Homesteading and Permaculture Principles & Design Intensives – Sign up today!
January 24, 2012 in Sustainability Schools
PASA’s Farming for the Future Conference Registration Ends Tonight at Midnight!
AND… there are still a few spaces available in the Homesteading and Permaculture Principles & Design Pre-Conference Tracks, so register today!
This is a great opportunity to learn more about home-scale strategies for living more sustainably.
Wednesday, February 1: Introduction to Permaculture Principles & Concepts: This pre-conference track will present the basics of permaculture principles, focusing on integrated systems design, intensive food production, energy conservation and storage and biodiversity enhancement of a living landscape. Participants will walk away with a general overview of permaculture, inspiration and a desire to learn more.
Thursday, February 2: Applying Permaculture Design to Urban and Rural Landscapes: This track will demonstrate how the principles of permaculture can be applied to any environment, and at any scale, from urban settlements to individual homes, from farms to entire regions. It will draw upon lessons learned from applying permaculture design in a variety of contexts, and send participants away with a deeper understanding of what permaculture looks like in action.
Thursday, February 2: Maximizing Food Production in the Integrated, Ecologically Balanced Homestead
Modern homesteaders strive for balance in all areas of their lives. Living the Frugal Life blogger Kate Hunter and Harvey Ussery, the man behind TheModernHomestead.US, are passionate about aligning their efforts to produce food with the natural systems that sustain them. Join them as they discuss strategies for increasing fertility, maximizing harvests, and integrating the 21st-century homestead with the systems that sustain it.
