Urban Permaculture Design Certification Course

This course puts a particular emphasis on Urban issues including access to land, economic and legal constraints, social and environmental justice, ecovillage and ecocity planning and the new "green" market wave.

This is an engaging course taught in a progressive environment by dynamic and talented instructors. It just may change the way you see your role in the care of the Earth. Opportunities are here for connecting with like-minded folks to create new ventures and lasting relationships.

Beginning with thoughtful and protracted observation, and leveraging the resilience, diversity and stability of natural ecosystems, Permaculture offers a new way to look at designing practical systems for providing our food, medicine, energy and shelter in a truly sustainable fashion.

Presenters include Urban Permaculture Guild's, Kevin Bayuk, Fred Bove' & Kat Steele, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center's Brock Dolman, civil engineer and biofuel guru Ben Jordan, and author and ecologist Robert Kourik and more!

Other special guests presenters to be announced. Open to all levels of experience. Participants completing the course and group design project will receive a certificate. A payment plan is available to those who wish to stagger the payment of their course fees over the summer. Fee: $950

See http://www.urbanpermacultureguild.org/sf/ for course schedule, details and registration

$950.