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SUMMARY:Exciting Permaculture Design Course at Inspiration Farm
DESCRIPTION:Permaculture is a holistic design methodology for sustaina
 ble living! The modalities of permaculture work with nature to create 
 ecosystems where humans can meet their needs locally while living harm
 oniously within their environment. Permaculture was conceived in Austr
 alia by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, and is now a thriving intern
 ational grassroots movement!\n\n\nPermaculture Design Certification Co
 urse May - September 2009\n~Co-sponsored by Transition Whatcom and Sus
 tainable Bellingham~\n\nCover the standard 72-hour Mollison and Jeeves
  curriculum required for certification under international Permacultur
 e standards. With Inspiration Farm resident Bruce Horowitz, Carolyn Fe
 ffer, Doug Bullock - Washington’s premier permaculture designer and 
 teacher, Sarah Sullivan - Director of Hawaii SEED, and many more natio
 nally recognized and local experts!\n\nThe following topics are covere
 d in the 72 hour curriculum:\n\n• Design Methodologies, Site Mapping
 \n• Ethics, Design Principles, and Goals\n• Pattern Recognition, N
 atural Cycles and Processes\n• Plant Identification, Ethnobotany, Wi
 ldcrafting\n• Microclimates, Tropical and Dryland Farming\n• Indig
 enous Land Management and Natural Building\n• Forest Gardening, Mush
 room Growing and Myco- Remediation\n• Renewable Energy, Passive and 
 Active Solar Design\n• Soil Ecology, Compost Systems, Aquaculture\nâ
 €¢ Animals in the Landscape, Plant Propagation, Slow Food\n• Urban P
 ermaculture Strategies, Graywater Harvesting\n• Emergency Preparatio
 n, Appropriate Technology\n• Seed Saving and Nursery Set-up, Food Pr
 eservation\n• Local Economics, Currency and Community Structures\nâ€
 ¢ Eco-activism, Non-Profit Management, NVC\nAll in an inspiring, funct
 ioning biodynamic farm setting!\n\nP.D.C. course dates are:\nMay 9th a
 nd 10th\nJune 13th and 14th\nJuly 11th and 12th\nAugust 13-16th Permac
 ulture camp! (Camping and meals included)\nSeptember 12th and 13th\n\n
 Course meets 9 AM to 5 PM (Bring your own bag lunches on weekend days)
 \n\nField Trips and Additional Hands-On Farm Opportunities throughout 
 the course.\nOptional Saturday Night Potlucks, Permaculture and Eco-Fi
 lms, Camping available.\n\n\nEarly Bird Registration before Earth Day 
 (April 22, 2009): $850\nAfter April 22, Registration: $900\nRegister a
 t www.inspirationfarm.com\n\n---------------------------------\n\nFor 
 more information contact:\nInspiration Farm\ninfo@inspirationfarm.com 
 www.inspirationfarm.com\n619 E. Laurel Rd Bellingham, Wa. 98226 Ph 360
 -398-8227\n\nFor more information visit https://transitionwhatcom.ning
 .com/events/exciting-permaculture-design
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CATEGORIES:re-skilling
LOCATION:Inspiration Farm
WEBSITE:http://www.inspirationfarm.com/IF/PDC.html
URL:http://www.inspirationfarm.com/IF/PDC.html
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER:Bruce Horowitz
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