[Santa_Cruz_Permaculture] Announcing SUSTAINABLE VOCATIONS FOR YOUTH

[Quail Springs]

ANNOUNCING SUSTAINABLE VOCATIONS FOR YOUTH

 

Preparing youth for sustainable living and the growing green jobs market 

 

Sustainable Vocations prepares youth, ages 15 to 24, 

for diverse leadership roles that integrate 

sustainability into their communities, and provides a 

hands-on introduction to the growing green jobs 

market. 

 

TO VIEW FULL COLOR BROCHURE,

GO TO http://www.quailsprings.org/SustainableVocations/brochure.pdf

 

Students will earn an internationally recognized 

Permaculture Design Certification (72 hour course). 

We are in process of accrediting this course to give 

students the option of gaining an entry level Solar 

NABCEP Certification, and college or high school 

credit. 

 

 

Join us on this hands-on learning journey!

 

Permaculture Design - Sustainable Living 

Skills - Leadership & Community Building - 

Renewable Energy - Green Building & 

Natural Building - Environmental & Social 

Justice - Watershed Restoration - Localizing 

Food & Economy - Animal Husbandry - 

Rainwater Harvesting & Greywater Design - 

Green Jobs Preparation 

 

Follow up for graduates, their families and 

community network, includes: 

 

Graduation Ceremony - Support to Enact a 

Community Enhancement Project - Referrals 

to Internships, Jobs, & Advanced Trainings 

- Mentor/Instructor Contact - Alumni 

Network

 

 

UPCOMING RESIDENTIAL SESSIONS:

 

August 4-24, 2009 

March 7-27, 2010

June 20-July 10, 2010

 

Each session is a three-week residential training at 

Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture 

Farm, a 450-acre sustainability education and 

demonstration site in the Southern California 

Mountains, with field trips to projects and 

businesses in the area, and several months follow 

up support for graduates. Transportation provided 

from Santa Barbara. Ask about options for day or 

weekend-long "Intro to Permaculture" training for 

your school or group.

 

 

Cost: $1,500-2,500, sliding scale.  

Includes tuition, meals & camping.  

Scholarships available for low-income youth and families 

thanks to the generosity of local foundations and sponsors!

 

 

HIRING MENTORS!  

TO LEARN ABOUT MENTOR POSITIONS, 

GO TO www.quailsprings.org/SustainableVocationsMentorPosition.pdf

 

INTERESTED YOUTH AND FAMILIES CONTACT TO LEARN MORE 

email sustainablevocations at quailsprings.org or call 805-886-7239.   

Or find us Earth Day Festival in Alameda Park, 

Santa Barbara, Sunday April 19th at the Quail Springs booth! 

 

PARA INFORMACION EN ESPANOL

Edith at 805-886-7239 or edith at quailsprings.org. 

Materiales completos en Espanol disponibles pronto. 

 

 

 

SUSTAINABLE VOCATIONS COMMUNITY NETWORK 

 

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR INITIAL PARTNERS! 

 

Educational Partners  

 

*Center for Sustainability at Santa Barbara City College

*Green Collar Jobs Campaign at Ella Baker Centerfor Human Rights

*Growing Green Energy

 

Scholarship Fund Sponsors

 

*Hutton Foundation

*Towbes Foundation

 

In-Kind Network Partners

 

*Community Environmental Council                 

*Santa Barbara Permaculture Network

 

 

INVITING SUSTAINABLE VOCATIONS PARTNERS! 

 

Are you a Social/Eco Mission-Driven Business, 

Individual, or Foundation seeking to invest in 

healthy communities, economies, and a revitalized 

planet?  

 

Are you associated with a Youth Group, School, or 

Community Organization that would like to be 

involved with Sustainable Vocations?  

 

TO LEARN ABOUT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP NETWORK OPPORTUNITIES,

GO TO  http://www.quailsprings.org/Sponsor_partner_desc.pdf

 

Or please contact Kolmi Majumdar at 805-886-7239 or 

sustainablevocations at quailsprings.org to learn more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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