Permaculture in New Zealand

10th – 23rd January 2010  (Starts Sunday 12 noon – finishes Friday 12 noon)
Koanga Institute, Torere, Eastern Bay of Plenty, NZ
Tutors: Bob Corker,  Kay Baxter, Max van Ginkel
Fees:  $1400 inc gst  (includes food and accommodation )

This
is an intensive twelve day course covering the curriculum recognized by
the International Permaculture Institute.  It is focused on giving you
a clear understanding about how you can apply ecological design
principles to your : -  life, land use, business and community
development.  
We still believe that Permaculture Design is one of
the best tools available for those who wish to take responsibility for
the need to become more ‘self reliant’  as our globalized economy faces
peak oil (and lots of other ‘peaks’).  Not just for individual or
family self-reliance, but more particularly for communities.  The
context within which we teach this course will be our belief that in
the coming years we urgently need to develop ‘parallel economies’ that
will have the resilience to cope with the likely  ‘power-down’ 
(www.richardheinberg.com/Powerdown.html) that our mainstream economy is
faced with.

Click here For a summary of the course outline.
For feedback from our previous PDC Click here

Over
the last 30 years Kay and Bob have developed a comprehensive
understanding and range of skills associated with family self-reliance,
particularly food growing.  They are increasingly focusing on the
bigger picture as to how do we address self-reliance within communities
and bio-regions.  Thus design theory and examples  will cover  all
aspects from Bio-region through to Individual.  We are serious about
creating futures without being ‘plugged into’ the globalized economy.
The
course starts with a thorough understanding of the Permaculture model
of design, (the first two days).   From day three you will begin
developing and practicing; observation, analysis and design within a
‘permaculture’ framework (in the real world), and getting feedback  and
support from our team of experienced tutors and practicing designers. 
The structure of most days will be theory in the morning, followed by
practical demonstrations, and design practice in the afternoon,
followed by more design practice or research after dinner then
discussions or DVD’s latter. 
In addition those who are serious
about completing a diploma, and/or engaging in design as a vocation
(both in NZ or overseas), and/or creating self-employment, using their
new design skills, will be supported to set in place a mentor program
for supporting their future work.

If you  feel like you need more information about the course, please phone Bob on (07) 3155363 and discuss it further.
To find out what previous PDC students thought about the course click here

As
on our last PDC we will be providing you with food prepared following
the principles of the Weston A Price Foundation.     Mostly they will
be recipes out of Kay and Bob's new book "Change of Heart". All aspects
of the food will illustrate core issues of "sustainability".

Our food will be:

•    locally sourced
•    organic
•    unrefined
•    nutrient dense
•    traditional.

Part
of each day will include lessons on how these principles and recipes
can be included in your life (growing, preparing and cooking) For more
information on our  philosophy on foods, check out the website of the
Weston A Price Foundation .
"The world is as we dream it, as we
create it. We need to change the dream, to dream an earth-honouring
dream." Shuar Indians - Equador
The Permaculture Design Course
gives us the tools to design this dream, and the inspiration to bring
it into your life, and others lives, in a practical way.

For more information contact us.

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