From: Living Mandala <livingmandala@livingmandala.com>
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Subject: [permaculture] Permaculture Design Certification Course: July 17–Aug 2 at Heathcote Community, Maryland
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:58:11 -0700
Permaculture Design Certification Course
July 17 – August 2, 2009
at Heathcote Community
Freeland, Maryland, U.S.
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Including:
PERMACULTURE ETHICS AND PRINCIPLES, MID ATLANTIC REGIONAL SYSTEMS,
LAND ANALYSIS, WATER MANAGEMENT, NUTRIENT RECYCLING, FOREST GARDENING,
GREEN BUILDING, RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS, COMMUNITY AND ECOVILLAGE
DESIGN, LAND TRUST AND ALTERNATIVE ECONOMICS, PERSONAL SUSTAINABILITY,
INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY LIVING
In Partnership With
Dancing Green, Heathcote Community, School of Living, Living Mandala
Facilitators, Teachers & Constants
Dawn Shiner, Karen Stupski, and Special Guests
Course Description
Dancing Green offers the whole Permaculture design course curriculum
as an immersion in educational experiences of integration,
collaboration, consensus, and self-empowerment within the context of
Permaculture land-use design. The 17-day residential immersive allows
you two levels of enhanced focus: (1) the routines of daily life are
set aside, freeing & enhancing your attention, & (2) the process is
predominately collaborative. Whether in micro- or macro-clusters, you
will be living collaboratively and immersed in skill building as we
consciously design the site at hand for the good of the whole.
Course Details
17-days of integrated design immersed in action-learning, assessing
self and land: surveying, mapping, analyzing, designing, implementing,
evaluating feedback and re-designing as needed. Designing ourselves
into nature's patterns, we offer educational experiences of
integration, collaboration, consensus, and self-empowerment within the
context of Permaculture land-use design.
Dancing Green, in a forever-evolving process, developed the
kinesthetic 17-day course to get beyond the limiting linear approaches
precluding holistic education. Adding the hands-on components took our
courses into integrated action-learning for greater empowerment as
systems designers. We have since added a good measure of self-
facilitation skills to increase collaborative harmony and run the
immersion courses as collaborative consensus community. As an organism
we individuate and collaborate. We integrate into place through
kitchen and life's daily chores while we expand everyone's design
parameters to revere the gifts of sun, water, earth and air.
Living intentional community for 17 days, all individuals cooperative
as large and small design clusters. All chores are shared and meals
are vegetarian. Days are structured with input, observation,
brainstorming, research, mapping and designing. Guest presentations by
experienced, local residents and field trips to working sites permeate
the course offering integrated approaches to land, animals and
structures. Those successfully completing the course collaboratively
present their design work and design report to the client and
interested public.
Course Topics Include:
Maps and mapping with seat-of-the-pants engineering skills - soils,
slopes, watershed & hydrology assessment - mid atlantic regional
systems - watershed awareness - Chesapeake Bay status and threats -
assessing and restoring forests and watersheds - wetlands and streams
- regional all-season food systems - annuals to forest gardens -
investing in communication as social currency - communication tools &
techniques as renewable energy - consensus facilitation - conflict
resolution, non-violent communication and trust - nutrient management:
body & soil - techniques & strategies for feeding the soil - nutrient-
rich foods: harvesting, preparing, and eating - water & air:
regeneration & resiliency - forests and reforestation - enhanced
ground water absorption & air purification - rainwater harvesting,
catchment & distribution - thermal patterns & keyline usage -
designing with our allies: the trees, plants & fungi - edible forest
gardens - suntraps and windbreaks - green building as growing living
form - perennial and annual guilds - microbial pathways and
multifunctional systems - personal sustainability: body & soul -
guilds for community & ecovillage design - economics designed for the
good of the whole - engendering regional exchanges of goods & services
- barter systems, local currencies & worknet-exchanges - land trust
and alternative economics for coherent eco-villages - healing
modalities: reiki to deep tissue massage - art of colour & DNA re-
patterning - wild plant identification walks - personal space and
reflection - appropriate scale & energy needs - hand scythes, pedal
power, & ram pumps - passive solar absorption & convection - bio-geo-
thermal conditioning - biodiesel, ethanol, methane - animal
communities & everyone's needs - chicken tractors, rotational grazing,
wildlife forage patterning - IPM as intentional community living -
pollination and insect habitat, pests & predators relationships - eco-
social design of healthy human habitat - natural interface of shelter
and immediate outside habitat - growing functional living form and
future dwellings - interconnected systems for health & ease - building
intentional neighborhoods and community
Site Details - Heathcote Community
Heathcote is an intentional community of 12 adults and 4 children
living cooperatively on 110 wooded acres in northern Baltimore County,
on land held in trust with the School of Living since 1965. We have
several organic gardens, hiking trails, stream-side hammocks, and a
new strawbale residence featuring many aspects of green design and
natural building. We strive to live sustainably and share with others
through education and service. www.heathcote.org
Tuition & Registration
Course Tuition is $1500 U.S. dollars, which includes instruction,
lodging, and 3 delicious, nutritious, and locally grown meals a day
for the duration of the course - 17 days. Participants who
successfully complete the course will receive a Permaculture Design
Certificate.
Register Now
Certification Applicability
Participants who successfully complete the course will receive a
Permaculture Design Certificate. Design Certification is applicable
towards Gaia University Degree Programs.
Contacts & More Information
Course information – Dawn Shiner: 540-745-5994 - dgdawnshiner@yahoo.com
Site Information and administration – Karen Stupski: 410-357-9523 -
karen@heathcote.org
Visit the Course website for More information & Registration
Job Opportunities: Cross Pollinators
Start supporting sustainable progress & regenerative educational
initiatives! Help us to spread the word about this course and others
and earn money!
We are looking for "Cross-Pollinators" or Affiliate Marketing
Ambassadors to help spread the word about our affiliated courses,
workshops, and events to strengthen our network and to further empower
regenerative educational initiatives on the planet.
This job includes posting information about our upcoming courses,
workshops, and events on-line on social networks, websites, blogs,
etc; identifying and sending emails to listserves; and building
relationships with resonant groups and organizations. Cross-
Pollinators should be experienced with internet navigation and social
networking, have proficient writing and communication skills, have
their own computer and internet access, and be able to work from their
home, office, or local coffee shop. Compensation is based on
performance and results, and will be given based on referrals that
come in from the scope of the outreach efforts made. Referral's range
anywhere from $25 - $250 per course.
For details e-mail: affiliates@livingmandala.com
[permaculture] Permaculture Design Certification Course: July 17–Aug 2 at Heathcote Community, Maryland,
Living Mandala, 06/21/2009