[Scpg] Social Forestry, Advanced Permaculture Course with Tom Ward

[Melanie Mindlin]

Friends,
This would be a good time to register for the Social Forestry course  
as early registration closes on Sept. 25th.  We hope you will be able  
to join us.  You can visit us on the web at  
siskiyoupermaculture.com.  Sorry if you got this twice (I forgot to  
put in the subject line the first time.)
Melanie
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Social Forestry, Advanced Permaculture Course
October 21-23 and November 11-13, 2011
This is a six day course over two extended weekends at Wolf Gulch  
Farm in Southern Oregon with instructor Tom Ward.

Course Description: In the Social Forestry course students are  
introduced to this field of ecosociology that connects villages and  
communities to their forested water catchment basin.  Here in a  
developed industrial empire, we have lost our sense of living with  
forests as friends.  This course will explore reconnecting with  
forests through ecological knowledge, the use of hand tools and  
woodcrafts, seasonal festivals and work cycles, children's stories,  
pilgrimages and stewardship covenants.  We will learn ecological  
assessment, carbon sequestration methods, restoration forestry and  
the crafts and products that can be enjoyed while we are re- 
establishing our heart space and wonder in the woods.

Tom Ward has degrees in Forestry and Botany from Syracuse University  
and has been managing a Social Forestry experimental station in the  
Applegate for the last 10 years where he is demonstrating natural  
building, fuel hazard materials utilization, multiple products woods- 
crafting, wildlife enhancement and desert forest water management.   
He is currently working on a book on the subject of Social Forestry.   
Regarded by many as one of permaculture's most inspirational  
teachers, Tom is looking forward to sharing his work in this area  
with participants at the course.

Students who have taken their Permaculture Design Course will  
received an Advance Permaculture Certificate for this course.  The  
Social Forestry course is open to all who have a working knowledge of  
permaculture.

The course fee is $420 if paid by September 25th, and $500 if paid  
after that date.  See our website for an extended course description,  
policies and logistics.  Contact Melanie by phone or e-mail to register.
sassetta at mind.net
541-482-7909
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