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on Permaculture:
Practical steps to creating a permaculture paradise on your property
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sprg: siskiyou permaculture resource group
Sacred Earth Institute invites residents of the Rogue Valley and
surrounding bioregion to join us in learning practical steps for
living these times of oil decline and earth changes. This permaculture
design course will be covering the standard curriculum with a
special emphasis on preparing for a post peak oil future. We will
also be investigating community strategies for building more resilience
into our living systems so we can cope with earth changes and
natural disasters.
Who should attend: Homeowners, farmers,
gardeners, designers landscapers, architects, planners, students
and anyone curious to learn more about permaculture design, systems
thinking, designing more resilient and systainable living systems.
We will also be have some hands-on experience and demonstrations
of existing permaculture designs.
 This
Permaculture Design Certificate Course is an
84 hour intensive survey combining ecological knowledge with practical
skills. The participants will learn permaculture design methodologies
& landcare techniques. The course includes presentations,
discussions, hands-on practice, slide shows, videos and working
in design teams. The design course will be taught over six weekends.
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Permaculture
Design Certificate
This course includes the core 72 hour curriculum of the
Permaculture Institute and on completion one will receive
the Permaculture Design Course Certificate. The PDC Certificate
is the minimum requirement for using the name Permaculture
in design, consulting and educational work. One also becomes
eligible for advanced courses and international convergences.
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COURSE
DATES (2008):
LOCATION:
TBA
COST:
$450
REGISTRATION
& INFO:
The class will be limited to 26 students. To register, print
and complete the registration
form (pdf) and mail it to SPRG, with a deposit of 1/2 of the
course fee.
Course
Registrar for information about the course and registration:
Lisa Almarode: (541) 488-1332
CALENDAR
& COURSE CONTENT: (Subject to changes)
Morning
session 9:00 ~ 12:00 (with midmorning tea break)
Lunch 12:00 ~ 1:00PM Table Talk
Afternoon session 1:00 ~ 5:00 (with mid-afternoon
tea break)
Morning
session 10:00 - 12:00 (with short break)
Lunch 12:00-1:00pm Table Talk
Afternoon session 1:00 — 4:00 (with short break)
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Class
1&2 ~
Introduction to the course and personal introductions.
Permaculture principles, ethics and methodology. Reading
the landscape.
Topics covered: Permaculture
philosophy, ethics and principles. Observation skills, learning
styles, patterns in the landscape, laying out plots and
transects, zone and sector design methodology, mapping,
design project discussion.
Class 3&4 ~
Systems thinking, Water and Soil
Topics covered: Design
process – systems thinking, water catchment systems,
storage and irrigation. Composting, green manure and sheet
mulching. Crops and seeds, guilds. Dams, swales and ponds.
Keyline systems.
Class 5&6 ~
Energy Systems, Social Forestry and Natural Building
Topics covered: Energy,
photovoltaic systems, wind and micro-hydro energy. Tools
usage, solar income vernacular architecture, natural building
and building materials . Ecoforestry/social forestry, wildcrafting
and local culture.
Class 7&8~
Food production systems, gardens and forest gardening
Topics covered: Aquaculture,
grey water, tree crops multi-functional hedgerows and windbreaks.
Greenhouses, plant propagation, edible landscaping, polycultures
and herbology.
Class 9&10 ~
Animals in Permaculture Systems. Eco-villages, and Community
Topics covered: Animals,
micro-livestock, holistic range management and nutrient
looping. Eco-Villages, Urban Permaculture, Invisible structures,
money and community.
Class 11&12 ~
Design Project Presentations. Community building and
Permaculture networking.
Topics covered: Bringing
the teachings into the community. Resources. Where to from
here? Participant design project presentations.
The
Permaculture Design Course Handbook
(which we will provide you) outlines the standard
curriculum. This outline shows the subject sequence
and some new material. Weather permitting we will
have some hands on projects to demonstrate techniques.
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RECOMMENDED
READING:
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
by Toby Hemenway ISBN 1-890132-52-7
In the Presence of Fear
(three essays from Orion magazine)
by Wendell Berry
The One Straw Revolution
by Masanobu Fukuoka
Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual
by Bill Mollison
Tree Crops, A Sustainable Agriculture
by J. Russell Smith
Water for Every Farm
(Keyline water and soil management)
by P. A. Yoemans
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INSTRUCTOR BIOS:
 Andy
Fischer is an ecologist, ecological designer and
plant lover. He has a MS in Environmental Studies from U of
O and has been studying Permaculture and working in various
ecosystems throughout the US and Latin America for 15 years.
Andy is interested in teaching techniques for sustainable living
and developing examples of Permaculture models in southern Oregon.
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 Tom
Ward is an ethno-botanist, eco-forester and PC
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 PC courses at Laney College and D-Q University in California.
He has taught PC Design Courses for 20 years and is based in
Ashland, Oregon, where he has been building Ecotopian culture
for 29 years. |
Siskiyou
Permaculture Resources Group (SPRG) is the local Permaculture
club founded in 1984. http://www.sprg.info
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