Advanced Permaculture – Water Management

Resilient design begins with water. Come learn to work with water, nutrients, and energy flows to create
vibrant landscapes and resilient communities. Taught by senior instructors Starhawk and Charles
Williams. This class will guide you through the art and science of working with water to promote
productivity and resistance in your landscape. You can take this class as a stand-alone class for personal
growth or as the first module in a four-part Advanced Permaculture certificate program.
Course will cover:
WATER HARVESTING & LAND RESTORATION
 Water Harvesting, Water Cycles, Drought, and Flood Control. Learn the intricacies of how
water moves in the landscape, how human systems impact this movement.  Delve into
strategies for water harvesting and retention along with flood and drought mitigation.
 Water in the Landscape: Erosion Control and Stream Restoration. Learn about water
remediation strategies in urban and rural systems. Explore techniques for healing degraded
lands suffering from erosion, drought, and water pollution
 Water Management Plans and Case Studies. Review case studies around water management
and write your own water management plan.
WATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT
 Water Collection and Storage. Learn to design rainwater collection systems, including sizing,
siting, and plumbing. Explore a wide range of water storage options and how to select which
works best for a site.
 Treatment Strategies. Learn the basics of on-site wastewater treatment. We will review basic
treatment strategies and go into detail about how to design and set up a treatment system.
 Remediate Toxins and Manage Humanure. Explore treatment strategies for polluted water
through biological methods. Learn to safely manage humanure for pathogen removal and
landscape use.
Website: https://earthactivisttraining.org/
Registration: https://earthactivisttraining.org/ap-water-management/
Instructors: Starhawk, Charles Williams and Guest Speakers
Cost: $400-$450 (sliding scale)