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Permaculture Design Course: Connecting Food, Health The Environment

Permaculture is a design framework that applies natural patterns to human systems to create sustainable settlements harmoniously integrated with the environment. It uses ecological principles to combine food and energy production, shelter, and community development similar to natural ecosystems. Toby Hemenway is an expert in permaculture and author of the best-selling book Gaia's Garden, and teaches 72-hour permaculture design courses through Soil Born Farms. Their upcoming courses run from October to March and cover principles of permaculture design and strategies for food and energy security.

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Permaculture Design Course: Connecting Food, Health The Environment

Permaculture is a design framework that applies natural patterns to human systems to create sustainable settlements harmoniously integrated with the environment. It uses ecological principles to combine food and energy production, shelter, and community development similar to natural ecosystems. Toby Hemenway is an expert in permaculture and author of the best-selling book Gaia's Garden, and teaches 72-hour permaculture design courses through Soil Born Farms. Their upcoming courses run from October to March and cover principles of permaculture design and strategies for food and energy security.

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What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is a revolutionary design framework that applies natures


patterns to human systems. It uses ecological principles to integrate
food and energy production, shelter, and community development.
Its aim is the creation of sustainable human settlements that are
harmoniously woven into the environment and that have the diversity,
stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems.
Toby Hemenway is the author of Gaias Garden: A Guide to
Home-Scale Permaculture, the best-selling permaculture book in the
world for the past eight years. He has been an adjunct professor at
Portland State University, Scholar-in Residence at Pacic University,
and has taught over sixty 72-hour permaculture design courses.
Soil Born Farms American River Ranch
2140 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Permaculture
Design Course
Course Dates & Location
Oct. 25 and 26 Jan. 31 and Feb. 1
Nov. 22 and 23 Feb. 28 and Mar. 1
Jan. 3 and 4 Mar. 28 and 29
Early Bird Special:
$
995
After September 25:
$
1,100
Payment of
$
300 reserves your space.
Register: www.soilborn.org
Limited nancial aid and work-trade opportunities
available. Requested skills include photography,
videography/video editing. Contact Sarah Barnes,
Education Coordinator, at sbarnes@soilborn.org or
(916) 252-6695. More info about permaculture and
course contents, visit www.patternliteracy.com.
Course Topics include:
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Permaculture Principles & Methods
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Urban Permaculture & Village Design
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Food & Energy Security
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Regenerative Economics
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Soil Ecology & Rehabilitation
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Water Harvesting Methods
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Food Forest Design & Installation
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Green Business Networks & Strategies
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Natural Cycles & Pattern Literacy
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Site Analysis & Assessment
Taught by Toby Hemenway with guest instructors including Larry Santoyo, Michael Becker, Janine
Bjornson, and Tom Ward, this course offers 72 hours of instruction over six weekends, October
through March. Recommended for homeowners, farmers, gardeners, homesteaders, design profes-
sionals, community leaders and activists. If you are looking for the tools and strategies to create
a sustainable future, this course is for you. Upon successful course completion, participants will
receive a Permaculture Design Certicate from the Permaculture Institute, USA.
edible city initiative
Toby Hemenway
www.patternliteracy.com
www.soilborn.org
l connecting food, health & the environment

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