Course Outline

Weekends beginning April 30 thru June 25

No class memorial day weekend, May 28-29

Class is from 9am to 5pm each day. Evening activities are optional.

Topics covered:

• Mollison's Curricullum
• Ethics, Principles & Practices*
• Pattern Language & Design Methodologies*
• Soil, Ecology, Succession & Bio/Mycoremediation*
• Natural Farming
• Integrated Pest Management
• Gardening, Composting, Food Forests, Animal Systems & Aquaponics
• Greywater, Rain Gardens, and Xeriscaping
• Built Environments, Energy and Infrastructure
• Climate Justice and Eco Art
• Disaster/Emergency Planning
• Green Map & Community Asset Mapping
• Invisible Structures and Communities
• Cob Oven Building
• Pruning, Seed Saving and Propagation
• Urban Permaculture, Community Gardens, & Transition Towns
• LETS/Community Exchange
• Field trips to Vashon's finest gardens and CSA farms, + evening activities
• and more...

* The following days are open to single day or practicum series registration

• 30 Apr: Intro/Ethics/Principles
• 1 May: Patterns in Land Scape and in Design and Community
• 8 May: Soil Climate, Ecology, Natural Farming & seed balls making with Larry Korn, The editor of Fukuoka 's book 'One Straw Revolution'
• 21 & 22 May: Greywater & Rain garden/Xeriscape- use edibles with practicum
• 5 June: Appropriate technologies with Tom Allen
• 18 June: Green building and Cob oven practicum

 

Instructors:

Emet Degirmenci
Deston Denniston
Larry Korn
Tom Allen
Jenny Bell
Beverly Naidus

Course cost: $1200. We are open to 'single serving' registration. Low income and students of disadvantaged groups are discounted at 20%. Please ask us about discounts for students, veterans, single parents, seniors, and group packages.

Spiral Vision is also offering steep discounts for those who register early before March 1, 2001. Participate in the entire 8 weekend workshop for just $990 (a savings of more than 15%). Is there certification? If so... That's a savings of more than 15% for permaculture design certification! Contact us for pre-registration discounts for a single-s

Please register at http://www.socialecologyvashon.org/. For further information, please call Bob Spivey at 206.949.4786 or email bobespivey@gmail.com