Michelle Van

An apple-orchard and bee-friendly honey wine for Sonoma County!

Mead is the original fermented beverage and has been called ‘the ancestor of all fermented drinks’. The ancients drank mead from China to India to Africa to Greece to Rome to Northern Europe to Central America.

We’re honoring ancient methods while developing a modern twist. The result is an innovative version of a pre-historic drink, perfectly suited to the flowers and hives of California. As honey is our main ingredient, we encourage and support the development of bio-diverse bee-friendly habitats, perfectly suited for the apple orchards and other landscapes of Sonoma County. Unlike grape monocultures, we can save the apples, promote bee-friendly habitat, and get our inebriation from our backyard! It’s a win-win-win for the apples, the bees, and the buzz!

Check out our campaign to bring a meadery to Sonoma County
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/local-live-wild-mead

A Certified Program – Innovative and Time-Tested Solutions for a Global Future

–> PERFECT FOR LOCALS!

“Although the problems of the world are growing increasingly more complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple” - Bill Mollison

LOCATION
Asheville, NC

DATES
Meets 3rd weekend of every month, May-October; 10am-6pm daily
Dates: May 20-22 (extra Friday in May); June 18-19; July 16-17; August 20-21; September 17-18; October 15-16.

DESCRIPTION
In this Permaculture Design Course you will learn about solutions that can radically advance human well being and the health of our planet’s ecosystems. This transformational experience offers in-depth classes, field trips, hands-on experience, and small group design projects. Upon completion of this course, you will receive an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate.

TOPICS
* Permaculture Design Principles & Processes
* Observation & Nature Awareness
* Pattern Design & Biomimicry
* Agroforestry & Forest Gardening
* Perennial Agriculture
* Organic Gardening
* Soil Ecology & Soil Building
* Mushrooms & Myco-Remediation
* Rainwater, Greywater, Bioremediation
* Swales, Keylines, Pond Building
* Aquaculture & Aquaponic Production
* Renewable Energy & Appropriate Technology
* Natural Building Design & Technique
* Integrated Animal Systems
* Urban Permaculture
* Cooperative Economics, Money, Financial Systems
* Eco-Social Design

INSTRUCTORS
Read more about our instructors.
Brandy Hall and Keri Evjy, with guest teachers: Zev Friedman, Patricia Allison, Chuck Marsh, Chris Farmer, Brian Winslett, Janell Kapoor, and others.

TUITION
$1,250, includes tuition and all materials. Food and lodging are not included. Payment plans and some work trade positions may be available. A $450 deposit is due to reserve your seat, details below. Final tuition is due by Friday, May 6th, unless you have made other payment arrangements.

PAYMENT OPTION
After paying the $450 deposit, the remainder can be paid with NON-REFUNDABLE post-dated checks of $133.33 per month for the following six months. To discuss payment options, inquire within.

REGISTRATION
Registration is open for the 6-Month Permaculture Design Course until the program is full. To register, please complete the following:
1) Email janell@ashevillage.org with your name, phone, email, and address. Include: 1) How you heard about the PDC, 2) Why you want to participate, 3) What you plan to do with what you learn,  4) If you have any previous related experience – not necessary to attend! and 5) Anything else you’d like us to know.
2) Janell will contact you within 3-5 business days to confirm that there’s still availability.
3) Once you’ve been confirmed, a NON-REFUNDABLE registration deposit of $450 is needed to reserve your seat. Send a check or money order to: ’Ashevillage Institute’, 80 Buchanan Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. Write: ‘2011: Monthly PDC’ in the memo line. Or pay online.
4) You will receive a packet with preparation details and directions by May 6th.
Note: This is a first-come, first-served registration process that will be open until we reach maximum capacity.

REFUNDS
The $450 deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE. The remainder of the tuition is transferable (NOT refundable), less 25%, IF you notify us before May 6th, 2011. “Transferable” means you may use it as credit toward other Ashevillage Institute programs within one year of when the original course started. After May 6th, all payments are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE.

LODGING
Lodging is NOT included in the tuition, but we can share information about lodging options, including rooms at our guest house. Inquiries may be sent to Lisa at gogoshoe@gmail.com.

CONTACT
Janell Kapoor: janell@ashevillage.org

A Certified Program – Innovative and Time-Tested Solutions for a Global Future

–> PERFECT FOR LOCALS!

“Although the problems of the world are growing increasingly more complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple” - Bill Mollison

LOCATION
Asheville, NC

DATES
Meets 3rd weekend of every month, May-October; 10am-6pm daily
Dates: May 20-22 (extra Friday in May); June 18-19; July 16-17; August 20-21; September 17-18; October 15-16.

DESCRIPTION
In this Permaculture Design Course you will learn about solutions that can radically advance human well being and the health of our planet’s ecosystems. This transformational experience offers in-depth classes, field trips, hands-on experience, and small group design projects. Upon completion of this course, you will receive an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate.

TOPICS
* Permaculture Design Principles & Processes
* Observation & Nature Awareness
* Pattern Design & Biomimicry
* Agroforestry & Forest Gardening
* Perennial Agriculture
* Organic Gardening
* Soil Ecology & Soil Building
* Mushrooms & Myco-Remediation
* Rainwater, Greywater, Bioremediation
* Swales, Keylines, Pond Building
* Aquaculture & Aquaponic Production
* Renewable Energy & Appropriate Technology
* Natural Building Design & Technique
* Integrated Animal Systems
* Urban Permaculture
* Cooperative Economics, Money, Financial Systems
* Eco-Social Design

INSTRUCTORS
Read more about our instructors.
Brandy Hall and Keri Evjy, with guest teachers: Zev Friedman, Patricia Allison, Chuck Marsh, Chris Farmer, Brian Winslett, Janell Kapoor, and others.

TUITION
$1,250, includes tuition and all materials. Food and lodging are not included. Payment plans and some work trade positions may be available. A $450 deposit is due to reserve your seat, details below. Final tuition is due by Friday, May 6th, unless you have made other payment arrangements.

PAYMENT OPTION
After paying the $450 deposit, the remainder can be paid with NON-REFUNDABLE post-dated checks of $133.33 per month for the following six months. To discuss payment options, inquire within.

REGISTRATION
Registration is open for the 6-Month Permaculture Design Course until the program is full. To register, please complete the following:
1) Email janell@ashevillage.org with your name, phone, email, and address. Include: 1) How you heard about the PDC, 2) Why you want to participate, 3) What you plan to do with what you learn,  4) If you have any previous related experience – not necessary to attend! and 5) Anything else you’d like us to know.
2) Janell will contact you within 3-5 business days to confirm that there’s still availability.
3) Once you’ve been confirmed, a NON-REFUNDABLE registration deposit of $450 is needed to reserve your seat. Send a check or money order to: ’Ashevillage Institute’, 80 Buchanan Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. Write: ‘2011: Monthly PDC’ in the memo line. Or pay online.
4) You will receive a packet with preparation details and directions by May 6th.
Note: This is a first-come, first-served registration process that will be open until we reach maximum capacity.

REFUNDS
The $450 deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE. The remainder of the tuition is transferable (NOT refundable), less 25%, IF you notify us before May 6th, 2011. “Transferable” means you may use it as credit toward other Ashevillage Institute programs within one year of when the original course started. After May 6th, all payments are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE.

LODGING
Lodging is NOT included in the tuition, but we can share information about lodging options, including rooms at our guest house. Inquiries may be sent to Lisa at gogoshoe@gmail.com.

CONTACT
Janell Kapoor: janell@ashevillage.org

Earthen wood-heated ovens, stoves, and fireplaces are highlights of the Extravaganza. PLUS techniques to transform an ordinary house into a Temple; the creation of an earthen courtyard; bamboo design & building; timber-framing; earthen relief, sculpture, arches, niches, and more….
A full-scale, hands-on, multi-dimensional, mud-slingin’ experience!


10 diverse projects and 10 world-renown instructors!
REGISTER SOON ———-> This program will fill!
One, two, or three week options are available.

SPONSORS
Ashevillage Institute, Kleiwerks International, Firespeaking, MudStrawLove, Artisan Builders Collective, Aaron Maret Design Build Studio

DATES & DETAILS
April 24- May 14, 2011
Friday, April 24: 7-10pm
Monday thru Friday, 10am-6pm
Wednesday evening presentations: 8-10pm
Saturday morning special programs, 10am-1pm
Saturday afternoons & Sundays: Break

LOCATION
Asheville, NC

LEARN NATURAL BUILDING!
The Natural Building Extravaganza offers a smorgasbord of learning opportunities with major movers’ n’ shakers of this muddy movement. More than 10 building projects to dive into — all about mud, straw, bamboo, timber, fire, and love! Gain direct, hands-on experience through small group natural building workshops, classes, field trips, slideshows, and more.

HANDS-ON PROJECTS
Outdoor kitchen • Highly efficient wood-fired baking oven • Earthen cook stove • Wood-fired hot tub • Rumford fireplace • Earthen grotto • Adobe arches • Strawbale benches • Slipstraw knee walls • Cob niches •  Wattle & daub fence • Earthen courtyard • Relief, sculpture & embedded mosaic • Exterior & interior plasters • Clay-based paints • Bamboo “living” room & hanging garden • Timber-framing • Wall systems • Material selection • Passive solar design

EXTRAS!!!
–> Tours of natural buildings: Adobe, slipstraw & strawbale homes, cob cottages, and earthships.
–> Tours of Permaculture in action: Earthaven Ecovillage, and the Ashevillage Institute—one of the nation’s best examples of urban permaculture.
–> The international movement: The founding Director and International Program Director of Kleiwerks International will both be at the Extravaganza. They’ll be returning from Haiti, Argentina, and Peru ready to share the latest on what’s happening with international natural building.

INSTRUCTORS
Janell Kapoor, Kevin Rowell, Eva Rose Edleson, Steveo Brodmerkel, Mollie Curry, Steve Kemble, Chad ‘Fez’ Gaetz, Meka Bunch, Ira Friedrichs, Aaron Maret, and guests. Details on bottom half of this page.

FEE
$1,800 for all three weeks; $1,300 for two weeks; $800 for one week.
Tuition and materials included. Food & lodging are not included—see lodging section below. Limited work-trade positions are available, inquire within. A $500 deposit is required to hold your space.

PAYMENT PLAN OPTIONS
After paying the $500 deposit, the remainder may be paid with NON-REFUNDABLE post-dated checks for up to six months. To discuss payment options inquire within.

REGISTRATION
1) Email janell@ashevillage.org with your name, phone, email, and address. Please include: a) How you found out about the Natural Building Extravaganza. b) What you hope to learn. c) What you intend to do with what you learn. d) List previous related building experience — you do NOT need previous experience to attend! e) Please state that you have read the ‘refund policy’ section below.
3) Please allow 3-5 days for Janell to confirm availability.
4) Once confirmed, a NON-REFUNDABLE registration deposit of $500 is required to reserve your seat. Send a check or money order to: ’Ashevillage Institute’, 80 Buchanan Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. Write: ‘NB Extravaganza’ in the memo line. Or pay online.
4) You will receive a packet with preparation details and directions by April 10th.
5) In order to keep your seat, the remaining fee is due by April 15th—unless you’ve made other payment arrangements in advance.
Note: Registration is first-come, first-serve until we reach maximum capacity.

REFUND POLICY
Your $500 deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE. The remainder of your tuition is transferable (NOT refundable), less 25%, IF you notify us before April 15th, 2011. “Transferable” means you may use it as credit toward other Ashevillage Institute programs within one year of when the original program started. After April 15th, all payments are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE. If, for any reason, we cancel the program, the entirety of all of your payments will be returned to you in full.

LODGING OPTIONS
For information about lodging options, including camping and rooms at our guest house, email Lisa Shoemaker at gogoshoe@gmail.com.

CONTACT & REGISTRATION
Email Janell Kapoor at janell@ashevillage.org
(Please include ‘NB Extravaganza‘ in the subject line.)

Earthen wood-heated ovens, stoves, and fireplaces are highlights of the Extravaganza. PLUS techniques to transform an ordinary house into a Temple; the creation of an earthen courtyard; bamboo design & building; timber-framing; earthen relief, sculpture, arches, niches, and more….
A full-scale, hands-on, multi-dimensional, mud-slingin’ experience!


10 diverse projects and 10 world-renown instructors!
REGISTER SOON ———-> This program will fill!
One, two, or three week options are available.

SPONSORS
Ashevillage Institute, Kleiwerks International, Firespeaking, MudStrawLove, Artisan Builders Collective, Aaron Maret Design Build Studio

DATES & DETAILS
April 24- May 14, 2011
Friday, April 24: 7-10pm
Monday thru Friday, 10am-6pm
Wednesday evening presentations: 8-10pm
Saturday morning special programs, 10am-1pm
Saturday afternoons & Sundays: Break

LOCATION
Asheville, NC

LEARN NATURAL BUILDING!
The Natural Building Extravaganza offers a smorgasbord of learning opportunities with major movers’ n’ shakers of this muddy movement. More than 10 building projects to dive into — all about mud, straw, bamboo, timber, fire, and love! Gain direct, hands-on experience through small group natural building workshops, classes, field trips, slideshows, and more.

HANDS-ON PROJECTS
Outdoor kitchen • Highly efficient wood-fired baking oven • Earthen cook stove • Wood-fired hot tub • Rumford fireplace • Earthen grotto • Adobe arches • Strawbale benches • Slipstraw knee walls • Cob niches •  Wattle & daub fence • Earthen courtyard • Relief, sculpture & embedded mosaic • Exterior & interior plasters • Clay-based paints • Bamboo “living” room & hanging garden • Timber-framing • Wall systems • Material selection • Passive solar design

EXTRAS!!!
–> Tours of natural buildings: Adobe, slipstraw & strawbale homes, cob cottages, and earthships.
–> Tours of Permaculture in action: Earthaven Ecovillage, and the Ashevillage Institute—one of the nation’s best examples of urban permaculture.
–> The international movement: The founding Director and International Program Director of Kleiwerks International will both be at the Extravaganza. They’ll be returning from Haiti, Argentina, and Peru ready to share the latest on what’s happening with international natural building.

INSTRUCTORS
Janell Kapoor, Kevin Rowell, Eva Rose Edleson, Steveo Brodmerkel, Mollie Curry, Steve Kemble, Chad ‘Fez’ Gaetz, Meka Bunch, Ira Friedrichs, Aaron Maret, and guests. Details on bottom half of this page.

FEE
$1,800 for all three weeks; $1,300 for two weeks; $800 for one week.
Tuition and materials included. Food & lodging are not included—see lodging section below. Limited work-trade positions are available, inquire within. A $500 deposit is required to hold your space.

PAYMENT PLAN OPTIONS
After paying the $500 deposit, the remainder may be paid with NON-REFUNDABLE post-dated checks for up to six months. To discuss payment options inquire within.

REGISTRATION
1) Email janell@ashevillage.org with your name, phone, email, and address. Please include: a) How you found out about the Natural Building Extravaganza. b) What you hope to learn. c) What you intend to do with what you learn. d) List previous related building experience — you do NOT need previous experience to attend! e) Please state that you have read the ‘refund policy’ section below.
3) Please allow 3-5 days for Janell to confirm availability.
4) Once confirmed, a NON-REFUNDABLE registration deposit of $500 is required to reserve your seat. Send a check or money order to: ’Ashevillage Institute’, 80 Buchanan Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. Write: ‘NB Extravaganza’ in the memo line. Or pay online.
4) You will receive a packet with preparation details and directions by April 10th.
5) In order to keep your seat, the remaining fee is due by April 15th—unless you’ve made other payment arrangements in advance.
Note: Registration is first-come, first-serve until we reach maximum capacity.

REFUND POLICY
Your $500 deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE. The remainder of your tuition is transferable (NOT refundable), less 25%, IF you notify us before April 15th, 2011. “Transferable” means you may use it as credit toward other Ashevillage Institute programs within one year of when the original program started. After April 15th, all payments are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE. If, for any reason, we cancel the program, the entirety of all of your payments will be returned to you in full.

LODGING OPTIONS
For information about lodging options, including camping and rooms at our guest house, email Lisa Shoemaker at gogoshoe@gmail.com.

CONTACT & REGISTRATION
Email Janell Kapoor at janell@ashevillage.org
(Please include ‘NB Extravaganza‘ in the subject line.)

From text book to hands-on, in-your-bones, cellular learning!


LOCATION
Asheville, NC

DATES
February 28th – May 25th, 2011. See full schedule details below.

LIVE YOUR POTENTIAL!
Empower your life, your community’s life, and the life of the planet to live in resilience!  In the Applied Permaculture & Natural Building Apprenticeship, you will learn about solutions that can radically advance human well being and the health of our planet’s ecosystems. Discover through in-depth classes, hands-on experience, interactive design projects, field trips, slideshows, and more.

You will begin with an internationally-certified Permaculture Design Course (PDC). Topics will then be integrated through in-depth, hands-on, small group design and management projects. This will take place at the Ashevillage Institute’s demonstration site, one of the country’s leading eco-urban centers for sustainable living. The one-acre site features a 30,000-gallon rainwater, aquaponic pond system and greenhouse, and over 150 species of edible and medicinal plants. During the second part of the Apprenticeship, you will work side-by-side with 10 world renown natural building teachers — preparing for, and participating in the Natural Building Extravaganza.

SCHEDULE
• Schedule is 10am-6pm, with a couple of exceptions.
• 2-week Permaculture Design Certification Course (PDC), February 28th-March 13th
• 3-week Natural Building Extravaganza, April 24th-May 14th
• Site visits, design, and management projects, Tuesdays & Wednesdays between workshops
• 1-week break, March 14th-21st

PERMACULTURE PROGRAM
Permaculture Design Principles & Processes • Observation & Nature Awareness • Pattern Design & Biomimicry • Agroforestry & Forest Gardening • Perennial Agriculture • Organic Gardening • Soil Ecology & Soil Building • Mushrooms & Myco-Remediation • Rain Harvesting & Catchment • Grey Water & Bioremediation • Water in the Landscape • Swales, Keyline, & Pond Building • Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technology • Natural Building Design and Technique • Integrated Animal Systems • Urban Permaculture • Cooperative Economics, Money & Financial Systems • Eco-Social Design

NATURAL BUILDING PROGRAM
Outdoor kitchen • Highly efficient wood-fired baking oven • Earthen cook stove • Wood-fired hot tub • Rumford fireplace • Earthen Grotto • Adobe arches • Strawbale benches • Slipstraw knee walls • Cob niches •  Wattle & Daub fence • Living courtyard • Earthen relief work • Embedded mosaic • Clay plasters & paints • Bamboo “Living” Room & Hanging Garden • Timber-framing • Wall systems • Passive solar design • International Natural Building Movement • Tours of natural building

INSTRUCTOR TEAM
Read more about our instructors here.
Permaculture Team: Brandy Hall & Keri Evjy, with guest facilitators: Zev Friedman, Brian Winslett, and others
Natural Building Team: Janell Kapoor, Kevin Rowell, Eva Rose Edleson, Steveo Brodmerkel, Mollie Curry, Steve Kemble, Chad ‘Fez’ Gaetz, Meka Bunch, Ira Friedrichs, Aaron Maret.

TUITION
$3,000, includes tuition and materials, but not  food and lodging—see lodging options below. Some limited work-trade positions may be available. PAYMENT PLAN OPTIONS: After paying the $1,000 deposit to reserve your place, the remainder may be paid with NON-REFUNDABLE post-dated checks for up to six months. To discuss payment options, inquire within.

REGISTRATION
1) Email janell@ashevillage.org with your name, phone, email, and address. Please include: a) How you found out about the Apprenticeship. b) What you hope to learn. c) What you intend to do with what you learn. d) List previous related Permaculture or building experience(s) — you do NOT need previous experience to attend! e) Please state that you have read the ‘refund policy’ below.
3) Please allow 3-5 days for Janell to confirm availability.
4) Once confirmed, a NON-REFUNDABLE registration deposit of $1,000 is required to reserve your seat. Send a check or money order to: ’Ashevillage Institute’, 80 Buchanan Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. Write: ‘3-Month Apprenticeship’ in the memo line. Or pay online.
4) You will receive a packet with preparation details and directions by February 15th.
5) In order to keep your seat, final payment of $2,000 is due by February 15th—unless you’ve made other payment arrangements in advance.
Note: Registration is first-come, first-serve until we reach maximum capacity.

REFUND POLICY
The $1,000 deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE. The remainder of your tuition is transferable (NOT refundable), less 25%, IF you notify us before February 20th, 2011. “Transferable” means you may use it as credit toward other Ashevillage Institute programs within one year of when the original program started. After February 20th, all payments are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE. If, for any reason, we cancel the program, the entirety of all of your payments will be returned to you in full.

LODGING OPTIONS
For information about lodging options, including camping and rooms at our guest house, email Lisa Shoemaker at gogoshoe@gmail.com.

CONTACT
Janell Kapoor: janell@ashevillage.org

From text book to hands-on, in-your-bones, cellular learning!


LOCATION
Asheville, NC

DATES
February 28th – May 25th, 2011. See full schedule details below.

LIVE YOUR POTENTIAL!
Empower your life, your community’s life, and the life of the planet to live in resilience!  In the Applied Permaculture & Natural Building Apprenticeship, you will learn about solutions that can radically advance human well being and the health of our planet’s ecosystems. Discover through in-depth classes, hands-on experience, interactive design projects, field trips, slideshows, and more.

You will begin with an internationally-certified Permaculture Design Course (PDC). Topics will then be integrated through in-depth, hands-on, small group design and management projects. This will take place at the Ashevillage Institute’s demonstration site, one of the country’s leading eco-urban centers for sustainable living. The one-acre site features a 30,000-gallon rainwater, aquaponic pond system and greenhouse, and over 150 species of edible and medicinal plants. During the second part of the Apprenticeship, you will work side-by-side with 10 world renown natural building teachers — preparing for, and participating in the Natural Building Extravaganza.

SCHEDULE
• Schedule is 10am-6pm, with a couple of exceptions.
• 2-week Permaculture Design Certification Course (PDC), February 28th-March 13th
• 3-week Natural Building Extravaganza, April 24th-May 14th
• Site visits, design, and management projects, Tuesdays & Wednesdays between workshops
• 1-week break, March 14th-21st

PERMACULTURE PROGRAM
Permaculture Design Principles & Processes • Observation & Nature Awareness • Pattern Design & Biomimicry • Agroforestry & Forest Gardening • Perennial Agriculture • Organic Gardening • Soil Ecology & Soil Building • Mushrooms & Myco-Remediation • Rain Harvesting & Catchment • Grey Water & Bioremediation • Water in the Landscape • Swales, Keyline, & Pond Building • Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technology • Natural Building Design and Technique • Integrated Animal Systems • Urban Permaculture • Cooperative Economics, Money & Financial Systems • Eco-Social Design

NATURAL BUILDING PROGRAM
Outdoor kitchen • Highly efficient wood-fired baking oven • Earthen cook stove • Wood-fired hot tub • Rumford fireplace • Earthen Grotto • Adobe arches • Strawbale benches • Slipstraw knee walls • Cob niches •  Wattle & Daub fence • Living courtyard • Earthen relief work • Embedded mosaic • Clay plasters & paints • Bamboo “Living” Room & Hanging Garden • Timber-framing • Wall systems • Passive solar design • International Natural Building Movement • Tours of natural building

INSTRUCTOR TEAM
Read more about our instructors here.
Permaculture Team: Brandy Hall & Keri Evjy, with guest facilitators: Zev Friedman, Brian Winslett, and others
Natural Building Team: Janell Kapoor, Kevin Rowell, Eva Rose Edleson, Steveo Brodmerkel, Mollie Curry, Steve Kemble, Chad ‘Fez’ Gaetz, Meka Bunch, Ira Friedrichs, Aaron Maret.

TUITION
$3,000, includes tuition and materials, but not  food and lodging—see lodging options below. Some limited work-trade positions may be available. PAYMENT PLAN OPTIONS: After paying the $1,000 deposit to reserve your place, the remainder may be paid with NON-REFUNDABLE post-dated checks for up to six months. To discuss payment options, inquire within.

REGISTRATION
1) Email janell@ashevillage.org with your name, phone, email, and address. Please include: a) How you found out about the Apprenticeship. b) What you hope to learn. c) What you intend to do with what you learn. d) List previous related Permaculture or building experience(s) — you do NOT need previous experience to attend! e) Please state that you have read the ‘refund policy’ below.
3) Please allow 3-5 days for Janell to confirm availability.
4) Once confirmed, a NON-REFUNDABLE registration deposit of $1,000 is required to reserve your seat. Send a check or money order to: ’Ashevillage Institute’, 80 Buchanan Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. Write: ‘3-Month Apprenticeship’ in the memo line. Or pay online.
4) You will receive a packet with preparation details and directions by February 15th.
5) In order to keep your seat, final payment of $2,000 is due by February 15th—unless you’ve made other payment arrangements in advance.
Note: Registration is first-come, first-serve until we reach maximum capacity.

REFUND POLICY
The $1,000 deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE. The remainder of your tuition is transferable (NOT refundable), less 25%, IF you notify us before February 20th, 2011. “Transferable” means you may use it as credit toward other Ashevillage Institute programs within one year of when the original program started. After February 20th, all payments are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE. If, for any reason, we cancel the program, the entirety of all of your payments will be returned to you in full.

LODGING OPTIONS
For information about lodging options, including camping and rooms at our guest house, email Lisa Shoemaker at gogoshoe@gmail.com.

CONTACT
Janell Kapoor: janell@ashevillage.org

Innovative and Time-Tested Solutions for a Global Future

“Although the problems of the world are growing increasingly more complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple” - Bill Mollison

LOCATION
Asheville, NC

DATES
February 28 – March 13, 2011
10am-6pm daily, with a one day break on March 6th

DESCRIPTION
In the 2-week Permaculture Design Course, you will learn about solutions that can radically advance human well being and the health of our planet’s ecosystems. This transformational experience offers in-depth classes, field trips, hands-on experience, and small group design projects. Upon completion of this course, you will receive an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate.

TOPICS
* Permaculture Design Principles & Processes
* Observation & Nature Awareness
* Pattern Design & Biomimicry
* Agroforestry & Forest Gardening
* Perennial Agriculture
* Organic Gardening
* Soil Ecology & Soil Building
* Mushrooms & Myco-Remediation
* Rainwater, Greywater, Bioremediation
* Swales, Keylines, Pond Building
* Aquaculture & Aquaponic Production
* Renewable Energy & Appropriate Technology
* Natural Building Design & Technique
* Integrated Animal Systems
* Urban Permaculture
* Cooperative Economics, Money, Financial Systems
* Eco-Social Design

INSTRUCTORS
Read more about our instructors.
Brandy Hall and Keri Evjy, with guest teachers: Zev Friedman, Patricia Allison, Chuck Marsh, Chris Farmer, Brian Winslett, and special guests.

TUITION
$1,250, includes tuition and all materials. Food and lodging are not included. Payment plans and some work trade positions may be available. A $450 deposit is due to reserve your seat, details below. Final tuition is due by February 15th, unless you have made other payment arrangements.

PAYMENT OPTION
After paying your $450 deposit, the remainder can be paid with NON-REFUNDABLE post-dated checks over a period of months that we can determine together. We must have the checks before the course begins, and they will be deposited per month. To discuss payment options, email janell@ashevillage.org.

REGISTRATION
Registration is open for the 2-Week Permaculture Design Course until the program is full. To register, please complete the following:
1) Email janell@ashevillage.org with your name, phone, email, and address. Include: 1) How you heard about the PDC, 2) Why you want to participate, 3) What you plan to do with what you learn, 4) If you have any previous related experience–not required, and 5) Anything else you’d like us to know.
2) Janell will contact you within 3-5 business days to confirm that there’s still availability.
3) Once you’ve been confirmed, a NON-REFUNDABLE registration deposit of $450 is needed to reserve your seat. Send a check or money order to: ’Ashevillage Institute‘, 80 Buchanan Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. Write: ‘2011: 2-Week PDC’ in the memo line. Or pay online.
4) You will receive a packet with preparation details and directions by February 15th.

REFUNDS
Your $450 deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE. The remainder of your tuition is transferable (NOT refundable), less 25%, IF you notify us before February 15th, 2011. “Transferable” means you may use it as credit toward other Ashevillage Institute programs within one year of when the original course started. After February 15th, all payments are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE.

LODGING
For information about lodging options, including camping and rooms at our guest house, email Lisa at gogoshoe@gmail.com.

CONTACT
Janell Kapoor: janell@ashevillage.org

Innovative and Time-Tested Solutions for a Global Future

“Although the problems of the world are growing increasingly more complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple” - Bill Mollison

LOCATION
Asheville, NC

DATES
February 28 – March 13, 2011
10am-6pm daily, with a one day break on March 6th

DESCRIPTION
In the 2-week Permaculture Design Course, you will learn about solutions that can radically advance human well being and the health of our planet’s ecosystems. This transformational experience offers in-depth classes, field trips, hands-on experience, and small group design projects. Upon completion of this course, you will receive an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate.

TOPICS
* Permaculture Design Principles & Processes
* Observation & Nature Awareness
* Pattern Design & Biomimicry
* Agroforestry & Forest Gardening
* Perennial Agriculture
* Organic Gardening
* Soil Ecology & Soil Building
* Mushrooms & Myco-Remediation
* Rainwater, Greywater, Bioremediation
* Swales, Keylines, Pond Building
* Aquaculture & Aquaponic Production
* Renewable Energy & Appropriate Technology
* Natural Building Design & Technique
* Integrated Animal Systems
* Urban Permaculture
* Cooperative Economics, Money, Financial Systems
* Eco-Social Design

INSTRUCTORS
Read more about our instructors.
Brandy Hall and Keri Evjy, with guest teachers: Zev Friedman, Patricia Allison, Chuck Marsh, Chris Farmer, Brian Winslett, and special guests.

TUITION
$1,250, includes tuition and all materials. Food and lodging are not included. Payment plans and some work trade positions may be available. A $450 deposit is due to reserve your seat, details below. Final tuition is due by February 15th, unless you have made other payment arrangements.

PAYMENT OPTION
After paying your $450 deposit, the remainder can be paid with NON-REFUNDABLE post-dated checks over a period of months that we can determine together. We must have the checks before the course begins, and they will be deposited per month. To discuss payment options, email janell@ashevillage.org.

REGISTRATION
Registration is open for the 2-Week Permaculture Design Course until the program is full. To register, please complete the following:
1) Email janell@ashevillage.org with your name, phone, email, and address. Include: 1) How you heard about the PDC, 2) Why you want to participate, 3) What you plan to do with what you learn, 4) If you have any previous related experience–not required, and 5) Anything else you’d like us to know.
2) Janell will contact you within 3-5 business days to confirm that there’s still availability.
3) Once you’ve been confirmed, a NON-REFUNDABLE registration deposit of $450 is needed to reserve your seat. Send a check or money order to: ’Ashevillage Institute‘, 80 Buchanan Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. Write: ‘2011: 2-Week PDC’ in the memo line. Or pay online.
4) You will receive a packet with preparation details and directions by February 15th.

REFUNDS
Your $450 deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE. The remainder of your tuition is transferable (NOT refundable), less 25%, IF you notify us before February 15th, 2011. “Transferable” means you may use it as credit toward other Ashevillage Institute programs within one year of when the original course started. After February 15th, all payments are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE.

LODGING
For information about lodging options, including camping and rooms at our guest house, email Lisa at gogoshoe@gmail.com.

CONTACT
Janell Kapoor: janell@ashevillage.org

Camp B. I'm a landscaper, camper, farmer... outdoors a lot and I use the P-Style http://www.thepstyle.com/pages/pstyle


Love it! It's super easy and discreet.  I pee in a lot of rich peoples' yards and they don't even know it.  I just undo my carhartts and position the colorful plastic funnel just so, et voila, pee standing, scoop any dripples up with the funnel and then shake it out to dry.

Also, around here (Asheville, NC) it's quite the style to walk around with a stylish pee cloth tucked into the back of the waist line of skirts and pants.  Lovely printed hanky cloths that are used to wipe throughout your hike and then tossed in the wash when you get home.  Is that any more gross than a snot-filled handkerchief?  I don't think so.

If peeing indoors, many 'round here pee into a jar for later dilution and use in the garden.