June 29 through July 14, 1991
Mendocino, California North Coast
at the Old Mill Farm School
Course emphases include:
Breaking the flood/drought cycle.
Permaculture in the Third World.
Instructed by:
Michael Pilarski, Chris Evans, and guests
Old Mill Farm School of Country Living is a communal farm a half-hour's drive from the town of Mendocino. The course will include a 3-day tour of noteworthy farms, botanical gardens and forests in the Mendocino vicinity.
Chris Evans has 6 years of development experience in Nepal. He is presently managing a nursery and several farms near Jajarkhot in western Nepal. His work with farmers involves long treks in areas with no roads. His application of permaculture design in subsistence villages focuses on improving tree cover, organic gardening techniques, agroforestry, and soil erosion control. He has recently joined with several others to found a new NGO called Nepal Community Support Group.
Michael Pilarski is founder and Director of Friends of the Trees Society. He has been a homesteader for the past 17 years in various locations in the Pacific Northwest and is a networker/organizer on local, bioregional, national and international levels. He has written and taught in the field of permaculture since 1981.
Course fees:
$450 to $600 sliding scale.
For further information contact:
Friends of the Trees Society
P.O. Box 1064
Tonasket, WA 98855
509-486-4726
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