The Ashevillage Institute (AVI)
An Urban Sustainability Center

In this time of Peak Oil, climate crisis, and the need for individual and community empowerment, Permaculture offers real solutions we can put into practice NOW. This course is for community leaders, teachers, builders, architects, developers, city planners, activists, students, and anyone looking to live more sustainably...

Permaculture Certification Course - 7 Weekends
Practical solutions for creating a sustainable world!
Dates: Last Sat & Sun of every month (with optional Fri evening), April thru October
April 25th eve - 27th; May 30th eve - June 1st; June 27th eve - 29th; July 25th eve - 27th; August 29th eve - 31st; September 26th eve - 28th; October 24th eve - 26th
Hosted by: The Ashevillage Institute (AVI)
Location: Next to downtown Asheville, NC
Fee: $1,400
For more info: Contact Kimchi Rylander at AVI@kleiwerks.org, or call 828.225.8820
Instructors: Patricia Allison + an outstanding team of national and local guest presenters, including Brad Lancaster, Mark Lakeman, Lydia Doleman, Janell Kapoor, Chuck Marsh, Kelly Brown, and more.

Students receive a Permaculture Design certificate upon completion. This course will introduce you to the essential principles and practices of Permaculture, an ecological design system for creating abundant regenerative human habitats. Permaculture principles combine ancient wisdoms with scientific knowledge as a tool kit to help you disengage from consumer culture and begin creating a sustainable future for yourself and the planet. This Permaculture Certification Course is an extensive learning experience presented by a team of instructors, using lecture, discussion, hands-on projects, demonstrations, videos, site visits, and student presentations as teaching tools. Be prepared for an incredible amount of information during our short time together. And, because Permaculture attracts some of the most intelligent, dedicated, vital people on the planet, you can expect that the social and cultural aspects of this course will be as rich as the intellectual.

Permaculture is a practical design system that emulates natural patterns to create regenerative systems. Recognizing that we were born into a culture that is based on disconection from Nature, and that our education, religion, and media reflect that tragic mistake, a basic aim of Permaculture education is to stretch our minds to grasp the enormity of our cultural delusion: The delusion that life is possible without fully living one's connection to Nature and to community. Permaculture combines ancient wisdoms with scientific knowledge to form a set of ethics and principles that offers the tools, skills, knowledge, and inspiration for creating sustainable culture and a healthy future for all of us. Permaculture is a worldwide movement that is rooted in respect for all living things and our conscious choice to be better partners with the natural world.

This course:
• Includes 72 curriculum hours
• Has an urban, neighborhood, and residential focus
• Allows you to use the word 'Permaculture' professionally
• Is hosted by Kleiwerks, an internationally-renowned organization
• Offers practical, intellectual, cultural, social, and spiritual aspects of sustainability
• Has an outstanding team of pioneering guest presenters from around the country, with over 200 cumulative years of teaching experience!

Some Topics & Hands-On Projects in our Permaculture Certification Design Course
• Principles and Ethics of Sustainability & Natural Patterning
• Creating Integrated & Regenerative Human Ecosystems
• Creating Local Food Sheds & Food Forests
• Natural Building & Appropriate Technology
• Animals & Aquaculture in Home Systems
• Harvesting, Using, & Conserving Water
• Processing Human Waste
• Healing Cultural Damage
• Sustainability in the City
• Transitional Strategies
• Basic Design Process
• Restoring Soil Fertility
• Economic Strategies
• Edible Landscaping

For more information, contact Kimchi:
Call: 828.225.8820
Email: AVI@kleiwerks.org

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