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01/01/2005 |
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10/07/2014 |
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07/10/2015 |
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2120 Endeavour Valley Road, Cooktown, Qld, AU |
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07 40695058 |
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Wet/Dry Tropical |
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Back to Hill Top Farm - working with nature
Project: Hill Top Farm - working with nature
Posted by Wendy Seabrook over 9 years ago
We have a early bird and group booking discounts for registrations before the 21st August.
Full Price $ 700
Earlybird Price $ 630
Save 10% with our Earlybird ticket - for single ticket bookings. Payment required in full before 21st August
Group Price $ 595
Save 15% with our Group price - for bookings of 3 or more people. Payment required for Group Price in full before 21st August.
Getting to the Heart of Permaculture Design - Course Description
Together we will translate ecological science into practical Permaculture design tools. Learning how to use these tools will give you the confidence and skills to work with nature. Your project maybe a city or rural environment, temperate, tropical or desert climate, your goal maybe to design sustainable houses, food gardens, farms or communities. In this course, you will be given the skills and a Permaculture tool kit to assist you in achieving your goal of designing sustainable environments.
Nature has had millions of years to fine tune the process of designing sustainable, self-maintaining systems. Healthy natural ecosystems, whether they are rainforests or desert scrublands, don’t produce waste or pollution, or use up non renewable resources. Nor do they need anyone to spread mulch, fertilisers, or control pests, to weed or mow. They take care of these things themselves. This sort of self-management and environmental sustainability is what we can achieve by designing systems that mimic the functions and processes of natural ecosystems.
You will get lots of opportunities within this course for creating designs, looking at exemplary examples from nature, Hill Top Farm, other systems and to learn from each other.
Our goal is for you to come away from this course making day to day decisions and long term plans instinctively working with nature.
What you will gain
A tool kit of practical Permaculture design principles for designing your house, garden or a sustainable community, wherever and whatever project you are working on
Understanding the ecological rationale behind permaculture and other design tools for working with nature
Lots of design experience using the tool kit and opportunity to see how these tools can be put into practice
Resources and contacts to take your journey further, making day to day decisions and long term plans instinctively working with nature
Included in the cost
Four days of participatory learning
Fresh, tasty meals using produce from Hill Top Farm and other local organic farmers
Free BYO camping or if you prefer cabin accommodation is available at $44 or $66/night
Course notes and resources
More information on this course and Hill Top Farm - www.hilltopfarm.wix.com/beyondsustainability
or give us a call - 07 40695058
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