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.
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