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  Permaculture is a vision, design system, and global movement that draws on patterns and principles found in nature to meet human needs, while regenerating the natural world and creating abundance we can share. This weekend permaculture design course moves from principles and patterns to details in a supportive, respectful and collaborative atmosphere to promote rapid learning of whole systems design. The course is centered on experiential learning and hands-on skill building, including local field trips where we will see theory in action. It covers the internationally recognized 72-hour permaculture curriculum with an additional focus on social permaculture, community building and organizing. The course concludes with a design practicum, where participants will work in small groups to develop a design for the course client.

  This course is structured in twelve weekend day sessions, allowing full-time workers, students and people with families more flexibility to participate. Successful completion of this course will earn participants an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate.

  Our graduates leave ready apply what they’ve learned in their backyards, businesses and communities!

  Topics include:
  Permaculture principles & ethics
  Reading the Landscape & Understanding Natural Cycles
  Urban Homesteading
  Forest Gardening
  Water Harvesting
  Soil Regeneration
  Creative Waste Cycling
  Micro-livestock
  Energy & Building Systems
  Social Permaculture
  Food Systems Planning
  Cooperative Economics
  Design for Climate Change
  Community Building & Organizing
  Aquaculture
  Soil Regeneration & Land Restoration
  Design Projects, Methods, & Tools

2016 PDC

In 2015 we’ll be offering TWO Farm-Based

Permaculture Design Certification Courses

 June 20 – July 2, 2015           and           July 19- 31, 2015

This world-reknown course fills early!  Please clear your schedule and confirm your space now.

We are excited to announce that as the only Fully Accredited Permaculture Institute in Vermont

we have secured full scholarships for income eligible Vermont State residents.

Scholarship applicants should be in touch with as much notice as possible.

The 2014 summer course was a blast with students coming from across the country and with a wide variety of backgrounds and intended applications for permaculture design!    Stay tuned for photos, design work, and student comments- students’ final designs ranged from farms to apartments, communities, and businesses in a wide variety of ecological contexts.

Unlike all other Permaculture Design Certification courses- students work to create both collaborative and individual designs, allowing the opportunity to practice the design process twice, work with real-world clients and sites, as well as developing ideas for your ownsites, bioregions, and specific interests with professional guidance.   Students’ final individual design presentations are from a wide geographical and cultural diversity- ranging from 100+ acre farms, to vacant-lot community gardens, to natural building renovation, ‘renter’s permaculture’ apartment / urban strategies, and more!   The balance between collaborative and individual work, combined with the diverse students we attract make each design a highlight, and broaden our collective experience and practice.  This ‘two-design’ format, increasingly being used by other courses and other instructors, is Prospect Rock Permaculture‘s unique innovation to augment the requirements of an fully accredited and internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certification Course.

Read below for more course details and the old flyers.  Click here for more information about the Registration Process.

Beginning May 29th
Center for Bioregional Living Presents
Permaculture Design Certification
with Andrew Faust, Lisa DePiano, and Adriana Magaña
In Ellenville, NY 2 hours from NYC
Register Today! Contact@Homebiome.com

Learn to use the patterns of nature to create empowering solutions for social and ecological change!

In-depth lectures, excellent field trips, and plenty of hands-on learning will cover ecological design, natural building, organic gardening & Biodynamics, green economies, herbology, fermentation, nutrition and much more.

All classes 10am – 5pm
May 29, 30, 31
June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21
July 10, 11, 12

Tuition $1000 no meals or $1200 with incredible meals
Includes beautiful off-grid camping and incredible meals!

Register Today! Contact@Homebiome.com

Drawing on the wisdom of ecological systems and indigenous knowledge, permaculture offers us a vision, design approach, and tools to create a world of health and abundance. Increased inclusion and support of leadership and perspective from women of diverse backgrounds is vital to this vision.

In this unique and innovative program, we explore diversity and leadership while building our confidence. We practice teaching permaculture for various formats, from introductory workshops, special topics, and short courses, to the core permaculture design certificate course.

Using the permaculture principles as our guide, we work from patterns to details in a supportive and collaborative atmosphere. Participants walk away with a teaching toolbox, including:

• How to use permaculture principles and ethics in our teaching
• Teaching techniques for different learning styles, audiences, and venues
• How to work effectively as a teaching team
• Best practices in planning, marketing, and evaluating courses
• A comprehensive manual of resources and teaching materials
• Access to a network of teachers and practitioners from around the globe

Participants design and teach a permaculture topic of their choice with personalized feedback from instructors who have more than 30 combined years of teaching experience.

While permaculture design practices are typically applied to creating productive homes and agricultural land, permaculture design ethics and principles, when applied at the broader scales of community, regional, and urban planning, have a great impact on creating a human environment with ecological integrity. Starting with a clear understanding of the mistakes and challenges inherent in our present economy – including petroleum dependence and extreme weather — this course focuses on how to redirect our society and its infrastructure back into alignment with the earth’s natural cycles, one region at a time. Ideal for architects, regional and city planners, community organizers, land trusts, watershed groups and local food advocates, this course will provide participants with the vision and tools for coordinating and synthesizing efforts for improving regional economies and the quality of life for future generations.

Come make history as we plant one of the first Edible Forest Gardens on town hall property in the country! Three years in the making the Wendell Food Forest will provide food, store carbon and build soil for years to come.

We will cover: 
Laying out and digging swales on contour
Using permaculture principles and ethics in design
Establishment techniques for slopes
The benefits of creating and planting hugelkultur mounds

What to bring: 
Water
Sunscreen
Gloves
Closed toed shoes
Shovels

Free and Open to the Public

Please RSVP to this site!

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Mobile Design Lab