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Lovely Fall Weather - Martha's Vineyard, MA - Permaculture Design Course |
A great expeience,...a great location,...a great course,...vital subjects |
Noted Permaculture instructor, Dick Pierce, to team with area farmers, gardeners, builders for 10-day course on Sustainable living, caring, and design on Martha's Vineyard, MA, USA - September 9 - 18, 2008. |
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS, Jul. 4 -/E-Wire/--
Permaculture, according to its founder, Australian Bill Mollison, is "about sustainable designs for human settlement." We are pleased to announce that a Permaculture Design Course will be held at the Martha's Vineyard Hostel from Sept. 9th – 18th, 2008. As many as 25 students – from the Island, New England/NY/NJ, and other locations – are expected to attend. They will range from professionals – farmers, architects, landscape designers – to landowners, homeowners, renters, gardeners, students, and retirees. The course fits those with experience and those just beginning to get to know their land and bio-region.
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Martha's Vineyard is more than just another quaint tourist destination. It still has a small-town, rural, and community atmosphere – it turns out that people here work real hard to keep that going. There are a surprising number of small farms, a deep environmental/conservation ethic, and innovative ideas in architecture/energy. Green, sustainable, frugal and alternate energy have been around for a long time – under the name of "the way we live/think here." The timing - in mid-September - should be a perfect combination of early fall, bountiful harvest, and off-season traffic and travel.
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Dick Pierce, New England native, frequent Island visitor, and noted Permaculture spokesman and teacher will lead the course. He will be assisted by a line-up of local presenters and site visits to local farms/gardens and building sites:
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-Jim Athearn of Morning Glory Farm - farmer, retailer, businessman, native -Randi Baird - Island Co-Housing - a co-founder, current resident, photog. -John Abrams, Co-Owner - South Mtn. Corp. builder, developer, author, -Rebecca Gilbert and the Native Earth Teaching Farm - animals do the work -Noli Taylor - Island Grown Initiative – support local ag., food, businesses -Karin Stanley - Polly Hill Arboretum - tours, local plants/trees, local know. -Clarissa Allen and Mitch Posen - Allen Farm – sheep, wool, chickens -Anna Edey of Sol Viva - sheep farm, wool dyeing, home design, author -Bret Stearns, Nat.l Resources, Wampanoag Tribe – Shellfish Aquaculture
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There is more information on www.permie.us and discounts for full-time Island residents with need. Dick Pierce can be reached via email at DickPierce Designs@gmail.com or on his cell phone at 512-992-8858. He'll be on-Island from July 18 – August 1; you can call him to talk about Permaculture and the Course.
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