Elemental Alchemy Permaculture Course

Vision - The purpose of this event is to create an immersive and experiential environment for the exchange and exploration of skills and knowledge essential to actualizing a regenerative, solutions-based post-industrial society.

Instructors: Penny Livingston-Stark, James Stark, Jon Young, Ralph, Rick Tarnas, David Ulansey, Sean Kelly, Mia Rose, Blair, Karen KoChen, Kevin KoChen, Matthew Garrambone , Zac Miller, Carin McKay, Jaime Mulligan-Smith, Isis Indriya and Eve Bradford and many, many more.

Location- The course will be held at a 160 acre property in Mariposa County's Stanislaus National Forest. The surrounding areas are contiguous with Yosemite and miles of wild territories. Join us as we begin to build a regenerative community.



Objectives

* To encourage the development of critical, creative, and empathic solutions

* To highlight the fundamental pitfalls of the scarcity model and to reframe human civilization in a regenerative model

* To investigate the concepts of symbiosis and mutual interdependence through biological and spiritual frameworks

* To identify and emulate patterns inherent in nature in art, building, and community design

* To marry the similarities of engaging with the earth through permaculture practices and engaging with the soul through alchemical transformation

We are a transitioning society in transformation, an evolving performance of reciprocal relationships with the inherent capacity to empower each other, heal destructive patterns, and build the world we want to live in. In order to access these potentials, it is crucial that we develop the resourcefulness, adaptability and resiliency to function in harmony with a changing and ever creative universe.

Drawing from an eclectic skill set integrating intentional community-building, nature awareness, permaculture design, emergency preparedness, and eco-psychology the Center for Transformation Ecology is a collaborative of activists, entrepreneurs, and educators committed to actualizing the necessary foundation for a new era of local and global stewardship. We are facilitating an innovative and integrated approach to solutions by cultivating the tasks and skills required to support viable and conscious intentional networks around the world.

Participants will chose their emphasis and attend lectures and workshops that correspond to their interests. The categories will be designated by the elementals fire, earth, air, and water.

Each of these threads will have certain core classes in which every student is exposed to and other that are open to only those in the thread. Although the subjects covered could naturally be represented by each element we will delineate the activities accordingly…

Fire - Storytelling, grafting, cloning, sculpture, painting, performance, alchemy, biofuels, activism

Earth - Gardening, green building, bodywork, yoga, cooking, nutrition, herbology, myco-remediation, botany

Air - Communication, networking, feedback loops, bird language, space, cosmology, meteorology, design, microclimates

Water - Watershed ecology, swales, counseling, music, local economy, social permaculture

Course Fees
Includes camping accommodations and delicious organic meals.

* $995 Tuition, paid in full by May 11
* $895 Early Bird Special, paid in full by Feb 29
* $795 Partner/Spouse Discount – Partners who take the course together get the second tuition for an additional discount

Registration ends May 11, 2008.

Refund Policy
Cancellations up to 2 weeks before the course begins (May 2) will be refunded, excluding a $100 processing fee. No refunds are given after May 2.

How to Apply
For registration forms, questions, or additional information please check out www.transformationecology.org or email us at info@transformationecology.org