The El Paso Permaculture Group is happy to announce our second 72 hour Permaculture Design certification course will be held on every weekend of August and the first weekend of September. August 2nd, 3rd, August 9th, 10th, August 16th, 17th August 23rd, 24th August 30th, 31st September 6th, and Graduate on 7th Tuition: $600 There is also a class book fee of $45 for a copy of Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison. Also highly recommended is Brad Lancaster’s Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands Vol 1 and Vol 2. To give a high quality educational experience, we limit the size of the class to eighteen participants. PLEASE FILL OUT REGISTRATION FORM, IF ATTENDING https://eventbrite/e/2014-eppg-permaculture-design-course-tickets-12035503515 or call 915 346 3373 for more information. This Permaculture certification course covers all aspects of sustainable design with a Southwest dry-lands flavor, including a balance of hands on experience, classroom time, and design practicum. Course hours are 8:45am - 5pm each day. Dynamic exercises will encourage pattern recognition, bridge links between plants and animals, climate and landforms that make up our natural ecosystems. The course focuses on dry-land communities with a strong urban and semi-rural emphasis, addressing individual site and neighborhood problems, such as drought, soil erosion, and storm water flooding. Permaculture whole-systems thinking will give you skills and knowledge to design and implement fundamental and life-changing resilience into your everyday home, community and beyond. Students will learn to read the landscape to integrate regenerative designs for healthy human settlements. The weekend format of the course makes it easier for people who hold a week day job to attend and promotes better integration of the course material into daily life. Our course closely follows the standard 72 hour format developed by Bill Mollison and others. Course topics include: * Philosophy and ethics of Permaculture * Agroforestry and Forest gardening * Appropriate technology * Eco-friendly house placement and design * Design principles and patterning * Site analysis and mapping * Organic nutrient dense food production * Fermentation biology * Drylands gardening principles * Ecosystem restoration * Regenerative community economics * Soil rehabilitation and erosion control * Village and community design * Water harvesting and management * Drought-proofing * Theory and principles of permaculture * Energy conservation techniques * Ecological pest control * Livestock management * Aquaculture * Windbreaks and fire control * Invisible structures, and many other topics. The classroom site will be set in downtown El Paso Texas and other Permaculture sites in and around the El Paso area. This course is taught and facilitated by Robert Leal, Virgil Esquivel, Paul Hotchkin, Kimberly Shaw, David Williamson, Frank Leal, and Carlo Mendo. Please dont hesitate to write or call with any questions and discounted rates. Be well
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:02:32 +0000
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