Culture's
Edge Calendar of Events for 2001
| March 17-18 Sustainable Forestry
- Earth-friendly alternatives to conventional forestry practices. Innovative
forest management, directional felling, diverse forest products, and more.
Hosted by the Earthaven Forestry Co-op. $125
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| April 21 The Kindest
Cut: Tree Care, Pruning, and Grafting -
Learn how to work with trees and shrubs to maintain health, direct growth,
and increase quality and yield of flowers and fruit. Keith Johnson. $75 |
| April 28-May 6 Mystic Road Meditation
Camp - Based on the teachings of Osho, this 9-day meditation event involves
sitting, moving, dancing, singing, crying, laughing - all the ways of
Being the One. $375 |
| May 19 The Power of Body Prayer
- The most potent prayers come from deep within our bodies which, when
activated by our spirits, have the capacity to generate expanded states
of consciousness. Mia Beale. $60 |
| May 26 The Magnification of Abundance:
Plant Propagation Made Easier - Plants just wanna grow! Save money and
learn ways to successfully encourage plants to multiply. Keith Johnson.
$60 |
| June 1-3 An Intentional
Community Experience: Spend a day or weekend as a communtarian! Saturday,
the Fellowship of Intentional Community offers workshops in all aspects
of community life. Fri evening and Sunday, Earthaven members provide a
deeper look into the dreams and realities of village life. Sat $85, Fri
through Sunday $150 |
| June 21-24 ADVANCED PERMACULTURE
LANDSCAPE DESIGN- Learn real world skills from a master! Apply elegant
traditional and contemporary design patterns and principles to an Earthaven
village center site. Will Hooker. $125 |
| June 29-July 2 Women's Work: Creating
Sustainable Futures - Women sharing information, skills, experience, song,
prayer, and dance. Introducing Permaculture as a tool for creating harmonious
lives. Patricia Allison, Mollie Curry. $175 |
| July 5-August 18 Permaculture Residency
Program - Includes Fundamentals and Practicum Courses plus 4 weeks of
hands on ecovillage activities and skill development. $2000 see
below |
| July 6-14 Permaculture Fundamentals
Course - Permaculture is about designing and living in a regenerative
human culture. Learn principles, strategies and techniques for reinhabiting
your world. $600 see below |
| July 21-22 Coming to
Consensus - Learn to communicate and make decisions in ways that empower
you to be an equal participant in the process . The cutting edge for effectiveness
in business, civic groups, service organizations, activist, and other
team venues. Patricia Allison and Arjuna da Silva $175 |
| July 28 Hands-on Herbal
Medicine: Edible and Medicinal Plant Walk and Medicine Making - Learn
to identify, harvest and use wild plants that have been food and medicine
to generations of humans. Corrinna Wood of Red Moon Herbs. $60 |
| August 2-5 8th Annual
Permaculture Summer Gathering - Celebrate and Network with Permaculturists,
organic growers, natural builders, and others. Workshops, projects, bonfires,
music, and abundant great food! At Celo (NC) Community. $85 |
| August 10-18 Permaculture
Design Practicum - Part 2 of the Permaculture Design Course. Work in teams
to design homesites and neighborhoods at Earthaven Ecovillage. $600 see
below |
| September 1-2 Earth
Skills - Experience the ways of our ancient ancestors as you learn and
practice fire-making, cordage, rabbit stick/sling making, harvesting and
cooking in a pit oven, shelter-building, and more. Taught by Summer Deal.
$95 |
| September 14-16 Intro to Natural
Building: Materials, Methods, and Systems - Cob, strawbale, slipstraw,
earthen plasters, and timber frame techniques being used in Earthaven's
innovative buildings. Paul Caron, Mollie Curry, Chuck Marsh. $175 |
| September 22-23 The Fine Art of
Earth Plasters - Experience the grounding sensuousness of this earthy
art. Practice preparing and applying earth plaster to interior and exterior
walls. Mollie Curry, Chuck Marsh. $125 |
| September 29-30 Non-Violent Communication
- Ways to stay centered no matter who you're connected to or what you're
talking about by disarming conflict and inviting cooperation. Diana Christian.
$125 |
| October 5-7 The Epic of Evolution:
Learning the Great Story, Living the Great Work. Exploring the Universe
Story and the role of humanity in the "Ecozoic" Era. Shawn Swartz,
Steve Torma. Special invited guest Thomas Berry. $175 |
| October 13Village Culture Celebration
- Co-create with us an honoring and celebration of the wisdom, costume,
stories, music and cuisine of village peoples around the world. Sign up
with your own ethnic treasures. Hosted by Chuck Marsh $35 |
| October 14 The Ecovillage
Alternative - Spend an afternoon learning about the global ecovillage
movement. Shortcuts to starting your own. Discussion, slides, video. $15 |
October 27 Mushroom Propagation for Food and Medicine
- Focus is on home propagation of several varieties - shiitake, oyster,
and more. Participants will take an inoculated log or bag of medium
to grow at home. Keith Johnson $75
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Permaculture
Fundamentals July 6- 14, 2001
This is the basic course for understanding Permaculture Design. Learning
format is multi-modal with a high teacher/student ratio. Practical exercises,
demonstrations, audio-visuals, and discussion complement focused presentations.
Forty-four hours of instruction covers:
Ethics and Principles
Observation, Pattern & Design
The Natural World: Climate Forest, Soils
The Cultivated Ecology: Gardens, Plants & Animals
The Home System: Building Design, Energy, Water & Waste
Developing Settlements: Land Use, Appropriate Technology, Economics
& Finance, Urban Applications
8-Day Course Fee: $600 (camping, meals,
materials, & tuition) Students receive a subscription to the Permaculture
Activist. Contact: Culture's Edge, 1025 Camp Elliott Rd., Black Mountain,
NC 28711, 828-669-3937, culturesedge@earthaven.org,
http://earthaven.org
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Village
Design Practicum August 10 - 18,
2001
Combining the larger subjects of the permaculture curriculum
with a focus on design of the Earthaven village landscape and culture,
this course together with Fundamentals completes the requirements
for the Permaculture Design Certificate. Presentations by experienced
designers introduce mentored small group design projects. Students
will develop skill in:
Mapping, Field Survey, and Drawing
Pattern Languages and Meta-Systems
Economic, Social, and Community Design
Broadscale Landscape: Agriculture, Wildlife, Earthworks, Restoration
Forestry
Interview, Presentation, Project Management & Earning a Living
8-Day Course Fee: $600,
sliding scale (camping, meals, materials, & tuition) Students receive
a subscription to the Permaculture Activist. Contact: Culture's Edge,
1025 Camp Elliott Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711, 828-669-3937, culturesedge@earthaven.org,
http://earthaven.org
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Permaculture
Residency Program July 5 - August 18, 2001
For a limited number of mature individuals
we offer a summer residency at Earthaven combining the two certificate
courses above with four weeks of directed work projects applying design
skills and techniques to community infrastructure. This is a unique opportunity
to anchor learning with action for self-reliant living. Application with
references is required by June 1st.
Work-Study Residency fee: $2000 (camping,
meals, materials, & tuition) Students receive a subscription to
the Permaculture Activist. Contact: Culture's Edge, 1025 Camp Elliott
Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711, 828-669-3937, culturesedge@earthaven.org,
http://earthaven.org
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Our
Teaching Team and Our Community Make the Difference!
The most experienced permaculture teaching team
in Eastern North America: Chuck Marsh, Peter Bane, Patricia Allison,
Andrew Goodheart Brown, Keith Johnson, Mollie Curry, Paul Caron, Sudhangshu
Swartz, and Arjuna daSilva bring together decades of experience at
the forefront of cultural evolution. Pioneers in the new paradigm of holistic
living, they are at home in America's first Permaculture Ecovillage,
Earthaven: http://earthaven.org |
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