Subject: [permaculture] Permaculture Course and Events
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:53:18 -0600
For the Central Texas Area - free 1-2 hour intros to Permaculture and 9-day
Permaculture Fundamentals Course. Please distribute widely to friends &
family. For a unique holiday gift maybe?
Selwyn
Introduction to Permaculture
Practical principles and tools for living in alignment with nature
by Dick Pierce and Selwyn Polit
Permaculture is a design system for creating sustainable and ecologically
sound ways to live our lives in harmony with nature. It covers a wide range
of topics including edible landscapes, integrating animals, organic
growing, herb spirals, ponds, natural and green-building, maximizing food
production with small scale intensive growing and designing
self-maintaining landscapes.
Join us to learn more about Permaculture's practical principles and tools
for living in alignment with nature and making a difference.
This 2 hours short course will be repeated on the following dates:
Tue Dec 2 6:30-8:30pm at American Youthworks 216 E. 4th (betw Brazos & San
Jacinto)
Sat Dec 6 10:30-11:30am at The Natural Gardener 8648 Old Bee Caves Road
Tue Dec 16 6:30-8:30pm at Windsor Park Library 5833 Westminster Drive
These workshops are free and all are welcome. Please contact Selwyn Polit
Selwyn@austintx.com 512-926-7876 or Dick Pierce dpierce@ail.org
512-236-6126 with questions. More at www.AustinProgressiveCalendar.com
(click on Permaculture)
Permaculture Fundamentals Class A 9-Day Fundamentals of Permaculture Course
will be held near Austin, Texas,
March 26-April 4, 2004. Teacher Patricia Allison of Earthaven Ecovillage
will lead the class. She will be assisted by Dick Pierce of Austin and a
team of Permaculture teachers. The format is discussion and lecture with
lots of
hands-on activities.
Permaculture is a Grassroots Movement teaching practical sustainability as
well as an ethics based design system for effective landscaping and
ultimately living well on our planet. Permaculture originated through the
efforts of Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the late 1970's. The course
includes ethics and principles, analysis and observation, water harvesting
and use, basic design process, natural building, gardening, soil building,
composting and much more.
Learn to heal the land and to use economic strategies for sustainable urban
and rural lifestyles. All organic delicious vegetarian & vegan food will
be served.
Not Sure? Check it out first. Free 2 hour 'Intro to Permaculture' sessions
will be regularly scheduled throughout the Winter and Spring. Attend an
Intro session and get free introductory materials."