Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share

Dear Friends,

We are in a time of great change. It is more important than ever that we grow our own food. Between now and Fall 2009, consider gathering what you need to be as self sufficient as possible, as high inflation in the USA lurks around the corner. Create an affinity group of like-minded people to help you prepare, and to work together through the coming hard times. Take a Permaculture Class.

Here's advice from Michael Pilarski of Friends of the Trees: 1. Diversify your assets (if you have any) preferably in real goods
2. If in debt, get out of debt ASAP 3. Prepare to start growing more of your own food. 4. Order needed tools, seeds, plants 5. Arrange a place to grow food if you don't have one 6. Cooperate with other gardeners and farmers 7. Read/research/take trainings in permaculture, master gardening, etc 8. Increase your local social support networks , make more friends, do more pre-planning for mutual support
9. Participate or help start local, alternative currencies, barter systems, etc.

Please browse through the Community to see Videos, Resources, People and Articles about Permaculture. If you are interested in a permaculture consultation, please e-mail me at practicalpermaculture at gmail dot com. Look for my gardening webinar in May.

Cathe'

practicalpermaculture at gmail dot com

530-478-1852

Practical Permaculture Design Course Spring 2009

This design course will teach you the latest in permaculture design and qualify you to use the word Permaculture in your advertising as a Permaculture Design Consultant, Landscaper or Instructor.

The course covers sustainable living systems for a wide variety of landscapes and climates. Learn to apply permaculture principles to food production, home and greenhouse designs, construction, energy conservation and generation. Explore alternative economic structures and legal strategies supporting permaculture solutions. Train to become a Permaculture Design Consultant and Instructor.

Instructor: Cathe' Fish (and friends)

• 28 yrs - Passive Solar instructor   
• 21 yrs - Certified Permaculture Designer
• 21 yrs - Certified Permaculture Teacher  
• 20 yrs - Master Gardener
•   7 yrs - College Instructor

This PDC will follow the complete course outline of founder Bill Mollison's Permaculture Institute, and upon graduation, you will be issued a course graduation certificate from the Permaculture Institute.
Required text: Bill Mollison's Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual (available in local bookstores, Amazon.com, seedsofchange.com, local library, or call with questions for ordering)

The objective of the Permaculture grassroots international movement is to liberate people everywhere to provide for their family’s and their community’s needs for food, sustainable energy, suitable shelter, and well  being without exploitation or pollution... from the smallest practical piece of land.

“You can fix all the world's problems, in a garden. . . You can solve all your pollution problems, and all your supply line needs in a garden. And most people today actually don't know that, and that makes most people very insecure.” -Geoff Lawton

From Permaculturist Scott Pitman:
"To my mind the very act of enrolling for a permaculture design course is one of the most political acts most people ever engage in.
The very act of reading "Permaculture - A Design Manual" is extremely radical and political as the information and realizations sink in of the ultimate outcome of following the permaculture path. The beauty of permaculture has always meant, to me, that I can travel all over the world, in some of the most brutal dictatorships, espousing a revolutionary system of design and I am considered harmless by the powers that be. That is an incredible advantage in a world that has become increasingly polarized by the paranoia of rampant capitalism and lack of ethical guidance.
Within the ethical guideposts of permaculture are contained all the political guidance one could need."

From Permaculture Founder Bill Mollison: "This course has already changed a lot of the world. Come help us change the rest."

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Intro to Practical Permaculture Course Info