12-week Permaculture School in Asheville, NC

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS NOW AVAILABLE. Permaculture School: Design Ecology & Living Skills is a rigorous, 12-week, college-level program for students who want to dive deeper into the world of Permaculture. Embody it. Understand how it fits into your life. And how your life fits into it. You are especially encouraged to apply if you're on a path toward being a permaculture leader, professional, practitioner, educator, activist, or advocate. If you are someone who wants to develop your own permaculture project, clarify your vision, make a plan, and move forward to accomplish it within an accountability framework, we welcome you to apply. Seats are limited. Early Bird deadline ends December 31st.

Dates: May 23 - August 14, 2015
Details: http://www.ThePermacultureSchool.org/PS

Instructors include:

Patricia Alison has been preaching & teaching Permaculture for 20+ years in WNC.

Sandor Katz is author of five books, including the DIY food bible, Wild Fermentation.

Keri Evjy is a master Permaculture teacher and the co-founder of Healing Roots Design.

Zev Friedman is Vice President of Living Systems Design and Permaculture in Action.

Natalie Bogwalker, director of Wild Abundance, Living Skills School, & Firefly Gathering.

>> For full bios: http://thepermacultureschool.org/instructors/

Shorter Permaculture School Programs:
Water Retention Landscape Course, July 1-5: http://thepermacultureschool.org/water-retention-landscape-course/
Natural Building Workshop, July 6-10, 2015: http://thepermacultureschool.org/natural-building-workshop/

I saw there is a college level program that you offer. Would this in any way be recognized by the Veterans Affairs Education program?
I am a Veteran and for education I depend on VA approved programs. I lived in the North Maine Woods with a Bushcraft and primitive skills school for 90 days which had no electricity and focuses on primitive life skills. The owner stated that our class was the first class of Veterans since obtaining approval to offer programs for Veterans benefits. He also stated it was his largest class resulting in the largest gross income in the history of his school.
I have yet to find a VA approved Permaculture institute. To be approved by the VA an institution needs to only provide cirriculum, scheduling, student handbook, a degree or certificate at completion, practicum or internship, and policies for student evaluation.

I am Jonesing bad to get into a Permaculture program. If your Institute is not VA approved there is nothing to lose in applying to the Education board and everything to gain! Guaranteed money is always great for any business, plus you could potentially give drive and direction to very able individuals with a ton of motivation but lacking the support in this field!

Hi Freddie, thanks for your interest! We have had students use Vocational Rehabilitation funds and we would love to be able to offer our programs to veterans. We will look into this and let you know! Please keep in touch by signing up for our newsletter at www.thepermacultureschool.org and feel free to shoot us an email at info@thepermacultureschool.org.