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EarthFlow Design Works, SustainableLA and The Terra Foundation
Present:
The Permaculture Design Course
Experience:
Simple Steps Toward a
Sustainable Lifestyle
Certificate Course for Students,
Homeowners & Design Professionals
Los Angeles, CA. Join us on the
second weekends of October 2006- March 2007
Modern Approach to Ancient
Wisdom
Permaculture is a world-wide movement that
offers a natural way to design for the needs of modern living -based
on an ethic of Earth Care.
The course is designed to easily fit your
schedule. One weekend a month for six months.
This course has something for everyone
-Students, Homeowners & Design Professionals -includes inspiring
examples of sustainable land use and human ingenuity from around the
world. Through lecture, group discussion, guest speakers, field
trips and additional hands-on work opportunities, you will learn the
basics of Permaculture Design, Planning and Site Analysis. The course
begins with an in depth look at the natural environment -then we learn
to apply ecological principles to the built environment AND the
cultural environment -our families, homes, neighborhood, business and
community. Final course work includes student design presentations,
community project and (the infamous!) Trade and Talent
Show.
Simple Steps Toward a Sustainable Lifestyle
Natural Building & Property Development
Adding Beauty & Value to Your Home
Sustainable Landscaping Techniques
Strategies for Energy Decent & Peak Oil
Re-localizing Food Production
Green Business Strategies
Finding your Career & Right-Livelihood
EcoVillage Communities
Organizing Eco Neighborhoods
Practical Solutions
Permaculture Design is simple, yet profound
in its application. It has helped thousands of people and their
communities around the world -and has influenced many planning and
building departments around the US. This training provides the tools
for a wholistic approach to finding solutions to every issue that
human settlement requires.
Who Should Take This
Course
The Permaculture Design Course has truly
transformed the lives and enhanced the careers of thousands of people
around the world, including architects, landscapers, community
developers, social workers, city planners, teachers, students,
farmers, gardeners, homeowners, business owners and others. -For
anyone serious about creating a sustainable future!
THE CURRICULUM
A more fun or informative course would be
hard to find. Our text book, Permaculture: A Designer's Manual,
by Bill Mollison, was once reviewed by Whole Earth saying
"If information had density... this book would be a black
hole!.."
This course includes new, updated and
expanded material: Eco-Literacy, Biomimicry, Peak Oil, The
Home-Ecosystem, Natural Building Techniques, Backyard Food-Forests,
Fossil-less Fuels, Alternative Energy, Industrial Ecology, Patterns of
Human Dynamics & Community, Practicing Democracy, MicroVillage
Networks, EcoUrbanism and more...
Additional seminars will be available for
students interested in; Design Exercises, Observation Skills, Natural
Building, Sustainable Landscape Construction, Art in the Garden &
More...
One weekend a month for 6
months...
Part One Oct 14 &
15 and November 11 & 12, 2006
Fire, Water, Earth &
Air...
Introduction to Permaculture and Natural
Pattern Understanding. The first two weekend sessions will cover an
in-depth introduction to Permaculture Design & Ethics of Earth
Care with a special presentation on reading the patterns of the
landscape. New Ecology, Geometry of Nature and BioMimicry provides a
simple foundation for understanding Indicators of Sustainability and
other patterns of the natural world.
Part Two Dec 9 &
10, 2006 and Jan 13 & 14, 2007
Food, Water, Shelter &
Energy...
Designing & Building the Complete Home
Ecosystem - Sustainable Resource Management. The second part will
focus on: simple techniques for designing, remodeling & building a
complete green home... Alternative energy & fuels, restorative
agriculture, natural building, as well as learning ancient techniques
for Earth stewardship and land restoration.
Part Three Feb 10 &
11 and Mar 10 & 11, 2007
Community & Green
Business...
EcoVillage Design and Community
Celebration. The final sessions will feature: community building &
"creating a sense of place," patterns of human dynamics,
intentional communities & eco-villages. We will also learn
strategies for creating community-wide sustainability and methods for
finding our own right-livelihoods. Design team presentations and
awards. Plus -Community Celebration, Trade and Talent
show!
TEACHING TEAM
Join veteran Permaculture Instructors and
Internationally Acclaimed Leaders in the Worldwide Sustainability
Movement... Teaching Team is led by: LARRY SANTOYO , Director,
EarthFlow Design Works & The Center of Natural Design and
includes: SCOTT PITTMAN, Director, The Permaculture
Institute... TOBY HEMENWAY, Author, Gaia's Garden: a Home
Scale Guide to Permaculture. PLUS other local experts and guest
speakers.
LOCATIONS -Venues will take us in and around Los
Angeles.
REGISTER FOR ALL OR
PART
Each weekend is designed to build on what
we have learned in previous sessions -but any day or weekend can be
attended on its own. (Full attendance is required for
Certification).
Part One Oct 14 & 15 and
Nov 11 & 12, 2006
Part Two Dec 9 & 10, 2006
and Jan 13 & 14, 2007
Part Three Feb 10 & 11 and
Mar 10 & 11, 2007
Times: 9am to 5pm Saturdays and
10am-5pm Sundays
TUITION COSTS
* $90.00 per
day
* $175.00 per
weekend
* $950.00 for all six
weekends
Some payment plans and work-trades are
available -contact: <worktrade@earthflow.com>
Materials and other fees may
apply.
TO REGISTER CONTACT:
permaculture@earthflow.com
Checks may be sent payable
to:
Santoyo &
Associates
793A E Foothill Blvd
#130
San Luis Obispo, Ca
93405
Credit Cards: call 805.459.0452 to
use Visa, MC or Amex
DONATE -Your tax deductible
contributions to the Permaculture Scholarship Fund may be made
by contacting us at <donations@earthflow.com>
in cooperation with:
The Terra Foundation, Materials &
Applications, Greening Development, EcoHome, The Green Building
Resource Center -Global Green USA & the City of Santa Monica,
HopeDance Media, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, The Los Angeles
Permaculture Guild, Audubon Center, The Permaculture Institute, County
Landscape, Oasis Designs, PatternLiteracy.com, FoodForestry, Guyayaki,
Nutiva Hemp Products, Sustainable World Radio, Living Green, The
Nature of Things, Green Building Products, SCO Studio, SustainableLA,
REThink Development, EarthFlow Design Works...