Waiheke Permaculture Design Course - May 2009

For the first time since 1987 a Permaculture Design course is happening on Waiheke Island! This is your chance to get the recognised Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) qualification or participate in an introductory course or workshop to get a taste of what permaculture has to offer..

What is permaculture? Permaculture means designing and maintaining a way of life that has the diversity, stability, resilience and self organising qualities of a natural eco-system.

Permaculture is the harmonious integration of land and people in such a way that the needs of food, energy and shelter are met without diminishing the natural world.

Permaculture works with the cycles of nature and is relevant in all human activity.

Our permaculture design certificate course will show you how to:

• be energy autonomous
• provide most of your own food requirements
• build a 120 square metre passive solar home for under $40,000
• create your own compost toilet and grey water wetland system
• avoid the trap of debt
  
  The course covers sustainable living systems for a wide variety of landscapes and climates and includes the following topics
  
  
• Observation of natural systems
• Designing for urban and rural land use
• Strategies for different climates
• How to choose materials for buildings
• Techniques of earth building
• Appropriate energy systems
• Water harvest, storage, reticulation and purification
• Design principles for sustainable industrial production
• Life cycle analysis of products
• Growing food
• Designing gardens, orchards forests and conservation areas
• Composting, worm farms, compost toilets
• Animal management in a permaculture system
• Designing invisible structures (economic, community)
  
  Graduates will be awarded a Permaculture Design Certificate.
  
  Students are invited to bring details of their own sites or potential sites and are encouraged to continue learning after the course by joining the school for the Diploma in Applied Permaculture.
  
  Tutors: New Zealand’s own experienced, cutting edge practitioners, educators for sustainability Jo Pearsall and Bryan Innes and friends. Jo and Bryan have been teaching permaculture design certificate courses since 1996, they are an integral part of the national organisation ‘Permaculture in New Zealand and are the founders/directors of the Ecoshow . They are Trainers for Transition Initiatives.
  
  For more detailed info about courses please contact Katherine on 372 5090 or email waiheke@ooooby.com
  
  Dates and Costs:
  Each day will begin at 9am and finish at 5.30pm approx. 1-day intro 9th May: $70 (deposit $30)
  2-day intro 9-10 May: $100 (deposit $40)
  6-day Intensive 9-14th May: $300 (deposit $100)
  14 Day Certificate* 9-24th May: $775 (deposit $200)
  1 day workshop $60/day (deposit $20)
  
  Workshops
  16th Cob oven building
  17th Creating gardens, growing food
  24th Earthbag building with Neil Decker of Cal-Earth
  
  *The 14 day PDC will begin with an evening introduction session on May 8th.
  Please fill in the registration form below and pay your deposit to secure your place. Your place will not be held until a deposit is received. To pay by direct credit, payments should be made to: 'Living Lightly': Kiwibank 38 9001 016 3021 01 Reference: 'your name' & 'Waiheke'. If you want to pay by cash or cheque please contact Katherine on 372 5090 or e.mail Kat or Georgie at waiheke@ooooby.com.