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Introduction to Permaculture Class July 28th 2007:
Place: Audubon Center at Debs Park
4700 North Griffin Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90031
Discovery Room
Time: 10:00 AM- 1:00 PM
Class Description:
We are living on a planet in crisis; often individuals feel powerless to effect change but Permaculture offers positive solutions to the problems facing the world; using ecology as the basis for designing integrated systems of food production, housing, technology and community development, you can learn to create a self-sustaining environment, on a farm or in your urban backyard or apartment. The Permaculture Design Course is for anyone interested in gaining skills and perspective for sustainable living and productivity. A Permaculture Design Course is a way to share accumulated information with others. This Introduction to Permaculture Class is an outline of the science and art of Permaculture. It will define the term and its history, its founders the curriculum of the design course certificate, its ethics and foundations. It will describe the benefits and show some of the most important work undertaken by permaculture designers.Definition:
"Permaculture"
Permaculture is a design system which emulates natural patterns, combining ancient wisdoms with scientific knowledge to form a set of ethics and principles for creating sustainable culture.
Topics include: maximizing food production with small scale intensive growing, integrating animals, catching and conserving water, conserving and building soil, natural building, appropriate technology, alternative energy, waste system design, local trade systems and designing self-maintaining landscapes.
It is the perfect system to aid us into the transition to the energy descent society of the future, that is typified by scarce and expensive fossil fuel energy.
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