Advanced Permaculture Workshop with Nathaniel Larson and Eric Frank
Our contemporary mental models, or worldviews, are so deeply ingrained in us that most of us don’t ever realize there are alternative ways of knowing. Limitations to the dominant way of knowing in our culture, namely reductionism, are becoming increasingly evident as human and ecological systems continue to degrade.
This workshop will relate a new way of knowing to agriculture, politics and communication to come up with a pattern of language for a regenerative ecological society. Water defines landscapes and cultures as a key element in settlement design, agriculture and humanities broad relations to the land. The majority of the techniques to be discussed are simple low technology strategies that can be implemented on a human scale. It is our hope that folks will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to slow and eventually stop any erosion on their land while building soil and extending the time water spends in the landscape.
Taking an in depth look at ecological agriculture, we will explore forest gardening, aquaculture, integration of systems, animals large and small, ecology, natural history, indigenous land management techniques, implementation strategies and more. We will look at agriculture with a systems perspective and see how we can design farms and gardens in the pattern of an ecosystem. Class participants invited to participate in potluck meals, music, and social fun. Limited camping space is available for class participants.
Prerequisite: Beginning Permaculture or equivalent understanding.
| Dates: | June 11 (Greetings and potluck meal), June 12 & 13 (Full days), 2010 |
| Course Fee: | $65 |
| Location: | Viroqua, WI |