Introduction to Permaculture: Applying universal design principles to an urban home
Instructors: Dan and Cynthia Hemenway
Dates: June 23, 24, 25, 2006
Place: Oklahoma City
For more information, contact Robert Waldrop, 1524 NW 21st, Oklahoma City, OK 73106, 405-613-4688, robert@justpeace.org .
Join us for a weekend journey to explore the basics of the permaculture design process. Participants will work on a permaculture design for a central Oklahoma City urban property. The group will be divided into teams, each of which will have a specific aspect of the design to prepare. The instructors will be Dan and Cynthia Hemenway, of Elfin Permaculture, a project of the Barking Frogs Permaculture Center in Florida.
The workshop has 3 components: (1) an introductory slide show which applies permaculture to many different areas, (2) Classroom work, with a broad spectrum of discussion, and (3) design work, which will be focused on an urban property. Following the workshop, on Sunday afternoon, there will be a time for participants to ask questions about their own projects.
Participants must submit a one page introduction and a one page description of their permaculture project or what they would like to do with permaculture training.. This information will be shared with the other students in the workshop. If you feel you can't write a page about yourself or your ideas for using this permaculture training, that's fine, tell us as much as you can. Students are expected to attend all sessions of the weekend workshop; the Sunday late afternoon discussion of personal projects is optional. There is a list of required readings that must be completed before the workshop begins (listed below). Although the design work will focus on an urban property, people with properties in rural and suburban areas will learn much that can be useful for their own design projects.
DAN HEMENWAY, founder of Elfin Permaculture, is recognized as one of the most innovative and effective teachers of permaculture. Since 1981, he has taught workshops, design courses and advanced programs from Mexico to Canada and in Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, and now offers an Internet Permaculture Design Course. Dan holds five diplomas in various aspects of permaculture from the International Permaculture Institute.
CYNTHIA BAXTER HEMENWAY, CNM, is partner in Elfin Permaculture and Associate Editor of The International Permaculture Solutions Journal. A founding member and former director and officer of the Planetary Project Foundation (Kansas, USA), Cynthia is a certified Nurse Midwife and wholistic health practitioner with particular emphasis in working with women during the childbearing year. She brings experience in leading workshops on health and spiritual matters to permaculture, She teaches Design for Health in the online course. This is also the name of her alternative therapies practice.
Tuition for the weekend event is $100, which includes dinner on Saturday night prepared from foods produced in the region, provided by the Oklahoma Food Cooperative, and a $5 tree tax to fund the planting of trees to pay for the paper used in the workshop. There will be an optional dinner on Sunday night. A $30 deposit is required, the balance is due by June 1, 2006. There will be a $25 tuition surcharge for reservations received after March 20, 2006. Persons who pay the tuition in full before March 20, 2006 may attend the Sunday dinner at no extra charge. We are also willing to accept a deposit and then you can structure payments so that the tuition is paid in full by June 1, 2006. Personal introductions are due June 1, 2006. The workshop is strictly limited to 25 students. Day care will be provided if requested at no extra charge. For students from out of the area, crash space is available, or we can suggest other local lodgings/campgrounds. Full or partial tuition scholarships are available based on need and vocation. This event is presented by the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House and Prairie Rose Permaculture. Make deposit checks payable to Catholic Worker House, or send payment via http://www.paypal.com to jpeaceokc@yahoo.com .
Deadlines:
$30 Deposit: Due as soon as you decide to attend. The workshop is strictly limited to 25 participants. As of December 28, 2005, there are 6 reservations, so there are 19 remaining. There will be a tuition surcharge of $25 for deposits received after March 20th if there are still places available in the workshop. Your reservation is not confirmed until we have received your deposit.
Full payment: Due by June 1, 2006. We will be happy to accept payment plans.
Personal Introduction: Due by June 1, 2006
Scholarship Application Date: Due by April 1, 2006. Scholarships are based on need and vocation. To apply for a scholarship, submit the personal introduction and description of what you intend to do with the permaculture training, together with your contact information. We will contact you to talk with your personally about your application, so please include a phone number. If you don't have a phone, be sure to let us know how to contact you. The scholarship is for tuition only, you will need to find the Introduction to Permaculture book on your own; the Permaculture Design Course pamphlets are available for free at the link below. An inter-library loan may be able to get the book for you.
Out of Area Students: Let us know as soon as possible if you need for us to find you some crash space, or if you need a referral to a hotel or campground in the area..
Optional Dinner on Sunday: If you are interested in the optional dinner on Sunday (estimated cost will be $7.50), let us know when you send your deposit.
Application Form: Please print and send the application form below with your deposit. You may also put the information required in an email and send it to robert@justpeace.org and make payment via http://www.paypal.com to jpeaceokc@yahoo.com .
Required Readings:
READINGS MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE WORKSHOP BEGINS.
Introduction to Permaculture, Bill Mollison
Permaculture Design Course pamphlets, available free online in PDF format HERE,
Introduction to Permaculture may be ordered from Yankee Permaculture, POB 52, Sparr, FL 32192, for $31 plus $8.10 shipping/handling, or you can try your favorite online new/used book search.
APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE DESIGN WORKSHOP
Name: __________________________________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip ____________________________________________________________________________
Best telephone number to contact you: _________________________________________________________
Best email address to contact you: ___________________________________________________________
Include the Sunday dinner in my reservation: _____ Yes _____ No
___ Enclosed is my deposit of $30. I will pay the balance of $70 before June 1, 2005 ($77.50 if you want the Sunday dinner).
___ Enclosed is my deposit of $30. I will make ____ payments of _____ to complete payment of $100 by June 1, 2005 - $107.50 including the Sunday dinner
___ Enclosed is full payment of $100. Those who pay in full with their registration before March 20, 2005 may attend the Sunday dinner at no extra charge.
___ I am interested in crash space for the workshop. Day I will arrive: _______________ Day I will depart: _______________
___ Please refer me to a ____ hotel _____ campground in the area.
___ I am applying for one of the scholarships. _____ Full Scholarship _____ Partial Scholarship ($50)
Make checks payable to Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House, or send payment via Paypal to jpeaceokc@yahoo.com .
Mail to Catholic Worker House, 1524 NW 21, OKC, OK 73106 , or email to robert@justpeace.org,