Learn ethical principles and practical skills for producing your own needs from local natural resources by mimicking natural ecosystems. Topics include energy efficient site planning for house, gardens, orchard, woodlot and wildlife habitat; farm animal forage systems; beneficial microclimate; urban strategies for food and energy production; sustainable community economics and food security.
Earn your Permaculture Design Apprentice Certificate. Six Weekends. Sliding scale $1,000 - $1,200. Register by August 15 to get the $100 early bird discount! Group discount available.
For details and to register online see: http://www.heathcote.org/cms/content/home-scale-permaculture-design-course. For more information call 410-357-9523 or email education@heathcote.org.
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Co-sponsored by Heathcote
Community, School of Living, and the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy.