1. Permaculture & Ecovillage Design Syllabus edited by Simha before course! !
Bold Text are the sessions that I added/edited! !
DAY 1 Sunday, June 15!
! PM Session – Arrival/Housing/Site Orientation!
! Eve Session – Introductions/Course Overview/Intentions ! !
DAY 2 Monday, June 16!
! AM Session – The need for change - Ethics and Holistic worldview - Site
Attunement, Teachers: Je (lead) & Simha!
! PM Session – Introduction to Permaculture its history, ethics & principles -
Personal niche analysis , Teachers: Simha (lead) & Je!
! Eve Session – Community Process, Communication Tools (Design Group forming & !
agreements) Teachers: Je & Ko! !
DAY 3 Tuesday, June 17!
! AM Session – Intro to Design Group Project, Landscape analysis and assessment,
Patterns Teachers: Simha (lead) & Je!
! PM Session – Mapping - tools Teachers: Simha (lead) & Je!
! (Design Group: agreements - Design site observation - Simha)!
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DAY 4 Wednesday, June 18!
! AM Session – Human Scale Agriculture & No-Till Gardening Teachers: Ri & Simha, Je
at beginning for intro/general overview!
! PM Session – Raw, Living & Fermented Foods – Kombucha and sprouted sourdough
breads Teachers: Re 2:30-3:30, Simha!
! (Design Group: Design site observation- Base mapping - Simha) !
! Eve Session - Permaculture Film - La Belle Verte (Simha helps set up)! !
DAY 5 Thursday, June 19!
! AM Session – Animals in the Permaculture Landscape - (Je & Ri)!
! (Design Group: Base mapping - Sector & Analysis Overlay - Simha )!
! PM Session – Fermented foods - Teacher Simha !
! Eve Session – Food System Models (Videos: CSA, Permaculture sites around world,
TED talks? Urban Farming. Sharing what others do & have seen by participants! !
DAY 6 Friday, June 20!
! AM Session - Wild Edibles, Foraging, & Sustainable Wildcrafting (Teachers: Anna and
Je) !
! (Design Group: Sector & Analysis Overlay - Initial Design phase - Teacher Simha)!
PM Session – Tea & Plant Medicine Making – Oils, Salves, Tinctures, & First Aid Teachers: Je! !!
DAY 7 Saturday, June 21 - Simha teaching oven at Yestermorrow!
! VBC! !
DAY 8 Sunday, June 22 - Simha teaching oven at Yestermorrow!
2. ! AM Session – Deep Listening Practices Teachers: Je (lead) & Ko!
(Design Group: Design catch-up)!
! PM Session – Leadership Innovations Teachers: Je (lead) & Ko !
! Eve Session – Way of Council Teachers: Je and Ri! !
DAY 9 Monday, June 23!
! AM Session – Ecovillage Models Teacher: Je and Simha!
! PM Session - Whole System Design - Components of Ecovillage Design !
(Design Group: Visioning Elements & Functions - Preliminary Design - Simha)!
! Eve Session – Origination of Vision, Mission, & Guiding Covenants - Je! !
DAY 10 Tuesday, June 24!
! AM Session - Governance, Legal, & Financial Systems & Structures !
! PM Session – Observing Nature’s Design !
(Design Group: Preliminary Design - Final Design - Simha)!
! Eve Session – Core Processes of Community Building! !
DAY 11 Wednesday, June 25!
! AM Session - Ecological Sustainabilty Practices – Food, Shelter, Energy !
(Design Group: Final Design - Simha)!
! PM Session – Elements of Site Planning !
! Eve Session – Ecovillage Film! !
DAY 12 Thursday, June 26!
! AM Session - Use of the Arts for Design Innovation !
! PM Session - Land & Community Mapping Tools !
! (Design Group: Final Design - Presentation Prep. - Simha)!
! Eve Session – Permaculture/Ecovillage Design Idea! !
DAY 13 Friday, June 27!
! AM Session – Design Group Presentations - timings of presentation? (individual and
group)!
! PM Session - Integrative Whole Foods Harvesting, Food Preservation, Whole Food
Cooking etc. !
! Eve Session – Celebration of Community & Way of Council! !
DAY 14 Saturday, June 28!
! AM Session - Closing Activities: Sharing Leadership Intention, Feedback, Evaluations,
Next Steps, Closing!
! PM Session – Departure after Lunch! !!!!!
