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One-Day Permaculture Course - December 12, 2004

One-Day Permaculture Course
Grass Valley, California
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Time: 10:30-5 with an Indian lunch
Location: 410 S. Church St, Grass Valley (St. Joseph's Cultural Center) at Moving Ground Studio
Teacher: Nolita Matuschka
Date: Sunday, December 12, 2004
Location: Grass Valley, California
410 S. Church St, Grass Valley (St. Joseph's Cultural Center) at Moving Ground Studio
Time: 10:30-5 with Indian lunch
Cost: $50 (includes Indian lunch) (sliding scale for students, seniors etc.)
Course Teacher: Nolita Matuschka
Course Description:
Permaculture addresses humans' interactions with Earth, including farming & gardening, animals landscape, weather, water, fire, air, energy & alternative fuel, buildings, business, legal structures, currency, social harmony and spirituality.
In this class, we will touch on many of these topics, showing how they are connected and that by consciously designing systems with careful attention to their relationships, we can begin to heal our world/ourselves. The theory and practice of permaculture works on all scales, from the family home to the community and the world.
You will learn to:
• support yourself financially on small acreage.
• create efficiency through utilizing techniques presented.
• turn problems into solutions.
• discover how the "problems" on your landscape are undiscovered resources.
• see the world differently.
NEW DEALERS: If you have not yet signed up as an Alcohol Fuel Conversion Kit dealer, please send an e-mail to dealer@permaculture.com.


