Summer Workshops
Location:
Prescott, Arizona
Cost:
Application Fee: 25 USD
Tuition - 1,750 USD
Non-refundable Registration Deposit - 500 USD (Applied to tuition)
Application Fee: 25 USD
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This summer, invest in a program that will have you generating positive solutions to the global environmental emergencies we face today. Prepare yourself for new opportunities in the "green" economy.
PREPARE FOR THE GREEN ECONOMY
These month-long workshops are an intense in-depth exploration of the latest knowledge, practices and techniques for sustainable building and landscape. These go above and beyond the usual short workshops to develop a real in-depth understanding of the subjects. They provide practical and theoretical knowledge of these specific subjects in sustainable design.
Materials and Methods of Alternative Construction
NOW IN SESSION!
June 1 to June 26, 2009
Optional 2 week sessions available
Please call for details: 928.541.1002
Experience the power of green building!
This workshop will introduce a broad range of traditional and contemporary materials for creating sustainable buildings with low-impact, high-efficiency construction. Through interaction with environmental building experts and innovators, field trips to manufacturers, construction sites and completed buildings, and experiment with the modern and traditional materials and finishes you will learn the latest information on the multiple approaches to sustainable low-energy buildings. You will meet with experts in their field have hands on experience with a wide range of materials. Staff instructor and nationally-renowned guest speakers will present a comprehensive overview and comparison of alternative building systems techniques, performance, costs, and regulatory considerations.
Permaculture/Water Design Intensive
July 6 to July 31, 2009
Optional 2 week sessions available
Please call for details: 928.541.1002
Prepare for a Local Food Economy
Learn to create thoughtful site analyses, edible and native landscapes, greywater and rainwater harvesting systems, solar ovens, healthy soils and community gardens. Visit beekeepers, food and seed banks, passive and active solar buildings, permaculture farms and sustainable communities. Meet with city officials and community activists who have brought sustainability to their municipalities, and become one yourself!
Permaculture experts Brad Lancaster and Joshua Robinson will introduce you to desert, temperate and mountain regions of Arizona in a four-week intensive teaching you the theory and practice of permaculture and water systems design.
72-hour Permaculture Certificate awarded. Credit available from Prescott College.
Click here to see a video of Permaculture 2006 install an Eco-Machine in Prescott’s ‘eco-hood’.
Click here to see Brad Lancaster’s website.
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