permaculture

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <lakinroe@silcom.com>]

The  Center For Deep Ecology will  hosting best-selling permaculture author 
Toby Hemenway for a 2-day workshop, Patterns & Permaculture: Nature's Forms 
for Dynamic Design. August 27-28, 2014 (Just prior to the The North American 
Permaculture Convergence NAPC )  Minneapolis Minnesota 
Patterns and Permaculture: Nature’s Forms for Dynamic Design

Pattern is design, and design is the subject of permaculture, Mollison tells 
us in the Designers Manual. Patterns are nature’s ways of storing 
information, resolving conflicts, efficiently using resources, moving 
materials smoothly, recycling waste, and recognizing and ordering connections 
and relationships. They are also one of the hardest-to-grasp (and teach) 
elements of permaculture design. This two-day workshop will cover:

• A vocabulary of basic patterns and how they function in both nature and 
design;

• how patterns are formed and how they regulate and shape energy, material, 
social, and economic flows;

• how patterns are used in indigenous, Western, and other cultures;

• Fibonacci and the golden ratio, sacred geometry, and the science and 
mystery of pattern dynamics;

• identifying and choosing the patterns that best suit specific design 
challenges;

• using patterns and creating pattern languages to design physical and social 
landscapes and technologies.

We’ll use a combination of hands-on, discussion, lecture, images, small group 
work, and the other varied tools of good permaculture learning. You’ll come 
away with a practical grasp of how to see patterns in nature, how they work, 
and how to use them in design.

Instructed by Toby Hemenway

tToby Hemenway is the author of Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale 
Permaculture, which was awarded the Nautilus Gold Medal in 2011, was named by 
the Washington Post as one of the ten best gardening books of 2010, and for 
the last eight years has been the best-selling permaculture book in the 
world. Toby has been an adjunct professor at Portland State University, 
Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and has taught over sixty 72-hour 
permaculture design courses. He has presented lectures and workshops at major 
sustainability conferences such as Bioneers, SolFest, and EcoFarm, and at 
Duke University, Tufts University, University of Minnesota, University of 
Delaware and many other educational venues. His writing has appeared in 
magazines such as Natural Home, Whole Earth Review, and American Gardener. He 
has contributed book chapters for WorldWatch Institute and to several 
publications on ecological design.

Tuition:

The course tuition fee is $225. Space in this course is limited.
Early Bird Rate: Sign-up by July 1st for just $195.

Bring a Buddy Rate: Sign up with a buddy and you each save $20.

Tuition Includes:

The 2 Day – Patters & Permaculture: Nature’s Forms for Dynamic Designs Course 
with Toby Hemenway
Lunch both days
To Register or for Questions Email: Patterns2014@CenterForDeepEcology.org


http://centerfordeepecology.org/events/patterns-and-permaculture-with-toby-hemenway