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[Koreen Brennan <cory8570@yahoo.com>]

I'll be starting up my 12th Permaculture Design Course as co-teacher or 
teacher in a couple of weeks, on February 22. I've been reflecting a lot on 
lessons learned from interacting with all the amazing students we've had, and 
thinking about the next level of succession - where do we go from here?

One thing that one of my teachers, Larry Santoyo says which really resonated 
with me is that permaculture isn't something you do, it is something you use. 
In other words, it is a set of principles and tools that can be applied to 
virtually any activity or occupation to improve abundance and reduce harm to 
planet or people. People sometimes equate permaculture with gardening but it 
is far more than that. It addresses any aspect of human systems, or human 
interaction with other systems (like ecosystems). We strive to focus on urban 
areas in our courses, because those systems will be in the most trouble if 
systems fail and they are quite complex systems. We break things down to the 
simplicity of what you can do in your backyard, and how that can be 
extrapolated out, as well as what leverage points for creation of change 
exist in cities that we can influence from our position. There are many 
exciting resources available in urban regions - the collective
 genius aspect alone is a great reason to work in cities. We would love to 
host people in this class who are engaged in policy making, community 
building, energy issues, water, ecology, social and finance issues, community 
activism as well as those who are interested in homesteading, gardening and 
farming (and we've expanded all sections, including gardening/farming to 
include more supporting materials to help you be successful). We are awed at 
what some of our students are getting done out there in those sectors!  If 
you know of someone in these fields (or anyone else) who might be interested, 
please let us know! We do have limited scholarship or work study especially 
for those who are already active in the community, and ask about our 
affiliate program. 

We are enjoying watching the co-create that is happening in so many different 
neighborhoods to make a change to how we do things. We look at the 
Permaculture Design Course as one tool to assist the process, and we are 
always thinking of ways to align our actions with the needs of both students 
and the communities they live in. So let us know what you feel your community 
most needs. 

Jono Nieger of the Conway School of Design, and who was a consultant with the 
University of Massachutsetts permaculture program will be a co-teacher and we 
will have other experts facilitating instruction as well. He is a great guy 
who is getting more and more active in Florida. He has lived in some great 
intentional communities and has a wide range of permaculture experience. 

The first morning is always free, and it's a great time to bring friends and 
family to find out more about permaculture. It's a good intro to "Why 
Permaculture, and What Is It?"  Feb 22, from 9-noon. 

We'll have most of the class at Moccasin Lake Park, our partner in 
sustainable living crime (:-), but we'll also be reaching out into the 
community for field trips, hands on, etc. We continue to respond to student 
feedback and increase resilience in the course as far as addressing a variety 
of learning styles and needs. And, we have Fun! :-) 

For more info on the course see our web site at www.growpermaculture.com, or 
call Cathy at 727-495-6145.  

Koreen Brennan

Urban Permaculture Design Course Tampa Bay - Feb 22 - May 18, 2014
www.growpermaculture.com
www.facebook.com/growpermaculturenow

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Greetings all who may know....can anyone give me any report on the proposed
venue and host for IPC13 in India.

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Kia ora

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*Steve Hart*
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