permaculture

[Jono Neiger <jono@regenerativedesigngroup.com>]

Hey folks- Please pass along this information about this Permaculture
Design Course at a new farm and training center near Tampa. Ill be joining
Koreen Brennan and Eric Toensmeier (by Skype) to teach a great course
filled with hands-on, design projects, presentations, and tours of local
projects.

If you know of folks in that area or others that might want to get
involved, pass this along.

GROW PERMACULTURE!

Jono



Intensive Permaculture Design
<http://www.growpermaculture.com/upcoming-courses/141-intensive-permaculture-design-course-florida-may-11-22-2016.html>
 Course, Florida - May 11-22, 2016
<http://www.growpermaculture.com/upcoming-courses/141-intensive-permaculture-design-course-florida-may-11-22-2016.html>

Our spring 2016 course will be Grow Permaculture’s 15th internationally
recognized Permaculture Design Course, to be held May 11-22, 2016.

This is an intensive two week course held at our permaculture farm north of
Tampa about 10 minutes from Brooksville, FL. Students will have the
opportunity to participate with and observe permaculture systems
installation and operate in an immersive environment, including appropriate
tech, innovative greenhouse solutions, perennial food systems, animals,
solar and more. This is a small, diverse farm with many different elements
and examples of permaculture that can be translated to a wide variety of
settings, urban or rural. The course will address strategies and techniques
for both urban and rural areas in different climates and circumstances. We
will be midst setting up new food production systems and water catchment
systems during the course (with our staff and volunteer crew) and students
will have the opportunity for daily hands on involvement with a number of
farm tasks and ongoing installations.

The farm is located in a unique sandhill pine-oak ecosystem in Florida. We
have many beautiful oak and pine trees on the site, native wildlife
including protected species, and wild edibles such as pawpaws, wild cherry,
and dewberries. We have many beautiful parks nearby including springs that
manatees visit regularly, rivers, bike trails, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Instructors: Koreen Brennan,
<http://www.growpermaculture.com/8-main-site/107-koreen-brennen.html> Jono
Neiger <http://www.regenerativedesigngroup.com/our_team>, Eric Toensmeier
<http://www.perennialsolutions.org/meet-eric-toensmeier-perennial-solutions-edible-permaculture-books-videos-workshops-organic-gardening.html>
(via
Skype), others TBA.

There will be a two day optional field trip program May 9-10, and there
will be apprenticeship opportunities after the training, for those who
would like to delve more deeply into applying what they’ve learned.

For people who may have difficulty spending 12 days on the design course,
we will provide on-line materials that can replace up to 3 days of the
course time.

By cooperating with nature and her energies, we are able to design human
systems, from backyards to neighborhoods, farms or even cities to be more
abundant, more long lasting, more ethical, healthier for all life in the
system, and more enjoyable. Permaculture is a cutting edge approach to
living that helps both people and the environment.

The training is designed to offer multiple opportunities including career
mentoring and pathways, community building opportunities, resource
networking, skill building, as well as what is for many, a life changing
experience. We will offer written materials and study aids and exercises
before the course and urge students to use them, as you will get much more
out of the course. If you complete these materials, you will receive three
days’ credit and can attend 9 days only.

Some of the subjects covered include:

   - Permaculture design ethics and principles
   - Master planning and site analysis
   - Reading the landscape
   - Pattern recognition in nature and society
   - Organic, intensive gardening and farming
   - Edible landscaping, food in small spaces
   - Soil building
   - Composting and vermicomposting
   - Designing sustainable water use
   - Water harvesting and greywater techniques
   - Building food forests
   - Agroforestry and ecoagriculture
   - Aquaculture
   - Alternative pest management
   - Natural building, regenerative building technology
   - Reducing energy costs in your home
   - Best forms of alternative energy
   - Appropriate technology
   - Self-reliant living, urban and rural strategies
   - Boosting your career with permaculture
   - Sustainable economies
   - Increasing quality of life through “placemaking” design
   - Community revitalization and rebuilding
   - Successful strategies for intentional communities, ecovillages and
   cohousing, urban and rural

This course exceeds the requirements laid out by permaculture founder Bill
Mollison for the internationally recognized 72 hour Permaculture Design
Course. The training provides a deep and wide overview of permaculture
design, focusing on skill sets you can apply immediately. It is a thorough
introduction to a subject that has many levels and areas of expertise and
professional practice. Further study is available through our
apprenticeship programs and advanced study.

Who Takes This Permaculture Design Course?

   - Artists
   - Community activists
   - Do it yourselfers
   - Educators – homeschool, teachers, professors
   - Environmentalists
   - Gardeners
   - Green architects/builders
   - Green consultants
   - Homesteaders
   - Landscapers
   - Natural health practitioners
   - Non-profit/community organizers
   - People who care about the earth and each other
   - People who love healthy food
   - Permaculturists
   - Policy makers
   - Professionals (of many types)
   - Recent college graduates
   - Students
   - Urban and rural farmers
   - Vegan, raw food, slow food, and/or local food
   - Yoga practitioners

Early bird course fee is $1200 through April 5, 2016. After April 5, it
will be $1350. This fee covers all costs, including materials, three
healthy meals per day and camping. Our courses are an investment in
yourself and your future - you will make and save far more than the course
cost, to the degree you use the information in the course. A non refundable
deposit of $300 will hold your spot.

http://www.growpermaculture.com/upcoming-courses/141-intensive-permaculture-design-course-florida-may-11-22-2016.html

*Jono Neiger, Principal*
Regenerative Design Group
1 Chevalier Avenue
Greenfield, Massachusetts 01301
web.  regenerativedesigngroup.com
tel.    413-658-7048

Conway School, Faculty
Graduate Program in Sustainable Landscape Planning & Design
www.csld.edu

PINE: Permaculture Institute of the Northeast
www.northeastpermaculture.org