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(FWD) Permaculture for Professionals- April 15th

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Permaculture For Professionals
Register by April 15th
Register here: http://www.connsoil.com/

Join permaculture designer, teacher, and regional planner, Lisa DePiano for
this unique program. Lisa initiated Feed
Northampton<http://issuu.com/conwaydesign/docs/feed_northampton_april2010>,
one of the first Food Security Plans in the country and she runs the Mobile
Design Lab <http://www.mobiledesignlab.org>, which focuses on participatory
design and planning.

This training is for professional Planners, Architects, Engineers,
Landscape Architects and other developers who want to understand and
incorporate the principles and techniques of Permaculture Design into their
practise. Permaculture is an interdisciplinary framework that uses
principles of ecology as a basis of design.

In this training participants will gain knowledge in the following:

*Understand* permaculture history, ethics, principles and language

*Identify connections* between social, cultural, environmental, economic
and political challenges

Recognize and *analyze patterns* found in society and the natural world

Apply whole systems thinking to *problem solving through design*

Observe, analyze, and *assess a site* to determine its resources,
constraints and unique opportunities

Gain knowledge of a whole systems *design process*

*Learn techniques* for cleaner water, soil, food production, buildings, and
assets bases- participatory economic development


*Lisa DePiano M.R.P, **Mobile Design Lab
*126 Main Street, Northampton, MA 01060
Tel: 413-341-6828

I check email Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. If this is urgent please give
me a call.
ldepiano at gmail.com
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| www.mobiledesignlab.org


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