"What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet.

We need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of the critical gangs that are doing that."

Thanks for inquiring about our upcoming Pacific Northwest Permaculture Design Course (PDC).  We are delighted to welcome both returnees and new faces to  our 3^rd 2-week permaculture intensive at Sahale Learning Center. We invite you to explore Sahale, using the menu to the left. 

This 2-week hands-on intensive will impart permaculture principles and methodologies which can be applied immediately on both large and small-scale projects. 

Through lecture, slide shows, discussion, observation, field trips and group participation activities, permaculture design students will develop the practical skills and knowledge necessary to design and implement sustainable systems that are in harmony with the natural world. 

The course is limited to 30 participants and we encourage early registration to ensure a place. Please download a flyer and course detail page for additional information.

We have kept all the design materials from previous PDCs, so participants can see how we have shaped the development of Sahale by implementing ideas offered during the previous courses.

Who takes a formal Permaculture Design Course?

• Young students continuing their schooling in Environmental Education.
• ‘Lifelong learners’ of any age curious about exploring the details of permaculture theory.
• Adult education Independent Studies students completing post-graduate programs.
• Sustainability professionals incorporating permaculture design principals into their building or landscape businesses.
• Homesteaders interested in broadening their land’s productivity.
• Social Justice workers interested in bringing permaculture food production and yield principals into their urban development programs.
• Regular folks concerned about global financial instability and wanting to learn easy techniques to grow their own food where they are.
• Ecovillage designers.
• Green Business’ developers focusing on cottage industries and small scale business opportunities. The opportunities are endless.

Featured Faculty: Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski, Lead Instructor

Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski  is a farmer, educator and author who has personally worked with over 1,000 species of plants.  He is the founder of Friends of the Trees Society (1978) and is the author of books on forestry, agriculture, agroforestry and ethnobotany.  Michael has been involved in the permaculture movement since 1981.  He has taught 23 full Permaculture Design Courses in the USA and abroad.  We are very lucky to have Michael returning to Sahale for his 3rd PDC; he was most recently with us as the organizer of the 2008 Washington State Permaculture Convergence.  For more information on Michael, and to read his most recent article, "Feeding People in Hard Times", please visit www.friendsofthetrees.net.   Photo: Michael Pilarskia.k.a."Skeeter" .

Course Benefits

Benefits of our course include:

• Great networking opportunities.
• Informative lectures, real-world demonstrations, and Permaculture Design Certificate.
• Sustainability skills to put in practice NOW.

Questions?

For more information on our course, please contact Laura Sweany at lauraflora@msn.com or 206-369-7590.  We look forward to hearing from you.
 

DOWNLOADS

Course Details & Registration

Flyer


COURSE FACULTY

Michael Pilarski,
Friends of the Trees Society

Laura Sweany,
Terra Flora Farm

Guest presenters include:
Larry Korn,
Mu Landscaping Company

Marisha Auerbach,
Herb’n Wisdom

Jenny Pell,Wilder Institute

Albert Postema,
Earthwise Excavation

John Henrickson,
Wild Thyme Farm

John Hoff,
Goodenough Community

TUITION

Course Tuition: $700