Fall Natural Building & Permaculture Workshops at Quail Springs
www.quailsprings.org

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Sauna Bathhouse Natural Building Workshop
with Sasha Rabin of Seven Generations Natural Builders & Vertical Clay

October 9-16, 2010

@ Quail Springs Permaculture Farm

Experience the beauty, functionality, and ecological sense of natural building! For first-time as well as professional builders who want to delve into natural materials.

Gain guided hands-on experience building with cob, light straw clay, adobe block, wattle & daub, & integrating materials, prospecting & testing materials, mixing cob, installing windows, attaching doors & roof, sculpting niches, shelves & furniture.

Complemented by slide shows & discussions on theory of natural building, siting, design, passive solar, foundations, natural plasters, earthen floors, roofs, electric & plumbing for earthen buildings.

Cost $675 by Sept 1 / $800 thereafter Includes intensive hands-on workshop, farm fresh & locally grown meals, camping nearby, joyous work, discussions, and celebrations with community, nature walks & high desert star gazing in Quail Springs spring-fed canyon. Capacity 10 students.

Contact to register info@quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239

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Hands-On Permaculture Design Certification Course
with Warren Brush of Quail Springs Permaculture & True Nature Design

October 31-November 13, 2010
@ Quail Springs Permaculture Farm

Permaculture provides a framework for consciously designed landscapes that mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature that provide diversity, stability, and resilience. These systems yield an abundance of shelter, water, energy, and food for the provision of local needs.

Take your PDC at Quail Springs, an internationally recognized permaculture farm in the mountains of Southern California. This 2-week course covers the 72-hour permaculture curriculum used internationally, with hands-on learning in a diversity of applied topics. You will learn to design and apply natural principles to create stable and resilient systems that provide food, water, shelter and energy needs while regenerating ecology, community and economy.

Topics include: Small Scale Food Production - Integrated Pest Mgmt Composting - Tree Planting - Water Harvesting -Greywater Systems - Compost Toilet Systems - Natural Building Earthworks - Watershed Restoration Keyline - Appropriate Technology Green Job Preparation - Alternative Economics - Beekeeping BioEngineering - Livestock Care - Goat Milking - Pastured Poultry - Saving the Harvest - Community Building - Nature Awareness

Instructor: Warren Brush, co-founder and Executive Director of Quail Springs, facililitates permaculture education and regenerative systems design in the USA & internationally. www.permaculturedesign.us

Cost: $950 (early bird by September 1) or $1,250 thereafter. Includes instruction, nourishing catered meals and camping nearby. Limited partial work exchange positions & payment plans, inquire early. Referral offer: Receive $100 off the course fee for referring another student.

Contact for more info or to register info@quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239

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Farm & Garden Internships
@ Quail Springs Permaculture Farm

Fall 2010 (August-November) - FULL
Spring 2011 (April-July) - Inquire now!
Contact: jan@quailsprings.org

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Host a mini-workshop at your home or workplace

Build an outdoor hearth-style earthen oven, start wormbin composting, install a rain garden, or raise a flock of chickens for fresh eggs, and much more - with your friends, family, & coworkers! Quail Springs' teaching team is available, by your invitation, to co-create workshops in your community to spread sustainable living skills and the joy of living well in community spirit. Contact info@quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239 to discuss.

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Quail Springs is a working farm dedicated to demonstrating and teaching holistic ways of designing human environments, and to facilitating deeper understandings of ourselves and one another through immersive experiences in nature.