Permaculture Design Certification Course

CANCELED FOR 2008

Join Aprovecho for a fourteen day, 72+ hour Permaculture Design Certificate Course with Tao Orion of Aprovecho and other local instructors (soon to be announced).

Aprovecho is a working demonstration of the ideas of human-scale technologies in practice. From our wood-fired outdoor kitchen and bathhouse, to our bountiful organic gardens, to our buildings made from locally harvested materials, Aprovecho offers an opportunity to see many of the principles of Permaculture in action.

Course topics include: Permaculture ethics and principles, design process, observation and site analysis, water catchment, organic gardening, plant ID, edible landscaping, animal husbandry, agroforestry, appropriate technology, eco-building, village economics, urban strategies, and more!

Aprovecho was founded nearly 30 years ago with the intention of developing appropriate technologies to meet the needs of daily life. Today it is a site dedicated to putting these techniques into practice while maintaining a dynamic on-site community and educational center that hosts people from across the country and throughout the world for its internship programs and other workshops. Enjoy garden fresh, delicious, organic food from our kitchen, a shower in our wood/solar heated bath house, and explore the beauty of our sustainably managed forest .

Cost: $1,000 - $1,400 (sliding scale). Includes instruction, housing, meals, and all class materials. Click here to enroll online or by post.

Housing in our strawbale dorm is available to the first 10 applicants. Camping sites are available for all others (if you would rather camp then stay in the dorm, you are welcome to).

Looking to further enhance your learning experience? Stay for our Fall Internship Program beginning immediately after the Permaculture Design Course.