[Pil-pc-oceania] 4 day course

[Su Dennett]

Advanced Permaculture Principles and Planning Tools
With David Holmgren 
4 day  residential course Hepburn Springs 10-13th July 2008

A four day residential course Advanced Permaculture Principles and Planning
Tools targeted at PDC holders looking to deepen their understanding of
permaculture and improve their conceptual skills and tool kit for design and
action. Typically to be run in a rural venue, preferably within a 
small village or
town where permaculture and associated activism already has a strong 
presence. Cost 
Includes meals but not accommodation
Accommodation options include basic home accommodation, youth hostel or local
guest houses. 

Venue
TBC but in heart of Hepburn Springs village within walking distance of Mineral
Springs Reserve, Melliodora permaculture demonstration site, and accommodation
options 
Background information and guidelines

The four day course has a long lineage based on material David has 
been teaching on
PDC's for many years and more recently in Advanced 2, 3 and 4 day 
courses run in
Europe and North America (2005) and NZ and Latin America (2007) 
.After nearly 20
of these courses overseas, the first Australian one was at Apollo Bay 
in October 2007
organised by Fern Rainbow. The course is designed to deepen understanding of
permaculture practitioners, designers, activists and teachers. 

Some of the leading permaculture teachers and activists overseas have been
organisers and participants in these courses leading to a 
revitalisation and deepening
of existing permaculture activism. Rob Hopkins, the activist behind 
the Transition
Towns process in the UK is a prominent example. Several experienced 
permaculture
teachers who have been personally inspired by the book, 
Permaculture:Principles and
Pathways Beyond Sustainability, have found this course gives them the 
confidenc e to
integrate the material into their own teaching of permaculture. While 
a PDC and prior
reading of Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability are highly 
desirable for
participants to successfully gain from and contribute to the course, 
in individual cases
exceptions could be made where either the participant has
1.  a PDC and has read the essence of permaculture (downloadable from
www.holmgren.com.au Writings page)
  or
2.  a solid professional and personal background in sustainability and has
attended the Future Scenarios workshop
  or
3.  a solid professional and personal background in sustainability and has read
Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability.

The core of these courses is the presentation and workshopping in 
groups the format
of design principles from Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond
Sustainability. Additional presentations and group work focus on 
Reading Landscape,
Landscape Mapping, Energy Descent Scenarios and Community Mapping.
-- 
David Holmgren & Su Dennett
Holmgren Design Services
Ph   + 61 3 53483636
Email     info at holmgren.com.au
Website  http://www.holmgren.com.au

Melliodora (Hepburn Permaculture Gardens)
16 Fourteenth St,
Hepburn
Victoria
Australia. 3461.
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