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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. 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.

Please click on the Community Spiral above to see Videos, Resources, People and Articles about Permaculture. Interested in a permaculture consultation, please e-mail me at practicalpermaculture at gmail dot com
 Cathe' 530-478-1852

Intro to Practical Permaculture Workshop Info
Permaculture offers positive solutions to a planet in crisis.
Learn to use nature as your pattern for food production, water harvesting, housing, and community.
Discover solutions for your farm, land or backyard in the areas of:

Soil and Creek
Restoration

Water Harvesting

Solar Kitchens
and Solar Cooking

Seed Saving

Animals as Your Work Force

Build a Passive Solar Greenhouse

Soil Food web Applications

 

 Urban Permaculture Bio Gas Generators Plant Propogation
Biological Farm Tour Nutrient Cycling Aquaculture Planting Food Forests Year Round Gardens

This course will introduce you to the basic principles and applications of Permaculture through beautiful multi sensory presentations, hands-on projects and materials.
Instructor: Cathe' Fish (and friends)
  • 29 yrs - Passive Solar instructor   
  • 22 yrs - Certified Permaculture Designer
  • 22 yrs - Certified Permaculture Teacher  
  • 21 yrs - Master Gardener
  •   7 yrs - College Instructor
 
Hands-on activities include:   
  • Designing water storage in swales   
  • Using A Frame levels to determine contour lines   
  • Digging swales
  • Innoculating covercrops and spreading them
  • Sheet Mulching
  • Making Dormant Tea Extract
  • How to Plant Trees
  • Chickens and best feed practices
 
Cathé and Rodolfo at the Briarpatch Harvest Festival
 
     
  Sarah mixes seeds for the swale    

Date and

Time:

Intro to Practical Permaculture Workshop

Oroville, CA Saturday May 15 2010 9am to 5pm     
Sunday May 16 2010 9am to 4pm

Fees:

Oroville, CA Workshop:
Early Bird Special Fee postmarked or Paypal by April 30, 2010: $150
Fee postmarked or Paypal by May 5, 2010 : $170
Fee postmarked or Paypal by May 10, 2010 : $185
Fee walk-in on day of class May 15, 2010: $200
Fee includes Nourishing Traditions lunch each day

Registration

Oroville, CA

Intro to Practical Permaculture:

 

 

To register

#1 mail check to: Cathe' Fish 503 Redbud Way, Nevada City, CA 95959 or pay with Paypal by e-mailing Cathe' with the e-mail address you use for Paypal

#2 Include your your e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, food preference: omnivore or non-omnivore*, and if you are planning on camping with us Friday and/or Saturday.

(*Note, altho we offer a vegetarian alternative, the farm meat and other foods we serve are so healthy, clean and beyond organic that our experience has been that vegetarians usually ask to sample the omnivore food on the second day. Please let us know if you are a vegetarian who is willing to try the best meat/foods available on both days.)

  • E-mail practicalpermaculture at gmail dot com
Location:

On May 10, we will e-mail you the location info, camping info and what to bring to the class.

Saturday Evening -We are planning a BBQ at the farm's private lake on Table Mountain. Also, we will be camping in the old olive grove.

More Info:

Cathe' at Practical Permaculture 530-478-1852
Email:

practicalpermaculture (at) gmail (dot) com

Testimonials

"Great experience! Non stop and high energy. All the info I hoped for and so much more. Very well organized and held my attention at all times. Very thorough coverage of the many connected aspects of Permaculture and our place in the big picture - local and global. I am infinitely more optimistic about the future." HG, architect Port Angeles, WA

"Thank you. This class gave me hope, which I badly need."

"Excellent Workshop. On one hand I want to take any future workshops you do; on the other hand, this workshop was so informative, I feel I now know everything. Surpassed expectation."

"Thanks for such a wonderfully informative and inspiring weekend!  I'm ordering solar cookers today." J.G. author Strawberries in November

"It's like someone turned on a light bulb. I couldn't stop talking about the workshop. It was amazing!  An excellent blend of facts, general info, details, concepts. It was the shot in the arm/kick in the pants I needed, and so many wonderful people to work with. I look forward so much to what will emerge from these seeds that were planted in the last few days."
M.McNeal, San Francisco

"Eye opening, mind expanding. Well diversified info that is practical and useable. Integration of many systems that makes sense. Thanks for sharing your life experiences and your light." P.R. Auburn

"Great class with intensive practical tips and ideas, lots of info tightly packed in."

"Excellent class! It is so useful to have this abundance of information synthesized by someone so knowledgeable. It has given me a starting point to tackling something that has seemed so overwhelming."

"Terrific workshop. 12 out of 10."

" Incredibly inspiring and informational. It was a ton of great information and very inspirational. The hands-on element really made it all come together. I'm excited to do more and be better prepared for the future - and more connected with others in the community,"

"I learned so many new things, such exciting and practical ideas for recovery of the old ways for a healthier earth and healthier people."

"I enjoyed your workshop so much. It was such a nice combo of down home sustainable living ideas, and practical gardening tips, and so warm and wonderful with the addition of the food and ideas around that..and your personality. Very hopeful feeling, that this can still be done in our days, and how crucial it is, and that we can spread it more and more."

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Practical Permaculture Design Course

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.

soil andS

 Water Harvesting and Management Food Forests Ecological Pest Control Aquaculture
Energy Conservation Techniques Recycling and Waste Management   Drought proofing your Property Building Swales and Dams

Cooperative Economics

Raising Livestock Soil Rehab and Erosion control

 

Wind Breaks and Fire Control

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)

Fees:

COURSE FEE: $1400.

Course includes Permaculture Design Course, Course Graduation Certificate, Meals, Camping/Housing.

A non-refundable $250 deposit is required at the time of the booking to reserve a space. Balance is due at least one week prior to the course start date.

Discount: Postmark your check or pay by Paypal and pay in full 7 days before the course begins, and we reduce the fee to $1200.

Previous students of Cathe's Intro to Practical Permaculture receive a $100 discount.

Previous Permaculture Design Students of any permaculture instructor: ask for available discounts.

To Register :

 
  • Mail check and info below to: Cathe' Fish 503 Redbud Way, Nevada City, CA 95959
  • Registration Info Needed: e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, omnivore or non-omnivore
  • To pay with Paypal, e-mail Cathe' with the e-mail address you use for Paypal.
  • Send e-mail to practicalpermaculture at gmail dot com

Dates:

 TBD 2010
Location: We will send you location info and what to bring once you register for the class. Ask us to connect you with other attendees for carpooling.
More Info:

Cathe' at Practical Permaculture 530-478-1852
Neil Bertrando 775-830-8822
Email:

practicalpermaculture at gmail dot com

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 Chaffin Family Farm May 2010


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