Hands-On Permaculture Design Course

October 27 – November 9, 2013

with Warren Brush (Quail Springs Permaculture, True Nature Design)  with a team of Quail Springs’ instructors and special guest speakers

Immerse yourself in permaculture in action with this 14-day learning journey!

Share in the joy of community learning together and changing the world.

Take home the ability to design and apply natural principles to create stable and resilient systems that provide food, water, shelter and energy needs while regenerating ecology, community and economy.

Hands-On Permaculture Design Certification Course (PDC) is sponsored by Quail Springs Permaculture, an internationally recognized permaculture education organization.

The grassroots Permaculture movement promotes effective methodologies for attaining sustainability worldwide.

This 2-week course covers the permaculture curriculum for certification, and includes hands-on learning in a diversity of applied topics that lead to sustainability for individuals, families, businesses and communities.

Course Topics include:

Small Scale Food Production – Integrated Pest Mgmt – Composting – Tree Planting – Water Harvesting – Greywater Systems – Compost Toilet Systems – Natural Building – Earthworks – Watershed Restoration  - Appropriate Technology – Beekeeping –BioEngineering – Alternative Economics  - Livestock Care – Goat Milking – Pastured Poultry – Cheese Making – Bread Baking – Saving the Harvest – Community Building – Nature Awareness

Permaculture is a conscious integrated design system based on ecology and sustainability principles to create resource efficient and productive human environments and reduce our footprint on the earth. Permaculture provides a framework for consciously designed landscapes that mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature that provide diversity, stability, and resilience. These systems yield an abundance of shelter, water, energy, and food for the provision of local needs.