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March 24-25. Introduction to Permaculture
Ethics, principles, and current applications in the Puget Sound bioregion. Learn the important language of sustainable-design-thinking and the beginning steps for it's application in your life. Teachers: Josho Somine, Kelda Miller, Albert Postema.

April 14-15. Mapping and Design
Weave observations into useful base maps and learn how permaculture design creates truly self-reliant systems. Bring as much information about your site as you can! Teachers: Heidi Bohan, Josho Somine, Albert Postema.

May 19-20. Edible Abundance
Use planning and species choice to create edible forest gardens and polycultures. Also learn the basics of plant propagation and maintenance, landscaping, grafting/orchards. Teachers: Kelda Miller, Heidi Bohan, Albert Postema.

June 9-10. Healthy Soils
Learn bioremediation techniques, mushrooms, composting, hugelkulture, and how to heal our soils. The Wise Earth site has been harshly managed in its pre-permaculture past; has yours been too? Teachers: Kelda Miller, Josho Somine, Albert Postema.

July 7-8. Appropriate Technology and Housing
Get energy we need through smart use of resources: conservation, 'passive' technologies, solar/wind/hydro electricity, homemade fuels. And the next day, the building basics of natural and/or 'green' structures; what are they and what is appropriate for your site. Teachers: Emily Heindsmann, Josho Somine, Albert Postema.

August 11-12. Living in the Forest
Permaculture in the Puget Sound. Learn wildcrafting, ethnobotany, agroforestry, and traditional land-use management techniques that are being forgotten. Ecological restoration with the Permaculture touch. Teachers: Heidi Bohan, Kelda Miller, Albert Postema.

September 8-9. Water and Clean Watersheds
Saving and using water on your site through swales, catchments, and potable filtrations. Also, learn the technologies that sustainably manage stormwater, greywater, and blackwater. Teachers: Kelda Miller, Josho Somine, Albert Postema.

September 29-30. Community Design
City repair, social justice, landtrusts, ecovillages, halting urban sprawl, and rewilding the whole bioregion. Also, exciting alternatives to destructive economics systems. Teachers: Kelda Miller,Emily Heindsmann, Albert Postema.