Subject: [permaculture] Content of posts from an old Permaculture forum - some may be interested in this - goes way back
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 22:58:59 -0400
From Dan Hemenway at Barking Frogs Permaculture Center:
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Current News Items
• This is the last chance in this decade to download, free, Humid Landscapes, Pamphlet II of the Permaculture Design Course Pamphlet Series. On or about Sept. 15, we will remove Pamphlet II from our website, and replace it with Pamphlet III, Arid Landscapes, then available to download at no cost. We have placed these pamphlets in the public domain so that they may be freely used and distributed after you download them.
• We have begun registering students for the 8th Annual Permaculture Design Course Online, which begins Sept. 28, 2003. The course runs about six months. For details, download the following from our web site: - Course Protocol (long) - Course Reading List - Course Assignment Schedule - Course Registration Form - Course Fee Table
These documents are also available in one download as a preregistration package.
Late registrations are accepted. Students can begin the course at any point and take the missed material in the next course cycle.
• As of July 1, 2003, we offer an "economy" version of The Permaculture Design Course CD, the CD-ROM that we use in teaching our online course. The new version includes our Self-Study CD consists of about 200 teaching "posts", formerly sent to students as email, and an assortment of support folders. [The full version also includes more than 30 papers and pamphlets, examples of standard and full designs, a book, our permaculture directory, and the opportunity to register as a monitor in our online course at no additional cost.]
• Version 2.0 of The Permaculture Design Course CD is available. It includes updated and enlarged weekly teacher posts and notes as well as several outside reading publications now included right on the CD-ROM. There are two sub-versions, one for certificate students and the other for monitors and other self-study students.
• We have room for two interns at Barking Frogs Permaculture Center. This is regarded as "permaculture boot camp." Interns may take our online course free to the extent that the course and their internship overlap. Download our intern FAQs from our web site for details.
• Version IX.2 of TRIP (The Resources of International Permaculture) is now available on CD-ROM or as a special order print out. See our order form for details. TRIP lists nearly 2,000 organizations worldwide concerned with sustainable living and of interest to permaculturists. We designed it to permit computer searches by keyword, or searches by name, region, or type of work done.
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Our scheduled 6-month Permaculture Design Courses Online begin March 16 and Sept. 28, 2003. Check the above site for details. As of Aug. 1, 2002 the course is also available on CD. Check our web site for details or email us at BarkingFrogsPC@aol.com
Apologies to folks who tried to download Permaculture Design Course Pamphlet II, Permaculture in Humid Landscapes, from our web site. We have a new web master who decided to change everything all at once and the result is a mess. Some of the links on the pages have been restored. If you fail to get the information that you are seeking from <A HREF=""http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com">http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com</A>, however, contact me and I will try to send it as an email attachment. Please try the web site first, or I won't be able to handle the requests and keep up with our regular permaculture work!
Besides pamphlet II, the following are commonly requested items.
• Registration Package for our 6-month Online Permaculture Design Course. This includes - Course Protocol (long) - Course Reading List (incl. prices) - Course Assignment Schedule - Course Fee Table - Course Registration Form
• Yankee Permaculture Publication List/Order Form
• Info on The Permaculture Design Course CD-ROM (see also, first, the course reading list which gives full contents.)
• Intern FAQs
• Information on Elfin Permaculture Consulting Services
• Hosting other programs: - One day and weekend programs - 10 day and two week design intensives (not for certification) - Live certification courses (minimum three weeks).
Again, I apologize for any inconvenience. We are working to get things straightened out.