Kansas Permaculture Institute & KPC in Collaboration with Midwest Permaculture
Spring 2012 PDC Nine Day Intensive – May 29 – June 6
Description:
This Intensive Permaculture Design Certification Course is 9 days of focused and quality Permaculture training, demonstration and hands-on field work activities. It will take place at a variety of urban and broad-acre farm sites currently practicing principles of ecological agriculture. This course will bring together the combined talents of 3 accomplished Permaculture teachers with many years of combined experience, working with the ecology of the central plains bio-region. Prepare to enjoy 9 days of world class instruction in Permaculture Design from this dynamic trio.
Steve Moring of Kaw Permaculture Collaborative and Director of the Kansas Permaculture Institute, and owner of Vajra Land Management Services. Steve has studied permaculture since 1992, and is practicing its method on his farm. He received his PDC certification in 2008 and permaculture teachers training last year from Midwest Permaculture. He is the founder of the Kaw Permaculture Collaborative and independently teaches permaculture design certification courses in the Kansas City area. Steve has studied medicinal botany and been a teacher of physical and life sciences in industry and academia for over 30 years. He has many years of experience cultivating medicinal plants on a farm and garden scale, and has worked as a consultant to the herbal products industry. He is engaged as a regional land consultant, specializing in the cultivation of alternative crop systems, medicinal herbs, permaculture system design, as well as prairie and woodland restoration.
Bill Wilson of Midwest Permaculture. Bill holds two Permaculture Design Certificates and has taken advanced training in both permaculture design and in teaching permaculture. Bill and his wife, Becky, founded Midwest Permaculture in 2006, and have hosted over 28 PDC courses. Midwest Permaculture is Bill’s full-time calling consisting of managing, teaching, speaking, writing, and providing permaculture design services.
Wayne Weiseman of The Permaculture Project, LLC, is certified by the Permaculture Institute of Australia as an instructor of the Permaculture Design Certificate Course. He is also certified by the American Institute of Architecture (AIA) and the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Wayne has taught and lectured internationally for many years. He has worked as a school teacher and as a consultant to educators and administrators in curriculum and professional development. As a primitive wilderness instructor he relied on observation techniques and a thorough understanding of the natural world to ply his trade. Wayne is Director of The Permaculture Project LLC, a full-service, international consulting and educational business promoting the ideas of eco-agriculture, renewable energy resources and eco-construction methods.
This intensive constitutes the core 72 hours of Permaculture Design training and culminating in certification through the Kansas Permaculture Institute. For more info contact Steve Moring at (785) 691-7305 or moringse@gmail.com.
Details: More to come….
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