Permaculture Design Certification Course: July 17–Aug 2 at Heathcote Community, land

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Permaculture Design Certification Course

July 17 – August 2, 2009

at Heathcote Community

Freeland, land, U.S.

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Including:

PERMACULTURE ETHICS AND PRINCIPLES, MID ATLANTIC REGIONAL SYSTEMS,

LAND ANALYSIS, WATER MANAGEMENT, NUTRIENT RECYCLING, FOREST GARDENING,

GREEN BUILDING, RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS, COMMUNITY AND ECOVILLAGE

DESIGN, LAND TRUST AND ALTERNATIVE ECONOMICS, PERSONAL SUSTAINABILITY,

INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY LIVING

In Partnership With

Dancing Green, Heathcote Community, School of Living, Living Mandala

Facilitators, Teachers & Constants

Dawn Shiner, Stupski, and Special Guests

Course Description

Dancing Green offers the whole Permaculture design course curriculum

as an immersion in educational experiences of integration,

collaboration, consensus, and self-empowerment within the context of

Permaculture land-use design. The 17-day residential immersive allows

you two levels of enhanced focus: (1) the routines of daily life are

set aside, freeing & enhancing your attention, & (2) the process is

predominately collaborative. Whether in micro- or macro-clusters, you

will be living collaboratively and immersed in skill building as we

consciously design the site at hand for the good of the whole.

Course Details

17-days of integrated design immersed in action-learning, assessing

self and land: surveying, mapping, analyzing, designing, implementing,

evaluating feedback and re-designing as needed. Designing ourselves

into nature's patterns, we offer educational experiences of

integration, collaboration, consensus, and self-empowerment within the

context of Permaculture land-use design.

Dancing Green, in a forever-evolving process, developed the

kinesthetic 17-day course to get beyond the limiting linear approaches

precluding holistic education. Adding the hands-on components took our

courses into integrated action-learning for greater empowerment as

systems designers. We have since added a good measure of self-

facilitation skills to increase collaborative harmony and run the

immersion courses as collaborative consensus community. As an organism

we individuate and collaborate. We integrate into place through

kitchen and life's daily chores while we expand everyone's design

parameters to revere the gifts of sun, water, earth and air.

Living intentional community for 17 days, all individuals cooperative

as large and small design clusters. All chores are shared and meals

are vegetarian. Days are structured with input, observation,

brainstorming, research, mapping and designing. Guest presentations by

experienced, local residents and field trips to working sites permeate

the course offering integrated approaches to land, animals and

structures. Those successfully completing the course collaboratively

present their design work and design report to the client and

interested public.

Course Topics Include:

Maps and mapping with seat-of-the-pants engineering skills - soils,

slopes, watershed & hydrology assessment - mid atlantic regional

systems - watershed awareness - Chesapeake Bay status and threats -

assessing and restoring forests and watersheds - wetlands and streams

- regional all-season food systems - annuals to forest gardens -

investing in communication as social currency - communication tools &

techniques as renewable energy - consensus facilitation - conflict

resolution, non-violent communication and trust - nutrient management:

body & soil - techniques & strategies for feeding the soil - nutrient-

rich foods: harvesting, preparing, and eating - water & air:

regeneration & resiliency - forests and reforestation - enhanced

ground water absorption & air purification - rainwater harvesting,

catchment & distribution - thermal patterns & keyline usage -

designing with our allies: the trees, plants & fungi - edible forest

gardens - suntraps and windbreaks - green building as growing living

form - perennial and annual guilds - microbial pathways and

multifunctional systems - personal sustainability: body & soul -

guilds for community & ecovillage design - economics designed for the

good of the whole - engendering regional exchanges of goods & services

- barter systems, local currencies & worknet-exchanges - land trust

and alternative economics for coherent eco-villages - healing

modalities: reiki to deep tissue massage - art of colour & DNA re-

patterning - wild plant identification walks - personal space and

reflection - appropriate scale & energy needs - hand scythes, pedal

power, & ram pumps - passive solar absorption & convection - bio-geo-

thermal conditioning - biodiesel, ethanol, methane - animal

communities & everyone's needs - chicken tractors, rotational grazing,

wildlife forage patterning - IPM as intentional community living -

pollination and insect habitat, pests & predators relationships - eco-

social design of healthy human habitat - natural interface of shelter

and immediate outside habitat - growing functional living form and

future dwellings - interconnected systems for health & ease - building

intentional neighborhoods and community

Site Details - Heathcote Community

Heathcote is an intentional community of 12 adults and 4 children

living cooperatively on 110 wooded acres in northern Baltimore County,

on land held in trust with the School of Living since 1965. We have

several organic gardens, hiking trails, stream-side hammocks, and a

new strawbale residence featuring many aspects of green design and

natural building. We strive to live sustainably and share with others

through education and service. www.heathcote.org

Tuition & Registration

Course Tuition is $1500 U.S. dollars, which includes instruction,

lodging, and 3 delicious, nutritious, and locally grown meals a day

for the duration of the course - 17 days. Participants who

successfully complete the course will receive a Permaculture Design

Certificate.

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Certification Applicability

Participants who successfully complete the course will receive a

Permaculture Design Certificate. Design Certification is applicable

towards Gaia University Degree Programs.

Contacts & More Information

Course information – Dawn Shiner: - dgdawnshiner@...

Site Information and administration – Stupski: -

karen@...

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Job Opportunities: Cross Pollinators

Start supporting sustainable progress & regenerative educational

initiatives! Help us to spread the word about this course and others

and earn money!

We are looking for " Cross-Pollinators " or Affiliate Marketing

Ambassadors to help spread the word about our affiliated courses,

workshops, and events to strengthen our network and to further empower

regenerative educational initiatives on the planet.

This job includes posting information about our upcoming courses,

workshops, and events on-line on social networks, websites, blogs,

etc; identifying and sending emails to listserves; and building

relationships with resonant groups and organizations. Cross-

Pollinators should be experienced with internet navigation and social

networking, have proficient writing and communication skills, have

their own computer and internet access, and be able to work from their

home, office, or local coffee shop. Compensation is based on

performance and results, and will be given based on referrals that

come in from the scope of the outreach efforts made. Referral's range

anywhere from $25 - $250 per course.

For details e-mail: affiliates@...