“Permaculture gives people a place to be a part of the solution”
–
Rosemary Morrow
Gaiacraft
PDC Calgary
http://gaiacraft.com/calgary-gaiacraft-permaculture-design-course/
We are happy to announce Gaiacraft’s new
Permaculture Design Certification Program co-taught by a dynamic male – female teaching team. This low cost, ultra flexible course caters to the busyness of modern life. If you miss a
class you can jump in on the the same module in a different class at no extra cost and there is no time limit to complete the certification. We offer courses yearly in Calgary and have multiple courses being offered monthly in Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast.
The program has been developed over the course of a Diploma and a Masters Degree in
Permaculture Education with
Bill Mollison and continually upgraded over the 13 years it has been offered. We have an exciting teaching tool kit that transforms lectures into
games and together we travel to many different
permaculture farms, gardens and forest locations while sharing in a uniquely creative learning journey. The 4 season course focus
project is a map and design for where you live or an area of your choice. Completion of this course offers legitimate and formal certificates through
Permaculture Institute or Permaculture Research Institute.
Join us from April to November 2016 for our next 4 Season Permaculture Design Certificate Course!
Gather together once a season with a conscious and creative ring of learners to meet with plants and animals, travel to gardens, farms and forests to learn about how nature designs itself and how we can become
sustainable designers ourselves. Together we will learn how to map and design our
land and our lives, plan for emergency, grow organic food in all four seasons and work to build a more regenerative future.
The certification granted upon completion of the course will empower participants as permaculture designers, consultants and beginner teachers able to use the word permaculture legally in their practice, business or project. This sustainability education eco-training certificate is a practical path for greening your life, resume and portfolio.
Join this adventure in learning as it journeys to eco-locations like ContainR, Community Wise, Urban Permaculture Farm, Blank Page Studio, Senses of the Soul, off grid Permaculture farms, and the properties of students who want to host.
Course Topics include:
design methods * patterns in nature * soils and composting *
water *
trees * animals * design for cool ,* tropical and arid climates * social permaculture * native food and medicine plants of the First Peoples and much much more.
We have worksheets, permaculture design gaming tools, an online social networking and educational support platform, as well as many gardens as our living classroom.
The class caters anyone who wants to learn permaculture in a creative way but cannot afford the cost or intensive time commitment of other courses including lower-income families, students, youth and people for who are called permaculture but have been struggling to find a course that fits their life.
Dates:
April 1st - 4th, 2016
June 24th - 27th, 2016
September 23, 25, 26th, 2016
November 25th- 28th, 2016
Investment: $777
payment plans accepted
All proceeds go towards basic course costs and paying for Delvin and Kym’s permaculture education.
Delvin Solkinson is community gardener and plant poet dedicated to bringing creativity to the permaculture movement by creating free open source learning and teaching tools. He has completed a
PDC, Diploma and Masters Degree with Bill Mollison and done advanced teacher trainings with many of the masters and maestras of permaculture internationally. He is an accredited teacher through the Permaculture Research Institute and a Field Mentor through the Permaculture Institute. Recently he completed a PDC in Portland with
Toby Hemenway, one in Greece with Rosemary Morrow and a second Diploma through the Permaculture Institute. Currently he is doing graduate work under the mentorship of Larry Santoyo and Looby Macnamara.
Kym Chi is a dedicated advocate of earth stewardship, people care and regenerative action for future resiliency. Deeply inspired by nature,
art and experiential education, her main efforts are as a creative facilitator, artist, gardener, healer and community builder. To date; Kym has received 3 certificates in Permaculture Design, completed multiple teacher trainings and taken a variety of advanced trainings. She continues to take courses and is currently completing a Diploma in Education through the Permaculture Institute. Through her stewardship of a deepened connection with the natural environment, Kym wishes to inspire creative self expression that enriches lives, creating healthy and abundant habitats and communities. With a focus on Social Permaculture, Kym also works for One
Straw Society, a
non profit focusing on food sovereignty and community resiliency on the Sunshine Coast.
