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The Kootenay Permaculture Institute was started in 1991 with the vision to develop more research and education in Permaculture and ecological living in British Columbia and across Canada. The Institute is designing and implementing Permaculture principles and techniques on a ten acre farm in the Slocan Valley situated in the West Kootenay in British Columbia, Canada since 1993. The Forest Garden was also started in 1993, it is one of the oldest forest gardens in Canada. It already produces a diversity of fruits, berries, nuts, medicinal herbs, and fibre crops such as basket willows and bamboos. It is an ideal site for people to come to learn and practice Permaculture. The Institute keeps in touch with the local, national and the international networks of people working with various approaches to Permaculture & ecological living.
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Kootenay
Permaculture
Teaching
Permaculture in the Kootenays and across Canada since 1991.
Schedule
2013
Permaculture Design Courses in Canada June 9 - 22, 2013 in Winlaw, BC Early registration deadline: May 10th 2013. Some bursaries might be available to participants who qualify. Please email: spiralfarm@yahoo.com for more infos. July 21 - August 3, 2013 in Caledon, Ontario Early registration deadline: June 21, 2013 Some bursaries might be available to participants who qualify. August 18 - 31, 2013 in Winlaw, BC Early registration deadline: July 19th 2013 Description: This intensive 13 day course combines theory with practical hands-on learning & design exercises. The participants who complete the course will receive the Permaculture Design Course Certificate. Topics includes: permaculture design techniques & principles, site analysis, soil fertility, organic gardening techniques, fruit & nut trees, water uses, ecological buildings & urban permaculture. Instructors: Gregoire Lamoureux & guests For more information or to register contact: Kootenay Permaculture S12, C2, RR#1 Winlaw, BC V0G 2J0 Email: spiralfarm@yahoo.com http://www3.telus.net/permaculture Forest Garden at Spiral Farm 2012 Forest Garden at Spiral Farm May 2013 Forest Garden at Spiral Farm in Winlaw, BC. Home of Kootenay Permaculture. Magazine Interview: Permaculture: Designing through Observation Story by Tricia Edgar Kalev.com contributor. January 1, 2013: http://www.kalev.com/permaculture-designing-observation/ Radio Interview: Kootenay Coop Radio Show: The EcoCentric: Intervew with Gregoire Lamoureux Permaculture Teacher & Observer at Kootenay Permaculture. August 2012: http://cjlypodcast.net/Ecocentric/ecoocentric-aug-19-2012.mp3 Video Interview: Published on Aug 16, 2012
in Caledon, Ontario.
A Video Series produced by Jon Gagnon (http://www.youtube.com/user/wholevillage) Each year Whole
Village
host a Permaculture Design Course so that participants can learn the
theories and see how they are implemented on the farm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggn5yKojP_g |
at Spiral Farm
in Winlaw, British Columbia
This 13 day intensive course is the basic Permaculture Design Course covering the principles & techniques of permaculture design. The course includes lectures, discussions, hands-on, slide shows, field trips & design projects.
This course is presented in cooperation with Selkirk College in Nelson, BC
Topics:
| Permaculture principles &
techniques Pattern understanding Soils Water Microclimate Organic Gardening Plant diversity Forest Garden Fruit & Nut trees Animals Plant Propagation |
Agroforestry Forests Earthworks Building Design Alternative Energy Waste treatment Tools Urban Permaculture Alternative economics & more. |
Instructor:
Grégoire Lamoureux:
Gregoire Lamoureux is the director of the Kootenay
Permaculture Institute. He is a permaculture designer, consultant and
teacher. He is one of the most experience permaculture teacher in
Canada.
He has worked with permaculture systems for 20 years and
taught courses in many parts of the country. Gregoire taught the
Permaculture Design Course as a Summer Session at the University of
Manitoba in 2005. He has also been teaching the Permaculture Design
Course with Selkirk College in Nelson, BC for the last 10 years. He has
served on
the Board of Directors of Slocan
River Streamkeepers and on
the Board of Directors of Seeds of Diversity Canada for seven years.
He is a founding member of Kootenay Organic Growers Society and was on
the Certifying Committee for three years.
Permaculture is the design & implementation of sustainable & ecological human habitat.
“Permaculture”
- or “permanent agriculture” - was originally
conceived over 30 years ago
by Australian ecologist Bill Mollison.
Observing aboriginal culture and forest ecosystems, he
concluded that we
could deliberately design agriculturally productive ecosystems, echoing
the
diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems.
Permaculture
is a holistic approach to land use, which works with nature’s
rhythm and
patterns, weaving together the elements of microclimate, annual and
perennial
plants,
animals, water and soil management, and human needs into
intricately connected
and productive communities.
dynamic
yet stable system that sustains itself.
Permaculture
systems can be developed in any climate and on any scale.
Designs have
been developed on balconies, in backyards and for entire villages and
urban
communities.
Ethics:
Care for the Earth & all living & non-living
systems.
Care for the People & all living beings.
Sharing surplus including information & limiting our consumptions of energy & resources.
Protecting all undisturbed ecosystems & restoring
damaged ecosystems.
Some of the Principles that we like to work with:
Observation:
Observe Nature.
PLANT MORE TREES.
Mulch, mulch, mulch.
Grow some plant guilds. (groups of plants that grow well together)
Water is precious: limit our uses of fresh water, conserve
& recycle,
return it clean to nature.
Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Upcycle, Recycle... and bicycle!
& plant more trees, more guilds & mulch,
mulch, mulch!
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