permaculture Design Certificate Course

Date: June 7 - June 20, 2010
Highland Park, Michigan
We are offering a limited number of spaces last minute to participants who 
would like to support the GELT program by getting your Permaculture Design 
Certificate concurrently with our GELT program participants.
This summer, one neighborhood in Highland Park will begin the process of 
becoming a self-reliant neighborhood block. Participants in GELT (Green 
Economy Leadership Training), a program  of Global Exchange, will spend nine 
weeks learning green technology skills, permaculture and leadership skills 
and apply their new knowledge working side-by-side with residents of the 
block to begin the transition to self-reliance.
Members of GELT will work to install gardens, install solar energy systems, 
weatherize 150 homes in the neighborhood and throughout Highland Park, learn 
leadership skills and build bonds within the neighborhood and the city that 
we hope will see them come back to work in the area, if not move into the 
area, or take their skills home to facilitate positive changes there.
The GELT program will begin with a two-week permaculture design certificate 
course in recognition of the vital role that systemic planning for 
sustainable habitats will play as society moves forward into the uncharted 
landscape formed by the convergence of climate, economic and energy 
challenges. The intent is that trainees will graduate the program with skills 
that will allow them to participate in, and take leadership roles within, the 
green economy and a perspective reflecting the need for truly sustainable, 
systemic designs for our homes, neighborhoods, towns, cities, and beyond.
This PDC will have a strong urban permaculture focus as GELT participants 
will be tasked from the beginning with designing a sustainable neighborhood 
in Highland Park, Michigan. Highland Park and the surrounding city of Detroit 
are perfectly poised to transform themselves into the greenest urban area in 
the United States. Empty lots, idle hands, a low median income and a vibrant 
urban gardening community makes the area an ideal place to study the 
application of urban agriculture within a context of sustainability.

What is permaculture? It's a system for integrated design using the rhythms 
and designs of the natural world resulting in integrated, healthy, 
sustainable communities.

The Permaculture Design Certificate course is an internationally-recognized, 
seventy-two hour course resulting in a Permaculture Design Certificate. It 
provides an introduction to permaculture design as set forth by movement 
founder Bill Mollison. The course is taught by a team of local 
permaculturists.
The course covers sustainable living systems for a wide variety of landscapes 
and climates. It includes the application of permaculture principles to food 
production, home design, construction, energy conservation and generation, 
and explores alternative economic structures and legal strategies supporting 
permaculture solutions.

The foundation for this course is A Permaculture Designer's Manual by Bill 
Mollison, which is included in the cost of the course tuition.
PRI-De is proud to have been invited to provide Permaculture Design 
Certification to participants in the nine-week GELT program, and is proud to 
be part of a team including Global Exchange, WARM Training Center, the City 
of Highland Park, Zaida and St. Matthew's Baptist Church, bringing this 
much-needed training to the Detroit Metro area.
General Information
Location: Highland Park, MI 48213
The location is one block of typical homes, abandoned buildings and vacant 
lots on a typical street in a typical neighborhood in Highland Park, 
Michigan. Participants will work to renovate several buildings on the block, 
as well as working with local residents to weatherize and repair their homes.
Special GELT Program Course Fees

 *   $950
 *   Fees must be paid in full prior to start of the course.
 *   Fee includes some meals, snacks, housing, course text, and limited 
internet access.
Please let us know of any other needs or concerns you might have about 
conditions.
Contact Information:
Please contact PRI-De at 1 (313) 647 - 4693 or  1 (760) 617 - 4693 for more 
information, or register at www.pri-de.net<http://www.pri-de.net>. Look for 
the GELT PDC button on the payment options menu. (Keep trying back if not yet 
updated; our IT guy is in Korea.)


Cheers,

Killian O'Brien
PRI-De
admin@pri-de.org<mailto:admin@pri-de.org>
(313) 647-4015

killiankob@yahoo.com<mailto:killiankob@yahoo.com>
(760) 617-4693