Permaculture Design Course at La'akea Community starts this Saturday – Sign up for all or just join us for the day. See Details Below!
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Designing For
Sustainability and
Food Security
Permaculture
Design
Course at La'akea Community
Two weekends/month: Oct 12-13 & 19-20, Nov 2-3
& 16-17, Dec 7-8 &
14-15, 2013
Acquire skills for local food security and create
resilient home systems
Learn underlying whole systems ecological design
processes and techniques,
tools and methodologies
Immerse yourself in a permaculture based
intentional community
Weekend
course meeting schedule for working island residents
On island instructors and presenters
Get professional support for your own design projects as
part of the course
Develop relationships with island neighbors and established
organizations and
professionals
Full course fee - $897
$50 discount for two or more registering together with full
deposit
Registration and full details:
http://permaculture-hawaii.com
or contact Tracy@permaculture-hawaii.com
for more information.
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Day
Classes: Join us
for one or more. $10
discount for
each additional class you register for.
24 hr. advance registration required. Fee includes
delicious &
nutritious lunch with locally grown produce!
Oct.12th, 10:30 – 5pm Foundations of Permaculture $75
Intro to
Permaculture: Philosophy
and Ethics, intro to
Ecology, Patterns, La’akea Site Tour providing examples of the
Permaculture
Principles. Seed
saving and GMOs
with Lyn Howe & Geoff Rouch.
Oct. 13 th 10:30-3:30 Cultivated and Wild Ecologies $75
Ecosystems
&
biodiversity, Canoe plants, nutrient cycling, compost, cover
crops, mulch,
nitrogen fixers, hands–on coppicing activity.
Oct. 19th 9:30-5pm Whole Systems Design $100
Whole
systems design, design
processes, zones & sectors, ahupua’a, mapping, surveying,
body metrics,
climate profiles, slope & orientation.
Oct. 20th 9:30-3:30 Soil Over and Under $75
Geology,
soil
structure/ecology/fertility, mushrooms, nutrient teas, natural
farming, soil
testing & assessment, Hands-on Hugelkultur, mulching.
Nov 2nd 9:30-3:30 Utilizing Water on the Landscape $75
Watershed,
keyline design,
ponds & dams.
Nov. 3rd 9:30-3:30 Plants in our Landscapes $75
Land
restoration, botany
& plant id, forestry & forest gardens, orchards &
polycultures,
edible landscaping, guilds.
Nov. 16th 9:30-3:30 Animals as Part of System Design $75
Animal
husbandry &
livestock; microlivestock, IPM, bees & pollinators, plant
pathologies &
plant propagation techniques.
Nov. 17th 9:30-3:30 Tropical, Dryland, Temperate Strategies $75
Dryland
techniques vs.
tropical & subtropical, cold & mediterranean, carbon
farming, gray
water, humanure.
Dec. 7th 9:30- 5:30 pm Social Permaculture, Invisible Structures $100
Green
business, alternative
finance, legal structures, “everything I want to do is
illegal” FIELD TRIP in
the afternoon to Lyn & Geoff’s farm & Clive’s farm. See a small scale family
subsistence farm
and learn about soil building with Clive.
Dec. 8th 9:30-12:30 Human Settlements $50
Historical
patterns, urban
permaculture, village design, community panel with
representatives from local
communities in Puna.
Dec. 14th 9:30– 3:30 Appropriate Technology $75
Natural
building, home
retrofitting.