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First weekends August-December
First weekends February-June

TEXTBOOK

Bill Mollison, Permaculture: A Designers' Manual, Second edition (Tagari, 2002). May be found at www.seedsofchange.com, www.rodale.com, and www.ebay.com, www.tagari.com

LODGING

Lodging at Hancock can be arranged. Camping also possible.

A number of motels and B&B's can also be found in the Hancock area.

MEALS

Lunch, Saturday dinner, morning and afternoon tea and coffee will be provided.

REGISTRATION FORM

Please complete and print out the registration form and mail it with your $100 deposit (in check or money order payable to Hancock Permaculture Center) to:

Hancock Permaculture Center
372 West Front Street
Hancock, New York 13783
917-771-9382
greenman124@yahoo.com

CLICK HERE TO PRINT OUT REGISTRATION FORM

Hancock Permaculture Center
372 W. Front Street
Hancock, NY 13783-1081

PERMACULTURE DESIGN
CERTIFICATE COURSE

This world-recognized course provides an introduction to permaculture as set forth by movement founder Bill Mollison. Students are invited to bring details of their own sites or potential sites and explore site-specific permaculture solutions in a hands-on workshop.

The course serves as the foundation for further study and is a prerequisite for a Diploma in Permaculture Design, awarded by the Permaculture Research Institute www.permaculture.org.au. Course credit is accepted by a growing number of universities here and abroad.

To date, hundreds of permaculture designers worldwide have been certified through the course, creating a global network of ecological activists influencing major corporations and creating new soft-energy business alternatives.

CLASS LOCATION

Hancock, New York

Hancock Permaculture Center is only 144 miles northwest of New York City on route 17 between Monticello and Binghamton. Directions

TUITION

$500 plus $50 for meals and snacks
$100 deposit required when registering.

Please make checks payable to Hancock Permaculture Center

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course covers sustainable living systems for a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with special emphasis on temperate zones. It includes the application of permaculture principles to food production, home design, construction, energy conservation and generation, and explores alternative economic structures and legal strategies supporting permaculture solutions. Specific topics include:

* History, theory and principles of permaculture.

* Nature-friendly house placement, design and natural building.

* Energy conservation techniques for cold climates, wood stoves.

* Recycling and waste management, composting toilets, gray water.

* Organic food production.

* Water harvesting and management, terraforming, dams and roof water.

* Aquaculture

* Ecological pest control

* Soil rehabilitation, composting, erosion control.

* Livestock.

* Catastrophe preparedness and prevention.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS

Geoff Lawton is a world-renowned permaculture practitioner. He emigrated from England to Australia and studied permaculture with the originator, Bill Mollison, in Tasmania. He founded the Permaculture Research Institute on Tagari Farm in New South Wales, Australia, a 147-acre farmstead previously developed by Mollison. Since 1985, Geoff has designed and implemented permaculture projects in 18 countries for private individuals and groups, communities, governments, aid organizations, and multinational corporations. He has taught the Permaculture Design Certificate course in 20 countries.

Andrew Jones is a board member of the Permaculture Research Institute, with a background in international emergency response and post-conflict development and rehabilitation. He ran a 40,000-person refugee camp in Macedonia for CARE International and spent three years on the ground in Iraq following the first Gulf War. A native of Australia, Andrew is currently a managing partner of Full Circle LLC, a permaculture consulting firm in Brooklyn, New York.

Andrew Leslie Phillips has two PDC courses under his belt; with Geoff Lawton and Andrew Jones in New Orleans, 2004 and
Bill Mollison and Geoff in Melbourne, 2005. He has convened a two-week PDC course with Green Phoenix
Permaculture in High Falls, NY graduating 22 students; a three-day workshop at Ithaca Ecovillage in conjunction with the Fingerlakes Permaculture Institute. He also operated garden design business in Brooklyn, NY. www.stoneandgarden.net

Ethan Roland specializes in designing and planting locally adapted food forests especially to reinvigorate aging or abandoned fruit orchards. Ethan spent a year traveling around the world studying the global diversity of apples. www.appleseedpermaculture.com