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Quail Springs Fall Open House Saturday, October 8, 2011 10am-3pm Join us to learn about permaculture design and how sustainability touches the ground here at Quail Springs. And share a delicious catered lunch at the farm! Event Cost: $20/adult or teen, $5/child This is a daytime event. Nearby camping and dining info for the Cuyama area is shared in the online pre-registration. To join the Open House, please register ONLINE https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFpIQmo3dVpWQTdGRUFzNDl vNTJkd0E6MQ ************************* Permaculture Design Certification Course with Warren Brush & team October 31- November 13, 2011 Earth Care - People Care - Fair Share Immerse yourself in a permaculture learning community! Learn to design and apply natural principles to create stable and resilient systems that provide food, water, shelter and energy needs while regenerating ecology, community and economy. Permaculture Design Certification Course (PDC) is sponsored by Quail Springs Permaculture, an internationally recognized permaculture education organization. The grassroots Permaculture movement promotes effective methodologies for attaining sustainability worldwide. This 2-week course covers the permaculture curriculum for certification, and includes hands-on learning in a diversity of applied topics that lead to sustainability for individuals, families, businesses and communities. Instructors: Learn with Warren Brush (http://www.permaculturedesign.us/ ), international educator and co-founder of Quail Springs, and a team of passionate and knowledgeable instructors. Course Topics include: Sm. Scale Food Production - Integrated Pest Mgmt - Composting - Tree Planting - Water Harvesting -Greywater Systems - Compost Toilet Systems - Natural Building - Earthworks - Watershed Restoration - Keyline - Appropriate Technology - Beekeeping - Alternative Economics - Livestock Care - Goat Milking - Pastured Poultry - Cheese Making - Bread Baking - Saving the Harvest - Community Building - Nature Awareness Cost: $950 early bird tuition (if paid in full by September 1, 2011). $1,250 regular tuition ($300 deposit holds your space). Refresher course, couples & family rates available, as well as payment plans. Contact: Online Registration https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHVtOU9UbkhtelN EN3JLeTBuNVVPcXc6MQ or call 805-886-7239 ************************* We believe that lasting ecological health and social harmony can be fostered through emphasizing the connection between people, food, shelter, energy, and water. Quail Springs Permaculture is dedicated to demonstrating and teaching holistic ways of designing human environments, and to facilitating deeper understandings of ourselves and one another through immersive experiences in nature. www.quailsprings.org ************************* Sneak Peak at Quail Springs Permaculture 2012 Programs Permaculture Design Certification Course for International Development Professionals & Volunteers: June 18-July 1, 2012 www.quailsprings.org Sustainable Vocations - Growing a Green Generation - Permaculture Design Certification Course & Green Vocations program for young people (ages 15-24): July 23 - August 11, 2012 www.sustainablevocations.org _______________________________________________ Sdpg mailing list [email protected] https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/sdpg
