"...What Permaculturalists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planetŠ"
Dr. David Suzuki

Please join us as we continue the Permaculture Design Training Program


Strategies for an Alternative Nation:
EcoVillages, Urban Permaculture & Social Justice
Permaculture * Alternative Economics * Communication Ecology

Saturday Oct. 26th... 9:00am-5pm -Los Osos, Ca.

with Larry Santoyo, Permaculture Designer and very special guests...
        Wesley Roe, Permaculture Credit Union
        Margie Bushman, South Coast Permaculture Guild
        Travis Hamera, MicroVillage.org
        
Seminar
        This workshop 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 economic stability and methods for finding our own right-livelihoodsŠ

Featuring a Communication Pattern Exercise -find out what "style of communicator" you are!
 
Various strategies for the design and development of intentional communities and eco-villages will be considered, including legal structures and sociological ramifications. Students will have the opportunity to share their own ideas for eco-village design during a class discussion. Unique strategies for creating Permaculture communities and MicroVillages. "Invisible" structures underlie the arrangement of human societies and involve psychological, political and economic patterns.  These hidden frameworks for human interaction link the Permaculturist and his or her site to society at large and can exert a profound influence on how decisions are made and how effective they can be over time.

$55 includes: Seminar and Gourmet Lunch
        Trades, SLO Hours accepted and Work-Trades available

To pre-register contact:
        Larry Santoyo & Associates
        800.469.5857
        info@earthflow.com


Coming Nov 2nd!   - SLO Green Business Fair (cob oven pizza party)

Coming Nov 13th!  - Ianto Evans, Author, Founder, Cob Cottage Co.

Coming Nov 22-24! - Joanna Macy, Author, Deep Ecologist

Coming Jan 17th!  - "Crystal Waters," International EcoVillages Slideshow

Coming Jan 18&19  - EcoVillage Workshop





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