a 14-day design certificate course, with 6 weekend sessions Sept-Dec. 2012

Inoculating a bed with King Stropharia mushrooms

As we face the devastating impact of increased militarism, peak oil, climate change, and growing social and economic inequality, permaculture offers us: skills, tools, solutions & strategies for healing social & ecological systems.

Permaculture is vision, design system, and global network that draws on patterns and principles found in nature to meet human needs, while regenerating the natural world and creating abundance we can share.

Dates:

• September 14*, 15, 16
• September 29, 30
• October 19*, 20, 21
• November 3, 4
• November 17, 18
• December 1, 2
• December 8 (alternate snow day)

All dates are day-long classes; Some Saturdays include evening sessions. We can provide a list of overnight accommodations if you are traveling from afar and would like a place to stay.

*Note: September 14, and October 19 are evening-only sessions

Payment for course:
$998 early bird before July 31
$1250 August 1 to September 14

2012 REGISTRATION Click Here

Topics Include:

Principles and Ethics|Reading the Landscape|Urban Homesteading|Forest Gardening|Water Harvesting|Soil Regeneration|Creative Waste Cycling|                  Micro-livestock|Energy and Building Systems|Social Justice| Food Systems Planning|Cooperative Economics|Design For Climate Change|Community Building|Aquaculture|Design Projects, Methods, and Tools

This permaculture design certificate course gives participants a comprehensive understanding of permaculture principles & ethics; design processes, methodologies & tools; and how they can be applied to create regenerative human systems including food, housing, personal relationships, communities, and economies.

This course is structured in 6 weekend sessions from September-December, allowing full-time workers, students and people with families more flexibility to participate.

Successful completion of this course will earn participants an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate.