Learning to scythe
Jude explains how to use a site level for pond building

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INDEPENDENT COURSE EVAULATION

PERMACULTURE TEACHER TRAINING REVIEW
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21st Annual Lost Valley Educational Center Permaculture Design Course with Jude Hobbs, Rick Valley, & Marisha Auerbach

December 1 - 14, 2011 Near Eugene, OR

Permaculture offers a positive response to the uncertainties of the future. It is a method of design that offers ways for you to create permanent culture by conscious, sustainable use of resources in all aspects of living.

The time to plan for a resilient and prosperous future

is now.

Course Topics Include: * Permaculture Ethics & Principles * Mapping & Design Exercises * Natural Cycles & Pattern Recognition * Observation & Site Analysis * Garden Design & Establishment * Useful Plants & Planting Strategies * Water Harvesting, Management, & Conservation * Soil Building & Ecology * Animals in the System * Forests, Agroforestry, & Tree Crops * Eco-Building & Appropriate Technology * Urban Permaculture & Village Design

* Cooperative Economics

Cost: $1250 including accommodations and prepared organic meals. To register, contact Marisha Auerbach (503) 464-5565 or queenbee@herbnwisdom.com Register now to reserve your space in this inspiring and informative course!

Lost Valley is an intentional community and nonprofit educational center, dedicated to living, learning, and teaching sustainable, ecologically-based culture in Dexter, OR. Our 87 acres in the foothills of the Cascades, 20 miles SE of Eugene, offer forests, a natural meadow, organic gardens, hiking trails, a pond, and a creek. www.lostvalley.org

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University Of Oregon

Permacuture Design Course

Landscape Architecture Department

Graduate and Under Graduate

Winter and Spring Term 2012

Four Credits

Winter: 9:00-5:00

Weekend I: January 21/22

Weekend II: February 11-12

Weekend III: March 10-11

Spring Term: 9:00-5:00

Weekend I: April 7/8

Weekend II: May: 5/6

Weekend III: June: 2/3

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Advanced Permaculture Course in Teaching

OUR EcoVillage Shawnigan Lake  Vancouver Island, BC

March 25/31, 2012

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Wilson Creek Gardens, Cottage Grove Oregon

July 29- August 4, 2012

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Empower Yourself To Advocate For Change Through Whole Systems Design And Teaching.

Jude has taught this course since 2000, and it is modeled after the advanced course in Teaching and Design, she took with world renowned Permaculture Instructors, Max Lindeggar and Lea Harrison in 1990.

In this dynamic and interactive course, you will learn significant teaching techniques to communicate Permaculture principles and strategies in a wide variety of settings.

We encourage your unique talents and demonstrate, through gender balance, diverse teaching modalities via lecture, facilitation, storytelling,

and visual aids.

In this setting of active learning, you will experience essential hands-on practice by preparing and co-teaching several presentations. As a final course project the class will organize, promote and present a workshop to the public: An Introduction to Permaculture. The event will be offered via the Cottage Grove Permaculture Guild.

This is a Certificate Course offered by the Cascadia Permaculture Institute in Collaboration with Permaculture Institute USA

Course Topics Include:

• Philosophy and Ethics of Instruction • Teaching Systems, Principles and Patterns • Adult Learning Styles • Organizing Curriculum and Resources • Presentations and Facilitators Roles • Activities and Utilizing Media • Co-Instructing • Time Management • Planning, Marketing, and Economics • Teaching Venue Logistics • Interns and Apprentices • Evaluations and Feedback • Tips from the Trade • Keeping Up The Spirit • And More

Prerequisite:

Permaculture Design Course Certificate or Instructor’s approval

 

 

 

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"Thank you for the opportunity to take this class. I learned so much and I truly appreciated the fun and dynamic experience. You foster a wonderful learning environment as I can't help but fall in love with a given flower or tree or critter after I see you swoon over it. Your knowledge and passion is contagious and I appreciate what you are doing on so many levels. Thank you for giving me more tools to change the world... and for the hope and proof that we can make a difference." J.L.

In Praise of The Weekend Design Courses

An Article by:
Toby Hemenway and Jude Hobbs

 

 

 

 

Creating Edible Landscapes: Food for All Species

June 23-24, 2012

With Jude Hobbs & Guest

Edible Landscapes include year round beauty, productivity and the enhancement of sustainable practices in any environment. This workshop is designed to learn by doing: Site analysis, followed by designing how trees, shrubs, vines, vegetables, flowers, medicinal and culinary herbs can be established to create diverse polyculture guilds.

Tuition: $225.00 Early registration $15.00 discount by 6/1

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A Women’s Retreat at Wilson Creek Gardens:

A Workshop on Permaculture Design

August 17-19, 2012

With Jude Hobbs

The purpose of this workshop is to create a comfortable, supportive environment for women to learn Permaculture design theory & practice. This is time to relax with like-minded people, enjoy fabulous food, and take home how-to information.

Tuition: $275.00 Early registration $25.00 discount by 8/1

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