Sustainable Solutions in Action

Permaculture Design Certification Course Practical solutions for creating a sustainable world Dates: Tuesdays, August 10 -October 26, 2010 Location: Ashevillage Institute (AVI), Asheville, NC Instructors: Brandy Hall & team Fee: $1,200 includes tuition & materials Contact & Registration: info@ashevillage.org, 828.225.8820   In this time of Peak Oil, climate crisis, and the need for individual and community empowerment, Permaculture offers real solutions we can put into practice NOW. This course is for community leaders, teachers, builders, architects, developers, city planners, activists, students, and anyone looking to live more sustainably... In this course you will learn the principles and practices of Permaculture, an ecological design system for creating abundant regenerative human habitats. Permaculture combines ancient wisdoms with scientific knowledge to help you disengage from consumer culture and begin creating a sustainable future for yourself and the planet. This Permaculture Certification Course is an extensive learning experience presented by a team of instructors, using lecture, discussion, hands-on projects, demonstrations, videos, site visits and student presentations. Students receive a Permaculture Design certificate upon completion. Click here for more information about the course.

Wild Food & Fermentation Workshop Dates: TBA Instructors: TBA Location: Ashevillage Institute (AVI), Asheville, NC Fee: $200 includes tuition, materials & lunch Contact & Registration: info@ashevillage.org Come participate in a cultural revolution! Wild fermentation is a way of incorporating the wild into your body, becoming one with the natural world. Wild foods possess a great, unmediated life force which can help us adapt to shifting conditions and lower our susceptibility to disease. Microorganisms are everywhere, and the techniques for fermenting with them are simple and flexible. In this workshop, we will spend time walking outdoors, getting to know local plants, harvesting edibles and medicinals, and together we will make sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir, kombucha, herbal elixir meads, miso and much more. You will leave with your own bubbling ferments. Come and join us! Click here for complete registration information and workshop specifics. Bee-Keeping Workshop Dates: TBA Instructors: Cailen Campbell Location: Ashevillage Institute (AVI), Asheville, NC Fee: $100 includes tuition & materials Contact & Registration: info@ashevillage.org Look inside the hive and learn the magic and mystery of the honey-bee, with whom our lives are so intertwined. Gain the confidence to start your own bee colony.  Learn: what's needed to start and maintain a hive; honey, pollen & propolis harvesting; basic honey bee biology; over-wintering hives; hive health; diseases & enemies...PLUS --> Making meads, cordials & other honey elixirs.  Click here for complete registration information and workshop specifics. Natural Building Workshop, 2 days Dates: TBA Instructors: Steveo Brodmerkel & Janell Kapoor  Location: Ashevillage Institute (AVI), Asheville, NC Fee: $200 includes tuition & materials Contact & Registration: info@ashevillage.org Gain practical natural building skills in adobe, cob, wattle & daub, earthen wall finishes, passive solar design and more.  You will be guided by some of the country's leading instructors through demonstrations, lectures, slideshows and plenty of hands-on experience while working on real projects.  Click here for complete registration information and workshop specifics. Natural Finishes, Earthen Plasters & Clay Paints Dates: TBA Instructors: Mollie Curry & Steve Kemble of MudStrawLove Location: Ashevillage Institute (AVI), Asheville, NC Fee: $200 includes tuition & materials Contact & Registration: info@ashevillage.org, 828.225.8820 Greener than green...Learn how to make and apply your own beautiful, customized, totally eco-friendly plasters and paints with clay, sand and other organic materials. Create textured finishes; trouble shoot for various surfaces; play with color options -- while actually practicing on real walls. By the end of the workshop, you will have enough information and techniques to make your own clay-based plasters and paints and you will leave with your own sample board. Click here for complete registration information and workshop specifics. Ashevillage Institute  ::  828.225.8820  ::  Asheville, NC info@ashevillage.org  ::  www.ashevillage.org www.ashevillageinstitute.blogspot.com