Greetings! Here are the course schedules/ outlines for the upcoming series–there may be some changes, but this is it for now. There will be some pre-readings/ study for each, about which you’ll be notified after you register. Please do so by contacting alex at alexdenicola@hotmail.com
Hope to see you here!
SAT.DEC Â 7 Â Â Â WEEKEND 1 Â TOOLKIT & FUNDAMENTALS
8-8:30 Arrival & registration
8:30-9:45 CIRCLE Â intros/ expectations/ orientation & brief tour of site
9:45-10:30 Brief overview of weekend/ what is permaculture(pc)/ state of biosphere
Discussion of Holmgren’s “Energy and Permaculture” article–pre reading
10:30 Stretch break
10:45 -12:15 Continue energy discussion/ Ecosystems:Nature as model/cultivated ecologies
Pattern recognition/ in design/ applications/ zones§ors/ design process
12:15-1:30 Lunch  Most of the food in all meals will be grown here
1:30-3:30 Climate/climate zones/ microclimates& design. Water: harvesting/management/conservation
Earthworks. Outdoors–identifying patterns, microclimates, mapping and more.
3:30 Tea time
3:50-5:15 Soils& soil building. Hands on earth plastering.
5:45 Supper
Eve–documentary video/ campfire social
SUNDAY Dec.8 day 2, weekend 1
7:30-8:30 Stretch and Breakfast
8:30-9:30 Circle and feedback/ discussion on Saturday
9:30-10:30 Plants & their uses/ trees/ begin gardening overview/ food in the household
10:30 stretch break
10:45- 12:15 Fin gardening/food. Make sauerkraut if time. Edge effects/site analysis with outdoor observation
12:15-1:30 Lunch
1:30- 3:30 Livestock/ tools. Offsite visit to Ironwood farm
3:30 back at MOP for tea
4-5:30 Economies–what? Your choice–more curriculum or World Cafe
6pm  Supper
campfire/ music/ social
MONDAY Dec 9 Â Day 3 weekend 1
7:30-8:30 Stretch and Breakfast
8:30-9:30 Circle with feedback/ discussion
9:30 -10:15 Â Permaculture–the “inner landscape”– a spiritual Path?, ethics, attitudes
10:15 stretch break
10:15-12:30 guest speaker
12:30 Lunch
1:30-3:30 community/ land tenure/ MOP intensive tour–characteristics&functions
3:30 tea time
3:50- 4:30 Circle with feedback/discussion/brief overview of weekend 2
4:-5 Departure
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Weekend 1 or equivalent experience is a prerequisite for Weekend 2
SATURDAY Â Day 1 Date(probably late Feb., earlier if group decides) TBA Weekend 2 PRINCIPLES INTENSIVE
8-8:30 Arrival
8:30-9:30 Circle/ Seeing with new eyes
9:30-10:30 Do we need principles? Resilience as emergent quality/ Permaculture flower as symbol/concept of our work
10:30 stretch break
10:45-12:30 David Holmgren video presentation of Pc principles
12:30-1:30 Lunch& discussion
1:30-3:30 Principles workshop/ participant presentations
3:30 tea time
3:50- 5:30 Offsite visit to Scotchvillage Coop/ Review Toolkit
5:30 Supper
Eve–Doc video–Permaculture in practice/ campfire
SUNDAY Â Day 2 Weekend 2
7:30-8:30 Stretch and Breakfast
8:30-9:30 Circle with feedback/ discussion
9:30- 10 Â Principles game
10 Break
10:20-11:30 Site tour–Seeing the principles manifesting
11:30-12:30 Guest speaker/ Transition Bay St. Margarets
12:30- 1:30 lunch
1:30- 3:15 Reading the landscape/ design practicum
3:15 tea time
3:40-5:30 Design projects presentations
5:30-6 Â freetime
6pm Supper
Eve: Â campfire/social
MONDAY Â Day 3 Â Weekend 2 Â Last day of series
7:30-8:30 Stretch & breakfast
8:30-9:30 Circle/ discussion
9:30- 10:15 Peak oil, Climate change, economic contraction and Future Scenarios
10:15 Â Stretch break
10:30- 12:30 Continue Future scenarios interactive/ understanding Net energy/ it’s implications for present planning/ design for disaster/ resilience
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30- 3:15 Â Bringing it together– design projects/ Pc activism/ where to begin
3:15 onward– teatime/ circle/ review/ feedback/ Â wrap up & departure