Learn how to live in a sustainable way in harmony with nature.

New Course Offering:
KeylineTM Design

An intensive two-day workshop — Sept. 24-25
Develop your property to its full potential
Increase production, drought-proof, create soil

Course venue: Moondance Meadows, a community supported agriculture farm. (Map to Moondance Meadows) The workshop is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Lunch will be provided on-site.

This course includes on-site demonstation of the Yeomans plow.

Watch a five-minute video of the Yeomans Keyline Plow at work.

Course fee: $250. Download a registration form.

Registration deadline is Sept. 20.

Download a course flyer.
Learn more about instructor Darren Doherty.
Questions? email gem@uwsp.edu

Read an article on Keyline design at www.yeomansplow.com.au/basis-of-keyline.htm

Click here for information on Stevens Point area lodging options, and for camping options, look here for information on Portage County Parks. (Lake Emilyis convenient to the workshop site.)

GEM Permaculture Design Certificate Course

What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is the design and use of sustainable-living systems using principles drawn from natural ecosystems. The term was coined in the 1970s by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, originally as a contraction of "permanent agriculture." The term's meaning has evolved and broadened somewhat. For more detail see the GEM course overview here, and check these external links to Permaculture Magazine and Wikipedia.

Who should attend the GEM Permaculture course?

Anyone with an interest in improving our world through the adoption of sustainable practices, including farmers, landscape professionals and others who work on the land; suburban residents and rural landowners who want to conserve and improve their land through soil renovation, drought-proofing, and crop diversification; and urban residents who would like to learn how to create productive growing systems in a small space.

Upon successful completion of the course you will be awarded the Permaculture Design Certificate.

Questions about the course? Email Rhea.Martinez@uwsp.edu

View or download a flyer for this course.

You are free to post the flyer or forward it to others who may be interested in the Permaculture Design Certificate Course

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

GEM will offer the Permaculture Design Certificate Course over a series of seven weekends in 2007:

April 21-22

May 12-13

June 16-17

July 21-22

August 18-19

September 22-23

October 13-14

This course is underway. Check back later for information on the next course. Thanks!

Course Venue: Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Click here for Course Overview

Course Instructors: Mai Phillips, Victor Phillips, Rhonda Ambuehl, John Sheffy, Darren Doherty

Course tuition: $1,000. Please complete the online registration (inactive until next course dates are set) and mail your $100 deposit (check or money order payable to "University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point") to:

Click here for information on Stevens Point area lodging options.

Important textbook notes

The required textbook:

Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual, by Bill Mollison (Tagari Publications, Reprint edition August 1, 1997, 576 pages, ISBN: 0908228015). The book cost is approximately $84 (hard cover) plus shipping. Please obtain a copy of this book prior to the start of the course and bring it with you.

Optional (but not required) textbooks are:

An Introduction to Permaculture, by Bill Mollison and Reny Mia Slay (Permaculture Resources (publisher), Tyalgum, Australia. June 1, 1991, 198 pages, ISBN: 0908228058-paperback).

Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, by David Holmgren (Holmgren Design Services (publisher), December 1, 2002, 286 pages, ISBN: 0646418440-paperback).

Water For Every Farm: Yeomans Keyline Plan, by P.A. Yeomans (Eco-logic Books/Worldly Goods (publisher), 2002, 378 pages, ISBN: 0646129546-paperback).

Textbooks may be found at www.seedsofchange.com; www.amazon.com 

Last update on: July 30, 2007