Anyone wanting to educate themselves on how to “go green” would want to add one more component to their education: permaculture courses. Here you will learn the world altering techniques of how we can change the course of mankind just by a few simple changes in how we work in the landscape. By taking permaculture courses you can benefit from lessons learned from nature, the ecosystem and how humans can act to work with it all. You can avail yourself of books, community college courses and on site laboratory type permaculture courses. Any way you look at it, you can learn how you can become part of the solution.
Many books have been written on the subject of permaculture and its variations. “The One Straw Revolution” by Masanobu Fukuoka, is a “bible” to many students of permaculture. This man, like his peers, quietly went about doing or mimicking what he saw in nature.
Ruth Stout wrote the “No-work Garden Book” an amazing look at how one woman proved how simple and sensible permaculture gardening is. While her neighbor’s plants died of frosts, hers survived due to the insulated type of mulching she practiced in her garden.
From time to time, local colleges offer non-credit courses on topics of interest to the members of the community. Permaculture courses are fast becoming a popular evening and weekend offering. Just check your local community college to see if yours has anything along those lines.
Yet another choice for the more “physically inclined” is to participate in a hands-on internship type program sponsored by one of many eco-village type co-ops. Here you are instructed by those knowledgeable in their field and you get practical, hands on experience, perhaps the ultimate in permaculture courses.
You can choose to stay a week or a month or more as you volunteer on the land. Often you will work side by side with veterans and activists from all over the world. Here, you will be part of whatever process is going on at the time you participate – from plot planning, soil prep and planting, to ongoing permaculture garden maintenance and harvest. It’s very likely you’ll eat of the produce of your labors and even participate in its preparation. You will be part of a group who has the satisfaction of knowing they’re keeping the seeds of change alive.
Take a look on the Internet for permaculture courses, communities and co-ops to see what choices are available to you.
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