Tacoma Permaculture Design Course

Announcing Tacoma's first Permaculture Design Course!

Feb-Sept 2010. Come learn practical tools for garden, home, and communities! Permaculture is a design system of self-reliant skills for sustainable human habitat. Participants will learn to model from nature and organize by realistic priorities. Taught by a handful of local permaculture designers and sustainable-skills experts.

    * Perennial Gardens
    * Food Forests
    * Water Stewardship
    * Habitat Restoration
    * Primitive Skills
    * Appropriate Tech
    * Natural Building
    * Sustainable City Design
    * Localized Economies,
    * and much more

Come join the growing movement of Permaculture enthusiasts who are creating abundant green spaces throughout Tacoma. Participants of this course will receive a Permaculture Design Certificate.

When: One weekend a month Feb-Sept, including Friday night presentations.

Where: Kings' Books and Tacoma Waldorf School, plus many other sites around Tacoma

Cost: $800-$650, includes over 100 hours of classtime, catered lunches, course handbook, field trips, etc

For more info and to register, contact Patricia Menzies 253-565-2599 or sustainabletacomapierce@gmail.com

Course details at http://divinearthgp.com

“What on Earth is Permaculture?
An introduction to sustainable human habitats in Tacoma and around the world.”

When: January 28th 2010. 6:30-9pm
Where: First Methodist Church of Tacoma, 621 Tacoma Ave S.
It will be in lower level of the church. Enter through Court E (Alley between 6th and 7th)
Cost: Free! Donations accepted

PERMACULTURE IS a solutions-oriented approach to sustainable living. It is a design system for creating ecological human habitats (food, water, housing, energy, etc). It honors diverse earth-based traditions while nurturing a positive vision of our collective future.

The evening includes
*Descriptions & history of the ‘Permaculture’ concept
*Slideshow of community projects worldwide
*Slideshow and summary of permaculture projects in Tacoma
*Stories from within the local movement
*Envisioning the future of a more sustainable Tacoma
*Seed Exchange
also
*Information about the upcoming Tacoma Permaculture Design Course, along with introductions to teachers and guest presenters who will be participating in the course.

Contact: Kelda Miller 253-370-9946
More info: http://www.divinearthgp.com

Is anyone else in the seattle area taking this class that would be interested in carpooling. I can drive or ride passenger and split gas costs.

Hi! just so you all know, I did get back to him, just not on the forum. It just looks rude to leave her hanging like this!!

and Tomorrow is going to be awesome! I realize I haven't posted our Friday evening lectures. open to the permies. here we go:


Friday Evening Lectures
Thank you King’s Books!! All lectures will be at King’s Books except on March 12.
The address is 218 St. Helens Ave, Tacoma. 7-9pm.

All Friday evening talks will be open to the permies. Permaculture course students will attend at no additional cost, and others may attend by paying $10-$5 sliding scale.


Feb. 19th. Kelda Miller. “The Ethics of Permaculture”. Permaculture is distinct from other design systems by having a strong grounding in ethics. Learn how these ethics shape work locally, and globally, to have an impact that truly empowers people and restores ecosystems.
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March. 12th. Heidi Bohan. Author of The People of Cascadia:Pacific Northwest Native American History. Ethnobotany, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Sustainable Living
This event will NOT be at King’s Books. It will be at Manitou Community Center, 4806 S 66th St, from 7-9pm
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April 16th. Paul Kearsley With Exos Design presenting the Permaculture Design Process.
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May 7th. Marisha Auerbach from Wild Thyme Farm and Herb’n'Wisdom. Marisha will present the slideshow “How to Grow All Your Own Produce in 2½ Years: A Revolution Disguised as Organic Gardening”
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June 18th. Cleo Woelfe-Erskine. (To Be Confirmed). With Greywater Action, and editor
Dam Nation: Dispatches from the Water Underground, and
Urban Wilds: Gardener’s Stories of the Struggle for Land and Justice. Cleo will be presenting on the importance of good water stewardship and about greywater retrofits.
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July 16th. Jenny Pell with Permaculture Now! will be presenting on Natural Building, Edible Forest Gardens, and Urban Permaculture, drawn from her experiences locally and internationally. Her slideshow informs, inspires, and motivates people to make changes that help move us towards a sustainable future.
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Aug 20th The City Repair Project (To Be Confirmed) City Repair facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world.
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Sept 10th. To Be Decided