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Holmgren's Permaculture Principles!
Fred Bove' Interview
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This course puts a particular emphasis on Urban issues including access to land, economic and legal constraints, social and environmental justice, ecovillage and ecocity planning and the new "green" market wave.
This is an engaging course taught in a progressive environment by dynamic and talented instructors. It just may change the way you see your role in the care of the Earth. Opportunities are here for connecting with like-minded folks to create new ventures and lasting relationships.
The detailed schedule for the six weekend course will cover the following topics:
June 7 - 8: Introduction to Permaculture, Principles and Ethics, Design methods, patterns and edges, personal ecology.
June 14 - 15: Permanent agriculture, forest gardening, soil building, urban hedgerows, water sheds and hydrology, greywater, water conservation methods, how to create base maps, drawings, client interview process.
July 12 - 13: Plant selection, temperate/tropic and dryland environments, response to climate change, guilds, conservation design.
July 19 - 20: Hands-on composting, worm bins, animals in an urban enviroment, beekeeping, myco-remediation, permaculture economics, bioregionalism, community planning, environmental and social justice, green collar jobs, conflict resolution.
August 2 - 3: Natural building, designing for solar energy, co-housing and place making, wind and hydro energy, appropriate technology, group design time
August 9 - 10: Design team presentations, resources for next steps, graduation.
3rd Annual SAN FRANCISCO
URBAN PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE 2008
Back again by popular demand! Learn how to design from within nature and to create sustainable living systems in this Permaculture Design Certification course.
Beginning with thoughtful and protracted observation, and leveraging the resilience, diversity and stability of natural ecosystems, Permaculture offers a new way to look at designing practical systems for providing our food, medicine, energy and shelter in a truly sustainable fashion.
Presenters include Urban Permaculture Guild's, Kevin Bayuk, Fred Bove' & Kat Steele, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center's Brock Dolman, civil engineer and biofuel guru Ben Jordan, and author and ecologist Robert Kourik and more!
Other special guests presenters to be announced. Open to all levels of experience. Participants completing the course and group design project will receive a certificate.
Do you work for an organization or business and plan to take the course with a co-worker? A discount is available. A limited number of work-study scholarships are also available. Please call for more information. A payment plan is available to those who wish to stagger the payment of their course fees over the summer.
Fee: $950
Payment plans and limited work exchange available.
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