Instructors:
David Haberman, Department of Religious Studies, IUB
Peter Bane, Certified Permaculture Specialist at Earthaven in Black Mountain, NC; and Keith Johnson. Peter and Keith are co-editors of Permaculture Activist magazine.
You will also be working with the Lazy Black Bear Retreat Center staff.
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This course will take place over 2 weeks in early June 2008 at the Lazy Black Bear Retreat Center in Paoli, Indiana, located in the beautiful Hoosier National Forest.
Students must complete an application and be accepted to register for this course. Enrollment is limited to 25 students. Participants will be camping outdoors for the duration of the 2 weeks. Bathroom and shower facilities are available. A special course fee covers round-trip transportation, food, lodging (camping equipment provided), and course materials. Students who successfully complete the course will receive certification in Permaculture, which enables them to practice or teach the art and science of Permaculture.
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Permaculture is a design pattern for living more harmoniously with our life support systems, and with each other. It is a rapidly growing and internationally recognized design system for creating sustainable human environments. It is a set of principles and techniques that aims to create ecologically sound and economically prosperous human communities. This course gives students innovative conceptual tools and the chance to view that future from as many angles as possible. This is a unique opportunity for a hands-on experience in a class at Indiana University.
--David Haberman, Indiana University Department of Religious Studies
Permaculture is the art and science that applies patterns found in nature to the design and construction of human and natural environments. Only by applying such patterns and principles to the built environment can we truly achieve a sustainable living system.
Permaculture principles are now being adapted to all systems and disciplines that human settlement requires. Architects, planners, farmers, economists, social scientists, as well as students, homeowners and backyard gardeners can utilize principles of Permaculture Design.
--Larry Santoyo, University of California, Berkeley
Professor David Haberman, Department of Religious Studies
dhaberma@indiana.edu, (812) 855-3531,
Sycamore 230
Application deadline: March 28, 2008.
Click here for a copy of the application in Microsoft Word.
Please mail, hand deliver, or email your application to:
David Haberman
Department of Religious Studies
Sycamore 230
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
If you have any questions, please let us know.
