These Communities Offer On-Site Permaculture Workshops & Immersion Programs

Curious about how you can apply permaculture principles in your community or ecovillage? There’s no better way than to visit a community in person and learn from hands-on workshops and immersion programs.

Here are two very different programs – one an affordable “spring break” at a community in Washington state, the other a permaculture design course at a North Carolina Ecovillage – that can give you the skills you need to “craft a land-based economy in partnership with nature.”

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Permaculture Spring Break

March 27-29th
@ Windward Research & Education Center (Wahkiacus, WA)

More info: www.windward.org/springbreak

Registration Deadline: March 15th

Learn how to work with the nature and character of land to build a productive ecosystem capable of providing the raw materials (food, fuel, medicine, craft materials, clothing materials, etc.) for communities. We’ll be making water retentive growing spaces, conditioning soil in native ecosystems, and propagating productive native shrubs, trees, and herbs. Join us if you feel called! RSVP by emailing Wi******@***ge.net
More info about Windward Research & Education Center: www.windward.org

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School of Integrated Living offers a UNESCO-recognized Ecovillage Design Education credential by Gaia Education

School of Integrated Living (SOIL) has been certified by Gaia Education to provide the Ecovillage Design Education credential through its Permaculture and Ecovillage Immersion at Earthaven Ecovillage, June 10–August 11. SOIL is now one of only two organizations in the US to offer this internationally recognized certificate, part of the UNESCO Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development.

Participants in an Ecovillage Design Education program study four core dimensions of sustainability—social, worldview, ecological, and economic—through hands-on exploration of a sustainable settlement. This training prepares students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to design societies that use energy more efficiently, distribute wealth more fairly, and produce less waste.

“The program helps passionate people understand their impact on society and forge real connections with themselves and others,” says SOIL co-founder Lee Walker Warren. “People who are deeply engaged in their local and global communities make the biggest impact, both on other individuals and the planet.”

UNESCO has designated Ecovillage Design Education as an important component in accelerating sustainable solutions at the local level. Gaia Education, a Key Partner of the UNESCO Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development, certifies organizations across the world that offer training in support of this goal.

Upon completion of SOIL’s Permaculture and Ecovillage Immersion, students will receive both an Ecovillage Design Education Certificate and a Permaculture Design Certificate that matches and exceeds the standard curriculum content laid out by the Permaculture Institute of North America.

More information is available at www.schoolofintegratedliving.org/programs/permaculture-and-ecovillage-immersion/ or from SOIL Director NikiAnne Feinberg at ni******@**********************ng.org

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