Space is limited to 30 participants so register early. Groups of 3 or more are eligible for a discount.

Attendees of the mid-March weekend class taught by Dave Jacke must pay only $65.

Overview

Why do our urban environments require so much time and energy to maintain? How does a sustainable community look and feel? Where do you and your landscape fit into our community? How can you play a role in directly improving the environmental health and resiliency of our community?

Evidence of planet-wide damage caused by humans abounds: polluted rivers and waterways, toxins in our soil and food, climate change, loss of biodiversity, peak oil and more. We stand on the verge of threatening our own survival, as well as that of other species. We cannot maintain our economy if we deplete the natural resources that support our jobs and businesses. People are asking, “What kind of future are we creating for our children and grandchildren?”

What can we do? As caring residents, now is the time to learn new ways to positively contribute to improving our community’s environmental and social health. We must heed the words of Einstein: “We cannot solve the significant problems we face at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” We need to ask, “What new ways of thinking will get us out of this mess and help us restore our world to health?”

We can look to nature for answers. Healthy ecosystems are based on interdependence and mutually beneficial connections. With nature’s help, we can heal landscapes, our community, our planet, and ourselves.

This class provide a solid base of a holistic, ecological worldview, while simultaneously offering practical solutions that demonstrate how we can create a sustainable, abundant community. Ecological principles form the foundation of this way of seeing, and offer concrete directions for finding solutions to multiple problems with maximum effect for least effort. These principles apply at all scales, from your garden bed, to your neighborhood, to cities, to whole regions, and in every realm of human endeavor.

At the end of the class you will be able to:

• Envision a sustainable, thriving community.
• Apply nature’s ethics and principles to a wide range of issues.
• Understand your role in nature and your community.

Prerequisite to Other Classes

The knowledge and skills provided in this class form the foundation for all other Create Abundant Landscapes classes. Attend this class first—or an introductory permaculture class—to increase the learning experience of other classes in the series.

Dave Jacke's March 12-13 Principles and Practices of Regenerative Design class contains equivalent content and is an excellent precursor to other Create Abundant Landscapes classes.