Big Bend Ecovillage Permaculture Design Course

Including

PERMACULTURE & ECOVILLAGE CURRICULUM, INTEGRATIVE ECO-SOCIAL DESIGN, WHOLE SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIAL PERMACULTURE, COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE, INNER ECOLOGY, GROUP PROCESS, HANDS-ON ACTION LEARNING, & MUCH MORE

Instructors

Penny Livingston-Stark, Rick Valley, Marisha Auerbach, Jay Ma, Greg Landua, Max Meyers, Jon Young, Leonard Barrett, Corinne Mclauphlin, Gordon Davidson, Marcela Castillo

Course Description

We are excited to announce this first Holistic Permaculture Design Certification Course with a focus on InterGenerational Ecovillage Development. With a focus on tending the inner, outer, and community landscapes... this course will include the standard 72-hour permaculture design curriculum based upon the original Mollison and Holmgren ideas and design philosophies published in The Permaculture Designer's Manual, as well as be a nourishing retreat and hands-on immersion experience in Ecovillage Design & Development. In addition to the standard Permaculture Design Certification curriculum, we recognize permaculture as a holistic design philosophy expanding in symbiosis with many related fields. Accordingly, this permaculture design course will integrate additional content and activities such as nature awareness, indigenous wisdom, holistic nutrition, embodiment practices, inner work, group process, and much more. During this intensive 17-day course participants will be immersed into an amazing and nourishing learning environment practicing skills to transform our lives and our communities into regenerative systems while contributing to the design & activation of an exciting Ecovillage project, living in community as a village, and experiencing profound personal renewal at this oasis of natural beauty and magic.

Site Details: Big Bend Hot Springs

The course is being held in the small town of Big Bend, California, situated in the Cascade Mountain Range in Shasta County, nestled right between the peaks of two majestic volcanos: Mount Lassen & Mount Shasta. Mount Shasta is believed by some to be one of the world's most sacred mountains, and includes California's largest water shed and some of the best quality water in the world. Just over an hour's drive from the nearest major city of Redding, Big Bend is a little known oasis of natural beauty. Home to eagles, river otters, foxes, bears, mountain lions, and many other specatular wildlife, Big Bend has a population of only around 150 human residents. In the 1930s and 1940s, the population of Big Bend was reportedly nearly ten thousand people. The abundance of good water, soil, vegetation, microclimates, and other natural resources in the area provided a large portion of the food for the people living there. Looking further back, Big Bend was the residence and sacred grounds to an indigenous population known as the Achomawi. The Pit River, which flows through the heart of Big Bend, was at one time the 3rd largest Salmon run on the west coast of the USA, and now has a native Rainbow Trout run that remains healthy. One of the most extraordinary resources in the area is the geothermal activity. Big Bend is situated on top of a geologic fault line that allows ground water to flow down to the hot rocks and to bring lots of hot geothermal water to the surface. Because of this, Big Bend is home to some of the most amazing geothermal activity on the west coast and enjoys incredible abundance of hot water and renewable energy.

Tuition

Tuition includes instruction, basic camping accommodations, hot springs soaking, and 3 delicious and highly nutritious meals per day for the 17- day duration of the course. Participants who successfully complete the course will receive a Permaculture Design Certificate with a focus on Ecovillage Development.

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Phone: (707) 634-1461