Denver Permaculture Design Course
The GrowHaus is excited to announce Denver's first-ever Permaculture Design Course, a comprehensive 72-hour training in the ecological paradigm. Permaculture is a revolutionary design science that applies nature’s patterns to human structures, and the Permaculture Design Course, or PDC, has been taught worldwide for decades.
The Denver PDC will be held one weekend a month starting October 1st 2011, and wrapping up on March 4th, 2012. The course is centrally located at the Auraria Campus in Downtown Denver with optional field trips to demonstration sites throughout the Front Range.
Toby Hemenway, the lead instructor, is the author of Gaia’s Garden, a guide to home-scale permaculture that has been the best-selling permaculture book in the world for the last seven years. Other guest instructors include Penny Livingston-Stark, a nationally-renowned permaculturalist based in northern California; Adam Brock, Director of Operations at The GrowHaus; and other experts.
Through an engaging mix of lecture, hands-on group activities, and real-world design projects, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of ecological thinking and how to apply it in a variety of contexts. Please see the course syllabus for more details.
The Denver PDC is recommended for design professionals, urban farmers, community organizers, foodies, city planners, green entrepreneurs, homeowners, and anybody seeking a comprehensive framework for sustainable change. Course tuition is $950 with a $250 deposit before August 1st, or $1100 after August 1st. A limited number of scholarship positions are available to applicants from historically marginalized backgrounds.
We're hosting two informational sessions to give prospective participants a chance to learn more about the course and permaculture in general. They will be held on:
* Saturday, July 30th from 2:00-3:00 PM at the Denver County Fair
* Saturday, September 10th from 10:00AM-12:00PM at the GrowHaus
Questions? Visit our FAQ or email us at DenverPDC@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
The Denver PDC will be held one weekend a month starting October 1st 2011, and wrapping up on March 4th, 2012. The course is centrally located at the Auraria Campus in Downtown Denver with optional field trips to demonstration sites throughout the Front Range.
Toby Hemenway, the lead instructor, is the author of Gaia’s Garden, a guide to home-scale permaculture that has been the best-selling permaculture book in the world for the last seven years. Other guest instructors include Penny Livingston-Stark, a nationally-renowned permaculturalist based in northern California; Adam Brock, Director of Operations at The GrowHaus; and other experts.
Through an engaging mix of lecture, hands-on group activities, and real-world design projects, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of ecological thinking and how to apply it in a variety of contexts. Please see the course syllabus for more details.
The Denver PDC is recommended for design professionals, urban farmers, community organizers, foodies, city planners, green entrepreneurs, homeowners, and anybody seeking a comprehensive framework for sustainable change. Course tuition is $950 with a $250 deposit before August 1st, or $1100 after August 1st. A limited number of scholarship positions are available to applicants from historically marginalized backgrounds.
We're hosting two informational sessions to give prospective participants a chance to learn more about the course and permaculture in general. They will be held on:
* Saturday, July 30th from 2:00-3:00 PM at the Denver County Fair
* Saturday, September 10th from 10:00AM-12:00PM at the GrowHaus
Questions? Visit our FAQ or email us at DenverPDC@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
