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Permaculture Courses
1. Introduction to Permaculture
With Angie Polkey, in liaison with Aberystwyth University
Dates : 31st July – 1st August
At Karuna Permaculture Project,
Course fee : £50 - £40 (additional £12 charge for meals provided)
merav66@hotmail.com (deadline for booking 22 July)
Booking forms : please click here to download
1. University Enrolment Form
2. Course Questionnaire.
Both forms should be posted to karuna with course fee.
Can you imagine anywhere better to learn about sustainable living than where it is applied every day? This is what Karuna Permaculture Project can offer you on this unique introductory Permaculture course.
*The course is offered at very competitive rates (£50 waged, £40 unwaged) in liaison with Aberystwyth University. It is accredited and, by enrolling on it, you need to be able to submit a small design project by 17 August after you have completed the weekend course at Karuna. Your project will be a fantastic opportunity for you to put what you’ve learnt into practice and to receive feedback on your ideas.
Course outline
- What is Permaculture?
- Nature’s Guidelines
- An Earth care Manual
- Site observation
- Putting it all together - the Design Cycle
- An Ethical Framework
- Permaculture in Practise
- Forest gardening
- Design Principles
- Relative Location - zones & sectors
Angie has a background in ecology and conservation which helps her understand - and teach - the natural principles, patterns and processes that have inspired permaculture.
Her enthusiasm for permaculture began on an introductory course in 1995, followed by a full design course with Ben Law and then a sabbatical to study permaculture and sustainable land use in Australia. Enthused and motivated to 'walk the talk', Angie first practised permaculture in a tiny urban garden in Sussex and then moved to Wales with her husband in 1997. Their small acreage has several forest gardens, vegetable beds, a polytunnel, wildlife habitats, and hard working chickens! As you might expect, it is designed to minimise inputs and maximise outputs over the longer term. Angie is also a founder member of the Lampeter Permaculture Group (which arose from the first full permaculture design course that she co-taught) and Transition Tregaron
Food : in order to keep costs down we ask that you bring vegetarian food for shared lunch on the Saturday.
Evening meal will be provided on Saturday eve as well as Sunday lunch for a charge of £ 12 Payable in cash on arrival only.
Camping available for £5 per person per night, or if you prefer we can recommend B & B near by.