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May 6, 2008

NAU Master of Arts in Sustainable Communities 2008 Summer Institute

Permaculture Design Certificate Course
MLS 599 - Section 801 - Class Number 2130 & Section 802 - Class Number 2224

Available for 4 units of graduate credit or as a non-credit workshop

Permaculture ethics & design principles
Understanding natural patterns
Creating healthy soils
Plant selection, plant guilds & food forests
Site analysis & design
Mapping & microclimates
Water harvesting
Bioregional theory and permaculture
Community land access
Local food systems
Co-housing, eco-villages and city repair
Design for peak oil
Ecological Economics

Course includes all dates:
June 13-15, June 20-22, July 25-27, August 1-3

Learn how permaculture design can meet human needs by turning human gardens and communities into fully functioning ecosystems. Receive hands-on experience on how to apply the principles of ecological design in your own home, neighborhood, and city.

Instructors:
Josh Robinson, M.A., Ecological Landscape Design and co-founder of Eden on Earth
Lisa Rayner, Permaculturalist and author of Growing Food in the Southwest Mountains
Guest Speakers: Brad Lancaster & Andrew Millison

This course involves field trips, travel, site visits, hiking, and overnight camping. NAU course fees apply.

This course is for: Home owners, renters, gardeners, ranchers, landscapers, architects, builders, developers, civic planners, elected officials, educators, environmentalists, students … everyone who wishes to learn how to live sustainably and apply the principles of holistic design to their respective fields.

Available for 4 units of graduate credit as MLS 599 - Class Number 230 and 2224 - or as a non-credit workshop.

To enroll for course credit, register on-line for both class numbers to receive 4 units at www.nau.edu/louie.

To enroll for the workshop, please complete the registration form and return with payment of $600.00 to:
NAU, Master of Arts in Sustainable Communities, P.O. Box 6031, Flagstaff, AZ 86011.

Enrollment is limited; a $200.00 non-refundable deposit to be applied to the balance of the workshop fee will confirm your workshop enrollment.

For more information contact Holly Hulen at (928) 523-9359 or holly.hulen@nau.edu
www.cal.nau.edu/mls


Posted by maxmaddy at May 6, 2008 6:36 AM