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Permaculture Earthworks Course (The Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm at The Channon, NSW, Australia)

Starts Aug 02, 2010 and runs for 5 day(s).

If you are a primary producer you may be eligible to receive an AU$1,500 reimbursement on this approved FarmReady course - call 1800 087 670 to find out.

This is a five day course, running Monday through Friday.

In this course you will learn the theory and practise of Permaculture Earthworks - learning site Designing, surveying, and directing earthmoving machines to establish dams, swales, terraces, etc.

Course Instructors

Geoff Lawton is an internationally-renowned permaculture educator, consultant and practitioner. He emigrated from England to Australia and later studied permaculture with Bill Mollison in Tasmania. He established the Permaculture Research Institute at Tagari Farm in New South Wales, Australia, a 147-acre farmstead previously developed by Mollison. PRI was eventually moved to Zaytuna Farm, in The Channon, where it continues today.

Since 1985, Geoff has designed and implemented permaculture projects in 30 countries for private individuals and groups, communities, governments, aid organizations, and multinational corporations. He has taught the Permaculture Design Certificate course and designed permaculture projects in 30 countries.

Nadia Lawton was born and raised in the Jordan Valley, in one of the lowest and driest places on earth. She completed her PDC with Geoff Lawton in Jordan and went on to complete a Permaculture Diploma in Education and Site Design. She regularly travels with her husband for aid project and permaculture consulting work, and assists in teaching permaculture design courses.

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Important information about this course

Pricing options

All prices are in Australian dollars. The fee for the course is $1,100, including GST, meals and the Water Harvesting DVD. A non-refundable $300 deposit is required at the time of the booking. The balance of $800 is due at least one week prior to the course start date.

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***Accommodation and other Details***

Information on directions and accommodation can be found here.

Please Note: For this particular course, classes are 9am to 5pm, Monday through Saturday. You can arrive early Monday morning, or camping is provided from Sunday evening to Saturday evening if you like.


Snippets of footage from the July 2009 Earthworks Course
Thanks to John Alexander Ericson and Misty Music AB for the music

For further information for this course please contact education@permaculture.org.au.

Course pricing / bookings

Prices in Australian dollars

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