[Scpg] Permaculture and Natural Building Courses at the Farm in Tennessee

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Check out the following website for Permaculture and Natural Building 
courses at the Farm in Tennessee http://www.thefarm.org/etc/courses.html


April 23-28 Solar Installation Course with Ed Eaton and Sue Turtle

Summertown, TN, The Farm community. Become a solar installer with this 
course from Solar Electric International, one of the foremost solar 
installation companies in the world. $550 plus food and lodging (Inn 
packages from $170). Ed Eaton, Sue Turtle and others. We will install a PV 
system at Earth Advocates Research Center.

May 18-26 Permaculture Fundamentals

Summertown, TN, The Farm community. The first half of the complete design 
certification course. Learn the low impact methodologies that are creating 
a holistic movement. Patricia Allison, Albert Bates, Sizwe Herring. $600.

June 8-17 Natural Building
Immersion with Sean Siple and Howard Switzer (Straw, Cob, Round Pole)

Jume 8-10 Natural Buildings Short Course

June 15-17 Natural Buildings Short Course

Immersion Course is the 10-day intensive. Wattle and daub. Mud and stone. 
Turf and timber. Build with straw, cob, wood and other natural materials. 
Earth plasters, passive solar, foundations, roofing, the works! Sean Siple, 
Howard Switzer, Albert Bates. $800 for 10 days or $325 for either weekend 
Short Course.

July 6-21 Permaculture Design Course with Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond

Summertown, TN, The Farm community. This is the full 72-hour curriculum for 
a Permaculture Design Certificate, originally designed by Bill Mollison and 
David Holmgren. We have brought Australians Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond 
of Sustainable Futures to Tennessee to teach this course, assisted by 
Patricia Allison, Albert Bates, and Sizwe Herring. $1200 includes food, 
lodging, subscriptions and printed material.

July 13-21 Permaculture Practicum with Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond

Summertown, TN, The Farm community. The second half of the complete design 
certification course. For those who have taken the Fundamentals Course as a 
prerequisite and wish to complete the certification with our Australian 
all-stars Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond of Sustainable Futures. Patricia 
Allison, Albert Bates, Sizwe Herring assisting. $600.

August 2-12 Natural Buildings Immersion with Joe Kennedy (Straw, Cob, Round 
Pole)

Summertown, TN, The Farm community. Construct a "Nebraska Style" cabin, 
basic techniques of cob construction, and visit post and beam and other 
examples locally. Joe Kennedy, Sean Siple, Howard Switzer, Albert Bates. 
$800 for 10 days or $325 for either weekend.

August 3-5 Natural Buildings Short Course

August 10-12 Natural Buildings Short Course

Oct 17-21 Sustainable Village Design

Summertown, TN, The Farm community. Site selection, master planning and 
pattern design for Ecovillage; consensus and conflict resolution, financial 
aspects, work issues, best practices. Live and work in an ecovillage for a 
week and get a sense of the issues. Albert Bates, Greg Ramsey and guests. $500.

For more information, please write or call:

Ecovillage Training Center
PO Box 90, Summertown, TN 38483-0090 USA
ecovillage at thefarm.org
Telephone +01-931-964-4474
Fax +01-931-964-2200