Permaculture Design Certification Course
August 20 - September 3
(you may have seen the end date as Sept. 23 on our posters. That was a missprint)
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Join Aprovecho for a fourteen day, 72+ hour Permaculture Design Certificate Course.
Classes Include: - Design Methods - Pattern Understanding - Climactic Factors - Trees and Forests - Intensive Food Production Systems - Water - Soils - Earthworks, Ponds, and Swales - The Humid Tropics - Dry land Strategies - Humid Cool to Cold Climates - Aquaculture - The Strategies of an Alternative Nation
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Instructors:
Tao Orion & Abel Kloster
Aprovecho
Devon Bonady
Fern Hill Nursery
Jude Hobbs
Cascadia Permaculture Institute
Rick Valley
Lost Valley
Tobias Policha
Institute of Contemporary Ethnobotany
Susie Phelps
Clinical Herbalist
Char Rowland
Kootenai Permaculture Institute
+ others
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: $1,100 - $1,600 (sliding scale). Includes instruction, housing, meals, and all class materials. If you are planning on staying off-site, the cost for the course is $750 - $1,250 (sliding scale) and includes instruction and lunch. 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? You can also participate in our Sustainable Living Skills internship program, offered both before and after the Permaculture course.