Permaculture Action Skills Course in Santa Cruz, CA
Ryan Rising
Permaculture Action Skills Course: http://www.permacultureaction.org/santacruzskillscourse/
Join us for the Permaculture Action Skills Course in the Santa Cruz mountains August 14th-20th for a 5-day Intensive highlighting Ecological and Social Permaculture Principles and Practices, Hands-on Skills, and Community Organizing. We will put theory into action onsite and empower you with tools to be an active part of the transition to a more regenerative world. We will gather in a thriving off-grid land-based community that overlooks the ocean as we listen and observe the natural world, and learn theories, methods and hands-on skills to create greater ecological sustainability and social justice today and for future generations.
Learn more and Register at: http://www.permacultureaction.org/santacruzskillscourse/
Course Dates: August 14th through 20th, 2015
Course Location: Dharma Ridge, Santa Cruz Mountains, CA
Course Teachers: Ryan Rising, David Shaw, Tali Weinberg, Giovanni Marden, Leiah Lauren Borowsky, Lydia Neilsen
Stepping up to Organize for a Better World
Following the Permaculture Action Tour in 2014 with music producer The Polish Ambassador, people across the country have been stepping up to become organizers and to practice permaculture. Those of us who organized the tour are getting consistent requests to organize more Permaculture Action Days, to teach workshops and courses on regenerative ecology and permaculture design, and to train people in how to facilitate effective community projects. This course is largely designed in response to these requests. If you want to learn more about permaculture and ecological design, how to effectively communicate and teach its principles, how to implement regenerative systems, and how to organize in community to effectively move people to action, initiate these projects, and bring them to fruition, this is the course for you.
The Permaculture Action Skills Course will highlight:
*Permaculture Principles, Ethics and Design methods
*Reading patterns in the landscape
*Sector and Zone Analysis
*Seed Saving
*Soil Science
*Tree Grafting
*Compost Building
*Rocket Stoves
*Site Assessment/Landscape Design
*Rainwater Harvesting
*Water Management
*Irrigation
*Renewable Energy Technology
*Cob and Natural Building Methods
*Alternative Economics
*Collaborative Group Dynamics
*Decision Making Processes
*Conflict Resolution
*Social Change Tools
*Community Living Design
*Bird Language
*Nature Awareness Skills
*5 Element Qi Gong and Meditation will be offered Several other aspects of whole systems design will be explored. With a focus on catalyzing social transformation, you will learn techniques for regenerating ecology and community building through action-oriented organizing. You will also have the daily opportunity to enhance your awareness of the natural world and human interconnection through observation of ecological patterns and those of your inner ecosystem. This course is for people living in any ecosystem from urban to rural – students, backyard gardeners, landowners, farmers, landscapers, builders, changemakers, and social justice advocates. The course is a launching pad for people bringing integrated design solutions to the challenges we face in life, work, and the dominant social and ecological models. With experts in their respective fields teaching Rainwater Harvesting, Compost and Soil Building, Earthworks, Natural Building, Community Organizing, and much more, this course will leave you with the practical tools to actually start building the world you want to live in.
Course is limited to 25 participants! Register here: http://www.permacultureaction.org/santacruzskillscourse/