Intensive two-week permaculture course coming to the Coastside

Join us for our first annual Permaculture Design Course on the San Mateo Coastside. Participants in this inaugural event will play a critical role in creating a center for Permaculture as well as strengthening the permaculture community in the larger bioregion. Your efforts will help build a legacy of sustainability that will carry on for generations to come.

Permaculture is a holistic approach to land use design based on ecological principles and patterns. It will give participants the inspiration and the skills to apply the tools learned to any situation.

In this 72-hour intensive design course, you will learn tools to create a sustainable future in your backyard and beyond! These tools can be applied to any scale, from dense urban settlements to vast rangeland.

Class: 2-Week Intensive Permaculture Design Course

Instructors: Benjamin Fahrer & Doniga Markegard plus special guest instructors

Location: Tunitas Creek Ranch, Half Moon Bay, CA

Dates: July 7 - 19, 2008

Scholarship Deadline Extended to June 16

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Topics Covered

• Permaculture Principles & Ethics
• Animal Husbandry & Aquaculture
• Reading the Landscape
• Ponds
• Pattern & Pattern Application
• Earthworks and Natural Building
• Zone & Sector Analysis
• Grey Water Systems
• Water Harvesting
• Bioremediation
• Climate and Micro Climate
• Renewable Energy Systems
• Mapping
• Forestry
• Urban Permaculture
• Watershed Management
• EcoVillages
• Soil Rehabilitation & Erosion Control
• Plant Guilds
• Food Forests
• Creating effective designs, drafting strategies and techniques
• Bird Language, Nature Awareness and Tracking Participants will complete a conceptual permaculture design project and participate in a variety of meaningful hands-on activities, including grey water design and the development of an educational Permaculture demonstration site.

Location

The course takes place at Tunitas Creek Ranch, a 250 acre farm and retreat center in northern California’s coastal range outside of Half Moon Bay. The ranch is nestled along the East Fork of Tunitas Creek, 2 miles from the Pacific Ocean. The landscape of the beautiful Tunitas Creek Ranch is made up of riparian corridors, steep slopes, pastures, high ridges, small orchards, and an abundance of native vegetation.

Graduates of the course receive the Permaculture Design Certificate.

Course Fees

Includes camping accomodations and delicious meals

$1250 Tuition, paid in full by June 27
$1100 Early Bird Special, paid in full by June 6
$1000 Family/Partner Discount - Families or partners who take the course together get the second tuition for 20% off
Registration ends June 27, 2008

Scholarships: deadline extended to June 16

We will be able to offer a limited number of full and half-scholarships. For more information, please email [email protected].

Refund Policy

Cancellations up to 2 weeks before the course begins (June 23) will be refunded, excluding a $100 processing fee. No refunds are given after June 23.

How to Apply

Register online and pay via credit card or register and pay via check by downloading a registration form and sending it to the address below:

Permaculture Design Course c/o Conexions 1023 Corporation Way Palo Alto, CA 94924

Information

For questions or additional information, see www.conexions.org/permaculture, contact: Susan Stansbury: 650.938.9300 x11, or email us.

Guest Instructors

Our special guest instructors include Penny Livingston-Stark, James Stark, Brock Dolman, Ken Foster, Heather Flores, Jim Howard, Paul Giacomantonio, Pliny Keep, Rene Keep, Michelle Sauceda, Sky Snyder, Aaron Dinwoody, Susan Osofsky, and others.

Time

Course begins at 10am on July 7th and ends at 6pm July 19.