Pre-Gathering Permaculture Intensive - September 18 - 21
September 18th through the 21st Symbiosis Gathering and CSOUL proudly present a four-day orientation to permaculture principles. Here the students will work with instructors to gain a basic understanding of permaculture ethics and practices, and their application to this unique and exciting festival setting.
The Land and Location...
Our course will take place on a ranch atop a ridge near the Stanislaus River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern California. The nearest town is Angels Camp, about 140 miles from San Francisco. The forest is doppled with pine, manzanita, madrone, and walnut. The present meadow tells the story of a lake that once covered the entire landscape, long since drained away by the eroding hillside.
Interests and Objectives:
Healthy Forest Management & Erosion Control and Soil Regeneration
The staff includes certified instructors and an array of talented individuals who will cover concepts such as....
Basic Permaculture Principles & Ethics: Agroforestry: Mycoremediation: Erosion Control: Nature Awareness: Natural Building: Water & Earth Works: Healing Wisdom of Herbs: Greywater Systems: Renewable Resources: Bio-Astrology: Much more...
Here we will work together to help build an eco-logical foundation for this event and help lighten the footprint of our weekend together.
Instructors, Educators, and Facilitators
Dave Blume
Farmer Dave Blume is Founder and President of the International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA). Since 1993, IIEA has trained and certified hundreds of participants through its Permaculture Design Courses. Farmer Dave is a frequent speaker at ecological and agricultural conferences and has made appearances in over 80 countries around the world. Farmer Dave is also the leading expert on ethanol as an alternative fuel and will be touring for his soon-to-be released book, Alcohol Can Be A Gas, in the Fall of 2006.
www.permaculture.com
Craig Moreland
Craig Moreland lives in Sebastopol. His trade includes non-toxic wood finishing and sustainable cabinetry. He studied natural oil finishing in Germany, and co-founded a worker-owned cooperative in San Francisco called Woodshanti, specializing in cabinets and furniture built of sustainably harvested materials. ( www.woodshanti.com) He was certified in Permaculture Design at Skywater Center in Trinity County, Ca and was trained as a Permaculture Teacher at Ocean Song, in Occidental, Ca. Craig was active in the Urban Permaculture Guild in San Francisco (urbanpermacultureguild.org) and has facilitated permaculture workshops in his effort to increase urban sustainability.
Mia Rose
Mia Rose was born in New York, and has lived in Sonoma County for 6 years. Mia is a co-founder of the R.I.T.E.S. Project, (R.I.T.E.S. stands for Return Intention Towards Ecological Sustainability) a nonprofit organization, based in Sebastopol, focused on research, education, and action. Mia was certified in Permaculture Design at O.A.E.C. in 1999, and at E.A.T. at I.O.N.S. in 2002. (www.oaec.org www.earthactivisttraining.org) She was certified to teach Permaculture in Oakland at the Diamond Light Center in 2003. Mia and the R.I.T.E.S. Project facilitated their first Permaculture Design Course, Permaculture in Paradise, in Kaua'i, HI in 2004. Mia enjoys teaching about permaculture, mycorestoration, and bioremediation. Mia is conducting research to further study how to integrate the power of living systems, into industrial and municipal infrastructure.
Kevin Kohley
Kevin Kohley earned a Master's Degree from the California Institute of Integral Studies in Philosophy and Religion where he focused on historical trends of conscious evolution, rites of passage, and complex systems. He is a graduate of the Regenerative Design Institute, a year long permaculture intensive under the guidance of Penny Livingston and is currently working on a film entitled Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within documenting the evolution of consciousness from tribal to global and suggesting that the ecological crisis may be a focus mechanism to usher in the next shift in consciousness.
www.entheogen.tv
Scott Howard
Scott Howard is a native Portlander, and has practiced and taught natural building there for the past four years. He has worked with many forms of earth building, including, cob, earthbag, rammed earth, adobe brick and others. To earthwork, he always prefers to add artistic touches of sculpture and color. Most known in Portland natural builder circles for completing the New Day School Meditation House, Scott also lead the building of a 20ft tall earthbag dome that serves as a sound chamber.
Marisha Auerbach
Marisha Auerbach has been practicing, studying, and teaching permaculture in the Pacific Northwest for the past eight years. Marisha is working to support the paradigm shift through sharing knowledge with others on a variety of topics including: permaculture, flower and gem essences, local economics, community building, ethnobotany, herbalism, edible landscape design, and organic gardening among others. She is enthusiastic about creating perennial forage systems and building local community as a response to peak oil. Marisha's interest in local economics and creating useful items using her resources manifests as several projects: working on a local community marketplace in Olympia, Queen Bee Flower and Gem Essences, Herb'n Wisdom for permaculture consulting and herbal products, and Growing Greetings which produces plantable greeting cards and other products. Marisha has a small plant nursery which focuses on edible flowers and other gourmet specialty food items. Marisha graduated from the Evergreen State College in 1998 where she focused on ethnobotany, ecological agriculture, and sustainability studies. She continues to interact with students from the Evergreen State College by offering internships.
Matthew Garrambone
Matthew Garrambone graduated Northern Arizona University with a degree in Environmental Communications. For two years he worked with Friends Of Flagstaff's Future in Arizona co-coordinating a campaign to preserve open space. Since moving to Sonoma County, California he has studied permaculture with the Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness program, and works full time at Harmony Farm Supply & Organic Nursery in Graton. He is currently participating in the Leadership Program for A Sustainable Future based in Santa Rosa, CA. and hopes to continue his education in permaculture and sustainable community building.
Enrollment limited to 30 people. Cost: $400.00 Includes:
Four Day Permaculture Intensive,
Delicious Organic Meals provided throughout the course,
Admittance to the full event Symbiosis Gathering 06,
Parking
Choice Camping options
We can hold your place in the course with a $200 Deposit, which can be received through:
Paypal payments can be made to msgbone@hotmail.com
or sent to:
321 S.Main St #29, Sebastopol, CA 95472.
If using the mail please have all payments in by September 12th.
See www.symbiosisgathering.com for more details.
Email:permaculture@symbiosisgathering.com with subject heading permaculture to sign up and request more info.
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A limited number of Work Trade Opportunities will be available. Please respond with Permaculture:Work Trade in the subject heading and let us know your skills. All work trades will be finalized by September 12th.
Permaculture Terms and Definitions
Permaculture
The conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive systems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems; the harmonious integration of landscape and people to produce their food, energy, shelter, and non-material needs in a sustainable way.
Permaculture Design
A system of assembling conceptual, material, and strategic components in a pattern to benefit life in all of its forms.
Ethics of Permaculture
Care of Earth - Provisions for all life systems to continue.
Care of People - Provisions for people to access those resources necessary for their existence.
Return of Surplus to the above aims (including labor, money, and information), Fair Share.
Permaculture is based on...
Working with nature, not against.
Protracted and thoughtful observation rather then protracted and thoughtless action.
The allowance for evolution in a system.
Our responsibilities are to (account for our actions and be responsible in the efforts to):
1. Reduce waste (pollution)
2. Replace lost minerals
3. Practice careful energy accounting
4. Act to remedy negative effects on society
Symbiosis: any interdependent or mutually beneficial relationship between two persons, groups, etc.
Thank You for Supporting This Event!