Great Lakes Permaculture Design Collaborative Presents
2017 Chicago Advanced Permaculture Design Course
Course Dates – Oct 14, (afternoon conference call), Oct 20-22, Nov 11-12
Location – Old Schoolhouse Community Garden 4733 Cermak Road Hillside, IL 60162
Course Fee – $750 early bird discount paid in full before course start; $900 after 8/14, $250 non-refundable deposit required, payment plan available.
Contact/informatin: glpdc.info
Have you taken your PDC and are looking for a next step in permaculture design? Come deepen your understanding of permaculture: assess your skills; create a plan for self-empowerment; learn new skills and insights to enliven your permaculture practice. Use your permaculture education to leverage a regenerative community.
This course empowers you to:
Work fluently and appropriately with the contexts of design
Deepen the integration of permaculture into your life
Understand the matrix of your own skills and be able to apply them to your design work
Extend your design skills including: mapping/imaging; surveying work; patterning; specifics for selection (plant, etc…)
Work better with collaborators, clients, contractors, and local authorities
Build a plan to increase your competencies
Effectively share your knowledge of permaculture with the world
Students must have completed their permaculture design course. We especially invite women, community leaders, students, and other design professionals to join in.
There will be a 90 minute required orientation call 1pm Central, Saturday, October 14, to cover introductory material and meet each other. There will extensive material to cover before each weekend in addition to a design project.