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Permaculture Design Certificate Course at Cloughjordan Ecovillage

With Graham Bell, Jillian Hovey, Mark Boyle & Resident Experts

8 - 17 August 2014 | Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Co Tipperary, Ireland | Contact Us | Fees €550 / €495 Members | €100 deposit secures your place (view detail here)

Join Graham Bell, author of The Permaculture Garden and The Permaculture Way, Jillian Hovey, founder of the Sustainable Living Network, Mark Boyle, aka 'The Moneyless Man' and the ecovillage's resident experts of permaculture, gardening, farming, perma-facture and green building for this unique, yearly opportunity to learn invaluable design and practical skills. This is Cultivate's 6th consecutive year holding the UK Permaculture Association accredited Permaculture Design Certificate ("PDC") Course at Cloughjordan Ecovillage.

This PDC is organised by Cultivate in association with Cloughjordan Community Farm and Village Education Research and Training (VERT) at The Cloughjordan Ecovillage. The venue for indoor sessions is the new enterprise centre (also known as a FabLab), WeCreate.  See photos of previous courses here.

This course is full-time (and "full-on") from Friday evening (starting with dinner around 6pm) until the following Sunday afternoon (around 4pm) | Find presentations, links and other resources on Our Permaculture Resource Site.

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Summer of Resilience

Co-designing a future that works for all

Hosted by the Cloughjordan Learning Alliance in collaboration with the P2P Foundation

August and September 2014 at Cloughjordan Ecovillage

The Summer of Resilience is a programme of events and inspiring conversations focused on community and collaborative approaches to regenerating the economy and society.

This is a great opportunity to visit Cloughjordan Ecovillage and Ireland’s first Fab Lab while learning, making and networking. With workshops, exhibitions, design challenges, a symposium, food and celebration, let’s explore how we create a future that works for all! Express your interest using this form.

Cloughjordan ecovillage

The Summer of Resilience is primarily based in Cloughjordan Ecovillage with additional events in Dublin, Limerick, Stradbally and in Cloughjordan town itself.

The Ecovillage is located in the heart of Cloughjordan and received the Gold Award for best 'Socio-Economic Project' at UN International Awards for Liveable Communities in Xiamen, China, Nov 2013. It now has 100 residents living in 50 high-performance green homes; over 20,000 newly planted trees and Ireland’s largest renewable energy district heating system. Django’s is welcoming overnight guests, Cloughjordan Wood-Fired Bakery is producing award-winning breads and WeCreate, unique creative and technological workspace for eco entrepreneurs, is open for business.

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Organisational Resilience

Future-oriented ways of organising ourselves, inspired by natural systems and Permaculture design

Cultivate and Community Conscious

21 August 2014 | 10.00 - 17.00 ( With optional 2 day design challenge) | WeCreate, Cloughjordan Ecovillage 

In an environment that is constantly changing, our community-based initiatives and cooperative enterprises need to be adaptive, flexible and resilient. There is no one right way to organise, but new emerging whole system approaches such as the Viable Systems Model and Sociocracy can help us understand and design operating systems for our organisations that are truly collaborative.

These events are for anyone considering how we design organisational structures that can empower everyone involved to participate in shaping and making the decisions that affect them, while at the same time nurturing closer relationships and resilience.

An additional two day design challenge, for those wishing to go deeper into the practice of designing viable organisations, is available.

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Applied Permaculture Course (FETAC Level 5) at Cloughjordan Ecovillage

Ecological design for living and working - run over 2 weekends

Apply your permaculture design skills to an advanced, practical, applicable or otherwise 'useful' design.

27/28 September & 18/19 October 2014 | Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Co Tipperary | €225.00 (Secure place with €75 deposit) | Contact us with this form or at 0505 56060

This course is a follow-on for learners who have completed the Permaculture Design module, to deepen their knowledge and experience of permaculture. Taking Action Learning and David Holmgrem's Permaculture - Principles as core elements, the module provides the opportunity to develop an awareness of a deeper understanding of permaculture principles and their application to wider areas. Including site visits and practical sessions which merge theory with practice to bring permaculture in to your own life.

Taken in combination with the the FETAC L5 accredited Permaculture Design Course, these two courses can lead to a full UK Permaculture Design Certificate.  The Weekend Permaculture and Applied Permaculture Courses are delivered by NICER Training, the FETAC accredited provider, in partnership with Cultivate.

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