We are pleased to announce another world 1st! We have designed and organised three ‘Carbon Farming Courses’ and one ‘Carbon Economy Course’ to be convened across the US during 2009.
The course modules include: Holistic Management, Soil Food Web, Broadacre Permaculture, ZERI, Fungi, BioChar, Energy Systems, Natural Building and Pathways to Relocalisation.
To deliver these modules we have some of the world’s most experienced and respected facilitators and practitioners including:
- Terry Gompert and Kirk Gadzia (Holistic Management)
- Dr. Elaine Ingham and Paul Taylor (Soil Food Web)
- Darren Doherty, Brock Dolman, Brad Lancaster, Scott Pittman and Penny Livingston-Stark (Broadacre Permaculture)
- Howard Yana-Shapiro PhD and Warren Brush (Effective AID)
- Michael G. Smith and Justin Kirmse (Natural Building)
- Joel and Daniel Salatin (Pathways to Relocalisation)
- and TBC Paul Stamets (Fungi)
These courses are in direct response to the current challenges experienced by producers and communities across the globe by a variety of climatic, agronomic and economic conditions.
It is also a manifestation of our HolisticGoal®:
‘…To maintain creative, intergenerational family and community lives built around regenerative and profitable production, management and educational systems…’
‘Top 10′ Outcomes:
- Produce stable environments with sound watersheds
- Restore profitability via integrated and regenerative agricultural development and management
- Increase wildlife species, numbers with species and stability of populations
- Improve water, soil and vegetation resources of cities, industry and agriculture
- Re-establish riverine and riparian areas
- Prevent waste of financial, human and natural resources
- Entrench Holistic Management® Decision Making Frameworks and Permaculture Design Ethics and Principles within the education system, communities and organisations
- Develop viable decentralised energy production systems
- Restore local, regional and global mineral and water cycles
- Provide value to our collaborators, course participants, clients and community
May 2009 – ‘Whirlwind’ Columbus NM (20 day)
USD$3000 for the Stack: Sliding Scale for the Individual Modules.
Including:
- Holistic Management®
- Broadacre Permaculture
August/September 2009 – ‘The Farm’ Summertown TN (20 day)
USD$3100 for the Stack: Sliding Scale for the Individual Modules
Including:
- Holistic Management®
- Keyline Design
- Soil Food Web
- Earthworks and Food Forests
- Pathways to Relocalisation
October 2009 – Marin County CA (26 day)
USD$6100 (TBC) for the Stack: Sliding Scale for the Individual Modules
Including:
- Holistic Management®
- Broadacre Permaculture
- Soil Food Web
- Pathways to Relocalisation
- Fungi Revolution
Oct/Nov/Dec 2009 – Orella Ranch/Quail Springs, Santa Barbara CA (43 day)
USD$8885 for the Stack: Sliding Scale for the Individual Modules
Including:
- Holistic Management®
- Broadacre Permaculture
- Soil Food Web
- Pathways to Relocalisation
- Natural Building
- Effective AID
- Fungi Revolution
- ZERI
- Pyrolysis, BioChar and Energy Systems
