[Sdpg] An Advanced Certification Course: Permaculture Teacher Training with Jude Hobbs and Tom Ward June 23-28,2004

Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson lakinroe at silcom.com
Fri Apr 23 00:51:54 PDT 2004


An Advanced Certification Course:
Permaculture Teacher Training
with Jude Hobbs and Tom Ward

June 23-28,2004

Empower yourself to promote sustainable living and design! In this dynamic, 
interactive and fun course learn powerful techniques to communicate whole 
systems education to others and apply permaculture design principles to 
teaching. Jude and Tom will develop your teaching skills, discuss 
strategies and techniques, and present the rewards and challenges of 
teaching Permaculture. They create innovative experiences that address 
varied adult learning styles and utilize your unique strengths and talents. 
Module building and team presentations round out the discussion topics and 
provide the essential hands-on aspects of the course.

Course Topics Include:
Philosophy and Ethics of Instruction                    Teaching Systems, 
Principles and Patterns
Planning, Marketing, and Economics                       Adult Learning Styles
Organizing Curriculum, Modules and Resources            Integrating Gender 
Balance
Teaching Space Logistics                                        Team 
Teaching                          Presentations and Facilitators 
Roles                             Time Management
Exercises and Media Aids                                        Interns and 
Apprentices
Evaluations and Feedback                                        Keeping Up 
The Spirit


Jude Hobbs and Tom Ward have a combined experience of over 30 years of 
teaching and in-the-field-design, including teaching three previous 
Permaculture Teacher's Training classes together. They supply a vast 
library of information for you to peruse.

Jude Hobbs is a horticulturist, permaculture designer, and instructor. She 
has presented workshops and courses throughout the West for 15 years, 
developing curricula that encompass diverse learning styles. Since 1982, 
Jude's landscape design business has provided environmental design 
solutions for both urban and rural settings. She has written "A Guide to 
Multi-Functional Hedgerows" and tends a forest garden in Eugene, Oregon. 
Jude took the 1990 Permaculture Teacher Training from Max Lindeggar 
(co-founder of Crystal Waters Community) and Lea Harrison.

Tom Ward is an ethno-botanist, eco-forester and permaculture designer. He 
has extensive multi-cultural experience in the USA and overseas. He is the 
author of "Greenward Ho: An Ecological Approach to Sustainable Health" Tom 
has developed curricula for permaculture courses at Laney College and D-Q 
University in California. He has taught Permaculture Design Courses for 17 
years and is based in Ashland, Oregon where he has worked building 
ecotopian culture for 26 years.

Course Tuition: $600 (includes course materials and three organic meals a day)

Prerequisite: Permaculture Design Course Certificate or experience in 
permaculture

Location: Wolf Gulch Farm, Jacksonville, Oregon.  Wolf Gulch is a 
permaculturally designed organic farm in the beautiful Siskiyou 
Mountains.  Camping, some indoor accommodations and sauna and hot tub 
facilities are available to participants.  Wolf Gulch is surrounded by 
miles of forest trails and is located two miles from a swimming hole on the 
Little Applegate River.  Classes will take place in a straw bale retreat 
center.

For more information or to register, contact:
Maud Macrory at tompowell7 at aol.com or (541) 899-9668
Or visit: cascadiapermaculture.com
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