Permaculture & Ecovillage Design Syllabus edited by Simha before course!! Bold Text are the sessions that I added/edited!!DAY 1 Sunday, June 15!! PM Session – Arrival/Housing/Site Orientation!! Eve Session – Introductions/Course Overview/Intentions !!DAY 2 Monday, June 16!! AM Session – The need for change - Ethics and Holistic worldview - Site Attunement, Teachers: Je (lead) & Simha!! PM Session – Introduction to Permaculture its history, ethics & principles - Personal niche analysis , Teachers: Simha (lead) & Je!! Eve Session – Community Process, Communication Tools (Design Group forming & !agreements) Teachers: Je & Ko!!DAY 3 Tuesday, June 17!! AM Session – Intro to Design Group Project, Landscape analysis and assessment, Patterns Teachers: Simha (lead) & Je!! PM Session – Mapping - tools Teachers: Simha (lead) & Je!! (Design Group: agreements - Design site observation - Simha)!! !!DAY 4 Wednesday, June 18!! AM Session – Human Scale Agriculture & No-Till Gardening Teachers: Ri & Simha, Je at beginning for intro/general overview!! PM Session – Raw, Living & Fermented Foods – Kombucha and sprouted sourdough breads Teachers: Re 2:30-3:30, Simha! ! (Design Group: Design site observation- Base mapping - Simha) !! Eve Session - Permaculture Film - La Belle Verte (Simha helps set up)!!DAY 5 Thursday, June 19!! AM Session – Animals in the Permaculture Landscape - (Je & Ri)!! (Design Group: Base mapping - Sector & Analysis Overlay - Simha )!! PM Session – Fermented foods - Teacher Simha !! Eve Session – Food System Models (Videos: CSA, Permaculture sites around world, TED talks? Urban Farming. Sharing what others do & have seen by participants!!DAY 6 Friday, June 20!! AM Session - Wild Edibles, Foraging, & Sustainable Wildcrafting (Teachers: Anna and Je) ! ! (Design Group: Sector & Analysis Overlay - Initial Design phase - Teacher Simha)!PM Session – Tea & Plant Medicine Making – Oils, Salves, Tinctures, & First Aid Teachers: Je!!!DAY 7 Saturday, June 21 - Simha teaching oven at Yestermorrow!! VBC!!DAY 8 Sunday, June 22 - Simha teaching oven at Yestermorrow!

! AM Session – Deep Listening Practices Teachers: Je (lead) & Ko!(Design Group: Design catch-up)!! PM Session – Leadership Innovations Teachers: Je (lead) & Ko !! Eve Session – Way of Council Teachers: Je and Ri!!DAY 9 Monday, June 23!! AM Session – Ecovillage Models Teacher: Je and Simha!! PM Session - Whole System Design - Components of Ecovillage Design !(Design Group: Visioning Elements & Functions - Preliminary Design - Simha)!! Eve Session – Origination of Vision, Mission, & Guiding Covenants - Je!!DAY 10 Tuesday, June 24!! AM Session - Governance, Legal, & Financial Systems & Structures !! PM Session – Observing Nature’s Design !(Design Group: Preliminary Design - Final Design - Simha)!! Eve Session – Core Processes of Community Building!!DAY 11 Wednesday, June 25!! AM Session - Ecological Sustainabilty Practices – Food, Shelter, Energy !(Design Group: Final Design - Simha)!! PM Session – Elements of Site Planning !! Eve Session – Ecovillage Film!!DAY 12 Thursday, June 26!! AM Session - Use of the Arts for Design Innovation !! PM Session - Land & Community Mapping Tools !! (Design Group: Final Design - Presentation Prep. - Simha)!! Eve Session – Permaculture/Ecovillage Design Idea!!DAY 13 Friday, June 27!! AM Session – Design Group Presentations - timings of presentation? (individual and group)!! PM Session - Integrative Whole Foods Harvesting, Food Preservation, Whole Food Cooking etc. !! Eve Session – Celebration of Community & Way of Council!!DAY 14 Saturday, June 28!! AM Session - Closing Activities: Sharing Leadership Intention, Feedback, Evaluations, Next Steps, Closing!! PM Session – Departure after Lunch!!!!!!