To All Permaculture Enthusiasts:

Experienced permaculture instructors Robyn Francis, of Australia, and Cathe’ Fish, of Northern California, will co-teach an exciting Permaculture Design Certification course this October 26 through November 8, 2011. We are incredibly fortunate to have world renowned permaculture designer and educator Robyn Francis come from New South Wales, Australia to Allsgood Farm in Penn Valley, California to co-teach this course.

Robyn Francis is an award winning permaculture designer and educator who founded Australia’s premier Permaculture Education Centre, Djanbung Gardens (see www.permaculture.com.au). She has taught over 100 PDC courses and spent over 25 years training new generations of skilled and competent Permaculture practitioners, teachers and professionals to be effective agents of change.  Cathe’ Fish is founder of Practical Permaculture Research Institute in Grass Valley, CA.  She is also an international speaker having taught hundreds of classes and workshops.  Cathe’ has been designing and teaching passive solar and permaculture systems for 25 years; from 40 acre farms to urban backyards.

This is an opportunity not to be missed!  We hope you will join us October 26 through November 8, 2011 for this rare and life changing Permaculture Design Certification course. Please read more about the course below…

Kind Regards,

Stephanie, PPRI Marketing

PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION COURSE

October 26 – November 8, 2011

with Robyn Francis & Cathe’ Fish

(and a team of passionate and knowledgeable instructors)

At Allsgood farm, a 20 acre farm in Penn Valley, CA

Learn how to design for stability, resilience, and abundance at a farm that is dedicated to permaculture.

Gain hands-on skills in sustainable systems design and application for urban and farm properties.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS

Robyn Francis is an award winning permaculture designer and educator who founded Australia’s premier Permaculture Education Centre, Djanbung Gardens. Since 1985, Robyn has trained thousands of active permaculturists around the world. This will be the 122nd  Permaculture Design Course she has taught. Read her bio on her website www.permaculture.com.au. Watch a video of her inspiring permaculture center, Djanbung Gardens, in Australiia http://tinyurl.com/RobynsCenter

Cathe’ Fish, international educator and founder of Practical Permaculture Research Institute, is a 23 year Master Gardener, and has been teaching passive solar and permaculture systems for 25 years. She has designed 40 acre farms to backyards. She will be teaching Solar Kitchens at the International Permaculture Convergence in Jordan in September 2011. Read her bio on her website www.practicalpermaculture.com

ABOUT THE PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE

The Permaculture Design Certificate course is an internationally-recognized course resulting in a Permaculture Design Certificate. While the course minimums are 72 hours, we are offering you a more in depth 90 hour 2 week intensive (with Halloween off) so that you may truly apply your permaculture skills as a graduate. The course covers sustainable living systems for a wide variety of landscapes and climates. It includes the application of permaculture principles to food production, home design/ construction, energy conservation/generation, and explores alternative economic structures and legal strategies supporting permaculture solutions. Credit for this course is now accepted by a growing number of universities around the world. Certification from this course empowers you to develop a professional permaculture design, consultation and instruction business.

Specific course topics

• Theory & Principles of Permaculture
• Methods of Design
• Passive Solar Greenhouses
• Composting Toilets & Greywater Systems
• Small Scale Food Production
• Farming For the Future
• Water Harvesting & Management
• Food Forests & Plant Nurseries and a lot MORE!

Hands on activities

• Awareness of Natural Patterns
• Quick Ways to Create a Food Garden (with Sheet Mulching)
• Passive Solar Kitchen
• Water Harvesting Earthworks
• Compost and Compost Tea
• Fruit Tree Planting and Pruning
• Making Sauerkraut & Cheese
• Regional Wild Foods

ABOUT THE LOCATION

Allsgood Farm is owned by permaculturist Cliff Jepson and his wife Nora Heiber. It is a beautiful private 20 acres of giant Oak Savannah and Pastures.

Discover solutions for your farm, rural land or suburban backyard.

PERMACULTURE OFFERS POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO A PLANET IN CRISIS

Permaculture is a design science that brings together nature, earth sciences and human intelligence to develop positive solutions to create healthy and sustainable environments and build resiliant communities. Permaculture has accumulated over 35 years of experimentation and application around the world, urban and rural, in all climates and with diverse cultures.

Our mission is to share this knowledge and tools of empowerment for you to take and put into your home and garden, your property, your work/career, and in your community.  We will show you how to do it.

COURSE FEE

$1250.00 early bird special

$1350.00 after 9/15/2011

TO REGISTER

http://tinyurl.com/Robyn-PDC

Learn to use nature as your pattern for food production, housing, and community

Permaculture provides a framework for consciously designed landscapes that mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature. These systems yield an abundance of shelter, water, energy, and food for the provision of local needs that provide diversity, stability, and resilience for local populations.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Cathe’ Fish (PPRI)

530-274-2575

practicalpermaculture@gmail.com

Stephanie (PPRI Mktg. Director)

530-828-6390

permagaia@gmail.com

Cliff Jepson (Allsgood Farm)

530-356-5436

cliffjepsen@gmail.com

Earth Care - People Care - Fair Share

An Earthship is a type of passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials. Designed and marketed by Earthship Biotecture of Taos, New Mexico, the homes are primarily constructed to work autonomously and are generally made of earth-filled tires, utilising thermal mass construction to naturally regulate indoor temperature. They also usually have their own special natural ventilation system. Earthships are generally Off-the-grid homes, minimizing their reliance on public utilities and fossil fuels.

Earthships are built to utilize the available local resources, especially energy from the sun. For example, windows on the sunny side admit light and heat, and the buildings are often horseshoe-shaped to maximize natural light and solar-gain during winter months. Likewise, the thick, dense outer walls provide effective insulation against summer heat.

Internal, non-load-bearing walls are often made of a honeycomb of recycled cans joined by concrete and are referred to as tin can walls. These walls are usually thickly plastered with stucco.

The roof of an Earthship is heavily insulated – often with earth or adobe – for added energy efficiency.

From Wikipedia