Do you own or manage rangelands in the Bay Area?   Are you hoping to increase the resilience and productivity of those rangelands?   The San Mateo Resource Conservation District (SMRCD) is excited to host the Regenerative Ranching 101 Educational Series for landowners and rangeland managers. From August 2024 through April 2025, join us once a month as we gather to visit regenerative ranches across the Bay Area and learn from world-class experts from SMRCD, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), TomKat Ranch, Point Blue Conservation Science, and California Farmlink on how to manage rangelands in a way that is economically and environmentally regenerative. Regenerative Ranching 101 will teach participants about: Principles and Practices of Regenerative Ranching Adaptive Grazing Planning Water and Fencing Wildlife and Livestock Monitoring and Evaluation Managing Land in a Changing Climate Designing Trials to Expand Understanding Writing Regenerative Grazing Leases Financial and Technical Assistance If you have questions email eliza@sanmateoRCD.org or sign up below for updates. Are you interested in attending the series or learning more?

The Permaculture Design Certification Course Ready To Skip The Revolution And Create The Renaissance?  The principles of Permaculture are commonly associated with a rural or agrarian setting, but they are applicable everywhere.  It is an adaptable set of problem-solving and decision-making ethics based on the patterns and systems of nature. When we use this approach it creates a fundamental shift in our attitude, towards how to create innovative and sustainable solutions of abundance rather than scarcity and crisis. At The Academy we forward students’ understanding of the field of scientific sustainability.  We promote: ... Thoughtful Decision-Making ... Creative Problem-Solving ... But Reject “One Size Fits All” Solutions Our Design Course uses the garden as a metaphor for learning how to balance ecosystems, building business enterprise, and establishing community resilience within an urban landscape. The Permaculture Design Certification Course is our flagship program. It is a rigorous 7-month immersive training chock full of: Hands-on Learning Real Design Projects 1-on-1 Mentorship Action-Based Solutions Dates Classes are the one weekend a month for seven months from 9 AM to 5 PM.  Instruction will take place in Los Angeles, CA. Dates for the Fall 2024-2025 Design Course are:   October 5th & 6th, 2024 November 2nd & 3rd, 2024 December 7th & 8th, 2024 January 4th & 5th, 2025 February 1st & 2nd, 2025 March 1st & 2nd, 2025 April 5th & 6th, 2025 There Are Many Tools In Our Tool Box - But A Cookie Cutter Isn't One Of Them. Within weeks of starting the program under the supervision of Larry Santoyo and his team, you will think more strategically and rationally than the majority of design professionals out there. You will learn skills and principles that will allow you to thrive in any environment, in a sustainable and regenerative frame of mind that discovers stability in any turbulent situation. Permaculture ethics and principles can be used in every aspect of life, large or small, from community to agriculture, craftwork and art, finance and education, law and security, architecture and science, the list goes on.   Our revolution starts with you, fundamentally changing the way you view the problems of the world, to usher in the next steps of a cultural Renaissance.     The Permaculture Design Certification Course has transformed the lives and enhanced the careers of people all around the world.  Here's What Our Students Are Saying About Us: "It awoke my passion for the environment and living a better life." "Before taking the class I didn't have a direction for my life. The Permaculture Design Course opened up a whole new world of possibilities and gave me a new direction that I was excited and inspired by. Larry has such a charisma and is hilarious. He brings  personality and has such a good way of explaining concepts that pulls you in and grips you." -Craig Kupolsky "I always knew that I could be doing more but I wasn't sure how." After taking the course, I could see more clearly how everything is interconnected, and I’ve been able to apply the design principles to many areas of my life. I fucking love Larry. He has no filter, which made it much easier to discuss topics that can sometimes be uncomfortable. His approach and teaching style have challenged my beliefs and inspired me to live with a deeper sense of compassion and respect. - Stacy Fisher Gunn founder and CEO of Living UP "It changed the way I think about life and gave me a sense of purpose." I completed the course in March of 2017 and had revelations and affirmations about the importance of this work. I worked for years in the film industry as an actor and in script development and found myself unfulfilled. I was concerned with issues of ecology and climate and wanted to do something about it. I was able to change careers and started working for somebody I met in the course. I couldn't be happier about the change or more excited about my future! - Cameron Miller Site and Projects Manager, The Birdhouse "The Permaculture Design Course with Larry Santoyo has been an unbelievably fun and rewarding experience!" "The Permaculture Design Course with Larry Santoyo has been an unbelievably fun and rewarding experience! And you don't have to be a gardener green thumb like me to use permaculture design in what you do!" -Dakota R. "It has changed the way I think about the world... And it has made me a better business person" "Big thank you for the permaculture design training it has changed the way I think about the world..... And it has made me a better business person, something I didn't think a “gardening class” could do." -Leslie D. This program is for those seeking with strong certitude a right-livelihood. It is for those who are ready to create lasting change and learn from the foremost Permaculture instructors in the world. I'm Ready to sign up When you take the Permaculture Design Certification Course with the Academy you are getting much more than a gardening course. • Learn. Collaborate. Implement.  Our trainings are about action, creating meaningful tangible action - have everything you need to build your sustainable future. • Fast-track your learning with 96 hours of expert instruction AND over 24 hours of hands on learning at real sites all over Southern California. • Never be confused or stumped again by a problem... our problem solving tools show you how to observe, design, and implement solutions that work time and time again. • Be leagues ahead of others upon graduation... Complete a full-fledged design project with guidance from our expert staff. • Learn the right way through mentor-student relationships. Learn one on one with an expert... You learn the way humans are meant to learn: through focused, individualized training passed down from a teacher to their student. • Understanding the principles behind real, long-term, ecological sustainability (Plus become an agent of change by gaining skills you can use to excel on any team or project.) • Become a champion at finding the right solution for the right project... apply what is needed not what is wanted. • We help people escape burnout, fatigue, and being overwhelmed by learning the principles behind living a simple, impactful, and purpose-filled life. The Permaculture Design Certification Course is the foundation of Permaculture education. Weekends One & Two Nature teaches us the language of patterns and shows how the garden can act as a metaphor for systems design.  Observing and understanding the information presented by natural habitats reveals foundational design principles.

2024-2025 NOW ENROLLINGPermaculture Design Certification spaces are limited Learn the Foundational Knowledge for Sustainability and Resilience FROM LOCAL PERMACULTURE PRACTITIONERS AND LEADERS CPI’s Year-Long Permaculture Design Certification CPI’s Year Long Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) is a 96-hour immersion in ethical mindsets and ecological skill-sets to create positive change. Students learn not just the hard skills of permaculture, such as soil science and natural building, but more importantly the underlying design thinking process that makes a permaculture system so unique, prolific, and resilient. “Permaculture Through The Seasons” is an internationally recognized PDC in Cincinnati, Ohio, that meets 11 Saturdays & 2 Sundays over 12 months, giving you the opportunity to absorb and apply permaculture learnings at urban and rural contexts throughout the course of a full year. Unlike other permaculture design courses that require you to travel to other states or countries, take time off work, and fit everything into a few short weeks, our PDC is entirely localized to within an hour’s drive of Cincinnati and focused on the permaculture practices that are most applicable in our growing region. Join and learn: Discover your niche in permaculture! Home gardeners, homesteaders, farmers, community planners and leaders, educators, engineers — everyone has something to learn and apply from permaculture. Our course could introduce you to your new passion! Among the sites that our students visit is a custom built off-grid Earthship in northern Kentucky, the home of one of our graduates. Permaculture Ethics and Principles Processes, Tools, and Methods for Design Foundations of Soil Science and Ecological Systems Holistic Management of Animals and Plants for Food Production and Ecological Restoration Renewable Energy and Waste Management Water Catchment, Earthworks and Keyline Design Climates and Microclimates Natural Building Food Forestry Ecovillages and Social Governance Plus you’ll get hands-on exercises in things like companion planting, food preservation, earthworks, composting, and other unique offerings from our site hosts. Why this course? Proven Curriculum- 15 Years Running with more than 350 Graduates, many of whom are now leading their own organizations and initiatives Teachers with Over a Combined 100 years of Permaculture in Practice in our Region- Our teachers and guest teachers are some of the longest practicing permaculturists in the Midwest, and combined they share with you experience that amounts to over 100 years of applying permaculture in our region. Community Connection- introducing you to dozens of leaders in the Tri-State’s Permaculture Network, including site visits and guest speakers - not to mention the people you’ll meet in class! Variety of Guest Teachers- with a variety of core competencies, from herbalism and forest gardening, to design thinking and broad acre permaculture design Great Value- 72 Hours of Base Instruction + 24 Hours of Topical and Advanced Permaculture Education for less than the cost of an international flight Learn Permaculture FROM YOUR Community There is no shortage of Permaculture learning materials out there - so this course focuses on the skills that are specific to applying permaculture to the Midwest and the Tristate region. As an introduction to Permaculture Design, as developed by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, this course connects you to the local community for further practice, work, and advanced education. We see, smell, listen, and get our hands dirty throughout the seasons, learning the different aspects of our climate and the types of work required to live locally on all fronts, from building, to energy, to feeding communities. Our hope is to empower our graduates to take what they’ve learned here back into their own neighborhoods, organizations, employers, faith groups and more, in service to our vision of a holistic and resilient permanent culture around Cincinnati. What to Expect: This Year Long PDC takes place once a month in a variety of locations around the Cincinnati Area- from urban homesteads and green businesses to rural homesteads and farms. Each class session is about 9 hours and typically consists of a site visit and tour, instruction on permaculture principles and design technique from our lead teachers, lessons on specific topics from our guest teachers, and small group activities. Some meals are provided or available on-site. In between classes, students may be asked to read articles or watch videos and be prepared to discuss in class. The course culminates with a group design project, where you and a small group of classmates are assigned to a real, local site and go through the design process together, from initial visit and ideation through analysis, planning, mapping, researching, and finally, presenting a plan for developing the site using permaculture. Some groups design for small suburban backyards, while others design for rural family farms or local parks, exposing students to the variety of possible applications of permaculture practices. This final design is then presented to the class and a panel of community experts to provide feedback for the future. 2024-25’ Locations TO BE DETERMINED. PAST LOCATIONS HAVE INCLUDED: Earthship in Kentucky Civic Garden Center Harmony Hillside, landforms, animals and living off the land Urban Eco-Village Wake the Farm Up Homestead, Milan, Indiana Woodenshoe Hollow Homemeadow Song Farm 2024-2025 Tuition and Dates BASE PRICE: $1,200 Minimum deposit of $300 will confirm your registration. Balance due by first class on November 16. Payment plans and financial assistance available. REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Sunday, November 10 LIMIT 20 Participants (waitlist may be available) CLASS DATES: November 16 & 17 2024 - Kickoff January 4, 2025 February 1, 2025 March 1, 2025 April 5, 2025 May 3, 2025 June 7, 2025 July 12, 2025 August 2, 2025 September 6, 2025 October 18 & 19, 2025 - Final Presentations & Graduation Meals and Lodging: Meals will be provided at some sites with as much local / vegetarian friendly fare as is possible appropriate to the time of year, but most likely will need to be supplemented with beyond bio-region produce. Students will be encouraged to brown-bag their own meals at other sites depending on facilities. We welcome students from outside the immediate Cincinnati area to enroll. If you are traveling, lodging can be worked out for overnight stays through a network of friendly homes. About the Cost and Scholarships: We try desperately to keep the cost down in order to make this expertise accessible to

Regenerative Land Management (RLM) Advanced Permaculture Diploma Program Date: On going Location: Mixed in person and online Registration: https://earthactivisttraining.org/regenerative-land-management/ Regenerative Land Management (RLM) is a multi-year advanced permaculture diploma program designed to advance your permaculture practice and provide deep comprehensive training needed to apply these regenerative skills in your life. Whether caring for the land, building urban gardens, or decolonizing farmland, the Regenerative Land Management Diploma program will prepare you for your earth healing endeavors, and to provide a livelihood for yourself and your family.  The Regenerative Land Management is a minimum two-year diploma program focused earth healing and land management  It encompasses five core online courses, one in-person restoration intensive, and individually tailored applied learning projects  During the program students will develop three comprehensive land management plans.  Students are matched with mentors to guide and support them throughout the program  Learning cohort provides solidarity, community-building, and resource-sharing about their learning experiences  Graduates are awarded a Regenerative Land Management diploma from Earth Activist Training and eligible for a diploma from Permaculture Institute of North America (PINA) For more information visit our webpage. Website: https://earthactivisttraining.org/ Registration: https://earthactivisttraining.org/regenerative-land-management/ Instructors: Starhawk, Charles Williams, Patty Love, Chris Gilmour, Leila Darwish and Guest Speakers

Permaculture Design Certification Wednesday, January 1, 20257:30 PM Wednesday, December 31, 20258:30 PM Learning takes place at various local farms and home properties such as Maren Cook’s urban food forest near Frick Park in Pittsburgh. The permaculture design course has been the foundational hallmark of permaculture education for the past four decades. Permaculture brings together food production and ecological restoration, helping gardeners, farmers and land stewards see how we can create solutions to food inequality, climate change and the ecological crisis. Through permaculture we can all learn to care for the earth, care for other people and do it with justice and equity. With a deep understanding of nature and ecology, permaculturists develop human managed systems to grow more food, support more biodiversity and make positive impacts in their communities. Our permaculture course is taught as a partnership with Three Sister’s Permaculture, Garfield Community Farm and Larkspur Design with certification through the Permaculture Institute of North America. Learning to map a design takes place in the second half of the course. Pay Deposit Now! Beginning in 2024 our permaculture design course has been spread throughout the year with a monthly weekend intensive, usually on Saturdays. Each year’s cohort includes eight to fifteen students committed to finishing their PDC on calendar year. Instead of doing 80 hours of classwork in an intense two week course we’re spreading the classes throughout the year, giving students time to read, experiment, learn and ask questions between classes. We believe this model for the PDC will create better learning and teaching environments and it will allow students to go deeper into the practices and theory of permaculture throughout the course. The thirteen classes listed below will usually take place on the forth Saturday of each month. Some classes include a full day on the previous Friday and extend throughout Saturday. By completing each of the classes students will complete all other modules necessary to receive their official permaculture design certification through the Permaculture Institute of North America. The lead teachers of these classes are John Creasy of Wild Indigo Guild and Garfield Community Farm, Darrell Frey of Three Sisters Permaculture and Elizabeth Lynch of the Three Sister’s Permaculture. A very special weekend retreat happens in the spring at Lamppost Farm in Columbiana, Ohio, led by Steve Montgomery. Many other local experts will be included in select classes to augment the course, especially through local field trips. All photos are from previous courses, permaculture related field trips or of Garfield Community Farm. Integration of energy production, food and native plants! Native and edible food forest design and implementation at Garfield Community Farm The Total cost of the Permaculture Design Course is $2000 minus financial aid. A $200 deposit can be paid any time before January 10th of 2025 with $450 due in February, April, July and any remainder in October. Financial Aid may be applied for and could cover significant portions of the cost for those in need. The total course includes all of the classes below as well as a design apprenticeship at a local farm or with a local permaculture practitioner where design skills will be developed. For students looking to use permaculture design professionally, a portfolio quality design may be completed by the end of the course through the work of the apprenticeship. Tentative Class Schedule January - “Get to know one another” gathering February - Introduction to Permaculture March - Permaculture and Care of the Soul April - Natural Building Workshop May - Soil and Compost June - Food Forest Design and Practice July - Permaculture, Climate Change, Disaster Preparedness, Wilderness survival August - Fungi in Permaculture Design and Biochar workshop September - Urban Permaculture Homesteading and field trips to local sites October - Season Extension, Bioshelters and Natural Building November - Water Harvesting and Mapping in Permaculture November/December - Permaculture and Sustainable Income Generation Questions or to become a member of this year’s cohort, contact John Creasy, larkspurdesignpgh@gmail.com

Online Permaculture Design Course Winter 2025: PDC:  January 6 - March 23, 2025 PDC Pro:  January 6 - June 15, 2025 ​ Develop a sustainable landscape using permaculture methods with this online, instructor-led certificate program offered by Professional and Continuing Education at Oregon State University. Within a collaborative, academically rigorous curriculum, you will complete regenerative landscape projects with intensive instructor feedback and interaction. Each assignment creates a new layer in the permaculture design process, culminating in a unique site design plan for residential, agricultural or other natural areas. You can use this plan at home or as a portfolio to show prospective clients. You will engage with peers through the program’s blog, where you can receive and provide feedback and follow each project’s progress. You will learn from your peers by sharing your permaculture design plan and viewing other projects from diverse climates and environments. Previous participants hailed from places like Alaska and Laos and created design plans for sites that ranged in size from urban balconies to 100-acre ranches. . Click here to learn more

Permaculture Design Certification Course Weekend Permaculture Course January through December 2025 Discover our permaculture course and realize your potential in restorative design. Course begins January, 2025 in Pittsburgh, PA in partnership with Wild Indigo Guild   and Three Sister’s Permaculture. check back soon  this link for details: https://www.wild-indigo-guild.com/ This year’s weekend course will be based at Garfield Community Farm and will mostly be held on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year.  Through our diverse teaching methods and settings we’ll delve into permaculture application from urban home scale design to broad acre landscape design. Our course is certified through the Permaculture Institute of North America and will cover all the learning objectives of the permaculture design certification course as outlined by PINA. These learning objectives will not only be covered through classroom education but also through hands on experiences in both urban and rural settings and with a diverse group of lead teachers and expert special guests. The permaculture design course has been the foundational hallmark of permaculture education for the past four decades. Permaculture brings together food production and ecological restoration, helping gardeners, farmers and land stewards see how we can create solutions to food inequality, climate change and the ecological crisis. Through permaculture we can all learn to care for the earth, care for other people and do it with justice and equity. With a deep understanding of nature and ecology, permaculturists develop human managed systems to grow more food, support more biodiversity and make positive impacts in their communities. Our permaculture design course will be spread throughout the year with a monthly weekend intensive. This year’s cohort will include eight to fifteen students committed to finishing their PDC in 2024. Instead of doing 80 hours of classwork in an intense two week course we’re spreading the classes throughout the year, giving students time to read, experiment, learn and ask questions between classes. We believe this model for the PDC will create better learning and teaching environments and it will allow students to go deeper into the practices and theory of permaculture throughout the course. The thirteen classes  will usually take place on the forth Saturday of each month. Some classes include a full day on the previous Friday and extend throughout Saturday. By completing each of the classes students will complete all other modules necessary to receive their official permaculture design certification through the Permaculture Institute of North America. The lead teachers of these classes are John Creasy of Wild Indigo and Garfield Community Farm, Darrell Frey of Three Sisters Permaculture and Elizabeth Lynch of the Three Sister’s Permaculture. Many other local experts will be included in select classes to augment the course.

Phoenix Permaculture Design Course A full 72-hour in-person PDC on permaculture & regenerative design with an emphasis on dry lands and southwest ecosystems. Registration for the Spring 2025 Permaculture Design Course.  This in-person, 72-hour course will take place over ten days on multiple weekends. The dates in Feb, Mar, Apr, May of 2025 are listed below. LIMITED CLASS SIZE. You can save your seat in the next PDC with either a small deposit* now, or a full registration at discounted pricing. *To secure your spot in the 2025 course, send a check payable to GrowPHX of at least $250 to  PO BOX 10072, Glendale, AZ 85318. Confirm this with an email to Janis@urbanfarm.org Registration now includes a copy of worldwide preferred textbook Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison. PDC Spring 2025 Course is 10 days, 9am to 5:30pm. Saturdays & Sundays only in February, March, April & May. Key Presentation Dates: Day 8: Workshop Day with Draft Presentations of Group Research, Site Maps & Evaluation, and Discussion of Proposed Ideas with Feedback from PDC team. Day 10: Group Final Presentations of Completed Designs *Deposits accepted before 1/15/25 will secure early registration pricing. “What is a Permaculture Design Course (PDC)?   It is a 72-hour deep dive introduction into permaculture.  This course is designed to give you a whole new perspective on sustainability and regenerative design. I like to call permaculture ‘the art and science of working with nature’.” — Greg Peterson. 2025 schedule: Days 1-2:   Sat/Sun,  Feb 22 & 23 Days 3-4: Sat/Sun, Mar 8 & 9 Days 5-6:  Sat/Sun, Mar 22 & 23 Days 7-8: Sat/Sun, Apr 12 & 13 Days 9-10: Sat/Sun, May 3 & 4 This Permaculture certification course covers many aspects of design with a Southwest dry-lands flavor, including a balance of classroom time, permaculture principles reinforcement, design practicum, and some hands-on experience. Dynamic exercises encourage pattern recognition, noticing the links between plants, animals, climate, and landforms that make up natural ecosystems. The course focuses on dryland communities with a strong urban and semi-rural emphasis, addressing individual site and neighborhood “problems” such as storm water flooding. Students learn to read the landscape, to map and analyze energies flowing through a site, and to develop integrated designs for sustainable systems. The weekend format of the course makes it easier for people who hold a week-day job to attend and promotes better integration of the course material into daily life. By the end of the course students will have developed and presented a comprehensive permaculture design on a site of their choosing. Our course closely follows the standard 72-hour format developed by Bill Mollison and others. Course topics include design principles and patterning, site analysis, drylands gardening principles, ecosystem restoration, philosophy and ethics of Permaculture, regenerative community economics, soils and erosion control, village and community design, water harvesting, invisible structures, agroforestry, appropriate technology, building design, and many other topics. The classroom is a collection of multiple sites in the Greater Phoenix area. This course is taught and facilitated by Don Titmus & Janis Norton, with a team of permaculture-trained presenters to help round out the course. Have Questions? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions HERE, and then email us if you still need some clarification.  

Pikes Peak Permaculture Design Certification [pdf-embedder url="https://pina.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-PDC-Flyer.pdf" title="2025 PDC Flyer"] Since the early 1980s, permaculture has been taught through hands-on courses – PDCs – with experienced mentors handing down their knowledge to passionate students. Because this is a “design system” with a holistic point of view, fledgling permaculturists need to invest some serious hours in learning all aspects of human habitat and seeing how these elements work together in a design. The word “certification” simply means you’ve met standards set over the past 35 years by permaculture masters. There’s a lot more to becoming a permaculturist than reading a book or looking at a website. Are you ready to change the world? Our next PDC will begin in Feburary 2025. Permaculture’s Philosophy is one of “working WITH nature“, and of protracted and insightful observation rather than thoughtless action. Permaculture design techniques encourage land use, which integrates principles of ecology and applies lessons from nature. It teaches us to create settings and build ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and the resilience of natural ecosystems. In the spirit of sustainability, it also teaches us to allow natural and designed ecosystems to demonstrate their own evolutions. General Course Topics: Permaculture Ethics & Principles Ecosystem Patterning Organic Food Production Alternative Economics Microclimates Forest Medicinal Herbs Full Loop Waste Systems Alternative Building Earthworks for Water Management Secrets of Building Soil Site Analytics Creating Integrated Systems Animals in Small Systems Cold Season Growing Water Catchments Add your name to the list. More Information: Please call Becky Elder (719) 685-0290 or email BluePlanetBecky@gmail.com.

RESTORATION INTENSIVE: Fire, Forests, & Animal Allies March 28th-April 4th Earth Activist Training’s Restoration Intensive is an in-depth, hands-on course teaching practical land restoration skills. This year’s intensive will focus on fire resilient landscapes, erosion, stream restoration, and integrating livestock as an element of restoration.   register now ABOUT THIS COURSE Going beyond theory! This advanced hands-on permaculture course teaches practical restoration tools and techniques. Do you feel called as an Earth Healer? This course is for you.  There’s a quiet revolution going on in the woods, of communities banding together to take responsibility for their forests and grasslands, and create more safety and resilience in the face of climate-intensified wildfire.  This ten-day intensive will immerse you in one such community, focusing on deep listening to the land, hands-on skills for land restoration and practical tools to mitigate the impacts of climate change. We’ll gain experience with many aspects of forest and grassland management—understanding fire ecology, assessing the forest and fire danger, thinning, pruning, limbing up and creating shaded fuel breaks, pile burns, prescribed burns (weather permitting), working with government and other local agencies, making biochar, inoculating mushrooms, and creating other value-added products from the woods. Grazing can be one of our key tools for fire prevention and grassland regeneration when done right. In our animal care segments, we’ll have a chance to work with sheep, goats, cows, poultry and livestock guardian and herding dogs, and learn aspects of humane animal care, such as psychology,  training, fencing, and herding. COURSE FLOW Earth Activist Training teaches permaculture—ecological design—with a grounding in spirit and a focus on organizing and activism.  We have a strong commitment to social justice, equity and radical inclusion, and these values shape everything we do. Our practical skills are always taught in a context of deep listening, wonder and reverence for nature, and we include ritual, meditation and respect for the natural world as a core part of what we do. Responding to climate change is not something we can do alone, and wildfire doesn’t stop at your property line.  Community organizing is one of the key regenerative strategies.  So the culmination of our time together will be a community action day that we organize, where we can share some of our new tools with the larger community and celebrate our progress toward resilience. WHAT TO EXPECT This intensive will have two tracks: a Welcome Track for those who are taking this as a stand-alone course, and a Leadership Track for those who are taking this as part of our long-term Regenerative Land Management Program (RLM).  Our RLM students will have opportunities to take leadership on group projects, and present tools and information during our Community Action Day. The practical tools are important—but to apply them in a healing way we need both scientific knowledge and guidance from the land itself.  So each day will involve time for ritual, meditation, and listening,  to help us open our ears and hearts to what nature is telling us. This Course Is For You If: You feel anguish or despair about the climate and the state of the environment, and want to renew your spirit while learning positive solutions and practical skills. You want some time outside of the city in a beautiful environment with good food, great people, and a chance to learn new skills. You think you’d like to live on the land—but you aren’t sure, and want to try it out for a time. You live on the land—or hope to some day—and want to learn skills to regenerate it and protect it from devastating wildfire. You’ve learned the theory and taken lots of online courses during Covid—and now you want the practical experience. You want to work with animals to help heal the landscape. You want to improve your skills at animal management. You want a career in caring for the environment, forestry, fire protection or a related field. You want a career in nature education or to incorporate more nature awareness into teaching other subjects.. You are a climate activist who fears getting burned out—and want the tools to make a positive impact. You want to learn practical skills in a context that honors the spirit. You love nature—and want to do something about it.   WE ARE ALWAYS HERE TO HELP Please reach out to our Student Support Team at: support@earthactivisttraining.org. Class Schedule MEET YOUR TEACHERS Starhawk (she/her) is the co-founder and executive director of Earth Activist Training. One of the foremost voices in Earth-based spirituality, Starhawk is an author, activist, and permaculture teacher and designer. Her 12 books include such beloved reads as The Spiral Dance, The Earth Path, and The Fifth Sacred Thing. Starhawk drew from 30 years of living collectively to write The Empowerment Manual, which is the basis for her social permaculture course, Empowering Collaborative Groups. Starhawk has been recognized by the Permaculture Institute of North America (PINA) as a leading figure in permaculture and has been awarded dual diplomas for excellence in education and permaculture site design. Best known as an articulate voice in the revival of Earth-based spirituality and Goddess religion, Starhawk is the co-founder of the Reclaiming movement, an activist branch of the modern Pagan religion. In partnership with Donna Read, Starhawk is the co-founder of Belili Productions film company, whose most well-known project was a trio of popular films on the Goddess religion. Starhawk’s work in progressive activism has spanned generations and geographies. As a global justice and peace activist, Starhawk co-founded RANT: Root Activists’ Network of Trainers, and has taught non-violent direct action across North and South America, Europe, and the Middle East. She has been on the front lines of anti-nuclear actions at Diablo Canyon, Livermore Weapons Lab, Vandenberg Air Force Base, and the Nevada Test Site. She has been a witness for peace in conflict zones across the world, including Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Palestine and Israel. As a teacher of magical activism and permaculture education, Starhawk’s life work takes her across the globe. She currently lives part-time in San Francisco in a collective house with her partner and friends, and part-time in a little hut in the woods in Cazadero, California, where she practices permaculture in her extensive gardens and writes. Her website is http://starhawk.org. Read More 3 Delyla Wilson (she/her) engaged Grr-Parent and resilience visionary, began her journey into resilient

Description: In this workshop, we will complete a full biochar burn using an in-ground trench. Participants will learn: What biochar is and how it can be used to build soil health How to do a simple, in ground, biochar burn Other methods of making biochar How to innoculate biochar based on how it will be used Every participant will go home with a gallon of biochar. We will be working with an active fire, so dress appropriately.

Join us at OK Farms on Saturday, March 29th, for an agroforestry farm tour and workday - including a breadfruit pruning production workshop focused on long-term maintenance in alley cropping agroforestry systems! Join other local farmers to share a farm tour, potluck dishes, and a workshop hosted by Noa Lincoln and OK Farm’s Vi Girbino - highlighting tips for successful pruning practices. We will also plant several breadfruit trees together! RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSfuFckYFMM8x4.../viewform

 Permaculture Food Forests Online with Oregon State University Part 1:  Self-Paced Course:  on demand  Part 2:  Practicum:  March 31 - June 15, 2025 ​ Permaculture Food Forests are intentional cultivated forest gardens that contain native and cultivated plants, which provide yields for humans and ecological functions.  Essentially, a low-maintenance forest that's completely edible! ​ A food forest is a sustainable and natural way to produce healthy and organic food. By learning how to tend your specific soil and develop plant communities you'll be able to improve your yield and provide nourishing and healthy food for you and your family. ​ This course will teach you how to design a food forest for your unique climate and needs using permaculture principles and ecology. ​

Monthly harvests of fresh food from your garden! Marisha's workshop series provides timely advice each month to help gardeners have success. Now in its 12th year, gardeners have join in from all over the temperate zones of the world (and some subtropical too). Each month provides an overview of what to do that month based on temperature thresholds and seasonal changes. There are also seasonal topics each month. This workshop series makes a great gift that will provide throughout the year. #growyourownfood #permaculture #permaculturegarden #vegetablegardening #resilence

At the Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm & Surrounding Region Certified by PINA, the Permaculture Institute of North America, our course includes the internationally recognized 72-hour curriculum, augmented by an additional 38-hours of hands on practice and field trips. Plus, folks have the option to camp on site, and build community around the fire! Our course brings in leading designers and teachers from around the region, each experts in different areas of permaculture. The Santa Cruz Permaculture network of instructors, alumni, community partners, and resources continues to grow each season, and by participating in our course, you become part of this network! Read interviews with our alumni here to learn how folks use the skills and knowledge they gain in this course. Additionally, course participants work in teams throughout the program to design a holistic permaculture plan for a real-life site in the community. The hands-on learning, workshops, and readings throughout the course prepare students with knowledge and whole systems thinking strategies that allow them to create detailed and thoughtful designs. Full Series: 6 Weekends over 6 Months Full series registration is available up until the day before the first session. Late registration is available and you can make up any missed weekends with the next session. Use the next cohort registration and select the class you’d like to join on our registration form. Email info.santacruzpermaculture@gmail.com with questions. Pricing Full Tuition: $1295 Early Bird Discount: $1195 (Register more than 30 days in advance) Super Early Bird Discount: $1095 (Register more than 60 days in advance) Partner / Spouse Tuition: $995 (When one partner pays regular tuition, the second gets a discount) Teachers: $995 (Special price for teachers at accredited K-12, Colleges and Universities) Youth: $795 (Special price for ages 13-18) Fall – Winter 2024 Session 1: October 12-13, 2024 Session 2: November 2-3, 2024 Session 3: December 7-8, 2024 Session 4: January 4-5, 2025 Session 5: February 1-2, 2025 Session 6: March 1-2, 2025 Session Times: Sessions typically run 9am – 5:30pm both days, with a lunch break. This Class is now Full Spring-Summer 2025 Session 1: April 5-6, 2025 Session 2: May 3-4, 2025 Session 3: June 7-8, 2025 Session 4: July 5-6, 2025 Session 5: August 2-3, 2025 Session 6: September 6-7, 2025 Session Times: Sessions typically run 9am – 5:30pm both days, with a lunch break. Register Now Full Series: 2 Week Summer Intensive Pricing Tuition includes catered meals and on-site camping Full Tuition: $2195 Early Bird Discount: $2095 (Register more than 30 days in advance) Super Early Bird Discount: $1995 (Register more than 60 days in advance) Partner / Spouse Tuition: $1995 (When one partner pays for regular tuition, the second gets a discount) Teachers: $1895 (Special price for teachers at accredited K-12, Colleges and Universities) Youth: $1695 (Special price for ages 13-18) Two Week Summer Intensive July 11-24, 2025 Friday, July 11th is arrival day, with a farm orientation in the evening. The course begins Saturday, July 12th. Our 2-week intensive covers the same curriculum as our 6-month course. Tuition includes catered meals and on-site camping. The 2-week intensive is followed by our 8-day Advanced Permaculture Design Course. Please consider joining us for both courses. Register Now Individual Sessions If you don’t want to sign up for the full course but would like to sign up for an individual weekend, you’re welcome to do so! The tuition is $295 per weekend. Personal & Economic Permaculture – December 7 & 8, 2024 Register Now Home Scale Permaculture: Creating Natural Homes & Edible Landscapes – January 4 & 5, 2025 Register Now Broad Scale Permaculture for Ecosystem Regeneration: Integrated Animal Husbandry & Forest Management – February 1 & 2, 2025 Register Now Social Permaculture, Community Development, & Design Presentations – March 1 & 2, 2025 Register Now Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness – April 5 & 6, 2025 Register Now Regenerating Watersheds & Soils – May 3 & 4, 2025 Register Now What is Permaculture & Whole Systems Design? Permaculture is an ethically based whole-systems design approach that uses concepts, principles, and methods derived from ecosystems, nature connected communities, and other time-tested systems to create human settlements and institutions. It’s also been called “saving the planet while throwing a better party.” Learn more about permaculture. Grounded in the context of Permaculture & Whole Systems Design, this course covers a wide range of topics, including: Food Forests Fruit Tree Care Agroforestry Nature Awareness Rehydrating the Earth Creating Water Retention Landscapes Rainwater Catchment Gabions Berms and Swales Greywater No-Till Agriculture & Carbon Farming Preparing Garden Beds for Planting Cover Cropping Mycorrhizal Network & Fungi Soil Ecology Composting Natural Building & Cob Construction Plant Guilds Crop Planning School Gardens Urban Gardens & Orchards Traditional Ecological Knowledge Sudden Oak Life Integrated Animal Husbandry Holistic Management & Rotational Grazing Local Food Systems Designing to Mitigate Disaster Bioregional Networks The World Café The Work That Reconnects Nonviolent Communication Financial Permaculture Alternative Currencies Economic Permaculture Public Banking Community Development City Repair Transition Towns Social Permaculture Intentional Communities & Ecovillages Neighborhood Resilience Previous slide Next slide Session Descriptions All sessions include a mix of lecture and hands-on activities. Classes run from 9am-5:30pm each day. Session 1 – Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness Explore the principles and ethics of permaculture Learn design processes and methods for articulating client goals and desired outcomes, and site analysis Study ecology and employ natural patterns as a design tool Participate in a World Cafe with fellow students to access the collective intelligence of the community Practice nature awareness and observation Learn to add value to current systems and practices through the lens of regenerative design Session 2 – Regenerating Watersheds & Soils Learn about watersheds, climate, and the importance of slowing, spreading, and sinking rainfall to rehydrate the earth Study simple water harvesting systems from home to broadacre scale, including rainwater catchment methods and greywater design Explore the characteristics and management of healthy soil ecology with hands-on lessons and time in the garden Build a compost pile and prepare the garden soil for planting Find contour by making a-frame levels and build a berm and swale to slow and sink water into the soil Session 3 – Personal & Economic Permaculture Learn and practice nonviolent communication Participate in a Work that Reconnects workshop and learn about the Spiral of the Work That Reconnects Discuss and reflect on Right Livelihood and your role in the Great Turning Explore strategies for mitigating disaster through community resilience, permaculture design, and

This course is the foundational 72 hour Permaculture Design Certification program, endorsed by PINA the Permaculture Institute of North America.We adapt our course to the northeastern corridor and to contemporary social and ecological issues in the United States and the world. Our Permaculture design certification course imparts a positive and empowering vision for social and ecological transformation. We will train you to be a permaculture consultant who can apply the permaculture principles to a diversity of landscapes, scales and issues from rural to urban, and temperate to tropical environments. Come be inspired by the possibilities of today! (Weekend format) https://www.permaculturenewyork.com/

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

Monthly harvests of fresh food from your garden! Marisha's workshop series provides timely advice each month to help gardeners have success. Now in its 12th year, gardeners have join in from all over the temperate zones of the world (and some subtropical too). Each month provides an overview of what to do that month based on temperature thresholds and seasonal changes. There are also seasonal topics each month. This workshop series makes a great gift that will provide throughout the year. #growyourownfood #permaculture #permaculturegarden #vegetablegardening #resilence

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

Coming Soon in 2025! Register Now, Spaces are Limited. Get ready for these Source Farm courses this May & June. See the flyers for full details. Add to your skill sets with Natural Building Workshop (May 11-23), Urban Permaculture Design Permaculture Certificate Course (June 1-14) & International Natural Bamboo Building Workshop (June 16-29 in Hope Gardens, Kingston). Click the links in Source Farm’s IG Bio to reserve your spot! https://www.thesourcefarm.com/ #permaculturedesign #bambooarchitecture #sourcefarm #earthbag #naturalplaster #adobehouse #urbanpdc

Ecovillage Action Week Serve and Connect with Earthaven May 26-30, 2025 Earthaven Ecovillage Near Asheville, NC Want to experience community and network with community builders? Want to learn skills, gain insights, and get to know the Earthaven community? Want to contribute to something larger than yourself while having fun? Join us as an active participant in the everyday rhythm of life and work at Earthaven Ecovillage! The best way to experience Earthaven’s way of living is to pitch in and experience it yourself. During Ecovillage Action Week, you’ll work side-by-side with residents, making meaningful contributions and connections while exploring new skills and expanding your ideas of alternative living. You’ll learn by doing and getting to know the community from the ground up — and having a lot of fun in the process! In addition to community work parties, you’ll have the chance to enjoy meals with community members and have the opportunity to participate in yoga, meditation, hiking, and Earthaven neighborhood and home tours. Register Now As I immersed myself for a week at Earthaven, I was struck not only by the simplicity of the day to day operations, but found myself drawn, once again, to the natural rhythms and connections of community life. Charmaine Looking for more information about the Earthaven experiment? This hands-on, service-based program is designed to follow the Earthaven Ecovillage Experience Weekend, which provides classes, presentations, and discussions about what Earthaven is doing and why. Enroll in both programs for a full-featured intensive experience at Earthaven Ecovillage. Highlights Working together to contribute to the beauty and functionality of the ecovillage Conversing with villagers over dinner, around the fire, and in neighborhood work parties Touring Earthaven’s common areas, buildings, and off-grid facilities Exploring Earthaven’s off-the-beaten-path neighborhoods and homes Connecting with the natural world, including hardwood forests, creeks, and wildlife Practicing self-care as a pathway to rejuvenation through meditation, yoga, hiking, and soccer or ultimate frisbee Contributing to something bigger than ourselves in the fresh mountain air Learning about residency and membership realities and pathways Community activity examples Community potluck Coffee and trade marketplace Soccer Fire circles Meditation and yoga Forest hikes and bird watching Neighborhood meet-and-greet Conversations about residency and membership realities and pathways The Experience Ecovillage Action Week gives you the opportunity to work collaboratively to accomplish whatever task is at hand, contribute to new experiments in regenerative lifeways, and experience the joy and satisfaction of having done so with new friends. This experience combines your head, hands, and heart to ground your theoretical understanding of community into an applicable action-oriented lifestyle. Embody a holistic approach to living, thinking, and serving others. Each day will feature a coordinated half-day work party plus at least one optional community activity. Work party examples Preparing biochar Processing firewood Organizing the Free Store Tending the Forest Garden Beautifying the Village Center Protecting native habitat by removing invasives Helping Earthaven villagers in their farms and gardens Program Schedule Monday 1:00 Arrival, Check in, and set up 2:30 Welcome, orientation, and Earthaven tour 3:30 Earthaven tour 6:30 Dinner (provided) 7:45 Opening fire circle Tuesday Breakfast (self-prepared) 9:00  Coffee and trade marketplace 10:30 Exercise and exploration options 12:15 Lunch & Rest/independent time 2:30 Work party 5:00 Rest/independent time 6:30 Community potluck and grill (provided) 7:45 Community Connection Wednesday 8:00 Meditation (optional) Breakfast (self-prepared) 9:00 Work party 12:15 Lunch & Rest/independent time 2:30Work party 5:00 Rest/independent time 6:30 Dinner (provided) 7:45 Rest/independent time Thursday 8:00 Meditation (optional) Breakfast (self-prepared) 9:00 Work party 12:25 Lunch & Rest/independent time 2:30 Extended independent time 4:30 Exploring Residency and Membership: A Conversation 6:30 Dinner (provided) 7:45 Open Space Programming at Fire Circle Friday 8:00 Meditation(optional) Breakfast (self-prepared) 9:00 Closing/Wrapping up the Bundle 12:15 Lunch, pack, and depart by 2:30 Financial Co-responsiblity and Scholarships Because some people have more financial means than others, we have created a sliding-scale fee system to accommodate a range of economic realities. We offer several price tiers and leave it to you to select the most appropriate tier. The price range aims to take into consideration economic disparities, historical injustices, and personal circumstances. The system is designed for those with more resources to support those with less. At Earthaven and through the School of Integrated Living (SOIL), we strive to practice a culture of financial transparency, authenticity, and generosity. Trusting each other to assess their needs, what is within their ability, and when to ask for help. We are excited to include you in our experiment with financial co-responsibility. We are now offering self-selected scholarships for many of our programs. No proof of need, no questions asked. Just the clear intention of trust that registrants can assess whether the cost of a program is truly a barrier to attendance and the growth of self and community our programs seek to foster. In addition, we offer partial scholarships (50% of the middle of the sliding scale) to black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) with financial needs who otherwise would not be able to afford to attend, even with the self-selected scholarships. We understand that BIPOC may experience more financial and institutional barriers to participation, and this is one way we are able to create more access. If you identify as BIPOC with financial needs and would like to receive a deeper scholarship, please contact us. SOIL endeavors to support the healthy flow of all resources; whether that be monetary or the skills and information that seed cultural change; and widen the doors of accessibility to what we offer. Cost General Adults sliding scale: $400-600. Scholarship: $275 Children and teens (ages 4 – 17): $200 What’s Included Tuition includes all Earthaven fees, program facilitation, lunches, and dinners. Camping and indoor lodging are available for an additional cost. Participants are responsible for their own breakfasts, transportation, and personal needs. Register Now

Regenerative Earth Apprenticeship Program Living and Learning on the land! Seeking apprentices for Summer, 2025 Learn earth skills in a delightful community with good food, live music, and a sense of humor. Do you want to be a part of re-creating reciprocity in the way we get sustenance? Do you long to live in deep relationship with the earth? Are you ready to put your hands into the cycle of life, and participate in the sacred traditions of growing, foraging and preserving food? Are you interested in learning how to dance with plants and fungi for healing? Are you a knowledge carrier ready to receive and pass earth wisdom? Is it time for more strolling in a forest and less scrolling on a screen? This is a special opportunity to take Permaculture out of the classroom and into real life! Learn with Terri Wilde, an Earth Apprentice, Permaculturalist, Gardener, Herbalist and Forager with 35+ years of hands-on experience. Sign up for 1-3 monthly modules of study and practice: Being in the Web of Life Dancing with the Land Preparing for the Coming Changes In this program, you will: • Camp and live in community on Dandelion Hearth Farm, in the heart of the North Cascades’s Skagit River Valley (Western Washington) • Be engaged for 4 days a week with Instruction, Hands-On projects, Field Trips & Work Exchange • Spend the rest of your time exploring the beautiful North Cascades, relaxing in nature, working part time or deepening your studies • Learn to apply Permaculture principles to real life Earth Care! • Practice deep observation, getting to know the plants and animals of place through seasons and successions. • Learn to read the land, water, weather and plants for guidance toward good stewardship. Program Cost:  This program is being offered for a sliding scale exchange to cover food costs of around $500/monthly (per module) Plus 10 hours/week in work exchange The cost includes Camping, Food, Instruction, Field Trips and Hands-On Regenerative Practice Classes Curricula Highlights: Permaculture Practices, Sense of Place, Mushrooms, Botany, Gardening, Food Preservation, Foraging, Herbal Medicine, Energy Flows, Humanure, Animal Husbandry, Homestead Skills and More!! Dandelion Hearth Farm is in the Skagit River watershed in western WA. We acknowledges that we are living on and stewarding the ancestral homelands of the Upper Skagit Coast Salish Peoples, Sabelxu band of the Upper Skagit, and honor with gratitude this land and the Upper Skagit Tribe.   Apply to the Apprenticeship program Register for one to all three modules: Being in the Web of Life: Observation, Sense of Place, Deep listening, Meeting Animal, Plant and Fungal Kin, Ecology, Soil, Energy Flows, Compost/ Humanure, Permaculture Ethics and Principles Dancing with the Land: Growing food, Knowing relationship, Botany, Permaculture Practices, Foraging, Forestry politics, Invasive plants, Succession, Scythes Preparing for the Coming Changes: Harvest, Food Preservation, Mushrooms, Herbal Medicine Making, Conservation, Assisted migration, Alternative systems (agriculture, architecture, energy, technology, human and human/earth relations, economics, land stewardship…), What matters now?   The program includes Camping (we have some structures and gear), Food, Field Trips, and Regenerative Class instruction with hands on projects. It is being offered for $500/month toward costs, plus 10 hours a week work exchange.   Curricula for the Modules: Being in the Web of Life: Observation, Sense of Place, Deep listening, Meeting Animal, Plant and Fungal Kin, Ecology, Soil, Energy Flows, Compost/ Humanure, Permaculture Ethics and Principles Observation Turning on our senses Free time in nature Reading the landscape Reading weather Flowing with weather.. Micro Climates US zones (7 here) what is it where you are going? Phenology-the changing timing of biological phenomena Reciprocity Deep Listening Sense of Place Maps: directions, topographic, soil, lidar, Natural History Birds and birdsong as we go… wildlife habitat Learn of where you are from/ going to Sense of place quiz… for home and here Ecology: web of life Food chains, mycelial networks, Mother Tree Keystone species Who is not here now? Where is the line of “an organism”? Soil Living soil: creatures of earth Soil biology. geology types of soil nutrients soil tests Living soil: creatures and organ Energy Flows Compost: Kitchen and Garden, Humanure, composting in situ, liquid gold recycling, garbage Water: Water cycle water over land, how it flows water slowing earth work hugelberm swale/ contours creek breaks keyline design ponds: macro invertebrates microscopic observation plants and fish how to build how to care for aquaculture water conservation: use and watering techniques water harvesting: catchment, grey water Botany Knowing Relationship Meeting plants making plant friends Plant parts and habits/ reproductive strategies Plant Families Permaculture Ethics Principles Guilds/ food forests hedgerows form to function nature’s patterns edge strategies zones stacking functions micro climates Permaculture Design critique… the earth designs Dancing with the Land: Growing food, Knowing relationship, Botany, Permaculture Practices, Foraging, Forestry politics, Invasive plants, Succession, Scythes Gardening/ Farming Annuals Seed Saving: planting for saving seed, hybrid vs. open pollinated, selection, population and Isolation, readiness and collection, processing and storing sheet mulching. no till soil enhancing practices tool care planting transplanting watering selective weeding/ edible weeds harvesting cover crops season extending Perennials propagation: seed, cutting, splitting, layering, grafting mulching/ ramial nesting, guilds/ layers, plant roles, species compatibility long term planning Forest management —Zone 5 Forest policy, legacy forests, clear cutting, aerial herbicide spraying, short life span/turnover We want: protect diverse zones, old growth, legacy forests, protect water, manage with fire/ thinning/ sane harvesting, abate invasives Succession Map plants and weeds…observe over time how they move- weed walk and mapping Native vs. non- native. Edible weeds cooking show. Invasive plant management strategies: ignore, manually weed, cut before seeding, dig out, mow, weed wack, plastic or cardboard (roofing : ) mulch, burning, vinegar, competition Scythes Potential, Using, Sharpening Foraging: Plant walks, Native Plants, Edible and Medicinal uses of plants. Reciprocity: propagation/ gifting, Four caveats, cooking with wild foods Mushrooms, greens, roots, flowers, berries, nuts/ acorns (leaching) Homestead Skills Fire building, firewood wood processing, rocket stove cooking, stocking and rotating food, assessing food quality, cooking with what is in abundance… Preparing for the Coming Changes: Harvest, Food Preservation, Mushrooms, Herbal Medicine Making, Conservation, Assisted migration, Alternative systems (agriculture, architecture, energy, technology, human and human/earth relations, economics, land stewardship…), What matters now? Harvesting Food preservation drying, canning, freezing, salting fermentation: kefir, sauerkraut, pickling food storage: rotating Herbal Medicine Herbalism, schools: TCM, Ayureveda, European, Eclectics, Homeopathy, Aromatherapy, Botany in a Day Herbal medicine making: Teas (infusions and decoctions), tinctures, salves, poultices, syrups, baths Mycology mushroom ecology mushroom identification edible mushrooms: collecting/ cooking/ preserving growing mushrooms medicinal mushrooms Seed saving revisited Conservation: sweaters, teapots, straw boxes, heat smaller spaces, hot water bottle, insulation, wood stove cooking/heating, Earth Etiquette Alternative Energy solar, wind, water, Rocket stoves solar ovens Animal Husbandry dogs/cats chickens: house, feed, water, butcher Food systems How to find the healthy food in America and avoid GMOs, dirty dozen, wheat sprayed with round-up Food management strategies Eco- Building concepts design architecture with nature green energy natural building appropriate technology Connectedness Mycelial, Mother Tree interwoven soil -forests -bodies- each other extinctions What can

Monthly harvests of fresh food from your garden! Marisha's workshop series provides timely advice each month to help gardeners have success. Now in its 12th year, gardeners have join in from all over the temperate zones of the world (and some subtropical too). Each month provides an overview of what to do that month based on temperature thresholds and seasonal changes. There are also seasonal topics each month. This workshop series makes a great gift that will provide throughout the year. #growyourownfood #permaculture #permaculturegarden #vegetablegardening #resilence

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

Our Permaculture Design Course ...at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage An Intentional Community In Rutledge, Missouri 15-hrs. of Pre-Training Webinars - PLUS- 8 Very Full Days On Site - June 14-21, 2025 Pricing & Registration The Ultimate Learning Experience? What Is Included? 8-Days On one-of-the-most 'Permacultured Sites' in the U.S. - This is a Rare Opportunity Training Led by Bill Wilson of MWP (Over 100 PDCs) Key Teaching Segments Hosted by Skilled and Experienced Dancing Rabbit Residents The Full Internationally Recognized 72-Hour Permaculture Design Course (PDC) Curriculum with Certificate All Meals (Mostly Organic and Locally Grown) Free Camping Sites (BYO tent/bag) - Some Natural Building Accommodations for Rent Onsite Post-Training Study Resources for Continued Learning Begin Study Any Time (even now) with the required Pre-Training Webinar Series DOWNLOAD OUR CURRICULUM OUTLINE “Taking a PDC Course at Dancing Rabbit...and... with Bill Wilson of Midwest Permaculture...!!!, this has got to be the ultimate permaculture learning experience. It was amazing. I can't believe how much I learned." Brad W. PDC Graduate In this 3-minute video you will meet Prairie Johnson who took our PDC Course with her mother and sister just a few days after they moved into Dancing Rabbit. You will get a good feel for what Dancing Rabbit is like and who lives there. Prairie was our youngest PDC Graduate at the time (age 14) and was a wonderful addition to the course. We have taught over 100 Permaculture Courses at various locations, 3 of which have been held at Dancing Rabbit... … and each one is a little more detailed than the last as the village’s permaculture design features have increased in number and maturity. We’d Love to Have you in PDC Course #4 June 14-21, 2025  –  Rutledge, Missouri “I really enjoyed what Bill and his team brought to this course. Their vulnerability, honesty, experience, knowledge and integrity inspired us all week. Each day was an adventure in what is really possible.” "I gave this course an overall rating of 5 stars. If I could go higher I would have as you exceeded my expectation by a huge amount.” “This course should be a requirement to living on the planet." “This was such a wonderful experience. I can’t imagine a better use of my time and money. I’m leaving with clear ideas of how to implement permaculture into my life and inspired to do so.” “I really enjoyed what Bill and his team brought to this course. Their vulnerability, honesty, experience, knowledge and integrity inspired us all week. Each day was an adventure in what is really possible.” "I gave this course an overall rating of 5 stars. If I could go higher I would have as you exceeded my expectation by a huge amount.” Some Key Items Covered Earthworks Swales Keyline Design & Plow Rain Gardens Spillways Ponds Water Harvesting First Flush Systems Cisterns Rainwater Tanks French Drains Drywells Soil Building Soil Structure Organic Matter Life in the Soil Fertility without Fertilizers Plants and Guilds Increasing Photosynthesis Power of Polycultures Plant Layers Design for Multiple Functions Propagation Food Production Systems Creative Gardening Self-Watering Beds Season Extenders Food Storage Community Projects Humane Use of Animals Quality of Life Full Expression Creatively Use Their Behavior Increase Whole Farm Fertility Honorably Harvest Alternatives to Alternative Energy Conservation Biogas Earth-air Tubes Thermal Mass Wood Gasification Natural Building Recycled Materials Stem Walls Cob – Clay Slip – Waddle-&-Daub Light vs. Insulation vs. Thermal Mass Aquaculture-Aquaponics Pond Basics Layering in the Water Maximize Food Production Minimize Water Use New Possibilities in our Oceans Community Building 4-Fires of Group Work Clear Agreements Eat Together – Work Together – Play Together Personal Responsibility Emotional Maturity Learn to Design How to find publicly available site data on almost any property Clear step-by-step instruction on what to design first, second, and so forth. Stacking functional elements to maximize effectiveness and efficiency. Easy digital software for making simple, clear and professional looking design maps ...And lots, lots more. How Does This All Work and Progress? Step 1 Register for the PDC Course. Reserve your spot in the training with a deposit. Our upper limit is 24 students so registering early is a good idea. Shortly after registration, students receive a welcome email from us linking them to the Foundations of Permaculture Webinar series which begins this educational journey. Step 2 Listen to All 11 Webinars in the Pre-Training Series The webinar series is a 12-hour treasure trove of information and exposure to some amazing people who have incorporated permaculture principles and practices into real life situations. Take notes if it helps you learn but these are not required. Listening to the webinars is a requirement and an important first step of the course, so do make the time. Step 3 Join Bill & Milton Just Before the Course in Two Live Webinars over Zoom Live Webinar 1: Tues. June 3rd – 7:00-8:30pm Live Webinar 2: Tues. June 10th – 7:00-8:30pm In webinar #1 we will discuss the content of the Foundations of Permaculture Webinar Series that students received at the time of registration. Students should come prepared to share some of the highlights that really hit home for them. Following this live webinar, we will link you to an additional webinar (about 2-hours of content) which will be discussed in live webinar #2 on the 10th. Both of these webinar sessions will be recorded should you have to miss either. These are not fluff sessions. They are an important part of the content of the course. Step 4 8 Amazing Days at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage Arrive any time between 3:30-9:30pm on Friday (June 13) to get settled in, meet some fellow students and community residents, and relax before our week launches on Saturday morning at 9am. You will be on your own for dinner Friday evening, but a light breakfast will be available before class. We’ll start promptly at 9am on Saturday. You may check in as well on Saturday morning between 7:45-8:45. Course starts promptly at 9am. Price: $1795 $1595 Early Bird Discount Until 4/22 Register Directly With Dancing Rabbit This course is an essential, yet missing link in our educational system. What a priceless training. Catherine K.PhD “This was unequivocally the best educational experience of my life. You made permaculture completely understandable and I am so inspired to implement this work. This training has tied it all together for

Monthly harvests of fresh food from your garden! Marisha's workshop series provides timely advice each month to help gardeners have success. Now in its 12th year, gardeners have join in from all over the temperate zones of the world (and some subtropical too). Each month provides an overview of what to do that month based on temperature thresholds and seasonal changes. There are also seasonal topics each month. This workshop series makes a great gift that will provide throughout the year. #growyourownfood #permaculture #permaculturegarden #vegetablegardening #resilence

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

  At the Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm & Surrounding Region Certified by PINA, the Permaculture Institute of North America, our course includes the internationally recognized 72-hour curriculum, augmented by an additional 38-hours of hands on practice and field trips. Plus, folks have the option to camp on site, and build community around the fire! Our course brings in leading designers and teachers from around the region, each experts in different areas of permaculture. The Santa Cruz Permaculture network of instructors, alumni, community partners, and resources continues to grow each season, and by participating in our course, you become part of this network! Read interviews with our alumni here to learn how folks use the skills and knowledge they gain in this course. Additionally, course participants work in teams throughout the program to design a holistic permaculture plan for a real-life site in the community. The hands-on learning, workshops, and readings throughout the course prepare students with knowledge and whole systems thinking strategies that allow them to create detailed and thoughtful designs. Full Series: 6 Weekends over 6 Months Full series registration is available up until the day before the first session. Late registration is available and you can make up any missed weekends with the next session. Use the next cohort registration and select the class you’d like to join on our registration form. Email info.santacruzpermaculture@gmail.com with questions. Pricing Full Tuition: $1295 Early Bird Discount: $1195 (Register more than 30 days in advance) Super Early Bird Discount: $1095 (Register more than 60 days in advance) Partner / Spouse Tuition: $995 (When one partner pays regular tuition, the second gets a discount) Teachers: $995 (Special price for teachers at accredited K-12, Colleges and Universities) Youth: $795 (Special price for ages 13-18) Fall – Winter 2024 Session 1: October 12-13, 2024 Session 2: November 2-3, 2024 Session 3: December 7-8, 2024 Session 4: January 4-5, 2025 Session 5: February 1-2, 2025 Session 6: March 1-2, 2025 Session Times: Sessions typically run 9am – 5:30pm both days, with a lunch break. This Class is now Full Spring-Summer 2025 Session 1: April 5-6, 2025 Session 2: May 3-4, 2025 Session 3: June 7-8, 2025 Session 4: July 5-6, 2025 Session 5: August 2-3, 2025 Session 6: September 6-7, 2025 Session Times: Sessions typically run 9am – 5:30pm both days, with a lunch break. Register Now Full Series: 2 Week Summer Intensive Pricing Tuition includes catered meals and on-site camping Full Tuition: $2195 Early Bird Discount: $2095 (Register more than 30 days in advance) Super Early Bird Discount: $1995 (Register more than 60 days in advance) Partner / Spouse Tuition: $1995 (When one partner pays for regular tuition, the second gets a discount) Teachers: $1895 (Special price for teachers at accredited K-12, Colleges and Universities) Youth: $1695 (Special price for ages 13-18) Two Week Summer Intensive July 11-24, 2025 Friday, July 11th is arrival day, with a farm orientation in the evening. The course begins Saturday, July 12th. Our 2-week intensive covers the same curriculum as our 6-month course. Tuition includes catered meals and on-site camping. The 2-week intensive is followed by our 8-day Advanced Permaculture Design Course. Please consider joining us for both courses. Register Now Individual Sessions If you don’t want to sign up for the full course but would like to sign up for an individual weekend, you’re welcome to do so! The tuition is $295 per weekend. Personal & Economic Permaculture – December 7 & 8, 2024 Register Now Home Scale Permaculture: Creating Natural Homes & Edible Landscapes – January 4 & 5, 2025 Register Now Broad Scale Permaculture for Ecosystem Regeneration: Integrated Animal Husbandry & Forest Management – February 1 & 2, 2025 Register Now Social Permaculture, Community Development, & Design Presentations – March 1 & 2, 2025 Register Now Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness – April 5 & 6, 2025 Register Now Regenerating Watersheds & Soils – May 3 & 4, 2025 Register Now What is Permaculture & Whole Systems Design? Permaculture is an ethically based whole-systems design approach that uses concepts, principles, and methods derived from ecosystems, nature connected communities, and other time-tested systems to create human settlements and institutions. It’s also been called “saving the planet while throwing a better party.” Learn more about permaculture. Grounded in the context of Permaculture & Whole Systems Design, this course covers a wide range of topics, including: Food Forests Fruit Tree Care Agroforestry Nature Awareness Rehydrating the Earth Creating Water Retention Landscapes Rainwater Catchment Gabions Berms and Swales Greywater No-Till Agriculture & Carbon Farming Preparing Garden Beds for Planting Cover Cropping Mycorrhizal Network & Fungi Soil Ecology Composting Natural Building & Cob Construction Plant Guilds Crop Planning School Gardens Urban Gardens & Orchards Traditional Ecological Knowledge Sudden Oak Life Integrated Animal Husbandry Holistic Management & Rotational Grazing Local Food Systems Designing to Mitigate Disaster Bioregional Networks The World Café The Work That Reconnects Nonviolent Communication Financial Permaculture Alternative Currencies Economic Permaculture Public Banking Community Development City Repair Transition Towns Social Permaculture Intentional Communities & Ecovillages Neighborhood Resilience Previous slide Next slide Session Descriptions All sessions include a mix of lecture and hands-on activities. Classes run from 9am-5:30pm each day. Session 1 – Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness Explore the principles and ethics of permaculture Learn design processes and methods for articulating client goals and desired outcomes, and site analysis Study ecology and employ natural patterns as a design tool Participate in a World Cafe with fellow students to access the collective intelligence of the community Practice nature awareness and observation Learn to add value to current systems and practices through the lens of regenerative design Session 2 – Regenerating Watersheds & Soils Learn about watersheds, climate, and the importance of slowing, spreading, and sinking rainfall to rehydrate the earth Study simple water harvesting systems from home to broadacre scale, including rainwater catchment methods and greywater design Explore the characteristics and management of healthy soil ecology with hands-on lessons and time in the garden Build a compost pile and prepare the garden soil for planting Find contour by making a-frame levels and build a berm and swale to slow and sink water into the soil Session 3 – Personal & Economic Permaculture Learn and practice nonviolent communication Participate in a Work that Reconnects workshop and learn about the Spiral of the Work That Reconnects Discuss and reflect on Right Livelihood and your role in the Great Turning Explore strategies for mitigating disaster through community resilience, permaculture design, and

Monthly harvests of fresh food from your garden! Marisha's workshop series provides timely advice each month to help gardeners have success. Now in its 12th year, gardeners have join in from all over the temperate zones of the world (and some subtropical too). Each month provides an overview of what to do that month based on temperature thresholds and seasonal changes. There are also seasonal topics each month. This workshop series makes a great gift that will provide throughout the year. #growyourownfood #permaculture #permaculturegarden #vegetablegardening #resilence

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

Monthly harvests of fresh food from your garden! Marisha's workshop series provides timely advice each month to help gardeners have success. Now in its 12th year, gardeners have join in from all over the temperate zones of the world (and some subtropical too). Each month provides an overview of what to do that month based on temperature thresholds and seasonal changes. There are also seasonal topics each month. This workshop series makes a great gift that will provide throughout the year. #growyourownfood #permaculture #permaculturegarden #vegetablegardening #resilence

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

Event 10th Annual Long Creek Paw Paw Fest - Early Bird Tickets Join us September 20th, 2025 12-5 p.m. to celebrate our beloved paw paw fruit with tastings, ice cream, jam making, music & fall fun for everyone. All ages & walks of life welcome. Live Music, Food Forest Tours, Plant Walks, Earth Based Crafts & More! The event is all outdoors with plenty of space and flow. Rain or Shine. No Refunds. What to Expect? PawPaw Fest 2025 Schedule (subject to change) 12:15  Spirit of the Bees: natural bee keeping 101 with Kypriana 1:00  Permaculture Walk with Eric Joseph Lewis 2:00  Food Forest Tour with Antonette Vasseur 2:30  Talking Pawpaws with Todd Mcree 3:00  Plant Walk with Bohdi Vasilopoulos 3:30  Children's Paw Paw Story Time 3:30 Gentle Flow Yoga with Hannah Cherry 4:00  Talking Pawpaws with Todd Mcree 4:00  Q&A with a bee keeper  Josh Kalo 4:20 Food Forest Tour with Michael Judd .. and of course we will be celebrating everything pawpaw with multiple cultivar tastings, pawpaw ice cream, rocket stove jam, fruit and tree sales, kids zone, awesome fun music, eco-groovy vendors, circular strawbale and high vibes! *Kids 12 and under free! *Not handicap accessible but electric chairs have made it through.. Extras for sale at event: Paw Paw Trees Paw Paw Fruit by the Pound Looking to volunteer at the fest  please email us at info@ecologiadesign.com *Kids 12 and under free! * Please note that parking is at Brook Hill Church, address listed, and then a short walk down our wooded lane to the fest.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE San Francisco Permaculture Monthly Gathering Our monthly meeting is an open gathering for everyone to connect around and learn more about Permaculture. While the weather is still good, we are meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at the 18th & Rhode Island Garden.