Permaculture Design Certification
Join our Summer Permaculture Design Certification course running from July 22 through August 7, 2011. This is our ninth internationally recognized certification course. We train people of all backgrounds to mimic natural patterns and principles in their yards, on their land, and in their homes and businesses.
This year’s teaching staff includes Michael Burns, Steve Gabriel, Karryn Olson-Ramanujan, and Rafter Sass, plus guest presenters from the local permaculture community.
Our affordable course highlights hands-on learning in the beautiful rural Cayuta Lake Valley. The class equips students with the a whole systems approach to design and to the principles, techniques, and challenges of permaculture as a system of sustainable design. Our off-grid learning community explores topics such as soil regeneration, water conservation, building ponds and swales, managing woodlots, building natural and efficient homes, utilizing renewable energy, and designing gardens. In addition, we will examine social and economic paradigms, alternatives, and skills for building just and regenerative communities.
We teach through presentations, case studies, and student design projects and exercises. Our student design practicum will inform the final design of the Cayuta Sun Homestead. Instruction is augmented by presentations from local experts, field trips, and games.
Completion of the course earns participants an internationally recognized design certificate.
Topics include: Ethics - Principles - Ecology - Whole Systems - Water - Soils - Pattern - Climate - Earthworks - Forests & Trees - Economics - Governance - Gardening - Waste Treatment - Buildings - Tools - Appropriate Technology - Design Practicum and more…
$1200 tuition includes prepared meals and camping. Register and pay by May 1 and save $150. Sign up and pay by July 1 and save $50.
Please register to attend. Class size is limited. There are no scholarships available.
