UPDATE 1/01/09: Happy New Year! You may still register to attend by day or weekend the remaining classes of this design course. If you are seeking certification, we will be starting up our next LA Permaculture Certificate Course in April. Sustainable Solutions for everyone. Join us for the (R)Evolution!

One weekend a month for 6 months...
Join us on the first weekends of October 2008 through March 2009 at a variety of venues in and around Los Angeles.

Course can be taken for Certification through the Permaculture Institute or for (less rigorous) non-certification.

A Certificate Course for Homeowners, Land Managers & Design Professionals,
This course has something for everyone...
This training includes the most inspiring examples of sustainable land use and human ingenuity from around the world.

• Organizing Eco Neighborhoods
• Simple Steps Toward a Sustainable Lifestyle
• Natural Building & Property Development
• Strategies for Energy Descent & Peak Oil
• Re-Localizing Food Production
• Green Business Strategies
• Finding your Right-Livelihood Career

Final course work includes: community project design presentation, 8 hour minimum hands-on practicum, and (the infamous!) Trade and Talent Show.

Who Should Take This Course
The Permaculture Design Course has truly transformed the lives and enhanced the careers of thousands of people around the world, including architects, landscapers, community developers, social workers, city planners, teachers, students, farmers, gardeners, homeowners, business owners and others. For anyone serious about creating a sustainable future!

THE CURRICULUM
The A to Z of Sustainability! A more fun or informative course would be hard to find. Our text book, Permaculture: A Designer's Manual, by Bill Mollison, was once reviewed by Whole Earth saying "If information had density... this book would be a black hole!..

The "hands-on learning" focus of the course will be the Design Team Exercises. As we arrive at the different parts of the curriculum, we will learn how, when and where to apply those principles and techniques, and become able to include those recommendations in the final design project presentations.

As one of our recent design course graduates said about her course experience, " It's the relationship that we build with each other and with nature that will get us through anything. "

For those looking to get more experience in Observation Skills, Natural Building, Sustainable Landscape Construction, Art in the Garden & more, additional hands-on workparties will be scheduled outside of the course.

See Course Outline here

PART ONE
October 4/5 & November 1/2, 2008
Fire, Water, Earth & Air... Introduction to Permaculture and Natural Pattern Understanding.

PART TWO
December 6/7 & January 3/4, 2009
Food, Water, Shelter & Energy... Designing & Building the Complete Home Ecosystem.

PART THREE
February 7/8 & March 7/8, 2009
Community & Green Business... EcoVillage Design and Community Celebration.

TEACHING TEAM
Join veteran Permaculture Instructors and Internationally Acclaimed Leaders in the Worldwide Sustainability Movement including...

• L. SANTOYO, Director,
  EarthFlow Design Works
• SCOTT PITTMAN, Director,
  The Permaculture Institute
• TOBY HEMENWAY, Author, Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
• JOHN VALENZUELA, Permaculture Designer, Horticultural Consultant
• PLUS Traci Reitz, Joan Stevens, Corinna Gebert, Karl Kras and other local experts and guest speakers will be announced...

REQUIRED READING

• Permaculture: a Designers Manual
  by Bill Mollison
• Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home Scale Permaculture
  by Toby Hemenway
• Check out our Book page for information on ordering.

LOCATION
Venues will take us in and around Los Angeles County, including SAJE headquarters, Rocky Ranch in Topanga and Farmlab. Additional -Field trips & Hands-On Trainings will be announced

TIMES
9am to 5pm Saturdays and 10am-5pm Sundays

CERTIFICATION
Requirements include:

• Full Attendance
• Design Team Exercises & Final Presentation
• Hands-on Practicum (8 hour minimum tba)
• Participation in the Talent Show
• All Payment Agreements met in full...

Upon successful completion of the course you must request, and respond to, the student questionnaire. Additional Certificate Fee of $25.00 will be required.

REGISTER

TUITION

• $90.00 per day
• $175.00 per weekend
• $950.00 for all six weekends
  (pre-paid in full)

Materials and other fees may apply.
Meals, Lodging & Transportation not included.
Note: $250 non-refundable deposit required to guarantee your space. No refunds after September 15, 2008.

Teachers may apply for scholarship discounts.
Payment Plans, Trades and Work-Trades are available (with an additional $100.00 administrative fee).
To apply contact: worktrade@earthflow.com

SPONSORSHIP
Become a sponsor and help create the conditions for sustainability to happen!

• Sponsor the course, by offering your venue as a meeting location or by offering promotional assistance.
• Sponsor a student, with tax-deductible contributions to the Terra Foundation's Permaculture Scholarship Fund.
• Contact us at sponsor@earthflow.com for details and additional benefits.