Permaculture Fundamentals Weekend at Earthdance

Permaculture uses ecology as the basis for designing integrated systems of food production, housing, appropriate technology, and community resilience.

In this weekend fundamentals course we’ll cover definitions, history, ethics, and principles & techniques. The Earthdance campus will be our canvas as we learn permaculture design by exploring and creating a design concept for Earthdance.

You will walk away with:

* A framework for understanding the connections between social and ecological health

* A method for designing abundant solutions that you can apply in your own landscapes

* Hands on techniques for promoting soil, water and personal healing.

Tuition: $200/$250/$300; Room & Board: $250

Faculty

Lisa DePiano

Lisa DePiano is a certified permaculture designer/teacher and faculty member for the Yestermorrow Design/Build School and the University of Massachusetts. She co-founded of the Montview Neighborhood Farm, a human powered urban-farm and edible forest garden in the Connecticut River Valley, and rode with the worker-owned collective Pedal People where she helped to shape the compost to farm program.

She received her masters degree in Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts and loves working with communities to create the world they want to live in. She currently runs the Mobile Design Lab which specializes in participatory community design and placemaking.
Registration is open NOW:

http://earthdance.net/calendar/2012/04/permaculture-fundamentals

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