2007 Program Information

THIS PAGE GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT OUR TWO WEEK PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION COURSE (JUNE 1-16, 2007) AND OUR 10 WEEK INTENSIVE IN SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS DESIGN (MAY 25-AUG 1)

"He who receives ideas from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me" - Thomas Jefferson

BIG GREEN SUMMER

10-WEEK INTENSIVE PROGRAM IN THE DESIGN OF SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS

(Includes Permaculture Design Certification course shown below)

MAY 25- AUG 3 2007 FAIRFIELD, IOWA

Download 2007 brochure
Download 2007 poster (w/more pictures) Download detailed PDC schedule

TOPICS

Renewable Energy, Organic Agriculture, Tree Crops, Natural Building, Rainwater Systems, Living Machines, Urban Design, Ecovillages, Biofuels, Alternative Economic & Social Systems, the relationship of all this to the rest of life on earth.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Workshops, conferences, independent study, hands-on, leadership training, & community service. Includes permaculture design certification course.

FACILITIES

Hosted in facilities that are a lab for what you learn - built of local natural materials, powered by solar & wind energy, with harvested rain for water, fed by our own organic gardens.

PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION COURSE

What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is the design of human habitats that have the stability, diversity, and resilience of natural ecosystems. Permaculture is about integrating housing with energy production, food production, rainwater harvesting, and more. Permaculture is about design, and it is a multidisciplinary design discipline. Permaculture includes renewable energy systems, energy efficiency, agriculture and food systems, natural building, rainwater harvesting, urban planning, and the economic, political, and social policy that make sustainable design possible and practical.

Our Permaculture Design Certification course is taught using an internationally recognized curriculum developed by Bill Mollison, the chief architect of Permaculture Design. Our course is a two week in residence intensive. On successful completion of the course, you will get an internationally recognized certificate.

For more discussion of what permaculture is, go here

Course Location: Surya Nagar Farm, Fairfield Iowa June 1-16, 2007 (Detailed schedule)
Doug Bullock, Lonnie Gamble
and dozens of other great faculty, field trips, 72 hours of classroom instruction and hands-on solar electric, wind energy, natural building, water systems, perennial and annual cropping systems, and much more!
College credit often availabe
$1300 includes meals/lodging (make checks payable to Fairfield Internships Project)
$800 live off-site, one meal per day
(We strongly encourage you to live on-site to get the most from the course. Our facility is a lab for what you are learning)

Daily schedule\\ 9:15-4:45 classroom instruction and hands on
8:00-9:30 evening presentations

For more information or to register for the course, call Diana at 641-919-3645, email kryst@natel.net.

BIG GREEN SUMMER

May 25-August 4, 2007 (includes Permaculture Design Certification course)
$3,000 includes meals/lodging