Heathcote Events -- Visitor Weekend & Permaculture Workshops

Please mark your calendar for the following events coming up at Heathcote Community:
 

Visitor Weekend, January 8 - 10

Heathcote is a beautiful, peaceful place to visit. There are lots of woods for hiking, a hammock for resting, a stream for wading, and many secluded areas where you can be alone to connect with nature. If you're interested in visiting for all or part of the weekend, contact our visitor coordinator, Carol, at 443-491-3486 or CarolSed@comcast.net to make a reservation. Find out more about visitor weekends at http://www.heathcote.org/cms/content/visiting-heathcote.

Introduction to Permaculture at Heathcote's Visitor Weekend, Saturday, January 9, 4:00 to 5:30 pm

Permaculture, a term originated by Australian ecologists, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, means permanent culture. Using both ancient and modern knowledge, this design methodology mimics universal patterns found in nature to create healthy human communities. Guided by ethical behavior, Permaculture is both theory and practice. It is a system of designing ecologically inspired landscapes that integrate food production with energy, shelter and water. This talk will introduce you to the subjects of our upcoming course, starting in February 2010. See our website for more details: http://www.heathcote.org/cms/content/home-scale-permaculture-design-course-2010

Introduction to Permaculture at the Baltimore Green Forum, Sunday, January 24, 4:30 to 6:30 pm

Come learn about Permaculture, a system of designing ecologically inspired landscapes that integrate food production with energy, shelter and water. We will introduce the principles of Permaculture and give examples of how families, communities and Transition Town initiatives can apply them to build environmental resilience and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The speakers will be Karen Stupski and Patty Ceglia of Heathcote Community. Join us at Maryland Presbyterian Church, 1105 Providence Road, Towson, for this discussion. FREE to attend, but donations to Maryland Presbyterian Church are greatly appreciated. For more information, contact baltimoregreenforum@gmail.com or 301.345.2234.

HOME-SCALE PERMACULTURE COURSE

Tap your own natural resources: sunlight, wind, water, soil, flora, fauna
Take responsibility for your own consumption
Reduce your dependency on fossil fuels
 
Design for Living -- HOME-SCALE PERMACULTURE COURSE

Introductory Option ($700)
7 Saturdays in 2010:  February 13 & 27, March 13 & 27, April 10 & 24, May 8

Design Certificate Option ($1400)
12 Days in 2010:  Introductory Course plus May 22-23, June 5-6, & June 19

Enjoy the bounty and beauty of an edible landscape… Store free renewable energy…
Create your own microclimate and wildlife habitat… Capture rainwater, replenish the water table…
Improve your health and well-being… Awaken your connection to nature…

Permaculture, a term originated by Australian ecologists, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, means permanent culture.  Using both ancient and modern knowledge, this design methodology mimics universal patterns found in nature to create healthy human communities.  Guided by ethical behavior, Permaculture is both theory and practice.  It is a system of designing ecologically inspired landscapes that integrate food production with energy, shelter and water.

Permaculture is a frame of reference for analyzing specific human habitats and finding sustainable solutions to their inherent problems or needs.  Whether one is designing a small-scale backyard or patio, or large-scale farm, village or city, Permaculture principles provide basic criteria for informed decision-making.  Permaculture suggests our limits to growth, and our potential for peaceful interdependence.

Instructor:  As a Permaculture design consultant, architect, and life-long organic gardener, Patty Ceglia is passionate about revealing the inherent beauty of every site.  She uses her professional design expertise to integrate dwellings with their immediate environment, applying appropriate land use for diverse productivity.  She has designed passive-solar and timber-frame houses, forest gardens and edible landscapes.  As an educator, Patty has taught Permaculture Design and Sustainable Architecture since 1990, for the Environmental Studies Department at Wilson College, where her students practice hands-on strategies at the 160 acre Center for Sustainable Living. 

Through the collective intentional efforts of many individuals, a healing momentum can transform our planet into the radiant life source that it is intended to be.

For course details and to register see: http://www.heathcote.org/cms/content/home-scale-permaculture-design-course-2010

Financial aid is available.  Please ask for information.

Hosted by SCHOOL OF LIVING and HEATHCOTE COMMUNITY in Freeland, MD.

For more information call 410-357-9523 or email education@heathcote.org. 

Dave Jacke, author of Edible Forest Gardens, will give a talk in the Baltimore area on Sunday, February 7 !!! 

We’ll send more details soon.

Find out all about Heathcote Community on our website at http://www.Heathcote.org

Directions to the community can be found at http://www.heathcote.org/cms/content/directions-heathcote. 

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