From Pikes Peak Permaculture:
“Through the Seasons” Permaculture Design Course
April-November, 2014
Course Dates and Times: One weekend a month for an 8-month run, starting the third weekend in April and continuing every third weekend through November. The class will meet from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 19-20, May 17-18, June 14-15, July 19-20, August 16-17, Sept. 20-21, Oct. 18-19 and Nov. 15-16, 2014.
Location: Various sites in the Colorado Springs area and Pikes Peak Region – a different site each weekend!
Program: Facilitated by Sara Foster, exceptional instructors will come from all over the state to teach and share valuable information to help you to understand and apply permaculture to everyday living. We will have interesting field trips, educational hands-on projects, inspiring lectures and opportunity to take what you’ve learned into the community.
Each student will participate in designing a site using the skills being learned. We will cover such topics as ecosystems and forestry, rainwater harvesting, small animal husbandry, bee keeping, vermicomposting, food forests and growing food, appropriate technology, urban permaculture, greenhouse design, aquaculture, community building and more!
More Information: Please email Sara Foster, sweetsara116 at yahoo.com.
Meals: The course will provide all meals, beverages and snack foods. We will do our very best to accommodate dietary preferences and restrictions. If your diet is restricted, you may want to bring some food to supplement our efforts. To date, we have been very successful in this area.
Tuition
$1,150 by 3/16/14
$1,200 after 3/16/14
Tuition includes course material, textbook “The Permaculture Handbook” by Peter Bane, delicious food, and access to Pikes Peak Permaculture resources.
Financing the Course
Full payment is due with registration. There is a $100 cancellation fee and no refunds after 3/30/14.
Several work/study half-scholarships are available based on skills and financial need. Student loans are available from the Permaculture Credit Union. There may be scholarships available. Please see “Financing the Course” for more details.
Registration: Click here for a registration form you can print out and mail.
Payment can be made by check or through the Pikes Peak Permaculture website. See Pikes Peak Permaculture website for more details.
Residential Permaculture Design Course
June 15-28, 2014
Course Dates and Times: Sunday evening June 15, 2014 through Saturday afternoon, June 28.
Sunday, June 22, is a “free day” for your own time and pleasures.
Location: Aspen Valley Ranch, Woodland Park (Pikes Peak Region, Central Colorado)
Program: Renowned Permaculturists Peter Bane (The Permaculture Handbook) and Marco Lam will join Becky Elder and Sara Foster for what will be the first residential permaculture course offered in the Pikes Peak Region (our fifth design certification course to date)! The course offers a wonderful mix of classes with top-notch instructors and exceptional guest speakers. We cover a broad spectrum of subjects, from ethics and principles to natural systems, soil and herbs to forestry, food systems to natural building, urban permaculture to the invisible structures of our human culture.
A residential course offers immersion into permaculture. Living on site with the instructors allows for outside class conversations and connections. Experiences will include engaging site visits, hands-on projects and an actual design-team final project. Camping in the aspen meadow, you will awaken to the north face of Pikes Peak every morning!
We invite you to join us for this fabulous course. Get inspired, get certified!
More Information: Please email Becky Elder at rselder at comcast.net.
Meals: The course will provide all meals, beverages and snack foods. We will do our very best to accommodate dietary preferences and restrictions. If your diet is restricted, you may want to bring some food to supplement our efforts. To date, we have been very successful in this area.
Tuition (textbook included)
$1,400 if registered by 4/1/14
$1,500 after 4/1/14
Financing the Course
Full payment is due with registration. There is a $100 cancellation fee and no refunds after 5/30/14.
Several work/study half-scholarships are available based on skills and financial need. Student loans are available from the Permaculture Credit Union. There may be scholarships available. Please see “Financing the Course” for more details.
Registration: Click here for a registration form you can print out and mail.
Payment can be made by check or through the Pikes Peak Permaculture website. See Pikes Peak Permaculture website for more details.