Fall Permaculture Class Last Call!

[Amber Lehrman]

We will be closing registrations for the fall PDC class on Monday, 8/28.  If you've been thinking about registering, now is the time!

The course meets on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons each week beginning on 9/6/17 at the stone schoolhouse at 13th and Hwy 24 in Jefferson County (about 6 miles northwest of Lawrence on Hwy 24).  We have been busy updating the curriculum to focus more on the practical aspects of designing a permaculture system.  This includes much more focus on the design project, more one on one time with instructors to brainstorm and work through design challenges and more design focused activities in each class.  You will leave the course having created one very in-depth permaculture design and multiple smaller ones which will enable you to approach future designs with a solid understanding of the permaculture design process and a working knowledge of key strategies to be successful in this climate.

If you would like to register or if finances are in issue, please contact Amber Lehrman at jajle...@yahoo.com or by phone or text at 785-393-1572.  KPI does offer scholarships, work trades and/or payment plans to help make this valuable course more accessible.  You can view the detailed syllabus and download a registration form at http://www.kawpermaculture.org/education/ .

This course will bring together an amazing group of instructors with a wonderful breadth of experience and expertise - see below for bios.  We are looking forward to a wonderful and engaging class and we hope to see you there!

Amber Lehrman, MSIE has been a sustainable living educator since 2009 and received her PDC from Midwest Permaculture in 2014.  She and her family are currently building a sustainable, off-grid homestead on 40 acres in Jefferson County where they are applying the principles of permaculture daily.  Amber maintains a blog of her family’s journey at http://thelehrmans.blogspot.com . 

Carol Barta, MLS owns Sunflower Permaculture, an emerging one-acre permaculture homestead in Manhattan, Kansas.  She received her training in permaculture from KPI and Midwest Permaculture.  She has been teaching beginning permaculture classes in Manhattan for 4 years. 

Ben Stallings is a founding member of the Permaculture Research Institute – Cold Climate.  He received his PDC in Fairfield, Iowa and has operated Interdependent Web Urban Farm in Emporia, Kansas since 2008.  He has taught introductory permaculture classes in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.  Learn more…   https://permacultureglobal.org/users/1293-ben-stallings  

Bill Price owns Greenman Farm, a developing permaculture demonstration site in Leavenworth County Kansas.  He is an advocate for sustainable living.  Bill received his PDC in the fall of 2011 through KPI.  Learn more…  https://permacultureglobal.org/users/3516-bill-price

 Laura O’Dell, BA Laura Odell is a local, eco-focused Landscape Designer and mother concerned about ‘climate weirding’.  She uses a creative and heartfelt approach to Permaculture design to address  environmental challenges and local food security.  It is her life goal to increase awareness about Permaculture, make it more accessible to everyone who wants to learn, and hopefully bring it to public schools.  Learn more…  https://permacultureglobal.org/users/9810-laura-odell

 Steve Moring, MA  is the founder of the Kaw Permaculture Collaborative and the Kansas Permaculture Institute.  He owns and manages Vajra Farm, a 45 acre permaculture training site in Jefferson County, KS.  He received his training in permaculture from Midwest Permaculture and has been teaching permaculture courses for the past 7 years.  Learn more….        http://www.permacultureglobal.com/users/1922-stephen-moring