Permaculture Design Course

Our annual design course has been scheduled for February 3 - 17, 2009.
This year's instructors are to include:

Chris Shanks (USA), Mike Blazewicz (USA), Andrea Calfuquir (Argentina),
Ashley Carter (USA), Mai Kobayashi (Japan), and Tiny Man (Costa Rica)

Course price is $1250 USD.

Please contact Mike Blazewicz for more information: michael@roundriverdesign.com

Join us for a 15-day permaculture design intensive to learn about:

Principles and Ethics of Permaculture Design
Site analysis and design, from the tropics to temperate regions
Landscape master planning and microclimate design
Reading the landscape and pattern recognition
Design for climate change
Regenerative Land Management and Stewardship
Water catchment, storage, filtration, and distribution
Biologically based treatment of greywater and blackwater
Using greywater in the landscape
Natural building techniques and vernacular architecture
Plant propagation and grafting
Organic horticulture
Medicinal plant propagation, usage and preparations
Biointensive gardening and seed saving
Soil rehabilitation and fertility strategies
Myco-forestry and myco-filtration
Orchard design and maintenance
Renewable energies and biofuels
Local and Regenerative economics
Urban and suburban permaculture strategies
Ecovillage design and community building strategies
Networking within the permaculture community and beyond

Please register early as the course can and does fill quickly • Course price does not include airfare • $400 USD non-refundable deposit required • Accommodations in the local village we serve, Balgüe • 2 persons per room w/fan. Access to lake for swimming. • Meals will include a mixture of traditional cuisine and farm foods • Academic credits are often available to undergraduate and graduate students • The course is taught in English and simultaneously translated into Spanish via FM-headsets