Upcoming Events at La'akea Community for June and July
Advanced Registration Required for all the classes listed below.
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June 18th, 9:00am - 4:00pm
A Huna Perspective on Living Sustainably
The ancients had many principles and skills to help them create
harmony and balance in their environment. Understanding our
relationship with the plants, animals, land and each other is an
essential part of sustainability. Come join us as we explore these
ancient and modern skills that put us into a more powerful position
to take care of the land and ourselves.
La'akea Community, between mile markers 14 & 15 on Hwy 130 just
past Pahoa, Puna
Contact: Tracy via tracy@pemaculture-hawaii.com
or (808) 443-4076
Extra Information: Stewart Blackburn will be our instructor. A
delicious, local lunch is included.
Cost: $55/day
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6/15 - 7/13
Summer Internship -Participants
will enjoy 16 workshops, half focused on permaculture and the other
half on communication/interpersonal skills. This is in addition to
daily participation in community life and immersion in permaculture
modalities. The fee for the month is $675.
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Permaculture-
Thursdays, from 2:30-4:30pm, meet at the Main House
$20/class or advanced work trade Contact: Tracy Matfin
<tracy@permaculture-hawaii.com> 443-4076, for more information
6/16 - Connections: Permaculture Concepts to Increase Ease and Joy.
This class is a general introduction to permaculture; ethics,
principles, sectors and zones.
6/23 - Creating Harmony: The Design Process. Come learn a simple
cycle and hear personal accounts of using the design process.
6/30 - Health Thanks to the Land: Local Herbal Medicinals. Learn
about healthy tonics and specific plants for tropical ailments.
7/7 - Healthy Soils = Healthy Plants and People. This class
includes the study and use of Indigenous Micro-Organisms.
Mondays, from 9:30-4:30, meet at the Main House
These classes are designed as Hands on the Land Learning
Environments. Bring work gloves if you have them and wear sturdy
shoes and clothes you do not mind getting dirty!
$20/class includes your lunch, or free if you bring your own lunch.
Contact: Tracy Matfin <tracy@permaculture-hawaii.com>
443-4076, for more information
6/20 - Tropical Edible Landscaping. Learn about creating guilds
using permaculture principles.
6/27 - Animals, Including Us! In Permculture Systems. This class
explores the roles of animals, including their manures. We have
experience with sheep, chickens, rabbits, & humans.
7/4 - Water and Health. Learn some basic plant pathology and
discuss water utilization.
7/11 - Hands on Healthy Soils. Sheet mulching, orchard maintenance,
compost teas and more ways to use Indigenous Micro-Organisms.
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6/21, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12
Tuesdays 2-5pm : Main House
Wholistic Peer Support Training
- Explore how emotions and thinking effect each other, how to give
good attention, how emotions get stored and can be released, how to
maintain good psychic boundaries, learn basic meditation of various
types, grounding, and centering. Cost: $15- $25 sliding
scale/session. Intro is free if you do not take the whole class.
Part trade possible. Returning students 1/2
price Contact: Molly Miller
<modatree@yahoo.com> 968-7141, for more information
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6/22, 6/29, 7/6, 7/13
Wednesdays 2:15- 4:30pm : Main House
Social Permaculture Classes
Community Living Skills
-Our goal of creating and maintaining sustainable living systems
requires, co creating, and working together to utilize everyone's
talents. In this process many of us receive the gift of looking at
our shadow sides which cause conflict in ourselves and with others.
Feelings such as greed, envy, pride, anger, deceit and fear can
arise. These classes focus on understanding ourselves, taking
responsibility for our feelings and communicating openly with
truth. We will utilize Marshal Rosenberg's Non violent
communication method. Cost: $20, advance
work trade possible. Contact: Tracy Matfin
<tracy@permaculture-hawaii.com> 443-4076, for more information