PERMACULTURE APPRENTICESHIP: Design Certification & Hands-on Immersion

Last seat in the house could be yours!!!

THIS PERMACULTURE APPRENTICESHIP offers a group of six participants the 72-hour Permaculture Design Certification 1 day per week, ENHANCED by field work 2 days per week at a variety of nurseries, edible parks, community gardens, and urban homesteads in the Asheville area.

DATES: August 10 - October 28, 2010, Tuesdays thru Thursdays; 10am-6pm. LOCATION: 12+ sites in Asheville, NC SPONSOR: The Ashevillage Institute

• Become a Certified Permaculture Designer.
• Connect with veteran Permaculture practitioners.
• Get a broad sampling of local Permaculture hot spots.
• Explore your internal landscapes through Nature Connection, Yoga, and meditation.
• Gain relevant field experience in: organic food production, soil building, nursery production, backyard chickens, aquaculture, fermentation, wild-crafting, edible forest gardening, rainwater catchment, grafting, primitive skills, natural building, and more.

Rainwater & Greywater Catchment Workshop Update

Our rainwater & greywater catchment workshop scheduled for November 6th and 7th has been changed to a one-day workshop on the 7th only. Please update your calendars. See you there!

5 Days Left to Nominate for the Sustainability Education Scholarships!!

Pam Bunch from WNCW interviews Janell Kapoor and Shawn Jadrnicek (Yad-na-check) from Ashevillage Institute about their sustainability workshops, permaculture and the teacher Sustainability Education Scholarships.

Ashevillage Institute Interview with Pam Bunch on WNCW

Nominations for two, two-day sustainability workshops for teachers in the region are being taken through this Friday, Sept. 25. How to nominte a teacher or yourself!