The Permaculture 8-Day Design Certificate Course
                   

Offered over two long weekends: July 8-11 and October 21-24, 2010
Co-Sponsored by NOFA-NJ & The Permaculture Project at Duke Farms, Hillsborough, NJ

Permaculture has expanded its purview to include economic and social structures that support the evolution and development of more permanent communities, such as co-housing and ecovillages.

As such, Permaculture design concepts are applicable to urban as well as rural settings, and are appropriate for single households as well as whole farms and villages.  From households to bioregional planning, Permaculture is about whole systems, not about separate components.  Because each element in a landscape or the built environment affects every other element at a site, a complete, comprehensive assessment is tantamount to develop healthy, productive, energy efficient relationships between elements for the benefit of everyone and everything involved in day to day operations and life. By paying attention to all details: topography, climate, water, wind, sun, activity nodes and corridors, buildings, machinery and tools, the waste stream, plants and animals, it enables us to make best use of what is already on the ground, and what we intend to put there. With a dynamic interaction of elements in process, and an assessment of
both spatial and temporal attributes, organized around sound ecological principles, we can maximize yields and balance the landscape.

Dates and Details
July 8-11 & October 21-24
This course is very intensive and will run from 8 am-6 pm each day.  The course will delivered at the Coach Barn at Duke Farms in Hillsborough, NJ and the hands-on design project will be part of the Community Garden at Duke Farms.  The first four days will focus more on the planning components and the second four days will include some implementation at the Permaculture Display Garden at Duke Farms.   For more information about the course content, please visit http://www.permacultureproject.com/

Wayne Weiseman is certified by The Permaculture Institute of Australia as an instructor of the PermacultureDesign Certificate Course. He is also certified by the American Institute of Architecture to teach continuing education in Permaculture to licensed architects and landscape architects. Wayne has taught and featured internationally for many years. Wayne is the Director of The Permaculture Project LLC, a full service, international consulting and educational business promoting the ideas of eco-agriculture, renewable energy resources and eco-construction methods.

Credits:  20 CEU's

Fees:    $1,300 per person, $1,200 for NOFA-NJ members
            -$100 reduction if registering two family/farm members
             -$100 reduction for registration by June 25.