Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Permaculture Design Courses

[Melanie Mindlin (sassetta]

Friends,

As a cohousing community member, frequent reader of coho-l and a  
permaculture teacher, I would like to comment on the recent messages  
from Vladislav on his permaculture courses.  Vladislav is a very  
active marketer of his permaculture design courses run primarily in  
the SF bay area and Eugene, Oregon.  He has found the coho-l list  
serve and we can expect to get messages from him on a regular, almost  
daily, basis.  HIs claims to offer the "most renowned instructors",  
the "most complete curriculum" and the "most powerful training" are  
beyond ridiculous--you probably already figured that out.

His primary instructor, Larry Korn, is a personal friend of mine, and  
a fine instructor, but is not and would never claim to be, any of  
those superlatives.  There are permaculture design courses offered in  
most major metropolitan areas and at many intentional communities  
around the country and around the world.  Some of these are offered  
by people who are highly renowned in permaculture circles, and some  
are offered by people with a great deal of local knowledge and  
experience of conditions and opportunities in their region.

I believe that permaculture has a lot to offer to communities and to  
the world as we shift to a new paradigm and apply the best science  
and indigenous knowledge to creating a truly sustainable world.  I  
have personally found permaculture to be extremely engaging, indeed  
life-changing, and hope that many people will explore the  
possibilities brought forward in these teachings and perspectives.

I apologize to everyone on coho-l for any negative impression of  
permaculture created by what I consider to be spam from this source.   
And I hope you will check out permaculture for yourself and your  
community.

Thanks,
Melanie Mindlin


On Jun 10, 2011, at 10:37 AM, cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org wrote:

> Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:43:02 -0700
> From: "Vladislav Davidzon" <vladislav [at] commoncircle.com>
> Subject: [C-L]_ Regenerative Leadership,        Sustainable Design and
>         Sub/Urban Permaculture Training
> To: cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org
> Message-ID: <cbe6a3920385a47db5672d31d94dfade [at] commoncircle.com>
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