Intro to Permaculture Design (StockSchool 197G)
Instructor: Lisa DePiano. This 3-credit semester-long course offers students a foundation in permaculture history, ethics, principles, design process, and practical applications.
Learning Opportunities
- Community Involved in Sustainable Agriculture (CISA)Strengthens local agriculture by building connections between farmers and the Pioneer Valley community. Always looking for interns. Contact Philip Korman, Executive Director 413-665-7100 or phil@buylocalfood.com
- Farm SchoolWorking farm in Athol, MA which provides programs for visiting schools, practical farm training program, Chicken Coop School and summer programs.
- Kibbutz LotanCourses in alternative building, organic gardening and community life
- Permaculture ActivistPermaculture courses and events worldwide. Learn to restore degraded landscapes, shelter & feed displaced and hungry people & wildlife,& convert energy-wasteful infrastructures to thriving ecological systems that meet your needs with excess to share.
- Practical Skills WorkshopsIncluding workshops on making bread and cheese!
Working Opportunities
- Community Involved in Sustainable Agriculture (CISA)Strengthens local agriculture by building connections between farmers and the Pioneer Valley community. Always looking for interns.
- Northeast Workers on Organic Farms (NEWOOF)Regional Farm Apprenticeship Placement Service sponsored by the New England Small Farm Institute in Belchertown, MA.
- Permaculture ActivistPermaculture courses and events worldwide. Learn to restore degraded landscapes, shelter & feed displaced and hungry people & wildlife,& convert energy-wasteful infrastructures to thriving ecological systems that meet your needs with excess to share.
- Jobs On FarmsVarious job sites leading to work on pick-your-own farms around the world.
- Sustainable Farming Internships and ApprenticeshipsDirectory of on-the-job learning opportunities in sustainable and organic agriculture in the U.S. (and some in Canada)
- Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WOOF)International movement that is helping people share more sustainable ways of living.
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