Urban Permaculture Design Course
Moccasin Lake Nature Park
2759 Park Trail Lane,Clearwater, Florida
Seven Weekends from February 18 through 15 April 2012
9 AM – 5 PM
February 18-19, 2012
Learn to design your life to live more sustainably and regeneratively. This course is a comprehensive look at all aspects of sustainable living. Students who successfully complete the course receive a certificate of completion.
Moccasin Lake Nature Park is 50 acres of wilderness in the middle of one of the most densely populated areas on the east coast. This city park is a budding demonstration site for sustainable living and practices with solar power, compost toilets and a windmill water pump and filter. This class will be designing a permaculture food system and other permaculture systems for this park – a historic opportunity to be a part of creating a permaculture public space for this area!
Based on feedback from students we’ve expanded the course to seven weekends to allow more time for field trips and hands on activities. Planned activities include cob building, hands on gardening, water catchment, design tools, and more. We’ve added many new hand outs, some dynamic new expert instructors, and assistants who can help ensure you get your questions answered.
Instructors:
Koreen Brennan
Ken Benway
Guest instructors:
Jungle Jay (appropriate technology inventor)
Robert Kurzon, PhD (soils scientist)
Bryan Roberts (green builder)
Amy Kedron (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies)
Marie Nelson, PhD (time bank, financial permaculture)
More to be announced
Sliding scale, work study, senior and student rates and payment plans available, please contact us for details.
Weekend One: Permaculture principles and design
Learn to work with nature, instead of against her. You’ll learn how to think with natural design in any setting or circumstance.
You will be able to immediately apply this to your life to increase abundance in your life and quality of life.
The first morning of this course is FREE!
Learn what permaculture is and can do for your life and your community.
February 25-26, 2012 Tampa Bay Area
Weekend Two: Secrets of the natural world – energy patterns of trees, water, land
How to bring the magic of nature into every aspect of an urban environment through conscious design
March 3-4, 2012 Tampa Bay Area
Weekend Three: Growing food sustainably and abundantly
Work with nature instead of against her to create abundant gardens and “food forests” that need little work to keep up.
Includes gardening in apartments, aquaculture, community gardening, urban farming, making a living through growing food.
March 17-18, 2012 Tampa Bay Area
Weekend Four: Optional – Field Trips and Hands On Activities
Time to give your mind a rest and get your hands busy. See what is going on locally that will impact our future and define careers and purpose.
Gain the ability to see the real deal and why you have chosen to learn more about Permaculture from one of the best.
March 24-25, 2012 Tampa Bay Area
Weekend Five: The built environment and appropriate technology
Learn to retrofit your built environment to reduce costs and help the environment; learn about cutting edge “green building” and how to solve problems of the built environment yourself, with creative, low cost or no cost solutions.
March 31- April1, 2012 Tampa Bay Area
Weekend Six: Culture and education, finance & economics as people care
Economies should serve people, not the other way around. We will share specific successful actions that can be replicated in our community.
Create right livelihood using the laws of nature.
April 14-15, 2012 Tampa Bay Area
Weekend Seven: The power of community
Creating community is rewarding and efficient. Learn simple techniques to create or participate in intentional community, co-housing, community gardening, and positive activism.
You can sign up for any single weekend for $190, $175
early bird (before Jan 25). We cover many specifics that you can take home and apply immediately.
(see Paypal button below to pay)
Course is $1050, $950 early bird rate if paid by Feb 1, 2012
Student and senior rates, sliding scale and work study rates available. Payment plans also available. Includes materials, field trip fees, etc.
You can pay via PayPal (you don’t need a PayPal account) below or contact us.
For more information and to register, please contact:
■Bob Lawrason at rlawrason@aol.com or 727-831-5832
■Cory Brennan at cory@permacultureguild.us or 818-731-4706
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